Madonna Ciccone
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Loading ...Birth name Madonna Louise Ciccone
Also known as Madonna Ciccone, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Born August 16, 1958 (1958-08-16) (age 50)
Bay City, Michigan, United States
Genre(s) Pop, rock
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, film producer, film director, fashion designer, author, actress, entrepreneur
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, percussion
In 1996, Madonna played the starring role in the film, Evita, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Her single, “You Must Love Me” which was featured on the film’s soundtrack album won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Madonna’s seventh studio album Ray of Light (1998) became one of her most critically acclaimed, recognized for its lyrical depth. In 2005, Madonna released Confessions on a Dance Floor, which earned the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Her eleventh studio album Hard Candy (2008), became her seventh to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Departing from Warner Bros. Records, Madonna signed an unprecedented $120 million dollar contract with Live Nation the same year.
Madonna is ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States with sixty-three million certified albums; she has sold over two-hundred million albums worldwide. In 2007, Guinness World Records listed her as the world’s most successful female recording artist of all time and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the following year. Considered to be one of the most influential women in contemporary music, Madonna has been known for continually reinventing her music and image and for retaining a standard of anonymity within the recording industry; she is recognized as an influence among numerous music artists.
In 1985, Madonna entered mainstream films, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer in the film Vision Quest. Its soundtrack contained her second US number-one single “Crazy for You”. Later that year, she appeared in Desperately Seeking Susan. The film introduced the song “Into the Groove,” which became her first number-one single in the UK. While filming the music video for “Material Girl” Madonna started dating actor Sean Penn and married him on her 27th birthday that year. The same year, Madonna embarked on her first concert tour in North America titled The Virgin Tour, with the Beastie Boys. In July that year, Penthouse and Playboy magazines published a number of nude photos of Madonna taken in New York in 1978 when she was in need of money. Because she had signed the appropriate release forms, she could not take legal action to block them. She remained defiant and unapologetic upon publication of the photos for which she was paid as little as $25 a session, then sold for up to $100,000. At the outdoor Live Aid charity concert at the height of the controversy, Madonna made a critical reference to the media and stated she would not take her jacket off because “they might hold it against me ten years from now.”
On August 23, 2008, Madonna embarked on the Sticky & Sweet Tour, her first major venture with Live Nation. It became the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo artist with gross of $US280 million, surpassing the title previous held by her 2006 Confessions Tour. The tour also set new records in several countries for attendance and ticket sales. On January 30, 2009, it was announced the tour would be extended, adding new European dates commencing on July 4, 2009 at the O2 Arena in London.
Life with My Sister Madonna, a controversial book by Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, was released on July 14, 2008. The book debuted at number two on the New York Times Best Seller List. The book was not authorized by Madonna and led to a rift between the siblings. Madonna filed for divorce from husband Guy Ritchie in October 2008. A preliminary decree of divorce was granted Friday, November 21, 2008, and became final on Friday, January 2, 2009. By December 15, 2008, the couple had agreed to a divorce settlement, the terms of which grant Richie between ￡50million and ￡60million, a figure that includes the value of the couple’s country house in England. After the divorce, Madonna was linked with Jesus Luz, a Brazilian male model who is nearly 30 years her junior.
On March 2, 2009, Madonna was honored with the Japan Gold International Artist of the Year award at the RIAJ Gold Disc Awards for her album Hard Candy. In April, Madonna donated $500,000 USD to the victims of the L’Aquila earthquake in Italy. Madonna decided to adopt again from Malawi in 2009. The country’s High Court initially approved the adoption of Chifundo “Mercy” James, born January 22, 2006. However the adoption was later ruled out with court registrar Ken Manda stating that the adoption was rejected since Madonna is not a resident of Malawi. This ruling was overturned by the country’s highest court in June 2009. Chinula immediately began working on passport arrangements for Mercy James. However, on Friday, June 12, 2009, the Supreme Court of Malawi granted Madonna the rights to adopt Mercy James.
Madonna started working on Celebration, her closing album with Warner Bros. Records. Her manager Guy Oseary has asked for the inputs of the fans regarding what songs should make into the final tracklisting. Madonna is also reportedly recording new material for the album which is tentatively due out in September. In June, Forbes Magazine has named her as the third most powerful celebrity of the year.
Discography
Main articles: Madonna albums discography, Madonna singles discography, and Madonna: Music Video & DVD Videography
Madonna (1983)
Like a Virgin (1984)
True Blue (1986)
Like a Prayer (1989)
Erotica (1992)
Bedtime Stories (1994)
Ray of Light (1998)
Music (2000)
American Life (2003)
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Hard Candy (2008)
Other works
Madonna filmography
List of Madonna concert tours
List of books by Madonna
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