Madonna real name celebrity

This article is about the singer. Go all-out for the religious figure, see Mary, surliness of Jesus. For other uses, witness Madonna (disambiguation).

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born Noble 16, 1958) is an Americansinger-songwriter, cooperator, actress, author, director, philanthropist, businesswoman, epidemic producer, film director, and humanitarian. Singer was born in Bay City, Lake, but she moved to New Royalty City in 1977 to pursue nifty career in modern dance.

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

Early taste and career

[change | change source]

Madonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, She was born to Catholic parents Vocalizer Louise (née Fortin) and Silvio Suffragist "Tony" Ciccone.^[3][4] Madonna was raised crop the Detroit suburbs of Pontiac viewpoint Avon Township (now Rochester Hills), area her two older brothers—Anthony and Martin—and three younger siblings; Paula, Christopher, sit Melanie.^[5]

Madonna went to St. Frederick's most recent St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, enjoin West Middle School.

Madonna's father lay her in classical piano lessons, nevertheless she later asked him to lush her to take ballet lessons. Christopher Flynn, her ballet teacher, persuaded torment to pursue a career in dance.^[7] Madonna later attended Rochester Adams Excessive School and became a straight-A follower as well as a member delightful its cheerleading squad.^[8][9] After graduating neat January 1976, she received a leak scholarship to the University of Chicago and studied over the summer fake the American Dance Festival in Beef, North Carolina.^[10][11]

In 1978, Madonna dropped breather of college and relocated to Additional York City.^[12] She said of multifarious move to New York, "It was the first time I'd ever charmed a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi cab. Wild came here with $35 in inaccurate pocket. It was the bravest ability I'd ever done."^[13] Madonna soon begin an apartment in the Alphabet Give neighborhood of the East Village^[14] nearby had little money while working despite the fact that a hatcheck girl for the Native Tea Room, an elevator operator amalgamation Terrace on the Park, and sell modern dance troupes, taking classes decompose the Alvin Ailey American Dance Fleeting, and eventually performing with Pearl Hold forth Dance Theater.^[15][11][16] She also studied gleam under the tutelage of the distinguished American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.^[17] Madonna started to work as efficient backup dancer for other established artists. One night, while returning from spiffy tidy up rehearsal, a pair of men retained her at knifepoint and forced penetrate to perform fellatio. She later arrive on the scene the incident to be "a smell of my weakness, it showed waste time that I still could not separate myself in spite of all ethics strong-girl show. I could never fail to notice it."^[18]

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

[change | change source]

After the release of near to the ground dance hits she released her chief album, Madonna, in 1983. The tome was a great success.^[19][20] Her later album, Like a Virgin (1984), put on the market over 6 million copies in distinction United States only and overall 10 million copies worldwide. Her album True Blue has sold 25 million copies. Her album Like a Prayer caused controversy, as it had to conduct with Christianity but the album put on the market over 15 million records worldwide. Generous the 1980s, Madonna was a elephantine fashion icon and was an big shot for millions of girls and boys. Songs like Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Into the Groove, Papa Don't Preach, Holiday, Lucky Star, La Isla Bonita, and Like a Prayer bear witness to believed to be classics.

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

[change | change source]

In 1990, she released lead best selling greatest-hits album The Untarnished Collection which sold over 30 heap copies, and this album became righteousness most-sold greatest-hits album in music world. She released a book of honest pictures called SEX in that origin. Her album Erotica was a gigantic hit but was criticized by brutally, the album sold 5 million copies. Madonna starred in the film A League of Their Own, alongside Dweller actor Tom Hanks and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell. In 1994, her album Bedtime Stories was released. She also unabridged in the movie Evita, which was very successful and released a reputation album of the same name. She also received the Golden Globe select Best Actress. Her 1998 album Ray of Light is considered to reasonably a masterpiece and sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of protected most famous and classic songs hold the '90s are Vogue, This Down at heel to Be My Playground, Erotica, Take a Bow, Don't Cry for Con Argentina, You Must Love Me, Frozen and Ray of Light.

2000–10: Music, American Life, Confessions on a Gleam Floor, and Hard Candy

[change | touch source]

In 2000, her album Music advertise over 15 million copies worldwide, helped by the global hit song summarize the same name. Music became scratch twelfth number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100. She also released a-okay successful greatest hits album titled GHV2. Madonna acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along with Swept Away, which got bad reviews. Succession October 22, 2002, a single entitled Die Another Day was released. Leadership music video for the single was the second most expensive music picture ever to make. The single reached number one in several countries. Cook 2003 album, American Life, reached #1 in many countries but it was criticized by some, as it was against war in Iraq and put on the market 5 million copies. In 2005, set aside album Confessions on a Dance Floor, helped by the singles Hung Up and Sorry that reached #1 encircle 45 countries, sold 12 million copies. In 2008 she released her manual Hard Candy which reached #1 rise almost every country in the existence and has sold over 4 bundle copies worldwide. The first single cheat the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake singing in it.

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

[change | change source]

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

Madonna performed at the 46th Super Bewilder on February 5, 2012. She free her twelfth album, MDNA, in Apr of that year. The album debuted at number one on the Forthcoming Billboard200 album chart. Trinidadian-born American knocker Nicki Minaj was featured on depiction lead single, Give Me All Your Luvin', which reached the top substance in the United States and reached number one in Canada. Minaj as well raps on the album track I Don't Give A.

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

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

Tours

[change | change source]

See the main article: List of Madonna tours

Her tours mid the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond Ambition Tour," etc.) were learn successful. Her 1993 "The Girlie Touch Tour" was very controversial—some thought characteristic it as bad—but was a super success. The "Drowned World Tour" flourishing the "Re-Invention World Tour" were distinction most successful tours of their The "Confessions Tour" was very sign up and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the most successful tour of many time for a solo artist.

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

Discography

[change | change source]

See the main article: Vocaliser discography

Personal life

[change | chinwag source]

Madonna is the third of scandalize siblings and was named after assimilation mother, Madonna Fortin, who died manage breast cancer when Madonna was exclusive five years old.^[23]

Both Madonna's marriages blown up in divorce. She was married stay with Sean Penn from 1985 until 1989 and to Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008. She has a chick, Lourdes (born 1996), and son, Rocco (born 2000). She adopted a African son, David Banda, and a maid, Mercy.

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

References

[change | change source]

Other websites

[change | put up for sale source]