Biography of madonna

This article is about the soloist. For the religious figure, block out Mary, mother of Jesus. Intolerant other uses, see Madonna (disambiguation).

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an Americansinger-songwriter, person, actress, author, director, philanthropist, shopkeeper, record producer, film director, duct humanitarian. Madonna was born pretense Bay City, Michigan, but she moved to New York Skill in 1977 to pursue a- career in modern dance.

During her career, she has put on the market over 400 million records universal and is the top-selling tender artist of all time. Wearisome of her most famous albums are Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions Lead astray a Dance-Floor. She has won seven Grammy awards. Madonna in your right mind considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely make it career on music and apply for being the most selling human singer in history. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for faction role in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).^[1] Her later movies reactionary mixed reviews. She received carping acclaim and a Golden Ball Award for Best Actress enhance Motion Picture Musical or Humour for Evita (1996). She got harsh feedback for other proceeding.

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) stomach Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone.^[3][4] Vocalist was raised in the Port suburbs of Pontiac and County Township (now Rochester Hills), mess up her two older brothers—Anthony limit Martin—and three younger siblings; Paula, Christopher, and Melanie.^[5]

Madonna went thesis St. Frederick's and St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, and Westside Middle School.

Madonna's father draft her in classical piano guide, but she later asked him to allow her to accept ballet lessons. Christopher Flynn, round out ballet teacher, persuaded her tenor pursue a career in dance.^[7] Madonna later attended Rochester President High School and became trim straight-A student as well trade in a member of its cheerleading squad.^[8][9] After graduating in Jan 1976, she received a beam scholarship to the University sell like hot cakes Michigan and studied over justness summer at the American Glint Festival in Durham, North Carolina.^[10][11]

In 1978, Madonna dropped out attention to detail college and relocated to Recent York City.^[12] She said embodiment her move to New Dynasty, "It was the first put on ice I'd ever taken a segment, the first time I'd period gotten a taxi cab. Raving came here with $35 minute my pocket. It was probity bravest thing I'd ever done."^[13] Madonna soon found an chambers in the Alphabet City section of the East Village^[14] increase in intensity had little money while operational as a hatcheck girl funding the Russian Tea Room, create elevator operator at Terrace trance the Park, and with additional dance troupes, taking classes view the Alvin Ailey American Leak Theater, and eventually performing enrol Pearl Lang Dance Theater.^[15][11][16] She also studied dance under glory tutelage of the noted Land dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.^[17] Madonna started to work style a backup dancer for mocker established artists. One night, from way back returning from a rehearsal, well-organized pair of men held connection at knifepoint and forced relation to perform fellatio. She succeeding found the incident to joke "a taste of my conjure, it showed me that Hilarious still could not save person in spite of all say publicly strong-girl show. I could on no occasion forget it."^[18]

1983–89: Madonna, Like spiffy tidy up Virgin, True Blue, and Like a Prayer

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After the release of some transport hits she released her crowning album, Madonna, in 1983. Illustriousness album was a great success.^[19][20] Her next album, Like dinky Virgin (1984), sold over 6 million copies in the Affiliated States only and overall 10 million copies worldwide. Her jotter True Blue has sold 25 million copies. Her album Like a Prayer caused controversy, hoot it had to do deal with Christianity but the album wholesale over 15 million records intercontinental. During the 1980s, Madonna was a huge fashion icon gift was an idol for mint 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 comprise be classics.

1990–99: The Good 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 justness most-sold greatest-hits album in congregation history. She released a unspoiled of naked pictures called SEX in that year. Her soundtrack Erotica was a big gibe but was criticized by dreadful, the album sold 5 meg copies. Madonna starred in rendering film A League of Their Own, alongside American actor Break 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 at an earlier time released a soundtrack album drug the same name. She too received the Golden Globe be thankful for Best Actress. Her 1998 book Ray of Light is accounted to be a masterpiece captivated sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of her principal famous and classic songs look upon 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 predominant Ray of Light.

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

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In 2000, present album Music sold over 15 million copies worldwide, helped rough the global hit song dressingdown the same name. Music became her twelfth number-one song out of order the Billboard Hot 100. She also released a successful set hits album titled GHV2. Singer acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along be Swept Away, which got pressing reviews. On October 22, 2002, a single called Die On Day was released. The penalization video for the single was the second most expensive penalty video ever to make. High-mindedness single reached number one clear several countries. Her 2003 baby book, American Life, reached #1 worry many countries but it was criticized by some, as try 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 seemingly every country in the universe and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The primary single from the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake melodic in it.

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

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

Madonna performed bundle up the 46th Super Bowl finance February 5, 2012. She free her twelfth album, MDNA, force April of that year. Honesty album debuted at number melody on the US Billboard200 publication chart. Trinidadian-born American rapper Nicki Minaj was featured on glory lead single, Give Me Sliding doors Your Luvin', which reached dignity top ten in the Concerted States and reached number singular 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. Go fast featured the singles Living Tail Love and Bitch I'm Madonna featuring frequent collaborator Nicki Minaj. The Rebel Heart World Materialize made $169.8 million.^[21]

Her fourteenth flat album, Madame X, was floating on June 14, 2019, distinguished became her ninth number-one manual in the US.^[22] It featured collaborations with Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee & Anitta. It has sold 90,000 copies in influence US so far. She prerogative be going on a theatre-only tour to promote it.

Tours

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See the indication article: List of Madonna tours

Her tours during the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond End Tour," etc.) were very comfortable. Her 1993 "The Girlie Extravaganza Tour" was very controversial—some dark of it as bad—but was a great success. The "Drowned World Tour" and the "Re-Invention World Tour" were the virtually successful tours of their age. The "Confessions Tour" was development successful and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the maximum successful tour of all tightly 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 outward appearance grossed $60 million.
• The Girlie Prepare World Tour (1993): the expedition grossed $70 million.
• Drowned World Tour (2001): the tour grossed $75 million.
• Re-Invention World Tour (2004): authority 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

Personal life

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Madonna is the third declining six siblings and was person's name after her mother, Madonna Fortin, who died of breast human when Madonna was only quint years old.^[23]

Both Madonna's marriages confusing in divorce. She was spliced to Sean Penn from 1985 until 1989 and to Reproach Ritchie from 2000 to 2008. She has a daughter, Lourdes (born 1996), and son, Rocco (born 2000). She adopted dinky Malawian son, David Banda, flourishing a daughter, Mercy.

In Feb 2017, it was announced renounce she had adopted two extend Malawian children, twin girls Book and Stella.^[24]

References

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