MADONNA 2002

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* Jan (9) In Singapore, �Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001� concert DVD is banned from release because it is deemed too explicit.
* (19) Madonna attends Donatella Versace�s haute couture fashion show at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.
* (21) Madonna is named the second best-selling artist in Europe with 17 Platinum Europe Awards for 5 albums by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry (IFPI) at the 36th annual MIDEM Music Conference in Cannes, France.
* (29) Madonna attends the opening of photographer Mario Testino�s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.
* Feb (9) �GHV2 Megamix� hits #5 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in US.
* (12) �Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001� is named Best Music DVD at the 1st annual UK DVD Awards in England.
* (20) Madonna attends a Michelle Branch concert at Irving Plaza, New York, NY.
* (21) �Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001� video is certified 1x platinum (100,000 units).
* (28) Madonna announces she will make her West End stage debut in David Williamson�s play Up For Grabs which will open on May 23, 2002 at Wyndhams Theatre in London, England and will have a 10-week run: it is her first stage role in 14 years since Speed-The-Plow (1988).
* Mar (1) �Blond Ambition World Tour 1990� is featured in Q magazine�s list of �The 10 Tours That Changed Music�.
* (13) Madonna and Guy attend the opening night of play Jesus Hopped The A-Train at the Donmar Theatre in London, England.
* (15) Madonna is signed to record the theme song for 20th James Bond film Die Another Day.
* (20) Madonna announces she has cancelled all matinee performances of Up For Grabs due to unforeseen daytime recording commitments.
* (25) Madonna wins Best Dance Artist - Solo at the 17th annual International Dance Music Awards in Miami Beach, FL.
* Apr (1) Madonna is #6 on the list of �Top 100 Rock & Rollers Of All Time� in LIFE magazine�s Rock And Roll At 50 special edition issue.
* (2) Dick Tracy (1990) is released on DVD.
* (7) Madonna and Guy Ritchie are #4 on The UK Sunday Times list of Britain�s richest people of the year 2002.
* (8) Madonna begins rehearsals for David Williamson�s play Up For Grabs at Sadlers Wells in London, England, co-starring Megan Dodds, Tom Irwin, Michael Lerner, Daniel Pino, Sian Thomas and Debora Weston, directed by Laurence Boswell.
* (11) Rolling Stone: 50 Coolest Albums Of All Time includes You Can Dance at #50.
* (13) A controversial nude portrait of Madonna by contemporary artist Peter Howson is unveiled at the MacLaurin Art Gallery in Ayr, Scotland.
* May (8) �Like A Prayer� is #5 in UK�s Favorite Single Of All Time survey by Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles.
* (13) Madonna begins 10-day preview performances of David Williamson�s play Up For Grabs at Wyndhams Theatre, London, England.
* (14) �Don�t Tell Me� and �Music� are honored as two of the Most Performed Pop Songs Of 2001 at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA.
* (17) Marcus Sessions, a 28-year-old obsessive Madonna fan, is suspended from his job as an ice cream seller at Wyndhams Theatre, London, England; her spokeswoman says she will speak to the theatre to discuss the way staff are hired.
* (20) �Don�t Tell Me� and �Music� are honored as two of the Most Performed Songs Of 2001 at the 19th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA.
* (23) Madonna opens in David Williamson�s West End play Up For Grabs at Wyndhams Theatre, London, England.
* Jun (2) In a telephone interview with The British Sunday People, Tony Ciccone (Madonna�s father) announces that she is pregnant; a statement by publicist Liz Rosenberg is released denying the rumors and confirms it is �completely untrue�.
* (11) �Madonna�s Liquid Assets� premieres on A&E-TV�s Biography.
* (17) �Don�t Tell Me� is honored as one of the Most Performed Dance Songs Of 2001 at the 15th annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA.
* (20) Madonna is #4 with an income of $43 million in Forbes magazine�s list of top 100 highest paid entertainers of 2002.
* Jul (8) Madonna begins filming a cameo appearance as a fencing instructor for James Bond movie Die Another Day (starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry, directed by Lee Tamahori) at Pinewood Studios, London, England.
* (13) Madonna plays her final performance in David Williamson�s West End play Up For Grabs at Wyndhams Theatre, London, England.
* (16) Madonna is honored as �Most Popular Fitness Role Model� in SHAPE magazine�s Readers Choice Awards 2002.
* Aug (5) Mad�house�s remake of �Like A Prayer� (1989) is released as a UK single.
* (17) Madonna and Guy celebrate her 44th birthday with a Japanese-theme party for 50 invited guests at their estate in Beverly Hills, CA.
* (22) Madonna begins filming �Die Another Day� video at Hollywood Center Studios, Hollywood, CA, directed by Traktor.
* (24) Swept Away official website is launched by Sony Pictures.
* (27) Madonna is listed in Guinness World Records 2003 for Best-Selling DVD Single (�What It Feels Like For A Girl�).
* Sep (4) In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Madonna causes a controversy among the residents of a rundown housing estate in London, England when she says: �I love the way the city looks, minus all the council estates randomly and profusely built up everywhere�; the citizens are outraged by her comments and complain that her attitude is rude, arrogant and ridiculous.
* (9) Kelly Osbourne�s remake of �Papa Don�t Preach� (1986) is released as a single.
* (17) Madonna Live! Drowned World Tour 2001 wins Best TV Concert Of The Year on the online 2nd annual AOL TV Viewer Awards.
* (19) Swept Away is screened at AMC Movie Theatre for the Condé Nast Traveler All-Star International Film Forum, New York, NY. Madonna is named VH1�s Sexiest Artist Of Rock & Roll on its list of �100 Sexiest Artists�.
* (26) Madonna is voted �The Greatest Woman In Music History� in a viewers poll on VH1-UK music channel: she is officially the most successful female recording artist of all time with worldwide sales of over 140 million records.
* (27) �Die Another Day� single (theme from James Bond film Die Another Day) premieres on Z100 radio station in New York, NY.
* (30) Madonna tapes an interview with Larry King at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA.
* Oct (2) Swept Away Movie Special premieres on MTV.
* (3,4) Madonna is interviewed on CBS-TV�s Entertainment Tonight, NBC-TV�s Today, Extra, Access Hollywood and E!-TV�s E! News Live.
* (7) Madonna attends a press conference in Beverly Hills, CA to promote Swept Away.
* (8) Madonna and Guy attend the world premiere of Swept Away at the Vista Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
* (10) �Die Another Day� video premieres on MTV. Madonna is interviewed by Larry King on CNN-TV�s Larry King Live.
* (11) Swept Away is released in US by Sony Pictures. Madonna appears via telephone call to MTV�s Total Request Live (TRL) at 3:30 pm ET and speaks with host Carson Daly about the release of Swept Away and �Die Another Day� video.
* (13) Swept Away hits #24 at the US box-office with $354,052 on its opening weekend.
* (14) Madonna and Lourdes attend the opening of Gianni Versace Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
* (17) Rolling Stone: Top 100 Albums Of All Time includes Ray Of Light at #29, Music at #52, Like A Prayer at #62 and The Immaculate Collection at #99: Madonna has more albums on the list than any other female solo artist.
* (18) Swept Away is released in Canada by Sony Pictures.
* (19) �Die Another Day� debuts at #41 on Hot 100 Singles chart in US and is the highest-debuting song of the year 2002.
* (22) �Die Another Day� single is released in US.
* (24) Swept Away is removed from all US movie theatres by Sony Pictures after only 2 weeks of release.
* (26) �Die Another Day� climbs up to #28 on Hot 100 Singles chart in US: it is her 44th Top 40 single and she surpasses Aretha Franklin to become the top female solo artist with the most Top 40 hit singles in music history.
* (27) Swept Away grosses a total of $598,645 US at the box-office.
* (28) �Die Another Day� single is released in Europe.
* (31) Rolling Stone: Women In Rock - The 50 Essential Albums includes Like A Prayer at #16.
* Nov (1) Madonna is named Britain�s highest earning music star of the year 2002 with $56 million on Sunday Times newspaper�s annual list.
* (3) �Die Another Day� hits UK #3.
* (4) Madonna is interviewed by WKTU (New York, NY) and KIIS-FM (Los Angeles, CA) radio stations to promote �Die Another Day�.
* (7) Madonna participates in a live telephone interview with Paul Bryant on Z100 radio in New York, NY.
* (9) �Die Another Day� hits US #8: it is her 35th Top 10 hit and becomes the second artist with the most Top 10 singles behind Elvis Presley (38). �Die Another Day� hits #1 on Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales charts.
* (12) Madonna contributes �Die Another Day� to Die Another Day: Music From The Motion Picture soundtrack CD.
* (16) �Die Another Day� hits #1 in Canada, Italy and Spain.
* (18) Madonna meets Queen Elizabeth II at the world premiere of Die Another Day at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England.
* (22) Die Another Day (which features Madonna in a cameo appearance) is released by MGM.
* (24) Die Another Day hits #1 at the US box-office with $47 million on its opening weekend.
* (30) �Die Another Day (Remixes)� hits #1 for 2 weeks on Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in US: it is her 28th #1 hit single on the dance charts.
* Dec (3) Body Of Evidence (1993) is released on DVD.
* (4) Madonna and Lourdes attend the premiere of English National Ballet�s �The Nutcracker� at the Colliseum Theatre, London, England.
* (26) Madonna is named Top Female UK Singles Artist Of All Time in The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles edition of the 100 Most Successful Artists in the 50-year history of the British chart.
* (28) Madonna is Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales Artist and �Die Another Day (Remixes)� is Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales in Billboard magazine�s The Year In Music survey of 2002.
* (29) Madonna is the second highest-earning woman in Britain with an income of $43 million in The Mail newspaper�s annual list.