Madonna has spent her career turning provocation into power and reinvention into an art form. Born Madonna Louise Ciccone, she famously arrived in New York City in 1978 and by the mid-1980s, she wasn’t just topping charts; she was reshaping fashion, fame, and female autonomy with era-defining hits including “Like a Virgin” and “Material Girl.”
Now 67, the pop icon remains one of the most successful artists in music history. She has sold more than 400 million records worldwide, most recently adding $227.2 million with The Celebration Tour, a global run that wrapped in 2024. That cultural dominance has translated into enormous wealth. As of this year, the hitmaker’s estimated net worth stands at $850 million, earning her a spot on Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women. At one point, the publication named her the wealthiest female musician of all time; now, she only falls behind Taylor Swift and Rihanna on the ranking.
Her empire stretches far beyond music, anchored by Maverick Records, which the entertainment mogul cofounded with Time Warner in 1992 in a deal that reportedly included a $60 million advance. The business portfolio has since expanded through bestselling children’s books, fashion collaborations with her daughter Lourdes Leon, fragrance lines, and her luxury skincare brand MDNA.
Her assets also include more than just entertainment ventures. The global superstar owns a museum-caliber art collection—including works by Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo—estimated at more than $160 million and has long paired her success with activism through Raising Malawi, the nonprofit she founded to support orphaned and at-risk children. A devoted mother of six, she was married to director Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008.
All of which brings us to real estate. Over the decades, Madonna has assembled a globe-spanning collection of homes that mirrors her career—from a massive townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to a sprawling equestrian compound in the Hamptons to a historic estate in Portugal—properties that function as both sanctuaries and creative headquarters.
London
Image Credit: Sion Touhig/Getty Images London was one of the singer’s earliest real-estate obsessions, and for years she steadily built out a sizable footprint across the city. At one point, the chart-topping artist reportedly owned five or six properties across Marylebone and west London, including mews houses for staff and additional residences acquired during her marriage to Ritchie. Most of those homes have since changed hands, but one key holding appears to have endured.
The superstar’s London base today is widely believed to be a large Georgian townhouse, purchased in 2007 for just over £6 million. The roughly 10-bedroom, six-story home retains original details like oak floorboards and a vaulted artist’s studio that opens onto the garden. An adjoining townhouse used by the family effectively turns the setup into a discreet compound—ideal for extended stays in the U.K.
New York City
Image Credit: Google Earth By 2009, the pop star turned her attention back to New York, quietly assembling one of the Upper East Side’s widest private residences. That June, she purchased three adjoining townhouses on East 81st Street for a combined $32 million, merging them into a single 11,454-square-foot compound, property records show. The resulting 57-foot-wide mega-mansion includes 13 bedrooms, nine fireplaces, multiple dining rooms, an elevator, and a 3,000-square-foot garden. Designed to work as both home and creative headquarters, the residence also features a gym and dance studio, with a recording studio added later, and remains one of the artist’s most frequently used homes.
Bridgehampton
Image Credit: Google Earth That same year, the Queen of Pop headed east, planting roots in the Hamptons with the purchase of Wild Horses Farm, the former Kelly Klein horse property in Bridgehampton. According to records, she acquired the estate in late 2009 for $5 million, laying the groundwork for what would become a deeply private equestrian compound.
The performer expanded the footprint in 2013 with the purchase of a neighboring parcel for $3.9 million, bringing the combined property closer to 58 acres. Construction on a custom mansion followed under Farrell Building Company, with the star moving in around 2015. Plans called for an eight-bedroom main house, staff quarters below, and resort-style amenities, later capped by a professional recording studio added in 2021 with designer-builder Jeffrey Colle.
Portugal
Image Credit: Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images The biggest lifestyle pivot came in 2017, when the global superstar decamped to Portugal after purchasing Quinta do Relógio, an 18th-century Moorish Revival mansion in Sintra, just outside Lisbon. The historic estate reportedly traded for €7.5 million and spans roughly 16,000 square feet, with a main residence, guest accommodations, and caretaker’s quarters, all set within the UNESCO-listed Cultural Landscape of Sintra.
The move followed the 2016 U.S. election and marked a clear reset. During that period, the artist shared glimpses of the home’s airy interiors—wood floors, exposed beams, light-filled rooms—and used the estate as a family base while living abroad. While closely tied to her Portugal chapter, recent records have not definitively confirmed whether Quinta do Relógio remains her primary residence today.
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