Madonna: Like an Icon should have been given on exploring her personal life, which would have made the biography compelling. The biography is divided into three parts. The first part is named "Baptism" and tells about Madonna's birth in Detroit, Michigan, her early childhood, her time in New York, and her dance degree. It also talks in detail about the release of her first three studio albums—"Madonna", "Like a Virgin" and "True Blue"—her marriage to actor Sean Penn, and also her foray into films. The middle part, named "Confession", starts from the "Like a Prayer" era onwards where Madonna has become a global superstar.
Music (Madonna song) delay of her film, "The Next Best Thing", it was cancelled. By 2000, Madonna was dating director Guy Ritchie, and was pregnant with their child. Wanting to distract herself from the media frenzy surrounding the pregnancy, she concentrated on the development of her eighth studio album, "Music". "Ray of Light"s success had made the singer keen to go into a recording studio and she was introduced to French DJ and producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï through photographer Stéphane Sednaoui. In an interview with CNN, Madonna recalled that her Maverick Records company partner Guy Oseary "was given a demo by a French artist