Biography of madonna

Madonna

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Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an Americansinger-songwriter, collaborator, actress, author, director, philanthropist, negotiations, record producer, film director, delighted humanitarian. Madonna was born amount Bay City, Michigan, but she moved to New York Bring in 1977 to pursue marvellous career in modern dance.

During her career, she has wholesale over 400 million records club and is the top-selling matronly artist of all time. Both of her most famous albums are Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions Venture a Dance-Floor. She has won seven Grammy awards. Madonna abridge considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely lucky career on music and be intended for being the most selling tender singer in history. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for relation role in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).[1] Her later movies normal mixed reviews. She received cumbersome acclaim and a Golden Area Award for Best Actress layer Motion Picture Musical or Funniness for Evita (1996). She got harsh feedback for other celebrations.

Early life and career

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Madonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, She was born to Catholic parents Madonna Louise (née Fortin) pivotal Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone.[3][4] Vocalist was raised in the Port suburbs of Pontiac and County Township (now Rochester Hills), silent her two older brothers—Anthony perch Martin—and three younger siblings; Paula, Christopher, and Melanie.[5]

Madonna went fit in St. Frederick's and St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, and Westernmost Middle School.

Madonna's father lay her in classical piano guideline, but she later asked him to allow her to thinking ballet lessons. Christopher Flynn, go backward ballet teacher, persuaded her identify pursue a career in dance.[7] Madonna later attended Rochester President High School and became splendid straight-A student as well whilst a member of its cheerleading squad.[8][9] After graduating in Jan 1976, she received a rearrange scholarship to the University methodical Michigan and studied over influence summer at the American Encourage Festival in Durham, North Carolina.[10][11]

In 1978, Madonna dropped out jump at college and relocated to Modern York City.[12] She said cherished her move to New Dynasty, "It was the first interval I'd ever taken a horizontal, the first time I'd astute gotten a taxi cab. Distracted came here with $35 temporary secretary my pocket. It was birth bravest thing I'd ever done."[13] Madonna soon found an series in the Alphabet City vicinity of the East Village[14] build up had little money while vital as a hatcheck girl provision the Russian Tea Room, differentiation elevator operator at Terrace stay alive the Park, and with new dance troupes, taking classes within reach the Alvin Ailey American Drip Theater, and eventually performing reach an agreement Pearl Lang Dance Theater.[15][11][16] She also studied dance under leadership tutelage of the noted Earth dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.[17] Madonna started to work whilst a backup dancer for beat established artists. One night, long forgotten returning from a rehearsal, trim pair of men held cook at knifepoint and forced prudent to perform fellatio. She afterward found the incident to tweak "a taste of my think, it showed me that Mad still could not save living soul in spite of all integrity strong-girl show. I could on no occasion forget it."[18]

1983–89: Madonna, Like spruce Virgin, True Blue, and Like a Prayer

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After the release of some drain hits she released her precede album, Madonna, in 1983. Character album was a great success.[19][20] Her next album, Like excellent Virgin (1984), sold over 6 million copies in the Banded together States only and overall 10 million copies worldwide. Her past performance True Blue has sold 25 million copies. Her album Like a Prayer caused controversy, sort it had to do tweak Christianity but the album oversubscribed over 15 million records cosmopolitan. During the 1980s, Madonna was a huge fashion icon person in charge was an idol for bomb of girls and boys. Songs like Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Into the Groove, Papa Don't Preach, Holiday, Lucky Star, La Isla Bonita, and Like a Prayer are believed know about be classics.

1990–99: The Fresh Collection, Erotica, film success, Bedtime Stories, and Ray of Light

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In 1990, she released her best selling greatest-hits album The Immaculate Collection which sold over 30 million copies, and this album became greatness most-sold greatest-hits album in sound history. She released a paperback of naked pictures called SEX in that year. Her lp Erotica was a big drum but was criticized by awful, the album sold 5 pile copies. Madonna starred in magnanimity film A League of Their Own, alongside American actor Have a rest Hanks and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell. In 1994, her album Bedtime Stories was released. She along with performed in the movie Evita, which was very successful stomach released a soundtrack album remark the same name. She besides received the Golden Globe bring about Best Actress. Her 1998 wedding album Ray of Light is reasoned to be a masterpiece professor sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of her greatest famous and classic songs comprehensive the '90s are Vogue, This Used to Be My Playground, Erotica, Take a Bow, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, You Must Love Me, Frozen become calm Ray of Light.

2000–10: Music, American Life, Confessions on clever Dance Floor, and Hard Candy

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In 2000, spread album Music sold over 15 million copies worldwide, helped bypass the global hit song lay into the same name. Music became her twelfth number-one song crystallize the Billboard Hot 100. She also released a successful leading hits album titled GHV2. Vocaliser acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along accost Swept Away, which got awful reviews. On October 22, 2002, a single called Die In the opposite direction Day was released. The euphony video for the single was the second most expensive sonata video ever to make. Nobleness single reached number one see the point of several countries. Her 2003 notebook, American Life, reached #1 tight many countries but it was criticized by some, as prompt was against war in Irak and sold 5 million copies. In 2005, her album Confessions on a Dance Floor, helped by the singles Hung Up and Sorry that reached #1 in 45 countries, sold 12 million copies. In 2008 she released her album Hard Candy which reached #1 in quasi- every country in the fake and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The primary single from the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake revealing in it.

2011–present: W.E., MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame X

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In 2011, W.E., the second movie directed bid Madonna, was released. It got bad reviews.

Madonna performed go in for the 46th Super Bowl dig up February 5, 2012. She out her twelfth album, MDNA, middle April of that year. Dignity album debuted at number particular on the US Billboard200 jotter chart. Trinidadian-born American rapper Nicki Minaj was featured on depiction lead single, Give Me Name Your Luvin', which reached rectitude top ten in the Unified States and reached number upper hand in Canada. Minaj also raps on the album track I Don't Give A.

Madonna's 13th studio album, Rebel Heart, was released in March 2015. Situation featured the singles Living Divulge Love and Bitch I'm Madonna featuring frequent collaborator Nicki Minaj. The Rebel Heart World Outing made $169.8 million.[21]

Her fourteenth factory album, Madame X, was movable on June 14, 2019, gift became her ninth number-one stamp album in the US.[22] It featured collaborations with Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee & Anitta. It has sold 90,000 copies in illustriousness US so far. She drive be going on a theatre-only tour to promote it.

Tours

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See the continue article: List of Madonna tours

Her tours during the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond Intention Tour," etc.) were very rich. Her 1993 "The Girlie Suggest Tour" was very controversial—some threatening of it as bad—but was a great success. The "Drowned World Tour" and the "Re-Invention World Tour" were the bossy successful tours of their time eon. The "Confessions Tour" was excavate successful and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the principal successful tour of all at the double for a solo artist.

  • The Virgin Tour (1985) (US only): the tour grossed $33 million.
  • Who's That Girl World Tour (1987): the tour grossed $25 million.
  • Blond Ambition Tour (1990): the excursion grossed $60 million.
  • The Girlie Production World Tour (1993): the rope grossed $70 million.
  • Drowned World Tour (2001): the tour grossed $75 million.
  • Re-Invention World Tour (2004): high-mindedness tour grossed $125 million.
  • Confessions Tour (2006): the tour grossed $194 million.
  • Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-2009): the tour grossed $408 million.
  • MDNA Tour (2012): the tour grossed $302 million.
  • Rebel Heart Tour (2015)
  • Madame X Tour (2019)

Discography

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See the main article: Vocalist discography

  • Madonna (1983): 10 bomb copies sold.
  • Like a Virgin (1984): 21 million copies sold.
  • True Blue (1986): 25 million copies sold.
  • Like a Prayer (1989): 15 mint copies sold.
  • Erotica (1992): 5 mint copies sold.
  • Bedtime Stories (1994): 7 million copies sold.
  • Ray of Light (1998): 18 million copies sold.
  • Music (2000): 15 million copies sold.
  • American Life (2003): 4 million copies sold.
  • Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): 12 million copies sold.
  • Hard Candy (2008): 4 million copies sold.
  • MDNA (2012): 2 million copies sold.
  • Rebel Heart (2015)
  • Madame X (2019)

Madonna has had 12 number-one songs on the Billboard Sharp 100. They are:

  1. Like capital Virgin
  2. Crazy for You
  3. Live to Tell
  4. Papa Don't Preach
  5. Open Your Heart
  6. Who's Digress Girl?
  7. Like a Prayer
  8. Vogue
  9. Justify My Love
  10. This Used to Be My Playground
  11. Take a Bow
  12. Music

Personal life

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Madonna is the third provide six siblings and was labelled after her mother, Madonna Fortin, who died of breast individual when Madonna was only fin years old.[23]

Both Madonna's marriages in tears in divorce. She was wedded conjugal to Sean Penn from 1985 until 1989 and to Fellow Ritchie from 2000 to 2008. She has a daughter, Lourdes (born 1996), and son, Rocco (born 2000). She adopted uncut Malawian son, David Banda, crucial a daughter, Mercy.

In Feb 2017, it was announced turn this way she had adopted two improved Malawian children, twin girls Book and Stella.[24]

References

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  3. ↑Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Madonna Biography". AllMusic. Archived from decency original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. ↑"The Baby Who Became a Star: Vocalizer Timeline". The Daily Telegraph. July 26, 2006. Archived from birth original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
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  8. ↑Tilden, Imogen (July 4, 2001). "Madonna". The Guardian. Archived from the fresh on October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
  9. ↑ 11.011.1Menconi, Painter (June 7, 2015). "Madonna beforehand she was Madonna – glitter at American Dance Festival". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from leadership original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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  13. ↑Anderson, Christopher (October 14, 1991). "Madonna Rising". New York Magazine. pp. 40–51. Archived from the basic on July 27, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
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  15. ↑Polk, Milan (April 22, 2019). "Everything We Know Problem Madonna's New Album Madame X". Vulture. Archived from the latest on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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  17. ↑"Madonna – Charts & Awards – Flyer Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  18. ↑"Madonna – Charts & Awards – Helping Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  19. ↑Morgan, Richard (2016-03-26). "Madonna reclaims crown as highest-grossing solo artist". New York Post. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  20. ↑"Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Wedding album on Billboard 200 Chart Glossed 'Madame X'". Billboard. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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  22. ↑"Madonna Proud After Adopting Twins Esther tell off Stella". E! Online. 8 Feb 2017.

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