Madonna practically invented the idea of women in pop. SORRY LULU.
Actually it is a bit patronising to say 'oh well done for being a woman in pop'. She is not just a woman in pop. She is pop. Well, she is on a good day.
Her run of singles in the 1980s is basically the best run of singles by any popstar ever. For example, this and also this.
We almost can't bear to start writing proper stuff about her, because where would you stop?
Mind you, the less said about 2008's 'Hard Candy' the better.
Thankfully, 2012's 'MDNA' was much better, despite the second single being one of the worst things of all time.