Madonna: Back On The Job

Madonna hasn't let motherhood or a recent horseback riding accident slow her down.

In fact, observes The Early Show national correspondent Tracy Smith, you could argue that she's busier than ever.

"The Material Girl" gave Smith an exclusive interview as Madonna visited MTV's "TRL," whose audience gave her a wild welcome.

It's been two decades since Madonna first appeared on MTV but, says Smith, even to fans who weren't born then, Madonna is as big as it gets.

She was appearing on TRL to promote her new album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor," which Madonna told Smith is an "all-dance record. I decided I wanted to make a record that made people happy, that lifted people up, that gave people hope. And I wanted to make a record where you could put it on and, for a whole hour, you could dance nonstop and not have to skip past anything, skip past slow songs, or go to another record."

But, Smith points out, Madonna's life is about more than music these days.

She's a children's book author with two kids of her own, and she's determined to raise them right.

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