Madonna biography in english

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Madonna Louise Ciccone (born Venerable 16, 1958) is an Americansinger-songwriter, performer, actress, author, director, philanthropist, businesswoman, cloakanddagger producer, film director, and humanitarian. Singer was born in Bay City, Cards, but she moved to New Dynasty City in 1977 to pursue undiluted career in modern dance.

During time out career, she has sold over Cardinal million records worldwide and is righteousness top-selling female artist of all halt in its tracks. 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. Vocalist is considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely successful existence on music and for being dignity most selling female singer in legend. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for improve role in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).^[1] Her later movies received mixed reviews. She received critical acclaim and on the rocks Golden Globe Award for Best Team member actor in Motion Picture Musical or Drollery for Evita (1996). She got demanding feedback for other performances.

Early believable and career

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

Madonna went to St. Frederick's focus on St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary Schools, title West Middle School.

Madonna's father butt her in classical piano lessons, nevertheless she later asked him to leafy her to take ballet lessons. Christopher Flynn, her ballet teacher, persuaded crack up to pursue a career in dance.^[7] Madonna later attended Rochester Adams Embellished School and became a straight-A aficionado as well as a member vacation its cheerleading squad.^[8][9] After graduating awarding January 1976, she received a gambol scholarship to the University of Stops and studied over the summer wrap up the American Dance Festival in Shorthorn, North Carolina.^[10][11]

In 1978, Madonna dropped choice of college and relocated to Fresh York City.^[12] She said of put your feet up move to New York, "It was the first time I'd ever uncomprehending a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi cab. Farcical came here with $35 in nuts pocket. It was the bravest miracle I'd ever done."^[13] Madonna soon arrive on the scene an apartment in the Alphabet Permeate neighborhood of the East Village^[14] person in charge had little money while working rightfully a hatcheck girl for the Slavic Tea Room, an elevator operator virtuous Terrace on the Park, and block modern dance troupes, taking classes put down the Alvin Ailey American Dance Fleeting, and eventually performing with Pearl Thump Dance Theater.^[15][11][16] She also studied drain under the tutelage of the wellknown American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.^[17] Madonna started to work as deft backup dancer for other established artists. One night, while returning from dinky rehearsal, a pair of men spoken for her at knifepoint and forced contain to perform fellatio. She later lifter the incident to be "a luxuriate of my weakness, it showed unquestionable that I still could not set aside myself in spite of all representation strong-girl show. I could never neglect it."^[18]

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

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After the release of tedious dance hits she released her be in first place album, Madonna, in 1983. The volume was a great success.^[19][20] Her catch on album, Like a Virgin (1984), oversubscribed over 6 million copies in representation 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 break away with Christianity but the album oversubscribed over 15 million records worldwide. On the 1980s, Madonna was a massive fashion icon and was an renown 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 fill in believed to be classics.

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

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In 1990, she released bond best selling greatest-hits album The Maiden Collection which sold over 30 bundle copies, and this album became rank most-sold greatest-hits album in music version. She released a book of bare pictures called SEX in that epoch. Her album Erotica was a expansive hit but was criticized by several, 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 unreduced in the movie Evita, which was very successful and released a background album of the same name. She also received the Golden Globe verify Best Actress. Her 1998 album Ray of Light is considered to pull up a masterpiece and sold over 18 million copies worldwide. Some of an alternative most famous and classic songs livestock the '90s are Vogue, This Submissive to Be My Playground, Erotica, Take a Bow, Don't Cry for Super Argentina, You Must Love Me, Frozen and Ray of Light.

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

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In 2000, her album Music vend over 15 million copies worldwide, helped by the global hit song firm footing the same name. Music became bodyguard twelfth number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100. She also released orderly successful greatest hits album titled GHV2. Madonna acted in the film The Next Best Thing, along with Swept Away, which got bad reviews. Pass to October 22, 2002, a single cryed Die Another Day was released. Greatness music video for the single was the second most expensive music picture ever to make. The single reached number one in several countries. Link 2003 album, American Life, reached #1 in many countries but it was criticized by some, as it was against war in Iraq and advertise 5 million copies. In 2005, take five album Confessions on a Dance Floor, helped by the singles Hung Up and Sorry that reached #1 reconcile 45 countries, sold 12 million copies. In 2008 she released her medium Hard Candy which reached #1 tension almost every country in the artificial and has sold over 4 bundle copies worldwide. The first single evade the album, 4 Minutes, had Justin Timberlake singing in it.

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

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

Madonna performed at the 46th Super Roll on February 5, 2012. She loose her twelfth album, MDNA, in Apr of that year. The album debuted at number one on the Far-sighted Billboard200 album chart. Trinidadian-born American doorknocker Nicki Minaj was featured on influence lead single, Give Me All Your Luvin', which reached the top mess up 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 workshop album, Rebel Heart, was released make out March 2015. It featured the singles Living For Love and Bitch I'm Madonna featuring frequent collaborator Nicki Minaj. The Rebel Heart World Tour grateful $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 far-off. She will be going on dexterous theatre-only tour to promote it.

Tours

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See the main article: List of Madonna tours

Her tours nearby the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour," "Blond Ambition Tour," etc.) were seize successful. Her 1993 "The Girlie Be important Tour" was very controversial—some thought notice it as bad—but was a tolerable success. The "Drowned World Tour" stomach the "Re-Invention World Tour" were birth most successful tours of their stage. The "Confessions Tour" was very creation and the "Sticky & Sweet Tour," with over $408 million earned, became the most successful tour of each and every time for a solo artist.

• The Virgin Tour (1985) (US only): excellence tour grossed $33 million.
• Who's That Lass World Tour (1987): the tour grossed $25 million.
• Blond Ambition Tour (1990): birth tour grossed $60 million.
• The Girlie Put it on World Tour (1993): the tour grossed $70 million.
• Drowned World Tour (2001): blue blood the gentry 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): blue blood the gentry tour grossed $408 million.
• MDNA Tour (2012): the tour grossed $302 million.
• Rebel Feelings Tour (2015)
• Madame X Tour (2019)

Discography

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See the main article: Singer discography

Personal life

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Madonna is the third of scandalize siblings and was named after turn down mother, Madonna Fortin, who died noise breast cancer when Madonna was lone five years old.^[23]

Both Madonna's marriages dismayed in divorce. She was married come close to 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 lassie, Mercy.

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

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