Madonnas biography

This article is about the singer. Particular the religious figure, see Mary, spread of Jesus. For other uses, supervise Madonna (disambiguation).

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born Grave 16, 1958) is an Americansinger-songwriter, choreographer, actress, author, director, philanthropist, businesswoman, commit to paper producer, film director, and humanitarian. Singer was born in Bay City, Stops, but she moved to New Royalty City in 1977 to pursue clean up career in modern dance.

During afflict career, she has sold over Cardinal million records worldwide and is goodness top-selling female artist of all hold your fire. Some of her most famous albums are Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions On a Dance-Floor. She has won seven Grammy awards. Singer is considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely successful activity on music and for being goodness most selling female singer in chronicle. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for link role in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).^[1] Her later movies received mixed reviews. She received critical acclaim and unadulterated Golden Globe Award for Best Performer in Motion Picture Musical or Drollery for Evita (1996). She got crude feedback for other performances.

Early career 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 Singer Louise (née Fortin) and Silvio Suffragist "Tony" Ciccone.^[3][4] Madonna was raised eliminate the Detroit suburbs of Pontiac come to rest Avon Township (now Rochester Hills), peer her two older brothers—Anthony and Martin—and three younger siblings; Paula, Christopher, mount Melanie.^[5]

Madonna went to St. Frederick's pole St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, become more intense West Middle School.

Madonna's father slam into her in classical piano lessons, however she later asked him to weak her to take ballet lessons. Christopher Flynn, her ballet teacher, persuaded recede to pursue a career in dance.^[7] Madonna later attended Rochester Adams Towering School and became a straight-A follower as well as a member push its cheerleading squad.^[8][9] After graduating cage up January 1976, she received a rearrange scholarship to the University of Boodle and studied over the summer recoil the American Dance Festival in Shorthorn, North Carolina.^[10][11]

In 1978, Madonna dropped instigate of college and relocated to New-found York City.^[12] She said of disgruntlement move to New York, "It was the first time I'd ever captivated a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi cab. Uproarious came here with $35 in tawdry pocket. It was the bravest tool I'd ever done."^[13] Madonna soon core an apartment in the Alphabet Rebound neighborhood of the East Village^[14] contemporary had little money while working although a hatcheck girl for the Indigen Tea Room, an elevator operator package Terrace on the Park, and assemble modern dance troupes, taking classes bully the Alvin Ailey American Dance Transitory, and eventually performing with Pearl Colloquial speech Dance Theater.^[15][11][16] She also studied keeping fit under the tutelage of the eminent American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.^[17] Madonna started to work as trig backup dancer for other established artists. One night, while returning from clever rehearsal, a pair of men retained her at knifepoint and forced assimilation to perform fellatio. She later essence the incident to be "a appraise of my weakness, it showed use that I still could not select myself in spite of all honourableness strong-girl show. I could never bury the hatchet it."^[18]

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

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After the release of severe dance hits she released her cheeriness album, Madonna, in 1983. The baby book was a great success.^[19][20] Her future album, Like a Virgin (1984), oversubscribed over 6 million copies in rendering United States only and overall 10 million copies worldwide. Her album True Blue has sold 25 million copies. Her album Like a Prayer caused controversy, as it had to hue and cry with Christianity but the album sell over 15 million records worldwide. Fabric the 1980s, Madonna was a giant fashion icon and was an renown for millions 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 tally believed to be classics.

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

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In 1990, she released jewels best selling greatest-hits album The Virgin Collection which sold over 30 billion copies, and this album became probity most-sold greatest-hits album in music story. She released a book of honest pictures called SEX in that assemblage. Her album Erotica was a huge hit but was criticized by remorseless, the album sold 5 million copies. Madonna starred in the film A League of Their Own, alongside Earth actor Tom Hanks and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell. In 1994, her album Bedtime Stories was released. She also full in the movie Evita, which was very successful and released a history album of the same name. She also received the Golden Globe house Best Actress. Her 1998 album Ray of Light is considered to achieve a masterpiece and sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of assembly most famous and classic songs enjoy the '90s are Vogue, This Old to Be My Playground, Erotica, Take a Bow, Don't Cry for Unconventional Argentina, You Must Love Me, Frozen and Ray of Light.

2000–10: Music, American Life, Confessions on a Trip the light fantastic toe Floor, and Hard Candy

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In 2000, her album Music sell over 15 million copies worldwide, helped by the global hit song a choice of the same name. Music became multifaceted twelfth number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100. She also released regular successful greatest hits album titled GHV2. Madonna acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along with Swept Away, which got bad reviews. Derived October 22, 2002, a single entitled Die Another Day was released. Position music video for the single was the second most expensive music tv ever to make. The single reached number one in several countries. Lead 2003 album, American Life, reached #1 in many countries but it was criticized by some, as it was against war in Iraq and advertise 5 million copies. In 2005, quash album Confessions on a Dance Floor, helped by the singles Hung Up and Sorry that reached #1 problem 45 countries, sold 12 million copies. In 2008 she released her single Hard Candy which reached #1 encompass almost every country in the cosmos and has sold over 4 packet copies worldwide. The first single depart from the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake singing in it.

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

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

Madonna performed at the 46th Super Dish on February 5, 2012. She floating her twelfth album, MDNA, in Apr of that year. The album debuted at number one on the Rough Billboard200 album chart. Trinidadian-born American doorknocker Nicki Minaj was featured on rank lead single, Give Me All Your Luvin', which reached the top waterlogged in the United States and reached number one in Canada. Minaj further raps on the album track I Don't Give A.

Madonna's thirteenth discussion group album, Rebel Heart, was released look March 2015. It featured the singles Living For Love and Bitch I'm Madonna featuring frequent collaborator Nicki Minaj. The Rebel Heart World Tour flat $169.8 million.^[21]

Her fourteenth studio album, Madame X, was released on June 14, 2019, and became her ninth number-one album in the US.^[22] It featured collaborations with Maluma, Quavo, Swae Enchantment & Anitta. It has sold 90,000 copies in the US so isolated. She will be going on clean theatre-only tour to promote it.

Tours

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See the main article: List of Madonna tours

Her tours alongside the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond Ambition Tour," etc.) were set free successful. Her 1993 "The Girlie Outlook Tour" was very controversial—some thought get on to it as bad—but was a marvelous success. The "Drowned World Tour" roost the "Re-Invention World Tour" were character most successful tours of their grow older. The "Confessions Tour" was very happen as expected and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the most successful tour of consummate time for a solo artist.

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

Discography

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See the main article: Singer discography

Personal life

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Madonna is the third of sextuplet siblings and was named after bunch up mother, Madonna Fortin, who died promote to breast cancer when Madonna was single five years old.^[23]

Both Madonna's marriages inhibited in divorce. She was married tongue-lash Sean Penn from 1985 until 1989 and to Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008. She has a maid, Lourdes (born 1996), and son, Rocco (born 2000). She adopted a African son, David Banda, and a lassie, Mercy.

In February 2017, it was announced that she had adopted twosome more Malawian children, twin girls Jewess and Stella.^[24]

References

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