Madonna's many transformations

The 56-year-old mother of two went topless in the December 2014 issue of Interview magazine in which she also talked about her drug use and the impact death has had on her work. It was just the latest in her long string of provocative transformations. (Interview Magazine)

Mr. and Mrs. Sean Penn in 1986. Hard to believe, isn't it? Take a look through the pop chameleon's many colors. (AP)

Madonna and model Jesus Luz heated up 46 pages of the March 2009 issue of W Magazine. (WMagazine.com)

What Madonna would look like in 2019 after a decade of hard living. We're just saying, stay in shape, M! (Image by Forensic Artist Joe Mullins )

Madonna on September 1, 2008 just before she and Guy Ritchie split. (AP)

July 15, 1987: Madonna performing the song 'Who's That Girl?' (AP)

March 25, 1991: Madonna at the Academy Awards performing 'Sooner or Later' (AP)

Madonna performing on Feb. 20, 1995. (AP)

Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, 1995. (AP)

Nov. 1, 1996: Madonna as Eva Peron in a scene from 'Evita' (AP)

Jan. 20, 1997: Madonna accepts her Golden Globe for 'Evita.' (AP)

A henna-clad Madonna performing on Feb. 24, 1998. (AP)

Madonna with Guy Ritchie (AP)

Nov. 16, 2000: Madonna performs at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Stockholm, Sweden. (AP)

Dec. 21, 2000: A video still of Madonna and Guy Ritchie leaving Dornoch Cathedral in Scotland after son Rocco's baptism. (AP)

July 25, 2001: Madonna performs her Drowned World Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP)

Nov. 18, 2002: Madonna curtsies and shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II. (AP)

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Madonna's famous VMA kiss with Britney Spears. (AP)

Madonna and Guy Ritchie in May 2005. (AP)

Madonna performs at the Grammys in 2006. (AP)

Madonna and Guy Ritchie at the March 2006 Vanity Fair Oscar party. (AP)

Madonna during a performance in Paris, France (AP)

Madonna during a performance at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City (AP)