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Kylie Minogue - 100% match to Madonna

28 May 1968, Melbourne, Australia. Coming from a stage family, Minogue passed an audition for the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, which eventually led to her recording debut with Little Eva’s hit, ‘The Loco-Motion’. When the television series was successfully screened in Britain, prolific hit producers Stock, Aitken And Waterman intervened to mould Minogue& Read more

Janet Jackson - 50% match to Madonna

Janet Damita Jo Jackson, 16 May 1966, Gary, Indiana, USA. Jackson was the youngest of the nine children in the family that produced the Jackson Five (including Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and LaToya Jackson). When she was four years old, the family moved to the Los Angeles area; three years later she made her performing debut in Las Vegas with her brothers. At the age Read more

Cher - 49% match to Madonna

Cherilyn Sarkisian La Pierre, 20 May 1946, El Centro, California, USA. Cher began working as a session singer in an attempt to finance an acting career. She recorded with producer Phil Spector as a backing vocalist, having become romantically attached to his studio assistant and PR man Sonny Bono. After releasing two singles under the name Caesar And Cleo, the duo then achie Read more

Britney Spears - 44% match to Madonna

Britney Jean Spears, 2 December 1981, Kentwood, Louisiana, USA. One of the biggest teenage pop superstars to emerge at the end of the twentieth century, Britney Spears enjoyed her breakthrough success in 1998. She appeared in local dance revues and church choirs as a young girl, and at the age of eight auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was too young to join Read more

Cyndi Lauper - 43% match to Madonna

Cynthia Anne Stephanie Lauper, 22 June 1953, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Starting her career as a singer in Manhattan’s clubs, Lauper began writing her own material when she met pianist John Turi in 1977. They formed Blue Angel and released a self-titled album in 1980 which included raucous versions of rock classics as well as their own numbers. She split with Read more

Gwen Stefani - 42% match to Madonna

Gwendolyn Renee Stefani, 3 October 1969, Fullerton, California, USA. The highly photogenic Stefani became a ubiquitous presence in the world media in the late 90s and at the start of the new millennium, balancing her long-standing commitment to the pop band No Doubt with solo work and acting roles.Raised in California, Stefani spent most of the late 8 Read more

Rihanna - 40% match to Madonna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty, 20 February 1988, Saint Michael, Barbados, West Indies. Vocalist Rihanna burst onto the US pop charts in summer 2005 with her catchy, Caribbean-infused single ‘Pon De Replay’, before going on to enjoy a steady stream of hits that established her as one of the biggest pop stars of the new millennium.Raised on the island o Read more

Christina Aguilera - 38% match to Madonna

Christina Maria Aguilera, 18 December 1980, Staten Island, New York, USA. Aguilera was one of several US teen pop stars to rise to huge popular acclaim in the late 90s. Of Irish and Ecuadorian descent, her mother played violin and piano professionally while her father’s position in the military resulted in the family travelling extensively around the world. Finally sett Read more

Spice Girls - 36% match to Madonna

When Take That abdicated as monarchs of the UK teen band scene in February 1996, there were several pretenders lining up, but few could have predicted that a female quintet would have more success in the Smash Hits -reading market than Boyzone or Peter Andre. The Spice Girls - Posh Spice (Victoria Caroline Adams, 17 April 1974, Goff’s Oak, Hertfordshire, England), Mel Read more

Jennifer Lopez - 34% match to Madonna

Jennifer Lynn Lopez, 24 July 1970 (1969 is also cited), the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Of Puerto Rican descent, Lopez enjoyed great success as an actress before emerging in the late 90s as one of the new wave of Latin pop stars, alongside leading male singers Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias.As a child Lopez appeared in musical theatre, bef Read more

Lady Gaga - 34% match to Madonna

Whitney Houston - 32% match to Madonna

9 August 1963, Newark, New Jersey, USA. This pop and soul singer followed the traditions of her mother Cissy Houston and cousin Dionne Warwick by beginning her vocal career in gospel. There was much diversity in her early performances, however. These included engagements as backing singer with established acts, such as Chaka Khan, as well as lead vocals on the Michael Zager Read more

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - 31% match to Madonna

10 April 1979, Middlesex, England. Growing up as the daughter of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, Sophie Ellis Bextor was always likely to enjoy a spell in the limelight and so it proved, with the guitar pop of Theaudience propelling her to fame in 1997. Her perceived ‘posh’ image and distinctive looks attracted the UK press, and the band enjoyed Top 30 success wi Read more

Dannii Minogue - 30% match to Madonna

Danielle Jane Minogue, 20 October 1971, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. One of two famous Minogue sisters, Dannii actually became a star in her native country before elder sister Kylie Minogue, though the latter hit the world arena first. Dannii made her television debut at the age of seven in Skyways, and followed it with a string of television shows, including Young Talent Read more

Shakira - 30% match to Madonna

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, 2 February 1977, Barranquilla, Colombia. This Colombian singer first broke into the Latin Music charts in 1995, and has since established herself as a crossover star with a groundbreaking blend of pop and rock styles. The daughter of a Colombian mother and a Lebanese father, her name means ‘woman full of grace’ in Arabic. Shakira left Read more