Editing Madonna (section)

=== 1998–2002: ''Ray of Light'', ''Music'', second marriage, and touring comeback ===
After Lourdes's birth, Madonna became involved in Eastern mysticism and [[Kabbalah]], introduced to her by actress [[Sandra Bernhard]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/kabbalah-is-madonna-losing-her-religion-6095969.html|title=Kabbalah: is Madonna losing her religion?|last=Barnes|first=Anthony|date=July 9, 2006|access-date=May 26, 2010|work=The Independent|location=London|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102102/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/kabbalah-is-madonna-losing-her-religion-6095969.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her seventh studio album, ''[[Ray of Light]]'', (1998) reflected this change in her perception and image.<ref>{{harvnb|Rooksby|2004|p=50}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Michael|2004|p=46}}</ref> She collaborated with electronica producer [[William Orbit]] and wanted to create a sound that could blend dance music with pop and British rock.<ref name="wync" /> American music critic [[Ann Powers]] explained that what Madonna searched for with Orbit "was a kind of a lushness that she wanted for this record. [[Techno music|Techno]] and [[rave]] were happening in the 90s and had a lot of different forms. There was very experimental, more hard stuff like [[Aphex Twin]]. There was party stuff like [[Fatboy Slim]]. That's not what Madonna wanted for this. She wanted something more like a singer-songwriter, really. And William Orbit provided her with that."<ref name="wync">{{cite web|url=http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/madonna-ray-of-light/|title='Ray Of Light' Was Madonna's 'Mid-Life Enlightenment' Record|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2014|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers|work=[[Soundcheck (radio program)|Soundcheck]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210144342/http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/madonna-ray-of-light/|archive-date=February 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The album garnered critical acclaim, with ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' calling it "one of the great pop masterpieces of the '90s"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/madonna-ray-of-light|title=Madonna: Ray Of Light {{!}} Album Review|date=March 9, 2003|access-date=July 17, 2009|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|archive-date=June 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602003946/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/madonna-ray-of-light|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ray of Light'' was honored with four [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]—including [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Album]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]]—and was nominated for both [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]].<ref name="madonnasecret">{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/wb.madonna.album/index.html |title=Madonna's secret to making 'Music'|date=November 10, 2000 |publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 9, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120808011138/http://articles.cnn.com/2000-11-10/entertainment/wb.madonna.album_1_mirwais-ahmadzai-disco-science-guy-oseary?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ |archive-date= August 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' listed it among "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |access-date=June 6, 2008 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301020434/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Commercially, the album peaked at number-one in numerous countries and sold more than 16&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref>{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2002|p=303}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[Frozen (Madonna song)|Frozen]]", became Madonna's first single to debut at number one in the UK, while in the US, it became her sixth number-two single, setting another record for Madonna as the artist with the most number-two hits.<ref name="ach" /><ref>{{harvnb|Metz|Benson|1999|p=167}}</ref> The second single, "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]", debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madonna.com > Discography > Ray of Light |url=http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/7/ |publisher=Madonna.com |access-date=September 2, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102021650/http://madonna.com/discography/index/album/albumId/7/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref> The 1998 edition of ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]'' documented that "no female artist has sold more records than Madonna around the world".<ref>{{harvnb|Glenday|1998|p=228}}</ref>

Madonna founded [[Ray of Light Foundation]] which focused on women, education, global development and humanitarian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/madonna.html|title=Madonna|work=[[Inside Philanthropy]]|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075601/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/madonna.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She recorded the single "[[Beautiful Stranger]]" for the 1999 film ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', which earned her a [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]].<ref name="grammy">{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Madonna&title=&year=All&genre=All|title=Grammy Award Winners – Madonna|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=May 27, 2008|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711123539/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=madonna&title=&year=All&genre=All|url-status=live}}</ref> Madonna starred in the 2000 [[comedy-drama]] film ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'', directed by [[John Schlesinger]]. The film opened at number two on the US box office with $5.9&nbsp;million grossed in its first week, but this quickly diminished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nextbestthing.htm|title=The Next Best Thing|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 11, 2014|archive-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401091040/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nextbestthing.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> She also contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack—a cover of [[Don McLean]]'s 1971 song "[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]" and an original song "Time Stood Still"—the former became her ninth UK number-one single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/americanpie.shtml|title=Top 100 47: American Pie|publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]]|access-date=June 9, 2008|archive-date=May 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521160606/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/americanpie.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:MadonnaDrownedWorld8 cropped.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Madonna performing at the 2001 [[Drowned World Tour]], the highest-grossing tour of the year by a solo artist|alt=A blond woman sitting on a block of hay. She is playing a guitar and singing in front of a standing microphone. She has short hair and wears gray-colored cowboy clothes.]]

Madonna released her eighth studio album, ''[[Music (Madonna album)|Music]]'', in September 2000.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hé |first=Kristen S. |date=March 24, 2020 |title=Madonna in 2000: Reinventing Pop 'Music' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-in-2000-reinventing-pop-music-9341347/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519163943/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-in-2000-reinventing-pop-music-9341347/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It featured elements from the [[electronic dance music|electronica]]-inspired ''Ray of Light'' era, and like its predecessor, received acclaim from critics. Collaborating with French producer [[Mirwais Ahmadzaï]], Madonna commented: "I love to work with the weirdos that no one knows about—the people who have raw talent and who are making music unlike anyone else out there. ''Music'' is the future of sound."<ref name="bronmusic">{{harvnb|Bronson|2002|p=989}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] from [[AllMusic]] felt that "''Music'' blows by in a kaleidoscopic rush of color, technique, style and substance. It has so many depth and layers that it's easily as self-aware and earnest as ''Ray of Light''."<ref>{{harvnb|Erlewine|Bogdanov|Woodstra|2002|p=245}}</ref> The album took the number-one position in more than 20 countries worldwide and sold four million copies in the first ten days.<ref name="madonnasecret" /> In the US, ''Music'' debuted at the top, and became her first number-one album in eleven years since ''Like a Prayer''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/news/after-11-year-absence-madonnas-back-876212.story|title=After 11 Year Absence, Madonna's Back At No. 1|date=September 28, 2000|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110063144/http://www.billboard.com/news/after-11-year-absence-madonnas-back-876212.story|archive-date=November 10, 2011}}</ref> It produced three singles: the Hot 100 number-one "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]", "[[Don't Tell Me (Madonna song)|Don't Tell Me]]", and "[[What It Feels Like for a Girl]]".<ref name="ach" /> The music video of "What It Feels Like for a Girl" depicted Madonna committing acts of crime and vandalism, and was banned by MTV and [[VH1]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/23/madonna.video.idg/index.html?_s=PM:TECH|title=Controversial new Madonna video airs on the Web|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 23, 2001|access-date=June 9, 2008|last=Lee|first=Hann C.|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201033010/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/23/madonna.video.idg/index.html?_s=PM%3ATECH|url-status=live}}</ref>

Madonna met director [[Guy Ritchie]] in mid-1998, and gave birth to their son Rocco John Ritchie in Los Angeles on August 11, 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 11, 2000|title=Madonna Gives Birth to Baby Boy|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116318&page=1|access-date=February 2, 2022|agency=ABC News|archive-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202031435/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116318&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Rocco and Madonna suffered complications from the birth due to her experiencing [[placenta praevia]].{{Sfn|Cross|2007|p=88}} He was christened at [[Dornoch Cathedral]] in [[Dornoch]], Scotland, on December 21, 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 21, 2000|title=Madonna's Son Baptized|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111609&page=1|access-date=February 2, 2022|agency=ABC News|archive-date=October 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007094453/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111609&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Madonna married Ritchie the following day at nearby [[Skibo Castle]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cross|2007|pp=xix; 88–89}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Madonna's wedding will be the Highlands' biggest fling|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1377478/Madonnas-wedding-will-be-the-Highlands-biggest-fling.html?mobile=true|first1=Hugh|last1=Davies|first2=Philip|last2=Aldrick|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=December 8, 2000|access-date=May 8, 2014|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805071510/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1377478/Madonnas-wedding-will-be-the-Highlands-biggest-fling.html?mobile=true|url-status=live}}</ref> After an eight-year absence from touring, Madonna started her [[Drowned World Tour]] in June 2001.<ref name="showstealer" /> The tour visited cities in the US and Europe and was the highest-grossing concert tour of the year by a solo artist, earning $75&nbsp;million from 47 sold-out shows.<ref name=grossdwt>{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=December 29, 2001|title=The Year in Touring|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=44|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> She also released her second greatest-hits collection, ''[[GHV2]]'', which compiled 15 singles during the second decade of her recording career. The album debuted at number seven on the ''Billboard'' 200 and sold seven million units worldwide.<ref name="allmusicghv2">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r559135|title=Madonna – GHV2|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=November 12, 2001|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107150821/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghv2-mw0001777679|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-170226619/warner-finds-solace-farewell-cd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224000116/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-170226619/warner-finds-solace-farewell-cd|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2015|last=Arthington|first=Mirra|date=October 7, 2007|title=Warner finds solace in farewell CD|journal=Music Week|page=21|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>

Madonna starred in the film ''[[Swept Away (2002 film)|Swept Away]]'', directed by Ritchie. Released [[direct-to-video]] in the UK, the film was a commercial and critical failure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2426783.stm|title=Madonna flop goes straight to video|publisher=BBC|date=November 8, 2002|access-date=June 3, 2008|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915210359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2426783.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2002 she appeared in London in the [[West End theatre|West End]] play ''[[Up for Grabs (play)|Up for Grabs]]'' at the [[Wyndhams Theatre]] (billed as 'Madonna Ritchie'), to universally bad reviews and was described as "the evening's biggest disappointment" by one.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Billington|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/may/24/theatre.artsfeatures2|title=Up for Grabs, Wyndham's Theatre, London Stage|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=December 7, 2012|date=May 25, 2002|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191855/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/may/24/theatre.artsfeatures2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/upforgrabs-rev|title=Theatre review: Up for Grabs at Wyndham's|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=December 7, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122039/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/upforgrabs-rev|url-status=live}}</ref> That October, she released "[[Die Another Day (song)|Die Another Day]]", the title song of the [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]] film ''[[Die Another Day]]'', in which she also had a [[Cameo appearance|cameo role]], described by [[Peter Bradshaw]] from ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "incredibly wooden".<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/15/artsfeatures.jamesbond|title=Film: Die Another Day|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=December 7, 2012|date=September 13, 2006|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206215037/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/15/artsfeatures.jamesbond|url-status=live}}</ref> The song reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was nominated for both a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] and a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song]].<ref name="ach" />