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Madonna is famous for her appearances at the [[MTV Video Music Award]]s, which celebrate the the top music videos of the year. The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards featured Madonna kissing her brides, [[Britney Spears]] and [[Christina Aguilera]], on stage. (See main article [[Madonna Kiss]])''
In [[2004]], Madonna embarked on her greatest hits tour, the "Re-Invention World Tour", during which she played fifty-six dates across the world. The tour became the highest-grossing tour of 2004, earning 125 million dollars according to [[Billboard magazine]], and once again confirmed the longevity of Madonna's popularity. After a brief battle with [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Brothers Records]] (with whom she shared record label [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]), Madonna sold her shares in the label and announced that she is no longer involved in its dealings. In the same month, Madonna announced that she had adopted the name [[Esther]], a tribute to the legendary [[Jewish]] Queen of ancient [[Persians|Persia]]. This decision and much of the artistic imagery used in her recent work have been driven by Madonna's intense study of [[Kabbalah]] at the controversial Kabbalah Centre in London, and her abandonment of [[Catholicism]]. She became a [[Kabbalist]] in 1997.
On [[December 26]] [[2004]], after a [[tsunami]] hit [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Thailand]], and [[Indonesia]] among other countries, [[NBC]] organized an aid concert called ''Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope'', to which celebrities such as Madonna, [[Diana Ross]], [[Maroon 5]], and [[Elton John]], among others, donated their voices. It was televised on [[January 15]] [[2005]]; Madonna sang a cover of [[John Lennon]]'s song "Imagine".
On [[July 2]] [[2005]], Madonna participated in the British [[Live 8]] concert from [[Hyde Park, London]]. Madonna performed her hit songs "Like a Prayer", "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]", and "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]". Before performing, she greeted [[Birhan Woldu]], a young woman who had almost died in the [[Ethiopian]] famine in the 1980s, on stage. Woldu's unexpected appearance on stage, followed immediately by Madonna's performance of "Like a Prayer" (hand-in-hand with Woldu), was hailed worldwide as one of the highlights of the event.
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