Madonna puts on the show of her life as she sings to a record 1.6 million fans on Copacabana beach.

Her free concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ended her Celebration tour – which started in London in October – and cemented the 65-year-old as the Queen of Pop.

Launching the two-hour set at 10.37pm, 50 minutes late, she told the mammoth crowd: “Here we are in the most beautiful place in the world.”

Huge cheers rose from the tightly packed audience as she began with Nothing Really Matters…