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16.08.14 09:51
Her contribution to world culture cannot be overestimated: she is a living legend, evidence that perseverance and hard work can move mountains. The biography of Madonna can be published as an excellent guide for those who dream of ascending to the heights of fame.
Biography of Madonna
First loss
Residents of the provincial Bay City, which nestled on the shores of the luxurious Lake Huron, did not suspect that in 1958 (namely, on August 16), a girl would be born in the family of the radiographer and design engineer Ciccone, who would glorify her town and be called the queen of pop music.
The mother of the family, Madonna Louise, had French roots - her great-grandfathers came to conquer America from Europe, her husband Silvio was proud of his Italian ancestors. After two boys, God finally gave them a daughter. And to celebrate, they named her after her mother.
Probably, the profession, with its constant danger of exposure to radiation, was the reason that the mother fell ill with cancer (then she was pregnant for the 6th time, so she refused treatment). Time has been lost. And six children were orphaned. Madonna Sr. was only 30. The future singer could not forgive the heavens for this loss. How she could not understand her father either - he got married after 2 years of widowhood, it was difficult for him to raise such a horde alone. The stepmother, Joan, turned out to be a real despot, she gave birth to two more children, and all the love was directed to them. So Madonna's childhood was not easy. She was offended by brothers who were addicted to drugs. Having seen all sorts of horrors, she herself vowed to ever succumb to this pernicious passion.
Difficulties of growing up
Catholic schools changed for a secular girl, where for the first time she was able to try herself in student performances (her mother sang well and knew how to play the piano, Madonna, who looked like her, inherited a pleasant voice).
The father did not like the young Madonna's classes in ballet, he wanted a profession for her, bringing a guaranteed piece of bread. With her excellent grades (they say that the schoolgirl's aikyu was 140 - an incredibly high figure!) she could have entered any educational institution, but decided to act in her own way.
After school, the girl studied dancing at the University of Michigan. Then she left for New York. Fate continued to test the future star. Part-time work in choreographic groups brought pennies, Madonna lived from hand to mouth, huddled in closets, but did not give up.
Talent plus perseverance
In 1982, young Madonna became a member of the group "Breakfast Club" (she played percussion instruments). Ambitions took their toll: she wrote songs, performed them herself, mastered the guitar and showed herself as a leader. In general, "pulled the blanket over myself." A contract with a producer became a great happiness for the beginning soloist, and in 1983 she was able to release her first album.
That disc, "Madonna", did not become a very bright event in the music world, but after the release of "Like a Virgin" they started talking about her as a new star. The compositions topped the charts, they were played on the radio, they were sung along, listened to countless times. 26 million copies of the album were sold. So she stepped on the first step of her fame, since then the biography of Madonna is like an endless bright music video.
The disc "True Blue", born in 1986, consolidated the unexpected resounding success of the singer. The audience was looking forward to new works, was eager for concerts, where the performer gave all her best - to the point of exhaustion.
Some argue that at first the star was outrageous - she exploited sexual images, "flirted" with religious symbols. But talent, incredible perseverance and a constant desire for self-improvement did their job.
Ups and downs
There were ups and downs in the creative biography of Madonna. The Golden Raspberry anti-award called her the worst actress of the century (failures were the tapes “Who is this girl”, “Body as evidence”, they spoke unflatteringly about her role in the Bond movie “Die Another Day”, her last work was terrible on screen - "Gone"). However, the musical tape about the second wife of the Argentine president, who did a lot for the country and died sadly early from cancer - "Evita" - has become a real phenomenon in culture. Madonna's song for the comic book Dick Tracy won an Oscar.
Madonna's personal life
First marriage, first daughter
The passionate feelings experienced by our heroine for Sean Penn were overshadowed by scandals, reaching fights. Madonna's personal life turned out to be an eternal "action movie". The young husband was not ready for a life together, and when two such hot temperaments collided, “scraps along the back streets” literally flew. The singer did not endure the beatings for a long time. Having married in 1985, after 4 years she divorced the actor.
On the set of Dick Tracy, the director and lead actor, Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, became interested in her, but Madonna limited herself to a novel, she did not marry the artist.
The Cuban boyfriend Carlos Leon became the father of her daughter in 1996 (the diva will part with him six months later). Madonna's daughter was named Lourdes, she has already celebrated her 19th birthday, and she has a joint business with her mother - her own clothing line.
It was during that period that an acquaintance with Buddhism, yoga, and Kabbalah took place (since then, Madonna has been an adherent of this teaching).
New albums, earned millions, finally won by the Grammy gave strength to the performer.
With and without Richie
In mid-1998, together with then-friend Andy Bird, the singer attended a party with Sting. There was a meeting with director Guy Ritchie - a British man who would later become her husband and change Madonna's personal life, and very much!
In 2000, Madonna moved in with her lover, and the couple's son Rocco was born in August of the same year. She was carried away by British life, got acquainted with the traditions of a new country for herself with pleasure, but did not forget about her work - in 2001, a world tour took place, which gathered a full house.
Alas, the second marriage did not become a union “to the grave” (although, in addition to Rocco, an adopted black son, David, also appeared in the family): in the fall of 2008, it became known about the breakup of the couple. Soon the star adopted a girl from Malawi, Chifundo Mercy, and her British husband was replaced by her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz. In 2010, Madonna began dating dancer Brahim Zeiba. And at the beginning of 2017, the media started talking about the fact that Madonna and Sean Penn are seeing each other more often. Maybe they decided to restore a marriage that collapsed many years ago?
Her fortune is estimated at almost $ 1 billion, she has her own network of fitness clubs. Film We. We believe in love, ”which the singer put, was scolded to smithereens, but she still has so many new ideas! The world will be surprised more than once by the phenomenon named Madonna!
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in the small town of Bay City, Michigan. Her mother, Madonna Louise, worked as an X-ray technician. His father, Silvio Ciccone, worked as a design engineer at the Chrysler General Motors plant.
Madonna was born the third child in a large Catholic family, in which, in addition to her, there are five more brothers and sisters. Children were brought up in strict Catholic traditions requiring mandatory attendance at church and diligent studies at school. The Ciccone family was so devout that the children were raised at 6 a.m. daily for an hour in church before being taken to the parish school.
Madonna with her parents and older brothers (left)
December 1, 1963, when Madonna was five years old, her mother dies of breast cancer. For the girl, this was a terrible blow. For two years, Madonna fell into hypochondria, convincing herself that she, like her mother, had cancer. As soon as she left the house, she was immediately terrified and began to vomit.
“After my mother died, I had a terrible feeling that everyone had abandoned me.”
Madonna's parents
It was difficult for my father to cope with his large family. Therefore, various assistants soon began to appear in the house. In 1966, three years after the death of his mother, his father became friends with another housekeeper who helped with the housework, Joan Gustafson.
Madonna could not accept her stepmother and their relationship was strained. The birth of half-sibling Madonna further complicated the situation. She could not come to terms with the fact that a strange woman took the place of her mother in her father's heart.
Relations with classmates also did not develop. Peers considered her a girl "with regards." And many disliked her for her brilliant academic performance. The wayward shocking character manifested itself already in the school years:
“When I was forbidden to put on makeup, put on nylon stockings, I wanted to do the opposite.”
In protest, and in order to attract more attention, Madonna pulled on her teenage legs a pair of provocative often mismatched stockings.
At the age of 14, Madonna Ciccone performs at the evening of school talents. This was the key event of her childhood. But since she only danced in a bikini at this performance, the reputation of their Catholic family suffered greatly. The father was furious, and put his daughter under house arrest, and in the town they discussed the performance for another month.
At the age of 15, Madonna began taking ballroom dancing lessons from teacher Christopher Flynn. He was everything to her: a teacher, a father, a close friend...
Flynn was 30 years older than Madonna, and adhered to an unconventional orientation, so the student's love remained unrequited. However, he took the student to classical concerts, exhibitions and gay clubs, introducing her to the world of art. The appearance of an excellent student begins to change towards a sloppy bohemian look that scares others.
At the same time, 15-year-old Madonna has her first boyfriend, 17-year-old Russell Long. Madonna made sure that her father, and the whole school, knew about her first lover. And a year later, even the convinced gay Flynn could not resist the beauty of the matured student. 16-year-old Madonna turned her mentor into a bisexual for a while.
In 1976, Madonna Ciccone graduated from high school a few months before her final exams. Thanks to an excellent diploma, a successful IQ test and excellent recommendations from teachers, she continues her dance education on a budgetary basis at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Professor Christopher Flynn, having received a position at the college, gave patronage to the "beloved student."
The choice of a "frivolous" profession greatly worsened the singer's already difficult relationship with her father. All the years he hoped that his daughter would be a doctor or a lawyer. But by that time, the father had ceased to have influence on the daughter. Madonna knew what she wanted and decided to go to her goal.
Madonna at the University of Ann Arbor
According to the teachers, Madonna had endurance, rare even for a dancer, which was further developed by her ballet skills. After studying at the University of Michigan for only a year and a half, she begins to realize that she has no future in the province. And despite the prohibition of his father, he leaves the university to go to New York with the dream of opening his own dance studio.
In the summer of 1978, a plane delivered Madonna, full of determination and self-confidence, to the New York airport. With her, the girl had only $ 35, a winter coat and a suitcase with a dance uniform. She had neither relatives nor acquaintances in this city, and she did not know where to go. Taking a taxi, Madonna said to take her to the very center. The trip cost $15 - just under half of Madonna's entire fortune.
Madonna had a hard time in New York. She lived in poverty, periodically spending the night in basements and attics, wandering. And sometimes, in search of food, she checked the contents of garbage cans:
“I worked myself half to death before I became who I am. And I literally starved, sometimes getting food from garbage cans, until, finally, I broke through ... "
Already in November 1978, Madonna was invited to view the famous dance troupe of the ballerina Pearl Lang. A job with Pearl Lang's troupe didn't pay rent, and the dancer worked as a donut vendor at Dunkin' Donuts, as well as as a model in an art studio, and as a nude model for photographers (these photos resurfaced many years later, appearing in Playboy and Penthouse magazines). ").
In a word, she had to spin so as not to die of hunger. She made her debut on stage in the production of "I Never Seen Other Butterflies Again" in the role of a boy from the Jewish ghetto.
Soon, Madonna Ciccone began to weaken in class due to malnutrition, and Lang arranged for the dancer to work in the evenings for food as a cloakroom attendant at the Russian Samovar restaurant. Renting a room in a cheap and dangerous area of New York, where Madonna was raped by a maniac armed with a knife. After a mental trauma, she becomes absent-minded in class and ceases to believe in her dancing future.
Due to lack of funds, Madonna begins to go to auditions for Broadway musicals and dancers, although she used to consider it below her dignity, since she danced with Pearl Lange herself, a student of the famous Martha Graham. In 1979, luck smiles at her. At one of the auditions for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez for his 1979 world tour, Madonna's dance really liked the producers and she was asked to sing something.
Madonna sang the simple song "Jingle Bells" and to the complete surprise of Madonna, who sang only in the school choir, was invited to Paris, where they wanted to make her "something like a dancing Edith Piaf." The artist finally left the Lang troupe and spent six months in France, Belgium and Tunisia. She was convinced of the prospects of a career as a singer, but 20-year-old Madonna by that time was passionate about punk rock, rebelled against producers and did not want to sing the proposed disco-pop material. Six months later, Madonna falls ill with pneumonia, and after recovering, she flies back to New York to “visit friends”, never returning to the French producers.
In New York, her boyfriend was waiting for her: by the time she met the producers, she had been in love with musician Dan Gilroy for two weeks. Gilroy had a huge impact on the transformation of Madonna Ciccone from a dancer into a musician: he taught him how to play drums and electric guitar. After daily drumming lessons to an Elvis Costello CD, Madonna becomes a good enough drummer and was accepted into Gilroy's group called the "Breakfast Club".
In 1981, Madonna left the group. Gilroy recalled:
She has a natural talent for playing percussion instruments, and we offered her a good deal. One evening she wanted to try herself as a singer, we gave her a chance in one of our numbers, and soon it happened. She couldn't get rid of it anymore. By this time we already had two vocalists and we didn't need a third, so she left us. It was probably one of the smartest decisions she ever made.
And in the same year, Madonna created the Emmy group in collaboration with her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bray, whom she took to play drums, herself already being a soloist. Together they record several dance compositions.
In 1981, Madonna Ciccone met Camilla Barbon, the owner of the Gotham recording studio. Soon Barbon offered to become the personal manager of the singer. Barbon rents more decent housing for the Madonna, appointing a salary, if necessary, provides material support. Camille Barbon tried to get Madonna a contract with the label.
This work does not bring results. Therefore, Madonna, leaving the company, decides on her own to ensure that the demo recording of her song gets to listen to the “right people”.
The choice of Madonna falls on the company "Dunsteria", which at that time was known for maintaining the traditions of entertainment establishments. "Dunsteria" was opened in 1981 by Rudolph - a famous nightlife impresario of that time. The institution very quickly became famous and became fashionable. He was constantly talked about and written about.
Madonna begins to visit this institution, demonstrating excellent dance data. One of the most fateful acquaintances in Madonna's life took place here.
Mark Kaminsa, the recognized king of DJs and aspiring producer, was the man who first played Madonna's record in Dunsteria. The enthusiasm that the audience came to convinced Mark that Madonna was a future star.
In 1982, with the help of the same Mark Kamins, Madonna recorded the single "Everybody". Mark takes the cassette with Madonna's new song to Chris Blackwell, the executive director of Island records, but he refuses the singer.
Frustrated by the failure, Mark Kamins, through his friend Michael Rosenblatt, arranges for Madonna to meet the founder of Sire Records, Seymour Stein. This time the contract was signed immediately. (Madonna Ciccone becomes simply Madonna). Under the terms of the deal, Madonna receives a $5,000 advance, and for each song written, a royalty and a $1,000 publishing fee. President Seymour Stein and Rosenblatt were sure of Madonna's success, but not enough to go for broke and release an album right away. Rosenblatt developed a plan to promote Madonna through the release of dance singles.
Mark Kamins became the producer for Madonna's first single, this was his first experience. The result of their two weeks of work was a single, which, in their opinion, was supposed to elevate her to the top forty performers in the blink of an eye. But, after listening to what was considered a hit, Rosenblatt became depressed, Ain't No Big Deal didn't seem like that to him.
There was no time to re-record, so they went ahead and put Everybody on both sides of the single. They decided not to put a photo of Madonna on the cover, since many, listening to her songs, thought that she was a black woman. In this way, a wider audience could be attracted. Rosenblatt's extraordinary decision paid off handsomely. In a matter of weeks, Everybody had soared to the top of the dance music charts.
In 1983, the debut album called Madonna was released. The song "Holiday", presented on this CD, is a great success and enters the top twenty American singles, and the next year the top ten in Europe. In 2013, Rolling Stone named it one of the top 100 debut albums of all time. Madonna has sold over 10 million copies to date.
In 1984, the second album, Like a Virgin, was released. Which topped the US album chart. The album sold 26 million copies worldwide and eventually received a diamond certification in the United States.
Meanwhile, the singer's career is gaining momentum. The songs recorded by her invariably occupy the highest places in the ratings and charts.
Over the years of her musical activity, Madonna has successfully tried herself in various genres and directions, becoming the winner of many awards. Madonna is also the owner of numerous records, in particular, she surpassed Elvis Presley in the total number of hits in the top ten Billboard, and in this indicator became the second, second only to the Beatles.
Madonna's 2008-2009 Sticky and Sweet Tour is the highest-earning male and female solo artist of all time.
Being one of the most famous media people, Madonna received the nicknames of the material girl (after the title of an early song of the English Material Girl) and the queen of pop music (English Queen of Pop) from the English-language press. She is also known as the author of the English Roses series of children's books, a popularizer of yoga and Kabbalah, and an activist in many charitable and human rights organizations.
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the singer transferred $ 250,000 to the victims' fund.
In addition, she is actively involved in the revival of the African Republic of Malawi, where her adopted children come from. And the personal fortune of the Queen of Pop is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Madonna is very efficient - the singer practically does not rest. According to her, she begins to suffer from idleness already on the second day of her vacation. As a rule, she gets up at four in the morning, a mandatory run in the park, then a 45-minute yoga session and the traditional call to her guru from the London Kabbalah Center. After that, Madonna is ready to have breakfast with her children. After such a busy morning, an equally busy day follows - business calls, negotiations, meetings. From noon, work begins on texts and arrangements of songs or roles in films.
Personal life
Madonna's first husband was actor Sean Penn, whom she met on the set of the "MaterialGirl" video. It was love at first sight. Sean first saw Madonna when she came down the stairs in a satin flying dress. He was 24 and she was 26.
Madonna and Sean Penn
In the summer of 1985, on her own birthday, Madonna marries Sean Penn. However, the happiness of the newlyweds was short-lived. Soon, Sean's pride began to hurt the offensive nickname "Mr. Madonna" and the active interest of the press in their couple. Because of the aggressive behavior of "Mr. Madonna" in relation to journalists and his wife, they began to be called "evil Penns" in the press. For the jealous Penn, marriage to Madonna was a real torture. Not only did he have to fight off the annoying press all the time, but his wife also reserved the right to “go to the left”. But for Madonna, the relationship with the ambitious (and even drinking) Penn was a test. Penn wished to lock his wife at home.
Deeply in love, Madonna dutifully abandoned performances and a stage career. Penn fired all her bodyguards and began to accompany everywhere himself. Madonna could not stand this and returned to the stage. Penn resigned himself, and this was the beginning of the era of "Mr. Madonna", as the press dubbed him.
At the peak of their life together, the couple starred in "Shanghai Express" - the film was the biggest failure of Penn's career and one of the worst for Madonna.
The scandalous marriage cracked. What happened next shocked everyone: Penn turned into a tyrant. He began to beat his wife, mocked her, tied her up, threatening to disfigure her face with a lit cigarette. He demanded details of adultery - imaginary and real. As a result, Madonna wrote to the police a statement about rape and beating, attaching a divorce statement to it. Penn was threatened with a solid term, but the singer withdrew the lawsuit ...
However, Sean, according to the laws of the state of California, was entitled to half of his wife's fortune. But he did not claim the seventy million dollars earned by Madonna during the years of their life together.
At the end of 1988, after four years of marriage, they divorced.
Madonna with Warren Beatty
Immediately after the divorce from Sean, Madonna had a stormy romance with Warren Beatty, who was also an actor and a famous womanizer. By the way, Madonna began dating him while still married. But this union did not end in anything serious.
Later, Madonna became very close to Sandra Bernard, a famous comedian. The singer was even suspected of being gay, but she strongly denied these rumors.
Madonna with Sandra Bernard
At 38, Madonna finally became a mother. Madonna made an offer to personal sports coach Carlos Leone to become the father of her child. She also asked him to take all the necessary tests and monitor his health. The result of this obscene proposal is the daughter of Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. Madonna wanted her daughter to be baptized by the Pope himself, but was refused.
With Carlos Leone (left), daughter - Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon
Later, at Sting's party, she met Guy Ritchie, where Madonna mistook the English director Guy Ritchie for a nice guy from the outskirts of London. When the misunderstanding was resolved, Madonna was very embarrassed. This became the occasion for a closer acquaintance.
The celebration dedicated to the marriage took place on December 22, 2000 in one of the most beautiful castles in Scotland, Skibo.
With Guy Ricci (left), son Rocco (right)
Soon, in the best medical center in Los Angeles, Madonna becomes a mother for the second time - she gave birth to a boy, Rocco. (By the way, Sting became the godfather of the child). In addition, the newlyweds also adopted a baby from a poor African family. However, this marriage did not last long. There were rumors that marriage to Madonna prevented Guy Ricci from creating film masterpieces. Be that as it may, it was Guy who insisted on a divorce, and in the fall of 2008 they divorced.
With Jesus Lucas. Daughter - Mercy James
Soon, Madonna begins a new romance - this time with a young fashion model from Brazil, Jesus Lucas. And in the summer of 2009, a replenishment happened in Madonna's large family - the singer adopted a girl from Malawi, Mercy James.
About what role the heirs play for Madonna, her words say:
“The most important thing in life is children. It is in children's eyes that we can see the real world."
Madonna with eldest daughter Lourdes and two adopted children
Let's gossip
Madonna's passion for black men and women can be called truly fatal. In the mid-90s, the singer, as mentioned above, was actively looking for a father candidate for her child. The first of them was shocking basketball player Dennis Rodman. Tall, luxuriously built, Rodman seemed like the perfect father of an unborn child! But the lovers desperately did not match schedules. Madonna performed actively, and Rodman spent all his time on the basketball court. About the "fruitful work" on the offspring and in this case had to be forgotten.
with Dennis Rodman (left), Tupac Shakur (right)
Madonna dated rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. A year before the murder of the black legend, he and Madonna began a short and stormy romance. But Tupac began to be reproached for dating a white, albeit outstanding, woman. In the end, they had to part.
Madonna with Naomi Campbell
There were rumors that in 1992 Madonna had an affair with ... Naomi Campbell! Girls were often seen together not only at official ceremonies, but also at parties. However, Madonna and Naomi Campbell claim that they are connected exclusively by long-term warm friendship.
Perhaps this is just a myth, but there are many more similar stories behind Madonna's shoulders ...
- Curious facts
- At the age of 10, the future sex revolutionary was going to become a nun. “I wanted to lead a righteous life. But the very idea of the tonsure evoked ambivalent feelings in me. The more this story attracted me externally, the more it repelled me internally.
- Older brothers, Martin (who began to live on the street in 2011) and Anthony, constantly beat and mocked Madonna as children. From a young age they took drugs. One of the brothers ran away from home and became a follower of the Moon sect.
- Madonna's mother was descended from Canadian French, and her father was Italian.
- With the advent of big money, Madonna became interested in acquiring expensive real estate and art objects. She is one of the top 100 art collectors in the United States. Madonna has a home in Miami and recently bought another one in Los Angeles, while also selling her “pink estate” in the Hollywood Hills. She owns a luxury apartment in New York worth over $7 million.
- Studying banking investments, accounts, Madonna always does herself, not trusting anyone. She also participates in all negotiations related to her career.
Madonna quotes:
They say good things don't last forever, and sooner or later it ends. These are the words of people who have achieved nothing in life.
Madonna never regrets anything: "I made mistakes, but I learned from them."
My fear of something usually means I have to do it.
I pulled myself up by the straps of my own bra.
I am my own experiment, and my own masterpiece.
All Quotes >>> Madonnas
- Studio albums
- 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)
- MDNA (2012)
Show business star Madonna is known all over the world. During her almost 40-year career, she released many hits, became the founder of a special direction in musical culture. Her provocative style is copied, criticized, enthusiastically praised, but not forgotten. She leaves no one indifferent. At the same time, the full, real name of Madonna is known only to her loyal fans. She was able to make her pseudonym a brand that already denotes not just a person, but a whole social phenomenon.
early years
The future pop star was born on August 16, 1958 in Michigan in a large family, she was the 3rd child out of six. The girl's mother was French-Canadian, her father was Italian. This is probably where Madonna's fiery temperament comes from. After graduating from school, the girl enters the University of Michigan, at the choreographic department, for many years she studied dance and ballet. Then the real name of Madonna, inherited from her mother, was completely unknown, and the girl dreamed of fame. In 1978, she moved to New York and enrolled in a dance class with the famous Alvin Ailey. She moonlights as a model, sings in different groups, her creative potential is rushing out.
The beginning of a musical career
Together with a group of New York musicians, Madonna creates the Emmy group, which writes and performs trendy music for discos and nightclubs. Producers pay attention to the group and the soloist. And in 1982, Madonna signed a contract with Sire Records and released her debut single Everybody. The singer's first album appears the following year, and the composition Holiday enters the American and European charts. From the very beginning of her career, Madonna impressed with her energy, original stage productions and bright appearance.
Nickname
Even starting to dance, Madonna thought about the stage name. From her parents, she received a sonorous and complex name - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, and therefore she had plenty to choose from for her pseudonym. She settled on the first part of her real name, especially since the name Madonna was memorable and provocative in combination with the appearance and behavior of the singer. Namely, the novice performer relied on shocking. Already from the first steps on the stage, Madonna, whose hits were still ahead, worked under her shortened name and made him famous in a few years.
creative way
Already the first disc made Madonna popular. The singer worked very hard, always thought through the scenography and choreography of her performances to the smallest detail, worked on her appearance. A natural brunette with curvy curves, she found herself dressed as a blonde with bright makeup and sexy outfits.
From the very beginning of her career, the singer worked very hard, she changed several producers, labels, stubbornly striving for the top. The first album "Madonna", despite the fact that he entered the charts, was still a common occurrence in pop music. But the album Like a Virgin in 1984 was a real event. It has been sold in millions of copies.
Madonna's real name no longer mattered, she became a star, and everyone knew her by her stage name. In 1990, the singer makes her first world tour, which is accompanied by a resounding success. Madonna not only performs trendy songs, she sets a new standard for the show, her concerts are a whole performance, with a lot of costumes, scenery, dancers.
At the end of the 90s, a real rain of awards poured on Madonna, she received all possible music prizes, her records are sold in millions of copies, concert tickets anywhere in the world are sold out in a few hours.
Her stage path was often associated with scandals and provocations, the star always warmed up her special image with various antics on and off the stage. But she is also constantly in a musical search, Madonna's compositions are always the most advanced edge of pop music.
To date, the singer has released 13 albums, created 10 concert programs, with which she traveled around the globe several times. Madonna, whose age is increasingly becoming the subject of discussion in the media and gossip, is not going to give up her positions, despite the younger generations of competitors.
Outstanding Works
Over the course of her life, Madonna, whose hits have become multi-platinum more than once, has released hundreds of songs. Experts and fans argue a lot about her creative heritage and about which works are considered the best. Her most famous songs are:
- material girl. A real visiting card of the singer, which determined her style for many years, this song with a wonderful video a la Marilyn Monroe is a classic of world pop music.
- Cherish. The 1988 song and the black-and-white video for it became a certain stage for Madonna, in which she appeared in the form of an ordinary American girl.
- Vogue. The perfect dance song from the 80s, with a great video by David Fincher, was Madonna's first step into the 90s.
- Rain. The elegant and sophisticated song from the provocative album Erotica has become one of the best "slow" songs of the decade. And the great clip of Mark Romanek laid the foundation for a new video aesthetic in the 90s.
- hung up. The song from the early 2000s was further proof that Madonna is the queen of the dance-pop scene. The incendiary melody and bright vocals made the composition a hit in discos all over the world.
- Frozen. The 1998 ballad proved that Madonna, whose biography is connected with dance music, not only knows how to put on a show, but also sings beautifully. Chris Cunningham's exquisite video for the song won several awards and fan acclaim.
Film work
Throughout her career, Madonna, whose biography is full of creative experiments, has repeatedly made attempts to make a career as a film actress. She has 13 films on her account, in which she played both episodic and main roles. Critics do not appreciate Madonna's talent as a dramatic actress. However, the roles in the films "The Body as Evidence", "Evita", "Best Friend" and "Swept Away" showed that she was still a good actress.
Personal life
Throughout her career, the attention of the public and the press has attracted Madonna's personal life. The singer was officially married twice. Her first husband was actor Sean Penn. The second is the director. In addition, she has a huge number of novels to her credit. For several years, media attention has been riveted on her relationship with dancer Brahim Zeiba, who is 29 years younger than the singer. The novel ended with a breakup, and today Madonna is credited with a new relationship.
Scandals
Some journalists jokingly say that Madonna's real name is Lady Scandal. She is ready to create a hype from scratch. At one of the concerts in Istanbul, she decided to please her fans and exposed her breasts. Undressing is generally a favorite trick of a pop star. In 2003, at the MTV Awards, Madonna kissed Britney Spears passionately, which caused a huge sensation. Later, she repeated this trick with other girls. More than once, the singer's songs became the reason for her accusations of anti-Semitism, inciting hatred for the church, it came to the point that the Pope was called to excommunicate her from the church.
Children
The pop diva also attracts no less attention from the press. The pop diva has four children: daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon (father - Carlos Leon), son Rocco (father - Guy Ritchie), as well as two adopted children from Malawi: daughter Mercy Dane and son David Banda Mwale .
Madonna's children grow up under the supervision of nannies, because the mother is actively engaged in a career. The eldest daughter has already grown up and is quite successfully building a modeling career. The singer sued Guy Ritchie for a long time for custody of her son and lost the case. For a while, Rocco lived with his father in London, but then returned to his famous mother.
The legend of world show business, the queen of the stage - these are the epithets that are awarded to this unsurpassed woman, an outstanding personality. She knows how to attract attention and hold it. Singer Madonna is a star who needs no introduction. Comprehensively gifted with talents, she falls in love at first sight.
Star Trek
How old is Madonna? Such a question comes to mind when you look at her chiseled body, young face and shining eyes. She can be given about thirty years, no more. But facts are stubborn things, and they say that the singer was born on August 16, 1958. Thus, this year she will celebrate her 56th birthday. How old is Madonna now? 55.
The star's full name is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. She is originally from Bay City, Michigan. In the veins flows the blood of French Canadians (on the mother) and American Italians (on the father). When Madonna was born, the family already had two children, after her three more were born. They lived together and piously.
The girl's relationship with others was difficult. Madonna recalls that she was not a favorite, but she did not allow herself to be offended. The loss of her mother at an early age (she died at thirty) turned out to be an expansion of the list of relatives for her. The father married again, thus, another brother and sister appeared in the family.
Dancing in the life of a celebrity
How old is Madonna difficult to answer, looking at her body. And all thanks to fitness and dancing. Very early, the girl persuaded her father to enroll her in ballet. Then she went to school, the University of Michigan, but left because the teacher persuaded her to devote herself to a career. The future queen of the stage moved to New York. The city of the big apple taught her to fight poverty and for her place under the sun. She danced in several bands, took part in the world tour of Patrick Eronandez, met Dan Gilroy. Together with this musician, she creates the first rock band, and then the second. Recordings were successful, and then fell into the hands of the founder of Sire Records Seymour Stein.
Madonna's rise as a singer
How old is Madonna - it did not matter. She set a goal for herself and confidently walked towards it. She personally distributed her notes to the right people at the Dunsteria in Manhattan. Then she began an affair with the king of disc jockeys, Mark Kamins, who did his best to get Warner Bros to promote the rising star. The first single - "Everybody" - gained immense popularity and became a real hit. The success of the song was repeated by the video for it, despite the extremely minimal budget. The second single confirmed that Madonna is popular and has a great future.
worldwide success
The perfect figure of Madonna, her passion for dancing determined the direction in which the girl worked. Dance compositions were close to her, and it was they who brought her to the top of the hit parade. The singer's first album was sold out in the amount of 19 million copies, and it is still considered the most successful. After that, the star began to be invited to act in films, she continues to sing songs and goes on her first world tour.
How old is Madonna the singer was already interesting to people, because in 1986 the first nude photos in black and white appeared in men's glossy magazines. True, the star, who began a serious relationship with Sean Penn, forbade them to be published. The celebrity's third album received good criticism from the outside and entered it into the Guinness Book of Records. Together with her beloved, Madonna plays in films and theater, writes soundtracks for them, and works on remixes.
Scandalous reputation
You can tell exactly how old Madonna is by looking at her passport. A woman who during her lifetime was given a four-meter statue (the city of Pacentro) always looks young and seductive. The rupture of relations with Sean Penn did not stop the singer's victorious march. And scandals fueled interest in her. The first such case occurred during the cooperation with Pepsi. The star with the chaste pseudonym used a lot of Catholic symbols and wore overly revealing outfits. An advertisement for a popular drink featuring Madonna was heavily condemned by the Vatican. As a result, the company breaks off cooperation, and the girl receives decent compensation. A year later, the star again shocks the public with a clip of erotic content.
Madonna and her professions
So, the world knows Madonna as an excellent dancer, a successful singer with a charming voice and a brawler. But in 1992, she founded Maverick, an entertainment company. Together with partner Time Warner, Madonna releases a book with a loud title (“Sex”), the album “Erotica”, but then she changes her style. Passion for Kabbalah and Judaism has borne fruit: the image of the singer has become restrained and more chaste. Confirming her unofficial title of "Queen of the Stage", Madonna records diverse albums. And between all this, she starred in Dolce & Gabbana commercials, creates youth clothing collections with her daughter, tries herself as a screenwriter and director, and opens a network of fitness clubs.
Madonna's personal life
Such an attractive and charming woman has always been the subject of adoration for the stronger sex. Madonna had many novels and connections, but there was also a place for a serious relationship. The singer entered into her first marriage in 1985 with Sean Penn. Their relationship was exemplary, but soon the couple began to compete with each other. The nickname "Mr. Madonna", given to Penn by journalists, he clearly did not like. Four years later they separated. Then the star had an affair with Warren Beatty, a famous womanizer, but it did not lead to anything.
There were rumors that Madonna loves women, and actress Sandra Bernhard, a model, was called her partners. But the queen of the stage herself refutes this, speaking out for traditional relationships. Her marriage to a British director lasted seven years, and after that she met with Jesús Lusa, a Brazilian young model.
Children of a successful woman
Madonna has four children: two biological and two adopted. The eldest is the daughter of Lourdes, whose father was the singer's personal sports coach, but did not become her husband. At what age did Madonna give birth for the first time? The girl was born on October 14, 1996, which means that the new mother was 38. In 2000, that is, at the age of 42, the woman gave birth to a son. An adopted daughter (Mercy James) and a son (David Banda) are from Malawi.
Parameters and other interesting facts
Madonna is an icon of beauty and style, the image of a confident and successful woman, a strong and purposeful person. Of course, the parameters of her figure are of interest to both fans of her work and the stronger sex. We will please both those and others by revealing some interesting facts about the singer.
The practically unchanged appearance of the star is the subject of controversy among her fans. Some argue that Madonna uses the services of plastic surgeons, others believe that sports, proper nutrition and anti-aging procedures support natural beauty. The singer herself denies rhinoplasty and other interventions by doctors, assuring that she uses high-quality cosmetics, does hardware lifting and chemical peeling, and loves Thai massage. She also tries to avoid stress, adheres to the correct regime of work and rest.
Madonna weighs only 55 kg, and all due to the fact that she does not have excess fat accumulation, but consists mainly of muscle tissue, which is heavier. Daily fitness, yoga and a special diet, as well as rehearsals of new shows, help keep fit. In addition, the celebrity is engaged in Pilates, karate, boxing, tennis, horseback riding.
The growth of the queen of pop music is small, only 162-164 cm. But, as you can see, this did not cause the complexes to appear. A high heel or platform always accompanies Madonna (with the exception of sports training). The star easily wears a heel about twenty centimeters high and looks down on everyone.
Here she is, Madonna, an inimitable symbol of the sexual revolution, emancipation and femininity!
Madonna (Ciccone Louise Veronica, Madonna, Louise Veronica Ciccone) was born in 1958, in the month of August, on the 16th day in the city of Bay, Michigan. At this hour, he is 162 cm tall and weighs 54 kg. Parameters and dimensions (girth) of the bust (figure): chest 92 cm, waist 61 cm, hips 87 cm. Foot shoe size 39. Eye color green. Hair color is blond. She is a Kabbalist by religion, a former Catholic.
Ciccone's father Silvio is an engineer at Chrysler and General Motors. Upon the death of his wife (Madonna Fortin), citizen Ciccone married the maid Gustafson Joan, who later gave birth to the mind of two children.
Ciccone's mother Madonna Fortin (Madonna Fortin Ciccone, born in 1933) is a technical engineer in the X-ray room. French nationality from Canada. Jansenist by religion (French Catholic). She died in 1963 from breast cancer (probably due to radiation exposure at work).
There are five brothers and sisters.
Studied at St. Andrew's, St. Frederick's, Western High School (West), Adams High School in Rochester (Adams), Michigan State University. Since 1973 she has been engaged in ballet and choreography.
She has lived in New York since 1978. She worked as a dancer for Pearl Lang. She worked in diners and as a model for filming. In 1979 she was noticed by the producers Perrelin and Van Lie and she collaborated with them in Europe for a year.
She was a drummer in the group Breakfast Club. Then, in 1980, she founded her own group Madonna and the Sky, later Emmy. Since 1981 Barbon collaborated with Camilla, who became her manager.
Since 1982 he has been collaborating with Stan Seymour. As a result, cooperation with Warner Bros. continued until 2009. The first album called "Madonna" was released in 1983. Received all sorts of Grammys (already 7 pieces!) And golden globes. Not without the golden raspberry. The song of the same name, from the second album, "Like a Virgin" entered the two hundred most iconic songs of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Like a Prayer", from the third album of the same name, was ranked 3rd in the history of popular music by the British magazine New Music Express, and VH1 2nd.
And always some song from her subsequent albums, like "Bedtime Stories", "Ray of Light", "Music", "American Life", "Confessions on a Dance Floor", "Hard Candy" and "MDNA" took honorable a prize-winning place in any chart.
She starred in "Specific Victim", "Visual Search", "Desperate Search for Suzy", in "Who's That Girl", in "Dick Tracy", in the documentary "Madonna. Truth or Dare” (in our box office “In Bed with Madonna”), in “A Dangerous Game”, in “Body as Evidence”, “Best Friend”.
In 2007, she filmed "Dirt and Wisdom" with the vocalist of the "Gogol Bordello" group Evgeny Alexandrovich Nikolaev, better known under the pseudonym Evgeny Gudz (his mother's maiden name). In 2010, she filmed “We. We believe in love." In 2013, the short film "SecretProjectRevolution".
In 1973, she dated Long Russell (born in 1956).
In 1979, she cohabited with Dan Gilroy (head of the little-known rock band Breakfast Club).
Also in 1979, she cohabited with Stephen Bray, drummer.
In 1983, she cohabited with Benitez John, nicknamed "Marmalade".
From 1985-08-16 (which, by the way, is her birthday) to January 1989, she was married to Pann Sean.
According to unconfirmed information, in 1988 she had a relationship with Bernhard Sandra (Sndra Bernhard, 1955-06-06).
In 1990, she cohabited with Beatty Warren (Henry Warren Beatty, 1937-03-30, director), but refused to marry him.
In 1992, she had a relationship with Van Winkle Robert Matthew (1967-10-31), better known as Vanilla Ice.
In 1996, in October, the 14th day from the actor and fitness instructor Leon Carlos gave birth to a daughter Leon Lourdes Maria Ciccone (in other words, Lola Leon).
In 1998, she cohabited with Andy Bird (Andy Bird), an actor and screenwriter from the UK.
From 2000 to 2008 for Richie Guy. In 2000, in August, on the 11th day, she gave birth to a son, Richie Rocko. There is also a son, Richie Ciccone, adopted on 2008-05-28, David Banda (born 2005-09-24) and a daughter, adopted on 2009-06-12, Ciccone Chifundo Mercy James (born 2005).
Since 2010, he has been cohabiting with break performer Zeba Brahim.
