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 skills. 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, it was his first experience. The result of their two-week 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 living 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)
Quick answer: 58 years old as of August 2016.
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, better known to us as simply Madonna, is considered one of the most famous singers of the past few decades. She is an actress, director, screenwriter, dancer and writer. She is the most commercially successful singer in the world, having sold more than 100 million singles and about 250 million albums during her career.
The star was born in Bay City, Michigan, USA. Her father Silvio was Italian and worked as a designer for one of the American automakers. Mother Madonna Louise is descended from Canadian French. The born girl became the third child in the family (there were six in all). As she herself admits many years later, she was not loved at school and was generally considered a little crazy.
In 1963, her mother died of breast cancer and her father later married a maid who worked in their family. Then Madonna asked her father to send her to ballet school. After she graduated from high school, she entered the University of Michigan. At that time, she was still dancing, but after the university she planned to leave dancing. In 1977, she moved to New York, where at first she almost begged - she simply had no money.
In 1979, she formed her first rock band Breakfast Club with Dan Gilroy, and a few years later Emmy with Stephen Bray. It was these songs that New York DJ and producer Mark Kamins liked so much that he immediately brought Madonna with Seymour Stein, the founder of the record company Sire Records. And so began a full-fledged musical career of Madonna.
The first released single was called Everybody. It is interesting that initially the producers did not pin their hopes on him, but since there was very little time left before the release of the song, it was customary to release it into circulation. By the way, the photo of the singer was not placed on the cover of the single. As soon as the single entered the radio stations, it instantly became a super hit.
At the same time, the company thought about releasing the first album, but in order not to waste money, it was decided to release another single. So, Madonna wrote a song called Burning Up, which also broke into the lead among other compositions.
The first album under the name Like A Virgin ("like a Virgin") became Madonna's hallmark. It has become so popular that even now it continues to be in steady demand! After that, such successful records as True Blue, Like a Prayer, Blond Ambition Tour ... The latest album at the moment is a record called MDNA, which was very warmly received by critics. The audience also received her well - she managed to visit the top of the charts of many charts. Stars such as Benni Benassi, Michael Malih, William Orbit, Demolition Crew and so on took part in the recording of the songs.
Currently, Madonna continues to release albums, record video clips, play movies and even invent her own line of clothes. It is worth noting that her concerts are a very defiant show. For example, not so long ago she bared her breasts at one of her concerts. However, this is just part of the show, not least thanks to which the singer is so popular.
She has three children: Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon born in 1996, Rocco Ritchie born in 2000, and adopted child David Banda born in 2005.
The name of Madonna is known to everyone and everyone. And now we are not talking about a religious name, because Madonna is a legendary pop diva who was able to conquer the whole world with her talent, independence, courage and determination. Not to mention the fact that she did not pay attention to life's hardships and problems. Something that didn't always work out as well as she wanted. Her life path was filled not only with rose petals, but also with thorns that pricked very painfully. But there was always a bright woman in front of the audience, who never yielded to anyone in charisma and charm. Therefore, let's take a closer look at who she is, this mysterious and at the same time, well-known Madonna. After all, she looks really beautiful, and even young actresses and models are trying to penetrate the mysteries of her eternal youth and charm, self-confidence and passion for singing.
Height, weight, age. How old is Madonna
Height, weight, age. How old is Madonna - all these questions cause conflicting answers, because the singer seems forever young and always beautiful. It is even difficult to imagine what she does to always remain so. Therefore, various rumors often circulate, which may not be confirmed, but still go around the name of a celebrity. Madonna in her youth was uncensored, often discussed in the press, and it was all done quite harshly. The real name of Madonna actually sounds like that, this is her true name, which her mother once gave her. So, today the world-famous woman is already 58 years old, although it is very difficult to believe in it. The height is 163 centimeters, and the weight is 54 kilograms. Therefore, there is no need to say that she looks like a true queen, which she is on stage.
Biography and personal life of Madonna
The biography and personal life of Madonna deserves special attention, because it is not difficult to guess that she experienced the most different things in her life, otherwise she would not have been able to achieve such heights. Often there are such requests as Madonna without makeup, because many people wonder how much the singer looks like herself if her makeup is removed in several layers. But let's now consider her biography and personal life, which deserves attention. She was born into a Catholic family, was the third child out of six in the family, and already at the age of five she lost her mother. She went to a Catholic school, after graduation she decided to enter a dance university. By the way, from early childhood she studied ballet, danced, in a word, developed creatively. True, then she still did not think about how to really become famous, become famous not only in her country, but throughout the world.
But she did not finish her studies at the university and moved to New York in the late seventies. In the big city it was very hard, because there was no work, in addition, the young girl had nowhere to stumble. She lived practically in poverty, selling donuts and moonlighting in various dance troupes. Ahead of her were even greater difficulties on the way to the top. The young woman's musical career began in the early eighties, when she became involved in various bands and tried to record her own albums.
She also proved herself over time as an actress, because she was able to act in more than two dozen films. In other words, she was able to realize herself, despite the fact that it was really very difficult in places. As for her personal life, Madonna has been married several times. First, she married Hollywood actor Sean Penn, then director Guy Ritchie, with whom she lived for seven years, after which she divorced. Madonna has many children, both biological and adopted. The famous singer remembers very well how hard it was for her in childhood and adolescence, so she strives to give happiness to children who are not too lucky in life. But at the same time, she does not forget to continue to build her personal life, which is constantly replaced by new men and fans. It is even sometimes surprising how active a woman who is already almost sixty years old behaves.
Madonna's family and children
Madonna's family and children today are herself and her children. Although she can often be seen in the company of ex-first husband Sean Penn, still, so far there has been no official statement that she is getting married again. But she has a lot of children whom she loves and who love her. She has four of them in total, of which the daughter Lourdes from her first marriage, then the son Rocco. Two more children are adopted: a boy from Africa, David, and a girl, Mercy. So Madonna repeatedly became a mother, apparently realizing that the main task of a woman is not even to make an amazing career, but simply to give happiness to little creatures.
Madonna's Sons - Rocco, David
Madonna's sons - Rocco, David are her heirs, however, the first boy was her biological heir, and David is adopted. True, this does not prevent a star woman from loving them in exactly the same way. Especially considering that the singer had significant problems with the adoption of David. When all the documents were submitted, the boy's parents suddenly showed up and claimed their rights to him. And this despite the fact that up to this point in the direction of the child there was no attention. And although the "kind" relatives did everything possible to prevent the adoption, anyway, the baby found a new home and became happy. Son Rocco was born to Madonna from her second marriage to director Guy Ritchie.
Daughters of the Madonna - Lourdes, Mercy
Madonna's daughters - Lourdes, Mercy are her favorite daughters, and here is the same as her sons, because Madonna's daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon is her first biological daughter, who was born in marriage to Hollywood actor Seann Penn. Now she is already an adult woman, however, it is impossible to say exactly how much she followed in the footsteps of her star parents. The second daughter, Mercy, is adopted, and at the same time allowed the singer to become a mother for the fourth time. The celebrity herself does not have a soul in her daughters, teaches them to always be on top, beautiful, successful, and most importantly, not to pay attention to life's difficulties that have always been and will be in reality.
Madonna's Husbands - Sean Penn, Guy Ritchie
Madonna's husbands - Sean Penn, Guy Ritchie became the famous singer's legal husbands. I would like to note that Madonna's personal life does not stand still, that now, when she has already been married twice, she still has vivid novels in her life that make the press simply hold their breath. The first marriage with Sean Penn lasted several years, after which the star couple broke up, the singer lived with Guy Ritchie for seven years, but after that the marriage also could not stand the test of time. Although from every man, Madonna had legitimate and adopted children, all the same, this could not save their family. However, given the millions of celebrities, they are not particularly worried about this. Today, Madonna constantly starts bright novels with young boys, among them there are actors, models, mannequins. She fully enjoys life, but at the same time, most likely she is in no hurry to marry again. Although lately she has been more and more often noticed in the company of her first ex-husband Sean Pen.
Instagram and Wikipedia Madonna
As mentioned above, only the lazy does not know about the Madonna, or pretends not to know. After all, it is difficult to imagine someone more famous than this amazing, interesting, talented woman. One has only to say her name, and every viewer will nod, even if he has never heard her songs or watched a single movie with her. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a lot of information about it on the Internet that can be found on almost any site. The first source is, of course, Madonna's personal Wikipedia page (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(singer)).
There you can find the necessary information about how she lived before she became famous, what was her creative path, and much more that accompanied her throughout her career. The singer also has a personal page on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/madonna/?hl=ru), where you can already get to know her life more closely. Photos from her concerts, family photos are posted, she shares her future plans with fans, talks about what she is going to do next. If you want to get in touch with a celebrity at least a little, then this is best done directly with her, that is, through social networks.
Singer Madonna is the real queen of the American stage. Moreover, she boasts not only that she sings. Madonna is also a fashion designer, director, producer and an acclaimed writer. It is true that a talented person is talented in everything. And the life story of this woman, one might say, is a direct embodiment of a dream. Madonna's story shows that self-confidence and hard work will help you rise to the top, even if you are at the very bottom. One of the main facts about her is that Madonna was able to become a real sex symbol of the last century.
Currently, the outrageous singer has not lost her popularity and charisma. Thanks to what she was and remains one of the richest women in the world, with a corresponding level of influence.
Madonna is a singer with character. And even despite her not the youngest age, this versatile creative person still has an impressive army of fans, not only among men, but also among women. The latter, by the way, are most often interested in what the performer's height, weight, age are. How old is Madonna - one of the most popular questions regarding the singer. Especially considering how popular plastic surgery is among American stars.
We inform you that this year Madonna is going to celebrate her sixtieth birthday. But the fact that she was able to maintain such a level of activity is not surprising. After all, in her youth she was a cheerleader, even despite her small stature. With a height of 163 cm, she now weighs 54 kg. Madonna's photo in her youth and now is easy to find on the net - she was and remains a very beautiful woman.
Biography and personal life of Madonna
The full name of the singer is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. She was born in August 1958. Her father, Silvio Ciccone, worked as a design engineer at the Chrysler car factory. And my mother - Madonna Louise Ciccone - took x-rays.
The girl was a modest honors student, but this role was shattered to smithereens at the school talent competition when Madonna turned 14. She went on stage in a swimsuit, and her body was smeared with fluorescent paint. The dance to the song of The Who turned out to be very cheeky. She lost the competition, was put under house arrest at home, and at school she was called a whore for a long time. Madonna herself recalled that then on the stage she “found herself” and realized who she should be. And the concept of “shy whore” stuck with her in her career.
The debut album "Madonna" was released in the summer of 83 and received mixed reviews from critics. Most of them reproached the aspiring singer for being too sexual and claimed. She won't last long on stage.
The biography and personal life of Madonna has always attracted a lot of attention from fans. The woman is already known for the fact that she had a huge number of romantic relationships, and she was married only twice. Moreover, often, men were younger and even much younger than herself. Madonna never had a happy and strong relationship.
Filmography: films starring Madonna
The filmography of the actress replenished quite rapidly, but this part of the career did not develop as well as the musical one.
Madonna can be seen in such films as "Visual Search", "Shanghai Surprise", "Broadway Bloodhounds", "A Dangerous Game" and others.
Madonna's family and children
In the life of Madonna there were countless novels with different men - public and not. Some were even a few years younger, but the age difference never bothered the singer, and she calmly appeared with her boyfriends in front of the camera. Madonna's family and children are a rather sensitive topic. Officially, the artist was married to actor Sean Penn, director Guy Ricci. But both marriages ended up in painful breakups.
Meanwhile, Madonna gave birth to only one of her two own children while she was married. She gave birth to a son from Guy Ricci, but her daughter became an "illegitimate" child from her personal trainer Carlos Leon. The singer was in a relationship with him a few years before her marriage to Ricci.
Madonna's son - Rocco John Ricci
Madonna's son, Rocco John Ricci, is the singer's own son and second child, whom she gave birth to in 2001, being in her second marriage to director Guy Ricci. The boy grew up like all children, studied well at school. But like many children of famous parents, Rocco developed behavioral problems as he grew older. Drinking, nightclubs and all that goes with it. Until, in the end, everything ended in a grandiose scandal, the cause of which was that Rocco is a drug addict.
It is now known that 17-year-old Rocco found a job as a courier, lives separately from his mother and even entered into a relationship with a girl named Kimberly Turnbull.
Adopted son of Madonna - David Banda Malave Ciccone-Ricci
Madonna's adopted son, David Banda Malave Ciccone-Ricci, was adopted by the couple in 2005. A black boy from Malawi immediately attracted attention from the press. And the reason was that the process of adopting a child from Africa turned into a real scandal.
When all the documents were prepared, and Madonna was about to pick up the child, the boy's relatives suddenly showed up, who wanted in every possible way to prevent the singer from taking David away from Malawi. But in the end, everything ended well, David Ciccone-Ricci nevertheless found a new home and a large family for himself.
Madonna's Daughter - Lourdes Maria Ciccone
Madonna's own daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone, became the first-born of the artist and her "illegitimate" child. The singer gave birth to a girl from her personal trainer Carlos Leon, with whom at that time she was simply in a relationship. But the wedding, although unplanned, still did not take place. As a result, the girl stayed with her mother.
Now she is 21 years old. Like her older brother, the girl attracts the attention of the press for not the most pleasant occasion. Previously, a beautiful and extravagant girl, who was even called the “mini-Madonna”, completely stopped monitoring her own appearance, thereby becoming a real find for the yellow press.
Adopted daughter of Madonna - Mercy James Ciccone
Another adopted daughter of Madonna - Mercy James Ciccone was also taken to the opera from Malawi, Africa. Recall that the adopted son of the artist, David, is also from there. But the registration of guardianship of the girl began after the singer's divorce from her last husband.
It is worth noting that even in this case it was not without scandals. In many newspapers, the news of yet another unexpected custody was called a "case for the sale of children." And the thing is that in Malawi at that time it was forbidden to give children under the care of foreign "parents". However, Mercy also left for America with Madonna and now lives with her star mother.
Madonna's ex-husband - Sean Penn
Madonna's ex-husband, Sean Penn, and the singer herself met back in 1985, when the performer was in a relationship with singer Prince. It happened on the set of one of the artist's videos, and the woman quickly became interested in an actor who was a couple of years younger than her. They got married that same year, but the marriage fell apart four years later.
It is known that some time later, Penn made his way into the house of the singer and brutally killed her. But Madonna managed to escape and get to the police station. Penn denied the beating, although the woman's injuries spoke for themselves. The singer asked not to start a criminal case, as her ex has always poorly controlled anger.
Madonna's ex-husband - Guy Ricci
Madonna's ex-husband - Guy Ricci - met the future in 98, at a party at the singer Sting. In the process of communication, it turned out that the novice director was ten years younger than the artist, and he came to the party only to get to know Madonna, because he knew in advance that she would be there.
They got married in 2000, and very soon the singer gave birth to Guy's son. Five years later, the couple adopted a boy from Africa. Their marriage lasted eight years. The true reason for the divorce is still unknown, but there are rumors that the man was simply fed up with his wife's strong passion for bondage. But there were no official statements.
When the singer was just starting her career, none of the fans thought to doubt the natural beauty of this woman. But the years passed, and the woman did not age. Hot photos of Madonna before and after plastic surgery are easy to find on the Internet.
A photo in a bathing suit, for example, or pictures allegedly leaked to the network where the singer is naked. Although officially only Madonna's practically bare chest was presented to fans. The performer herself completely denies the fact of surgical intervention, but medical specialists agreed that the singer did a facelift and nose job. In addition, he does not disdain the famous "beauty injections".
Instagram and Wikipedia Madonna
Instagram and Wikipedia Madonna exist in full. The singer's official Instagram profile contains photos from magazine covers, photos with her children, nature shots and announcements of future performances. In total there are about 3.5 thousand photos and videos. And subscribed to the page of the performer 11.5 million fans.
As for Wikipedia, there you will see a brief information about herself and her family, as well as a complete list of awards and a lot of information about the development of a career. Up to the chronology of the release of music albums. In any case, this information will be interesting and useful to all fans of this outrageous artist.
Madonna Louise Ciccone Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, writer, actress, film director, screenwriter, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She was born on August 16, 1958 in Bay City in the Midwestern United States. Moving to New York in 1978 For the sake of a career in a dance troupe, Madonna first became a member of rock bands, and then a successful solo performer and songwriter.
Madonna became famous for constantly "reinventing" her music and images. She became one of the first female musicians to have a successful career on a major label without losing creative or financial control. The singer's videos are an integral part of MTV, adding new themes of texts or images of video clips to the mainstream. Madonna's songs generally receive positive reviews from music critics, despite the controversy often caused in the media regarding the topics covered in them - racism, gender discrimination, religion, politics, sex and violence. Madonna's debut album of the same name was released in 1983 on the Sire label and became the first in a series of successful albums by the author/singer. The artist has a record 20 MTV Video Music Awards and 7 Grammy awards, including prestigious nominations for the albums Ray of Light (1998) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). The singer has many chart records and hits that reached number one on the major music charts, among which the most successful songs were "Like a Virgin" (1984), "La Isla Bonita" (1986), "Like a Prayer" (1989), "Vogue "(1990), "Frozen" (1998), "Music" (2000), "Hung Up" (2005) and "4 Minutes" (2008).
The singer is considered the most commercially successful performer in history by the Guinness Book of Records with 275 million confirmed licensed sales. Time included the singer in the list of "25 women of the last century with the most power", assessing her influence on contemporary music. The singer is also the top-selling female rock artist of the 20th century by the Recording Industry Association of America and the second-best-selling female artist in the United States with 64.5 million certified album sales. Billboard recognized the singer as the most successful artist in the history of recording among solo singers and singers. According to the NY Post, the singer's condition is year 2013 exceeds $1 billion, but according to Forbes magazine, this figure is slightly overestimated and does not take into account the fifty percent tax. The singer's 2008-09 concert tour, the Sticky & Sweet Tour, is the highest-grossing solo artist of all time. Madonna's recognition in music and cinema is known - since the late 80s, the media have called her the "queen of pop music", and in 2000 year The Golden Raspberry award named her the worst actress of the 20th century. The singer has 1 Oscar for the song "I Always Get My Man" in the movie "Dick Tracy", 2 Golden Globe awards for her role in the musical "Evita" and for the song "Masterpiece". Madonna's films as director and screenwriter Filth and Wisdom and WE. We Believe in Love" were critically acclaimed and received limited theatrical release.
born August 16, 1958 in a town on the shores of Lake Huron, Michigan, USA. The singer's mother and namesake, Madonna Louise Ciccone, was French-Canadian and worked as an X-ray technician; father, Silvio Ciccone, Italian-American, worked as a design engineer for the defense design bureau of Chrysler / General Motors. Madonna is the third child in the family, there were six children in total. The first girl in the family was named after her mother Madonna Louise, this name has never been officially changed. The name "Veronica" was chosen by Madonna Louise Ciccone at the age of 12 for the traditional Catholic sacrament of chrismation and is not official.Madonna's mother came from the descendants of the Jansenists from among the first French settlers and her piety bordered on fanaticism. Mother played the piano and sang beautifully, but never aspired to perform in public. During her sixth pregnancy, Madonna Ciccone (senior) was diagnosed with breast cancer. Mother adhered to the ideas of the pre-Vatican period, which still recognized sex as an immoral act, and abortion as murder under any conditions. She refused treatment until the end of her pregnancy, and a few months after the birth of her sixth child, she died at the age of 30. Madonna's (younger) rejection of the fact that God could allow the death of her mother became an important aspect of the life and work of the singer. Two years later, the widowed father of the family remarried the maid Joan Gustafson - a simple woman and the complete opposite of the first. The couple's first joint child died, but soon they had two more children. The stepmother took care mainly of her own children, but the father forced all the children to call the woman "mother", which Madonna never did, considering her father a traitor to the memory of her mother. The family was quite wealthy, but Gustafson brought the Protestant spirit of total savings on clothing and food to the family - the family ate exclusively semi-finished products and the children almost did not wear purchased clothes. Joan's upbringing methods were like a sergeant major, which further inflamed the atmosphere in the family. Madonna evoked in her stepmother a sense of female competition due to the strong external resemblance of the singer to her late mother. Madonna was subjected to severe bullying by two older drug addict brothers who fought with her for the attention of her father, which, according to biographers, early laid in her a hostile attitude towards drugs.
The Ciccone family lived in suburban Detroit, where Madonna attended St. Frederick and St. Andrew Catholic Schools, and West was a cheerleader for the basketball team. The singer graduated from high school at the Rochester Adams secular school, where she participated in theater productions and school musicals. Ciccone studied "excellently", and the teachers took on the role of a mother in her upbringing. The singer called the teacher of philosophy and Russian history Marilyn Fallows one of the two most important people of her childhood. Despite the grades, Ciccone was considered by her peers to be a “with regards” girl, she was disliked for her brilliant academic performance and the position of the teachers’ pet, and the guys were afraid to invite her on a date.
At the age of 14, Madonna was influenced as a pop lyricist by her friendship with the future recognized poet Win Cooper, who studied with her at the same school a class older. According to Cooper, the girl was shy and a little distant, shunned society, dressed modestly, and was particularly fond of Aldous Huxley's books and Lady Chatterley's Lover. The key event of Madonna's childhood is considered to be the performance at the evening of West's school talents at the age of 14. On it, the artist covered in green and pink paint in a top and shorts shocked the audience by performing a dance to the famous song “Baba O" Riley" by The Who. The reputation of an exemplary excellent student was hopelessly damaged, the performance was discussed for a long time in the city, and her father put her daughter under house arrest "Heroine of the day", brothers and sisters began to tease: "Madonna is a whore", although it had nothing to do with sex.From the age of four, Madonna Ciccone imitated the dances of Shirley Temple, but took up ballet at almost 15, which was acceptable for jazz choreography Ballet master Christopher Flynn had the greatest influence on her. Flynn spent her time and took her student to classical concerts, exhibitions and, to broaden her horizons, to gay clubs. Flynn was gay 30 years older, so the student's love remained unrequited, but ", according to the singer's memoirs, this is the only person who understood her. The appearance of the excellent student has changed towards a sloppy bohemian appearance that scares others. Biographers Andersen, Taraborelli and Lucy O'Brien draw attention to the fact that although at the age of 14 Madonna had a reputation as a debauchee, but only at the age of 15 did she get her first sexual experience with 17-year-old Russell Long, which the whole school and father learned about at the suggestion of Ciccone. According to Lucy O'Brien, the struggle against the stereotypical attitude towards women according to the criterion of "virgin / whore" and the desire to tell others about her love experiences have become the main themes of the singer's work.
Madonna Ciccone graduated from high school in 1976 a few months before graduation. She continued her dance education on a budget basis at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where Flynn received a professorship. The choice of a "frivolous" profession paved a crack in the singer's relationship with her father, who wanted to see her daughter as a doctor or lawyer. The father believed that the daughter could find a better use for her excellent certificate, successfully passed the IQ test (according to biographers Christopher Andersen (1991) and Randy Taraborelli (2000), the singer's result at 17 showed 140 points) and brilliant recommendations from teachers. The right to receive a free higher education in the United States is given to a few, and Madonna moved to a university dormitory full of hopes for her brilliant future. According to her teachers and colleagues, she had endurance, rare even for a dancer, which was further developed by her ballet skills, and subsequently allowed her to suffocate less during the performance of songs with a simultaneous dance. According to choreographer Gaia Delang, the young Ciccone was "very slim and light, her dance was contagious." However, in technical terms, the budgetary Madonna was inferior to many ballerinas, causing their rejection and envy, and the impossibility of being absolutely the best caused protest and a desire to additionally stand out, as far as possible in the ballet class, with torn tights or unwashed short hair. In her free time, Madonna visited clubs in Detroit, in one of which she met black drummer Stephen Bray, her future co-author and co-producer.
Personal life
Madonna's first serious romance with Sean Penn ended in a wedding in 1985. The press closely followed the relationship of the couple and began to call Penn "Mr. Madonna." Sean did not like this "name" and rivalry began between the spouses. As a result, this led to a public quarrel. The couple broke up after four years of marriage. After the divorce, Madonna began a relationship with the famous actor and womanizer Warren Beatty, which ended in nothing. At one time, there was talk that Madonna associates tender feelings with actress Sandra Bernhard. However, the singer said that she does not welcome same-sex love. However, model Jenny Shimizu stated that she had lesbian ties with the celebrity.
Madonna gave birth to her daughter Lourdes from her personal sports coach, however, the singer said that she sees no point in marrying the father of her child. In 2000 Madonna gave birth to a son to her second husband, English director Guy Ritchie. The couple met in 1998. However, after 7 years of married life, the couple broke up. After that, Madonna drew attention to a young 22-year-old model from Brazil, Jesús Luz.
