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25. She published her first children's book, The English Roses, in 2003. She's since published a total of 10.
26. Madonna has six children. Her first, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, was born in 1996. She was followed by Rocco John Ritchie in 2000, and the adoptions of Malawai-born David Banda in 2006, Chifundo "Mercy" James in 2009, and twin sisters Esther and Stella in 2017.
27. In 1989, she signed a $5 million dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi tied to the release of her "Like a Prayer" music video, but after the uproar caused by the controversial video and its blasphemous Catholic imagery, the deal was called off and the commercial never even aired.