Name: Madonna
Birth Name / Full Name / Real Name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Date of birth: 16 August 1958; Bay City, Michigan, USA
Place of Birth: Bay City, Michigan, USA
Height: 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Measurements: 34C-23-33 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Family / Parents:
Father: Sylvio Ciccone, design engineer for Chrysler/General Motors
Mother: Madonna Ciccone; died of breast cancer when Madonna was six
Profession: Pop Singer
Education: University of Michigan; Dance, attended on scholarship for two years
Genres / Styles: Pop
Sometimes Credited As:
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Best Known As: Pop superstar singer of "Like a Virgin"
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, August 16, 1958), simply known by the stage name Madonna, also occasionally referred to as Madonna Ciccone Ritchie, is an American singer frequently referred to as the Queen of Pop music. Also an actress, author, activist, diva, pop cultural and fashion icon, many consider Madonna to be one of the most iconic and influential figures of the late 20th century.
Madonna's parents were Italian American Chrysler engineer Sylvio Ciccone and French Canadian Madonna Fortin. Madonna's mother died of breast cancer when Madonna was five years old. After her mother's death her father married Joan Gustafson. At her childhood Madonna attended several Catholic schools including Academie Du Sacre Coeur, Saint Andrews and Saint Fredericks. She also took classes in piano and ballet, and was an active participant in a variety of artistic activities at school. After graduating from Rochester Adams High School in 1976 she received a dance scholarship and attended the University of Michigan for two years but quit and moved to the Corona, Queens district of New York in 1978 to pursue dance and acting professionally. She formed the Breakfast Club, a pop/dance group, with her boyfriend Dan Gilroy. Madonna played drums and sang with the band before forming Emmy in 1980 with drummer and former boyfriend, Steven Bray. Madonna and Bray created club tracks which led to a recording deal with Sire Records. She recorded "Everybody", a US club hit in 1982.
Madonna's self-titled debut album was released in September of 1983; "Holiday" became her first Top 40 hit and "Borderline" her first Top Ten hit in 1984, beginning a strek of 17 consecutive Top Ten hits. Madonna began working on her first starring role in a feature film, Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan.
Like a Virgin, Madonna's second album, was released at the end of 1984. During 1985, Madonna became an international celebrity with thousands of teenage girls adopting her apearance and fashions. Madonna began collaborating with Patrick Leonard at the beginning of 1986; Leonard would co-write most of her biggest hits in the '80s.. The album True Blue was released the following month, to both more huge commercial success and critical acclaim. It spawned the hits "Papa Don't Preach". "True Blue", "Open Your Heart" and "La Isla Bonita'.
Madonna's next album, Like a Prayer was released 1989. It was another number one hit and included the number-one title track, and "Express Yourself," "Cherish," and "Keep It Together," three more Top Ten hits. The video for "Like A Prayer", with its links between religion and eroticism, was condemned by the Vatican and caused Pepsi-Cola to cancel a sponsorship deal with the Madonna. In 1990, she starred with Warren Beatty in the blockbuster movie Dick Tracy. Her Blond Ambition tour was documented in the movie, Truth Or Dare. Among her hits of the early 90s were "Vogue", devoted to a short-lived dance craze, "Hanky Panky", "Justify My Love" (co-written with Lenny Kravitz), "Rescue Me", and "This Used To Be My Playground".
In 1992 Madonna released Sex, an expensive soft-core pornographic book that featured hundreds of erotic photographs of herself, several models, and other celebrities. Sex received scathing reviews and enormous negative publicity. The accompanying album, Erotica, was her first album since her debut not to generate a number 1 US, although the album did sell over two million copies. In 1994 Madonna released Bedtime Stories. The album, which took her back to her R&B roots, found her in sultry voice as she tackled a number of topics which extended far beyond the subject matter of her early songs. The top five hit "Secret" told the story of a heterosexual man in love with a transsexual, while "Human Nature" — which included lines such as: "I'm not sorry / I'm not your bitch" and "Did I say something wrong? Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex" — appeared to be directed at the media and critics who had questioned her decisions in recent years. Other top ten hits included "Bedtime Story", penned by singer Björk, and "Take a Bow", penned by singer Babyface, who also sang vocals. "Take a Bow" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 consecutive weeks, breaking her previous record of 6 weeks with "Like a Virgin". The album was nominated for a Grammy in the same year, and Madonna sang "Take a Bow" at the American Music Awards. The success of the album belied its uncertain origins. It spawned several Unreleased Madonna Songs co-written with Shep Pettibone in 1994 that were shelved as Madonna changed creative gears. One throwaway song entitled "Love Won't Wait" was later sent to Gary Barlow to record. He took his version of the song to #1 in the UK in 1997, earning Madonna yet another co-writing credit on a number one hit.
At the time it was made in 1995, "Bedtime Story", which cost over $2 million, was the most expensive music video in history. Madonna only held this record for a few months, however, as Michael Jackson's "Scream" video — which cost $7 million and still holds the record to this day — broke it later that year.
Madonna portrayed Eva Peron in the 1996 film version of Evita. As the filming completed, Madonna announced she was pregnant and her daughter, Lourdes, was born late in 1996. The soundtrack for Evita, contained two hits, a dance remix of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and the newly written "You Must Love Me".
1998's Ray Of Light,was a collaboration with producer William Orbit. The album generated a number of worldwide hits, including "Frozen", "Ray Of Light", "Drowned World (Substitute For Love)", "The Power Of Good-bye", and "Nothing Really Matters". Another Madonna starred movie, The Next Best Thing, co-written and co-produced by Madonna and Orbit, was released. It featured her new single, a reworking of Don McLean's classic "American Pie". She worked with Orbit and French dance producer Mirwais on her next collection, Music, Shortly before the release of the album, Madonna gave birth to her second child, Rocco. On 22 December, she married the UK film director Guy Ritchie in Scotland.
In 2000 Madonna released the album Music. A bona fide commercial and critical hit, it saw Madonna abandon her earlier sexual and religious themes for throwaway lyrics and the "party" spirit of dance, pop and techno. Music was produced partly by Orbit and partly by French techno musician Mirwais Ahmadzai. It spawned her 12th number one single "Music", plus the hits "Don't Tell Me" and "What It Feels Like For A Girl". In late 2001, "Impressive Instant" also became a huge club hit although it was never released commercially, to the disappointment of many fans. Madonna was pregnant with her second child Rocco during the shooting of the "Music" video which saw parts of it containing animation. The "What It Feels Like For a Girl" video was directed by Madonna's husband, film director Guy Ritchie. In it Madonna robs an Automatic Teller Machine, runs over several innocent bystanders, blows up a gas station and eventually commits suicide by driving into a lamppost. The video was meant to showcase the fact that when men in film commit violent acts it is accepted, but when women do it just as mercilessly, it is shunned. Her point was arguably confirmed when the video was banned by MTV and VH1 after both networks did a simultaneous broadcast of the video once. Music was notable for another revamping of Madonna's image, this time as a cross between a disco-loving party girl and a rustic cowgirl. It started yet another fashion trend, with pink cowboy hats adorned by tiaras cropping up on high streets and catwalks around the world.
On 22 December, 2000 Madonna married director Guy Ritchie at Skibo Castle in Scotland. She released her second Greatest Hits album, GHV2, in 2001; unlike her previous greatest hits compilation, GHV2 featured a selection of her hits from the 1992–2001 period, but did not contain any new songs. Without a single to promote the album, Madonna decided to release a promotional-only single and video entitled the "Thunderpuss GHV2 Megamix". While the medley earned relatively subdued radio coverage, the video was a modest success on MTV, MTV2, and VH1. In June 2001, she appeared in Star, a short film directed for BMW by Guy Ritchie, and then began working on a remake of the classic film Swept Away, the story of a wealthy socialite who, after a shipwreck, is trapped on a deserted island with a poor male servant. The film, released in 2002, was critically panned and went on to become yet another in a string of acting flops.
In 2002 Madonna performed the theme song to the James Bond film Die Another Day. She also had the opportunity to have a cameo in the film as a fencing instructor named Verity. The theme song was released to mixed reviews. In one case the song was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, however it was also nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (2002). Her artistic reputation appeared to take a turn for the worse, however, when the critical drubbing she received for Swept Away was followed by an equally brutal critical reception for her 2003 album American Life. American critics described the album as "tired", monotonous, and an indication that she was "in need of a vacation" from the stress of her career. In yet another move that followed her pattern of creating "controversy" in the wake of an album's release, she filmed a music video for "American Life", which included a scene of her tossing a hand grenade into the lap of a President George W. Bush lookalike.
in 2003 Madonna provoked the public once again by portraying a groom and kissing her "brides" Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on stage. The gender role-reversal and lesbian theme instantly made front page headlines. The three singers performed a medley of her early hit "Like A Virgin" and her then latest release "Hollywood" with a guest rap by Missy Elliott. The design resembled Madonna's performance of "Like A Virgin" at the 1984 VMA's.
In 2004, Madonna embarked on her "Re-Invention World Tour", during which she played 56 dates across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The tour explored social, political and religious themes, and included images of yoga, sacred geometry, tarot cards and astrology, as well as Judeo-Christian iconography such as the tree of life. "Re-Invention" became the highest-grossing tour of 2004, earning 125 million dollars according to Billboard, and once again confirmed the longevity of Madonna's popularity. The tour ended with the Palestinian and Israeli flags side by side. Many believe that Madonna's next passion is protecting the children of Israel and Palestine from continuous fighting. Her musical horizons also expanded as she added a cover version of the John Lennon favorite "Imagine" to her live repertoire. Madonna met Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker Michael Moore backstage for a photo opportunity during the tour and openly embraced political commentary in her act, which included a scathing indictment of George W. Bush and the 2003 Iraq war. Also, in 2004 Madonna became one of the five founding members of the UK Music Hall of Fame, joining Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Marley, and U2 as automatic inductees.
Timeline:
1985: "Holiday" re-issed in the UK just before the release of "Angel" where it peaked at #2 (4 places higher than its original release).
1985: Second single from the soundtrack "Vision Quest", "Gambler" peaked at #4 in the UK where it would be certified Silver. Although this was not released as a single in the US or Canada, the video was played constantly on MTV. Other chart activity includes: #8 in Europe, #10 in Australia, #12 in Japan, #25 in Germany, #35 in France.
11th January 1985: The home video release of her first concert tour "The Virgin Tour: Live" peaked at #1 on the Billboard home video chart, where it stayed for 49 weeks. The release includes 10 of the 13 songs performed at the show. It unfortunately leaves out "Angel", "Burning Up" and "Borderline".
1986: "Borderline" re-issued as a single in the UK where it peaked at #2 (54 places higher than its original release) and be certified Silver. It also peaked at #21 on Europe charts for two weeks.
24th July 1985: The fourth and final single from the album "Like A Virgin", "Dress You Up" peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It also hit #5 in Australia, Canada and the UK. It was certified silver in the UK. Other chart activity includes: #6 in Europe and Japan. #18 in France. #20 in Germany.
Her song "La Isla Bonita" (1986) was inspired by a visit she made to San Pedro, Ambergris Cay, Belize, with her then-husband Sean Penn.
Nude pictures of her taken years earlier, when she was a starving dancer, ran in Penthouse magazine. Due to the success of that issue, she posed nude again in the coffee table book "Sex" which became an instant best seller.
"Madonna - Drowned World Tour 2001" home video release certified platinum in the U.S. (video sales of over 100,000 copies) (March 2002)
#6 in Life's 100 Greatest Rockers List (March 2002)
Won Best Solo Dance Artist at the 17th International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. (March 2002)
Voted #3 on the reader-voted Favorite Female List for Rolling Stone Magazine's 2001 Music Awards list, following Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez (January 2002).
Voted #35 on Playboy's "100 sexiest women" of the 20th Century (jan/2000).
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
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