Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s, Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream mainstream music, as well as visual imagery in music videos and on stage. He also often re-creates his music and image while maintaining autonomy within the recording industry. In addition to sparking controversy, his works have been praised by music critics. Madonna is often cited as an influence by other artists.
Born and raised in Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. After appearing as a drummer, guitarist and vocalist in the Breakfast Club and Emmy group, Madonna signed with Sire Records in 1982 and released her debut album the following year. He followed suit with a string of successful albums, including global bestsellers, Like a Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986), and Grammy Award winners, Ray of Light (1998) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Throughout his career, Madonna has written and produced most of his songs, with many of them reaching number one on the charts, including "Like a Virgin", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Take Bow" , "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".
The popularity of Madonna is further strengthened by her roles in films such as Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Dick Tracy (1990), Own League > (1992), and Evita (1996). While the latter earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, many of his other films received poor reviews. As a female entrepreneur, Madonna founded her own Maverick entertainment company, including the Maverick Records label, in 1992. Other businesses included designing clothing, writing children's books, opening health clubs and making films. He contributed to various charitable activities and founded the Raising Malawi organization in 2006.
After selling over 300 million albums worldwide, Madonna is recognized as the best-selling women's record artist of all time by Guinness World Records . The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed her as the second-highest female artist in the US, with 64.5 million album units. According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo action on the Hot 100 song chart and second overall behind The Beatles. She is also the most successful solo artist of all time, earning US $ 1.4 billion from her concert ticket. Inaugurated as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year of worth, Madonna surpasses VH1's calculation of 100 Largest Women in Music. In addition, Rolling Stone lists it among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
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Madonna was born to Catholic parents Madonna Louise and Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan on August 16, 1958. His father's parents were Italian emigrants from Pacentro, while his mother is of French-Canadian descent. Tony worked as an engineer for Chrysler and General Motors. Since Madonna has the same name as her mother, family members call her "Little Nonni". He has two older brothers, Anthony and Martin, and three younger siblings, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie.
After being confirmed in the Catholic Church in 1966, he adopted Veronica as the confirmation name. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit in Pontiac and Avon Township (now Rochester Hills). Months before her mother died of breast cancer at the age of 30 on December 1, 1963, Madonna noticed a change in her behavior and personality, though she did not understand the reason. Her mother confusedly explained her medical condition, and often started crying when Madonna questioned her about it. Madonna later admitted that she did not understand the concept of her dying mother.
Madonna turned to her father's grandmother for entertainment. The Ciccone siblings hate housemaids and rebel against whoever is brought to their home which they think will try to take over their beloved mother. Madonna later told Vanity Fair that she saw herself in her youth as a "lonely girl who was looking for something I did not rebel in a certain way I care about being good at something I do not" I shave my armpits and I do not wear makeup like normal girls do. But I learned and I got good grades.... I want to be someone. "Fear that his father Tony can be taken away from him too, Madonna often can not sleep unless she is nearby.
In 1966, Tony married Joan Gustafson's family housekeeper. They have two children, Jennifer and Mario. Madonna hated her father for marrying again, and began to rebel against her, resulting in a tense relationship for many years afterward. He attended St. Catholic Primary School. Frederick and St. Andrew, and West High School. Madonna is known for her high average value, and achieves renown for her unusual behavior. She would do cartwheels and handstands in the halls between classes, bearded on her knees from the monkey bars at rest, and pulled her skirt during class - all so that the kids could see her panties.
Madonna then attended Rochester Adams High School where she became a straight A student and a cheerleading squad member. After graduation, he received a dance scholarship to Michigan School of Music Music, Theater & amp; Dance, and attend the American Dance Festival during the summer. He convinced his father to allow him to take ballet lessons and was persuaded by Christopher Flynn, his ballet teacher, to pursue a career in dancing.
In 1978, he quit college and moved to New York City. He has little money and works as a waiter at Dunkin 'Donuts and with a modern dance troupe, taking classes at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and finally performing with the Pear Lang Dance Theater. Madonna said of her move to New York: "This is the first time I have boarded a plane, the first time I get a taxi I came here with $ 35 in my pocket It's the bravest thing I have ever done." working as a backup dancer for another established artist. Madonna claims that one night, when returning from practice, a pair of men held her with knifepoint and forced her to do fellatio. He later found the incident as "my sense of weakness, it shows me that I still can not save myself apart from all the strong girl performances." I can never forget it.
While appearing as a singer and dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna is romantically involved with musician Dan Gilroy and they live in an abandoned synagogue in Corona, Queens. Together, they formed his first rock band, Breakfast Club, where Madonna sang and played drums and guitars. In 1980 or 1981 he left the Breakfast Club and, with his girlfriend, Stephen Bray as the drummer, formed the Emmy band. The two began writing songs together, but Madonna later decided to promote herself as a solo acting. His music impressed DJ and record producer Mark Kamins who arranged a meeting between Madonna and Sire Records, founder of Seymour Stein.
1982-1985: Madonna , Like the Virgin , and the first marriage
After Madonna signed a single contract with Sire, her first single, "Everybody", was released in October 1982, and the second, "Burning Up", in March 1983. Both became hits of big clubs in the United States, reaching number three on the Chart Song Dance Club which is compiled by Billboard magazine. After this success, he began developing his debut album of reputation, Madonna , which is mainly produced by Reggie Lucas from Warner Bros.. However, he was unhappy with the finished song and disagreed with Lucas's production techniques, so decided to seek additional help.
Madonna moved with boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez, asking for his help to complete the album production. Benitez mixes most of the songs and produces "Holiday", which is his third single and his first top ten international hit. The overall sound of Madonna was dissonant and in the form of an optimistic synthetic discotheque, using several new technologies at the time, such as a Linn drum machine, a Moog bass and an OB-X synthesizer. The album was released in July 1983 and peaked at number eight on Billboard 200 six months later, in 1984. It produced two top ten singles on Billboard Hot 100, "Borderline "and" Lucky Star ".
The appearance and style of Madonna's dress, her appearance, and her music video influenced young girls and women. His style became one of the fashion trends of women in the 1980s. Made by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol, the look is made of lace tops, skirts over capri pants, mesh stockings, jewelry inscribed with crosses, bracelets, and bleached hair. Madonna's popularity continued to rise globally with the release of her second studio album, Like a Virgin, in November 1984. It became her first number one album in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, England and the US. Like a Virgin became the first album by a woman to sell over five million copies in the US. It is a certified diamond, and has sold over 21 million copies worldwide.
The album's title track serves as its first single, and topped the Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks. This attracts the attention of conservative organizations who complain that the accompanying songs and videos promote premarital sex and undermine family values, and moralists try to keep the song and videos banned. Madonna received great media coverage for her "Like a Virgin" appearance at the 1984 first MTV Video Music Awards. Wearing a bridal gown and white gloves, Madonna appeared on stage on a giant wedding cake and then rolled swiftly on the floor. MTV retrospectively regarded it as one of the "most iconic" pop shows of all time. The second single, Material Girl, reached number two on Hot 100 and was promoted by a music video that created Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" appearance of the 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes movie. While filming this video, Madonna began dating actor Sean Penn. They got married on her birthday in 1985.
Madonna entered the mainstream film in February 1985, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer on Vision Quest, a romantic drama. The soundtrack contains two new singles, US number one singles, "Crazy for You" and other "Gambler" songs. He also played a lead role in the 1985 comedy Desperately Seeking Susan, a film that introduced the song "Into the Groove", the first number one in the UK. The singer's popularity degraded the film as a Madonna vehicle, despite not having a lead actress. The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby named it one of the ten best films of 1985.
Beginning in April 1985, Madonna embarked on her first North American concert tour, The Virgin Tour, with Beastie Boys as her opening act. He evolved from playing CBGB and Mudd Club to play the big sports arena. The tour saw the peak of the Madonna wannabe phenomenon, with many female participants dressed as themselves. At that time, he released two more hits, "Angel" and "Dress You Up", making all four singles from the top of the album in the top five on the Hot 100 chart. In July, Penthouse and > Playboy publishes a number of nude photos of Madonna, taken in New York in 1978. She has posed for photographs when she needed money at the time. , and get paid as little as $ 25 per session. The publication of the photographs caused a media uproar, but Madonna remained "unrepentant and defiant". The photos eventually sold up to $ 100,000. He referred to the show at the Live Aid charity concert outside 1985, saying that he would not take off his jacket because "[the media] might hold him against me ten years from now."
1986 -1991: True Blue , Who's That Girl , Like Prayer , and Dick Tracy
In June 1986, Madonna released her third studio album, True Blue , inspired by and dedicated to Sean Penn. Rolling Stone was generally impressed with the effort, writing that the album "sound [s] seems to come from the heart". It produced three singles that made it number one on Billboard Hot 100: "Live to Tell", "Papa Do not Preach" and "Open Your Heart", and two more top-five singles: " True Blue "and" La Isla Bonita ". The album topped the charts in 28 countries around the world, an unprecedented achievement at the time, and became her best-selling studio album in her career with sales of 25 million copies. True Blue was featured in the 1992 edition of Guinness World Records as the best-selling album by women of all time.
Madonna starred in the critically criticized film Shanghai Surprise in 1986, where she received her first Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. He made his theatrical debut in the production of David Rabe Goose and Tom-Tom ; movies and play with Penn. The following year, Madonna appeared in the movie Who's That Girl . He donated four songs to his soundtrack, including the title song and "Causing a Commotion". Madonna embarked on the Girl's That Girl World Tour in July 1987, which continued into September. It broke some attendance records, including more than 130,000 spectators at a show near Paris, which later became the record for the highest female concert of all time. Later that year, he released a remix album of his previous hit songs, titled You Can Dance , which reached number 14 on Billboard 200. After the cancellation in December 1987, Madonna filed to divorce from Penn in January 1989, citing irreconcilable differences.
In January 1989, Madonna signed a support agreement with Pepsi soft drink manufacturer. In one of his Pepsi commercials, he debuted "Like a Prayer", the main single from his fourth studio album of the same name. The corresponding music video featured many Catholic symbols such as stigmata and cross burning, and dreams of making love to a saint, leading the Vatican to condemn the video. Religious groups try to ban commercial products and boycott Pepsi. Pepsi revoked the ad and canceled his sponsor's contract. "Like a Prayer" topped the charts in many countries, becoming number one on the Hot 100.
Madonna co-authored and produced together with Patrick Leonard, Stephen Bray, and Prince along with Like a Prayer. Music critic JD Considine of Rolling Stone praised the album "as close to art as pop music gets... proof not only that Madonna should be taken seriously as an artist, but that hers is one of the most exciting voices of the Eighties. " Like Prayer peaked at number one on Billboard 200 and sold 15 million copies worldwide. Other successful singles from this album are "Express Yourself" and "Cherish", both peaking at number two in the US, as well as top-five English "Dear Jessie" and top-ten US "Keep It Together". In the late 1980s, Madonna was named "Artist of the Decade" by MTV, Billboard and Musician magazine.
Madonna starred as Breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy (1990), with Warren Beatty playing the title role. The film became number one at the US box office for two weeks and Madonna received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress. To accompany the film, he released the soundtrack album, I'm Breathless , which included songs inspired by the movie's 1930s setting. It also featured US number one song "Vogue" and "Sooner or Later". While filming the movie, Madonna started a relationship with Beatty, which was dissolved in the late 1990s.
In April 1990, Madonna embarked on her Blond Ambition world tour, which was held until August. Rolling Stone called it "sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990". The tour produced a strong negative reaction from the religious group for its "Like a Virgin" appearance, in which two male dancers stroked her body before she simulated masturbation. In response, Madonna said, "The tour does not hurt anyone's feelings, it's for an open mind and makes them see sexuality in a different way, themselves and others." Live footage of the tour won Madonna's first Grammy Award, in the Best Long Form Music Video category.
The Immaculate Collection , Madonna's first greatest-hits compilation album, was released in November 1990. This included two new songs, "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". The album was certified diamond by the RIAA and sold over 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling compilation album by solo artists in history. "Justify My Love" reached number one in the US to its ninth number. The music video featured scenes of sadomasochism, slavery, same-sex kisses, and short nudity. The video was considered too sexually explicit for MTV and was banned from the network.
In December 1990, Madonna decided to leave the film Jennifer Lynch, Boxing Helena , which she had previously agreed to star in, without explanation to the producer. Around this time, Madonna has an eight-month relationship with rapper Vanilla Ice; he ended their relationship because of Madonna's Sex Book. His first documentary, Truth or Dare (known as In Bed with Madonna outside North America), was released in May 1991. Pursuing the Blond Ambition World Tour, it became the best-selling documentary all the time (beyond eleven years later by Michael Moore Bowling for Columbine).
1992-1997: Maverick, Erotica , Gender , Bedtime Stories , Evita , and motherhood
In 1992, Madonna starred in A Own League as Mae Mordabito, a baseball player on the team of all women. It reached number one at box-office and became the tenth best-selling film of the year in the US. He recorded the movie theme song, "This Used to Be My Playground", which became number one Hot 100 number one hit, most by female artists at the time. That same year, he founded his own entertainment company, Maverick, which consists of record companies (Maverick Records), a film production company (Maverick Films), and related music publishing, television broadcasting, book publishing and merchandising divisions. The deal is a joint venture with Time Warner and Madonna pays an advance of $ 60 million. This gave him 20% royalty of the music process, the highest level in the industry at the time, equivalent only to the level of royalty Michael Jackson established a year earlier with Sony.
The first two projects released simultaneously from the company are Madonna's fifth studio album, Erotica , and her coffee table book, Sex . Consisting of sexually provocative and sexually explicit pictures, photographed by Steven Meisel, the book received a strong negative reaction from the media and the general public, but sold 1.5 million copies for $ 50 each day in a matter of days. The widespread reaction was overshadowed by Erotica, which ended as his lowest selling album at the time. Despite the positive reviews, it became his first studio album since his debut album did not score chart-topper in the US. The album entered Billboard 200 at number two and generated Hot 100 top-ten hits "Erotica" and "Deeper and Deeper". Madonna continued her provocative image in the erotic 1993 erotic film, Body of Providence , a film that contains scenes of sadomasochism and slavery. It was received badly by critics. She also starred in the movie Dangerous Game, which was released live to video in North America. The New York Times describes the film as "angry and painful, and the pain is real."
In September 1993, Madonna embarked on The Girlie Show World Tour, where she was dressed as a whipping dominatrix surrounded by topless dancers. In Puerto Rico he rubbed the island flag between his legs onstage, which caused anger amongst the audience. In March 1994, he appeared as a guest on the Late Event with David Letterman, using dirty words that required censorship on television, and handed Letterman a pair of his underwear and asked him to kiss him. The explicit release of his books, albums and sex films, and his aggressive appearance at Letterman have made critics question Madonna as a sexual traitor. Critics and fans reacted negatively, who commented that "he's gone too far" and his career has ended.
Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli described his ballad "I'll Remember" (1994) in an effort to lower its provocative image. The song was recorded for the movie Alek Keshishian With Honors . He made a calm appearance with Letterman at an awards show and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after realizing that he needed to change his musical direction to maintain his popularity. With her sixth studio album, Bedtime Stories (1994), Madonna uses a softer image to try to improve public perception. The album debuted at number three on Billboard 200 and resulted in two top-five US hits, "Secret" and "Take a Bow", which last surpassed Hot 100 for seven weeks, the longest period of each single Madonna. Something to Remember , a ballad collection, was released in November 1995. The album featured three new songs: "You See See," One More Chance ", and Marvin Gaye's cover" I Wish You. "Around this time Madonna began dating rappers Tupac Shakur, but ended in 1994. Next year, Shakur revealed in a letter to Madonna that she ended the relationship because she was white, and later became romantically involved with fitness coach Carlos Leon.
In the 1996 musical, Evita , Madonna played the lead role of Eva PerÃÆ'³n. For a long time, Madonna wanted to play PerÃÆ'³n and write to director Alan Parker to explain why she would be perfect for the role. He said, "This is the role I was born with to play, I put everything in me because it's more than just a role in a movie, it's fun and intimidating at the same time and I'm proud of i> Evita Evita ' in December 1996, Madonna's appearance was praised by film critics. Zach Conner from Time magazine commented, "It's a great relief to say that Evita is pretty good, well cast and beautifully visualized. Madonna once again messes up hope we." Madonna won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the role.
The "Evita" soundtrack, which contains songs mostly done by Madonna, was released as a double album. These include "You Must Love Me" and "Do not Cry for Me Argentina"; the latter reaching number one in countries across Europe. Madonna was presented with the Artist Performance Award by Tony Bennett at the 1996 Music Awards Billboard . On October 14, 1996, she gave birth to Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, her daughter with Leon. Biographer Mary Cross writes that although Madonna is often worried that her pregnancy will endanger Evita, she achieved some important personal goals: "Now 38 years old, Madonna finally wins on screen and achieves her dream to have children, both in the same year, he has reached a turning point in his career, reinventing himself and his image with the public. "His relationship with Carlos Leon ended in May 1997 and he stated that they were" better as good friends ".
1998-2002: < i> Ray of Light , Music , second marriage and tour comeback
After the birth of Lourdes, Madonna was involved in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah, introduced to her by actress Sandra Bernhard. Her seventh studio album, Ray of Light, (1998) reflects a change in her perceptions and image. He collaborated with electronics producer William Orbit and wanted to create a sound that could combine dance music with British pop and rock. American music critic Ann Powers explains that what Madonna is looking for with Orbit "is the kind of glamor she wants for this tape." Techno and rave happened in the 90s and had many different forms. "There is a very experimental, harder stuff like Aphex Twin There are party things like Fatboy Slim.That is not what Madonna wants for this.She wants something more like a singer-songwriter, really And William Orbit gave her that. "
The album gained critical acclaim, with Slant Magazine calling it "one of the best pop masterpieces of the 90s" Ray of Light was honored with four Grammy Awards - including Best Album Pop and Best Dance Records - and was nominated for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Rolling Stone enrolled it among the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Commercially, the album peaked at number one in various countries and sold over 16 million copies worldwide. The album's main single, "Frozen", became Madonna's first single to debut at number one in the UK, while in the US it became her number two sixth, setting another record for Madonna as the artist with the number two hit. The second single, "Ray of Light", debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. The 1998 edition of Guinness Book of World Records documented that "no female artist has a sell more notes than Madonna around the world ".
In 1999, Madonna signed to play a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart but left the project, citing "creative differences" with director Wes Craven. She recorded the single "Beautiful Stranger" for 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me , which earned her a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Moving Pictures, Television, or Other Visual Media. Madonna starred in 2000's The Next Best Thing, and donated two songs to the movie's soundtrack; "Time Stood Still" and Don McLean's cover song in 1971 "American Pie".
Madonna released her eighth studio album, Music , in September 2000. It featured elements from the era of Ray of Light inspired by electronics, and like its predecessors, received praise from critics. Collaborating with French producer Mirwais AhmadzaÃÆ'¯, Madonna commented: "I love to work with strange people who nobody knows about - people who have raw talent and who make music unlike anyone else out there. is the future of sound. "Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic feels that" Music is fascinated by the kaleidoscopic flow of colors, techniques, styles, and substances. "He has so many depths and layers that are easy to realize and presented as "Ray of Light." The album ranked number one in more than 20 countries around the world and sold four million copies in the first ten days. In the US, Music debuted at the top, and became its first number one album in eleven years since Like a Prayer . It produced three singles: Hot 100 number one "Music", "Do not Tell Me", and "What It Feels Like for a Girl". The music video "What It Feels Like for a Girl" describes Madonna committing a crime and vandalism, and is prohibited by MTV and VH1.
She first met director Guy Ritchie, who later became her second husband, in the summer of 1998 and gave birth to her son Rocco John Ritchie on August 11, 2000 in Los Angeles. Rocco and Madonna suffer complications from birth because of placenta praevia. He was baptized at Dornoch Cathedral in Dornoch, Scotland, on December 21, 2000. Madonna married Ritchie the next day at the adjacent Skibo Castle. After an eight year absence tour, Madonna embarked on her World of Drowning Tour in June 2001. The tour visited cities in the US and Europe and was the best-selling concert tour of the year by solo artists, earning $ 75 million out of 47 sold-out shows. He also released his second greatest-hits collection, titled GHV2 , to coincide with the release of home videos from the tour. GHV2 debuted at number seven on Billboard 200.
Madonna starred in the movie Swirl Away, directed by Ritchie. Directly released to-video in the UK, the film is a commercial and critical failure. In May 2002, he appeared in London in the West End drama, Up For Grabs at the Wyndhams Theater (billed as 'Madonna Ritchie'), for generally poor reviews and described as "the biggest disappointment of the night day "by one. In October, he released "Die Another Day", the title song from the James Bond film Die Another Day , where he had a cameo role, described by Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian > i> as "very timber". The song reached number eight on Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Golden Raspberry for the Worst Song.
2003-2006: American life and Confessions on a Dance Floor
Following Die Another Day , Madonna collaborated with fashion photographer Steven Klein in 2003 for an exhibition installation called X-STaTIC Pro = CeSS. This includes photography from photo shoots in the W magazine, and seven video segments. The installations run from March to May at Deitch Projects gallery in New York and also travel the world in editable form. That same year, Madonna released her ninth studio album, American Life, based on her observations of American society. He explained that the notes "are like traveling down memory lanes, looking back at everything I've accomplished and all the things I've cherished and all the things that matter to me." Larry Flick of The Advocate felt that "American Life was the most gifted and adventurous album" while condemning it as "a half-hearted effort to sound and take it seriously. "The title track peaked at number 37 on Hot 100. The original music video was canceled because Madonna thought that the clip, which featured violence and the image of war, would be considered unpatriotic because America then fought with Iraq. With four million copies sold worldwide, American Life was the lowest selling album of his career at the time.
Madonna gave another provocative performance that year at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, when she kissed singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera while singing "Hollywood". In October 2003, he gave guest vocals on the single Spears "Me Against the Music". It was followed by the release of Remixed & amp; Revisited . The EP contains a remixed track version of American Life and includes "Your Honesty", a previously unreleased song from the Bedtime Stories recording sessions. Madonna also signed with Callaway Arts & amp; Entertainment became the author of five children's books. The first of these books, titled The English Roses , was published in September 2003. The story is about four English students and envy and jealous of one another. The book debuted at the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list and became the fastest-selling children's book of all time.
The following year Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its parent company Time Warner, claiming that bad mismanagement of resources and bookkeeping had cost millions of dollars. In return, Warner filed a lawsuit stating that Maverick had lost tens of millions of dollars himself. The dispute was settled when the Maverick stock, owned by Madonna and Ronnie Dashev, was bought by Warner. The Madonna and Dashev companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of Warner Music, but Madonna still signed with Warner under a separate recording contract.
In mid 2004, Madonna embarked on a World Recovery Tour in the US, Canada, and Europe. It became the best-selling tour of 2004, earning about $ 120 million and being the subject of his documentary I'll Tell You The Secret. In November 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as one of the five founding members, along with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and U2. Rolling Stone placed her at number 36 on her special edition of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, featuring an article about her written by Britney Spears. In January 2005, Madonna featured a cover version of John Lennon's "Imagine" song on Tsunami Aid. She also performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in London in July 2005.
Her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, was released in November 2005. In music, the album was composed like a club composed by a DJ. It is recognized by critics, with Keith Caulfield of Billboard commenting that the album was "welcome back to form the Queen of Pop." The album won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Confessions on the Dance Floor and the main single, "Hung Up", went on to reach number one in 40 and 41 countries, earning a place in Guinness World Records . The song contains an example of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", only the second time ABBA allows their work to be used. ABBA songwriter BjÃÆ'¶rn Ulvaeus says "This is a beautiful song - 100 percent solid pop music." "Sorry", the second single, became number twelve Madonna in England.
Madonna embarked on the Confessions Tour in May 2006, which has a global audience of 1.2 million and earned over $ 193.7 million, becoming the highest grossing tour of that date for female artists. Madonna uses religious symbols, such as the cross and the Crown of Thorns, in the show "Live to Tell". That caused the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Jewish Community Federation to urge all its members to boycott the concert. At the same time, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) announced officially that Madonna has sold more than 200 million copies of its own album worldwide.
While on tour Madonna founded the Raising Malawi charity organization and partially funded the orphanage in and traveled to the country. While there, he decided to adopt a boy named David Banda in October 2006. The adoption caused a strong public reaction, because Malawian law required a prospective parent to stay in Malawi for a year before adopting, which Madonna did not do. He discusses this at The Oprah Winfrey Show, saying that there is no written adoption law in Malawi that governs foreign adoption. He described how Banda had suffered from pneumonia after surviving malaria and tuberculosis when he first met him. Banda biological father Yohane commented, "These human rights activists harass me every day, threatening me that I do not know what I'm doing... They want me to support their court case, things I can not do because I know what I agreed with Madonna and her husband. "The adoption was completed in May 2008.
2007-2011: filming, Hard Candy , and business ventures
Madonna released and performed "Hey You" at the London Live Earth concert in July 2007. She announced her departure from Warner Bros.. Records, and announced a new deal worth $ 120 million, ten years 360 with Live Nation. The singer produced and wrote I Am Because We Are , a documentary about the problems faced by the Malawians. The documentary is directed by Nathan Rissman, who works as a Madonna gardener. He also directed his first film Filth and Wisdom . The plot of this movie revolves around three friends and their aspirations. The Times says he has "made himself proud" while The Daily Telegraph describes the film as "not the first attempt that is completely unpromising [but] Madonna will do it well to retain his daily work. "On March 10, 2008, Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year of eligibility. He did not sing at the ceremony but asked fellow Hall of Fame inductees and Michigan native The Stooges to bring his songs "Burning Up" and "Ray of Light".
Madonna released her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy, in April 2008. Containing R & amp; B and pop urban influences, the songs on Hard Candy are autobiographical and see Madonna collaborating with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, and Nate "Danja" Hills. The album debuted at number one in 37 countries and on Billboard 200. Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone praised him as "an impressive taste of his upcoming tour", while BBC correspondent Mark Savage called it as "an attempt to exploit the urban market".
"4 Minutes" was released as the lead single of the album and peaked at number three on Billboard Hot 100. It was 37th Madonna's 37th hit on the chart and pushed past Elvis Presley as an artist with at most ten hit. In England he maintained his record for most singles for female artists; "4 Minutes" becomes thirteen. At the 23rd Japanese Golden Gold Awards, Madonna received the Artist's fifth trophy of the Year from the Recording Industry Association of Japan, the most for any artist. To further promote the album, the singer started Sticky & amp; Sweet Tour, its first major venture with Live Nation. With a total gross of $ 408 million, it ended up as the second best-selling tour of all time, behind The Rolling Stones's A Bigger Bang Tour. It remains the best-selling tour by solo artist until Roger Waters' The Wall Live surpassed in 2013.
Living with my sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list. This book causes problems between Madonna and Christopher, due to unsolicited publications. Madonna also filed for divorce from Ritchie, citing irreconcilable differences. In December 2008 a singer spokesman announced that Madonna had agreed to a divorce settlement with Ritchie, whose provision granted him between Ã, Â £ 50-60 million ($ 64.1-76.92 million), a figure that included the London pub and the London couple and Wiltshire estate in England. The marriage was dissolved by Reid District Judge by the nisi decision in the Clinical Principal Registry of the Family Division at High Holborn, London. They entered into a compromise agreement for Rocco and David, each aged eight and three, and divided the time of the children between London's Ritchie and Madonna's home in New York, where the two would join Lourdes. Soon after, the singer signed up to adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James from Malawi in May 2009, but the High Court in the country rejected the application because Madonna was not a resident there. He appealed, and on 12 June 2009, the Malawi Supreme Court granted him the right to adopt Mercy.
Madonna concluded her contract with Warner with the release of her biggest album of fame, Celebration, in September 2009. It contains new songs "Celebration" and "Revolver" along with 34 hits that span her musical career with labels. Celebrations reached number one in several countries, including Canada, Germany, Italy and the UK. She appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 to speak in tribute to the deceased pop singer Michael Jackson. Madonna ended the year 2000 as the best-selling single artist of the decade in the US and the most widely played artist of a decade in the UK. Billboard also announced her as the third top-touring artist of the decade - behind only The Rolling Stones and U2 - with gross revenues of over $ 801 million, 6.3 million people present and 244 sold out 248 shows.
Madonna performed in Hope for Haiti Now: Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief concert in January 2010. Her third live album, Sticky & amp; Sweet Tour, released in April, debuted at number ten on Billboard 200. It also became the top 10 on the Oricon Albums charts, breaking the Beatles record for the top ten most albums by an international action in Japan. Madonna gave America's Glee rights to its entire music catalog, and producers created episodes featuring exclusive songs. Madonna collaborated with Lourdes and released the line of Material Girl clothing, inspired by her punk-girl style when she became famous in the 1980s. In October, she opened a series of fitness centers around the world called Hard Candy Fitness, three months later a second fashion brand called Truth or Dare that included footwear, perfume, underwear, and accessories.
Madonna directs her feature feature film, W.E. , a biopic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Written with Alek Keshishian, the film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011. The critical and commercial response to the film was negative. Madonna donated ballad "Masterpiece" to the soundtrack of the film, which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
2012-2016: Super Bowl XLVI halftime , MDNA , and Rebel Heart
In February 2012, Madonna headlined the Super Bowl XLVI event at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. His appearance was visualized by Cirque Du Soleil and Jamie King and featured a special guest LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green. It became the most-watched Super Bowl part-time event in history with 114 million viewers, higher than the game itself. During the event, he performed "Give Me All Your Luvin '", the lead single from the twelfth studio album, MDNA . It became the 38th record of the 38th top-ten on the Hot 100 Billboard.
MDNA was released in March 2012 and sees collaborations with various manufacturers, including William Orbit and Martin Solveig. It was her first release under her three-album contract with Interscope Records, which she signed as part of a 360 deal with Live Nation. He signed with a record label because Live Nation can not distribute music recordings. MDNA became Madonna's fifth studio record in a row to debut at the top of Billboard 200. The album was largely promoted by The MDNA Tour, which runs from May to December 2012. The The tour featured controversial subjects such as violence, firearms, human rights, nudity and politics. With a gross of $ 305.2 million out of 88 sold out shows, it became the best-selling tour of 2012 and the tenth best-selling tour of all time. Madonna was named the top earning celebrity of the year by Forbes, earning about $ 125 million.
Madonna collaborated with Steven Klein and directed a 17-minute film, secretprojectrevolution , released in BitTorrent in September 2013. With the film he launched the Art for Freedom initiative, which helped promote "art and speech-free as a means to tackling persecution and injustice around the world ". The website for this project includes over 3,000 related artworks from the beginning, with Madonna regularly monitoring and registering other artists such as David Blaine and Katy Perry as guest curators.
In 2013, Madonna's Raising Malawi has built ten schools to educate 4,000 children in Malawi for $ 400,000. When Madonna visited schools in April 2013, Malawi president Joyce Banda accused her of exaggerating the charitable donations. Madonna was saddened by Banda's statement, but clarified that she "did not intend to be bothered by this ridiculous accusation". It was later confirmed that Banda has not approved a statement released by its press team. Madonna also visited his hometown of Detroit during May 2014 and donated funds to help the city's bankruptcy. In the same year, his business venture expanded to skin care products with the launch of MDNA Skin in Tokyo, Japan.
The thirteenth studio album Madonna, Rebel Heart , was released in March 2015, three months after thirteen demos leaked onto the Internet. Unlike previous efforts, which only involved a few people, the singer works with a large number of collaborators, including Avicii, Diplo and Kanye West. Introspection is listed as one of the basic themes prevalent in the record, along with the "original statement of personal and career reflection". Madonna explained to Jon Pareles of The New York Times that although she never looked back on her past efforts, remembering it was just right for Rebel Heart. Music critics respond positively to the album, calling it their best effort in a decade.
From September 2015 to March 2016, Madonna embarked on Rebel Heart Tour to promote the album. The tour traveled throughout North America, Europe and Asia and was Madonna's first visit to Australia in 23 years, where she also performed a one-time show for her fans. Rebel Heart Tour earned a total of $ 169.8 million from 82 shows, with more than 1,045 million ticket sales. During the tour, Madonna was involved in a legal battle with Ritchie, on custody of their son, Rocco. The fight began when Rocco decided to continue living in England with Ritchie when the tour was there, while Madonna wanted her to travel with him. Trials take place in New York and London. After some consideration, Madonna withdrew her plea for arrest and decided to settle the matter privately.
In October 2016, Billboard named Madonna as Woman of the Year. His "outspoken and honest" speech about ageism and sexism at the ceremony received widespread media coverage. The following month Madonna, who actively supported Hillary Clinton during the 2016 US presidential election, made an impromptu acoustic concert at Washington Square Park in support of Clinton's campaign. Upset that Donald Trump won the election, Madonna spoke against her in March Women in Washington, a day after her inauguration. The singer sparked controversy when he said that he "thought a lot about blowing up the White House". The next day, Madonna asserts that she is "not a violent person" and that her quotes have been "taken wildly out of context".
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In February 2017, Madonna adopted a four-year-old twin brother from Malawi named Esther and Stella, and she moved to live in Lisbon, Portugal in the summer of 2017 with her adopted children. In July he opened the Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care in Malawi, a hospital of bulit children by his Raising Malawi charity. The live album that recorded the Rebel Heart Tour was released in September 2017, and won Best Music Video for Western Artists at the 32nd Japanese Golden Gold Awards. The singer launched the month's MDNA Skin in selected stores in the United States, after "tired of hearing people complain here that they can not get it in America". A few months earlier, the auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll had installed Madonna's personal items like a love letter from Tupac Shakur, tapes, underwear, and a hairbrush for sale. Darlene Lutz, an art dealer who started the auction, was sued by Madonna representatives to stop the process. The singer explained that her celebrity status "does not preclude my right to protect my privacy, including those relating to personal belongings". But Madonna lost the case and the presiding judge decided to support Lutz who was able to prove it in 2004, the singer made a legal agreement with him for selling the items.
In January 2018, Madonna announced on Instagram that she started working on her 14th studio album. Four months later, he appeared in the Gala Gala 2018 and performed a new song titled "Beautiful Game", along with "Like a Prayer" and Leonard Cohen "Hallelujah". Other projects include directing MGM movies, Take Flight, based on Michaela DePrince's ballet memoir, and adapting the novel author of Andrew Sean Greer, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, to the film.
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Arts
Music style and songwriting
Madonna's music has been the subject of much analysis and research. Robert M. Grant, author of Contemporary Strategy Analysis (2005), commented that what has brought Madonna's success is a "natural talent that is certainly not extraordinary. As a vocalist, musician, dancer, songwriter, or actress, Madonna's talent looks simple. "He asserted Madonna's success was to rely on the talents of others, and that her personal relationship had served as the cornerstone for reinvention in her longevity career.The author believes that Madonna's approach is far from the wisdom of the music industry" Discover the winning formula and stick to it "His musical career has been an ongoing experiment with new musical ideas and new images and constant searches for new fame and praise Grant concludes that "after establishing himself as the queen of popular music, Madonna does not stop there, but continues to re-create." Susan's musician McClary writes that "Madonna's art itself repeatedly deconstructs the traditional notion of a subject united with the boundaries of the infinite ego. His works explore various ways to form an identity that rejects stability, which remains fluid, which rejects the definition. "According to Thomas Harrison in the book" Pop Goes the Decade: The Eighties, "Madonna is" an artist who pushes boundaries "from what a female singer can do, both visually and lyrically.
Throughout his career, Madonna has been involved in writing and producing most of her own music. Stuart Price, one of his past collaborators, says that "You do not produce Madonna, you collaborate with him, he's a really good producer and obviously a great writer, he has his vision and knows how to get it." Madonna's early songwriting skills developed during her time with the Breakfast Club in 1979. According to Carol Gnojewski, her first attempt at songwriting was considered an important "revelation". Madonna later became the sole author of five songs on her debut album, including "Lucky Star" which she composed on a synthesizer. As a songwriter, he has registered a total of 287 songs to ASCAP, including 18 songs written entirely by himself. Rolling Stone has named him "an exemplary songwriter with rewards for indelible hooks and lyrics." According to Freya Jarman-Ivens, Madonna's talent for developing "amazing" hooks for her songs allowed the lyrics to capture the attention of the audience, even without musical influences. Despite working with producers in many genres, Madonna's songs have been "consistently branded with her own sensitivity and reflected in autobiographical detail." He has criticized the songwriting camp he should experience during the album cycle for Rebel Heart and MDNA, due to the fact that people are always in a hurry. In February 2018, he clarified his fondness for writing material with other artists "from start to finish" from a recording. Madonna has been nominated for being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame three times, for the 2014, 2016 and 2017 ceremonies. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Madonna at number 56 on the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time ".
Before appearing as a pop star, Madonna has spent her early years in rock music with her band, Breakfast Club and Emmy. While performing with Emmy, Madonna recorded about 12-14 songs that resembled punk rock in that period. Early rock roots can also be found on demo album Pre-Madonna . Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that with his self-titled debut album, Madonna began her career as a disco diva, in an era that did not have such a diva to talk about. In the early 1980s, discos were a curse for mainstream pop, and according to Erlewine, Madonna had a major role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music. The album's songs reveal several key trends that continue to define its success, including strong dance-based idioms, attractive hooks, very subtle settings and Madonna's own vocal style. Her second album, Like a Virgin (1984), signifies some trends in her later works. It contains references to the classic works (the pizzicato synthesizer line that opens the "Angel"); potential negative reactions from social groups ("Dress You Up" blacklisted by Music Parent Resource Center); and retro style ("Shoo-Bee-Doo", Madonna's homage to Motown).
Her mature artistic statements are seen in True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989). In True Blue , he incorporates classical music to engage an older audience who is skeptical of his music. Like a Prayer introduces recorded songs directly and combines different music genres, including dance, funk, R & amp; B and gospel music. Its versatility is further demonstrated on I'm Breathless , most of which consists of jazz, swing, and big band songs on Broadway in the 1930s. Madonna continues to compose ballad and uptempo dance songs for Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994). Both albums explore the elements of the new swing jack, with Jim Farber from Entertainment Weekly saying that "he can really be seen as a new swing mother godmother." He tries to stay contemporary by including samples, drum loops and hip hop into his music. With Ray of Light , Madonna brings electronic music from her underground status into a massive popularity in the mainstream music world.
Madonna experimented with more folk and acoustic music in Music and 2000 and American Life (2003). Changes are recorded in the contents of songs on Music , with most of them simple love songs, but with an underlying melancholy tone. According to Q magazine, American Life is characterized by "throbbing techno rhythm, fluorescent keyboard stripes, acoustic chorus and the strange Madonna rap." The "conventional rock song" of the album is covered with dramatic lyrics about patriotism and composition, including the emergence of a Gospel choir in the song "Nothing Fails". Madonna returns to pure dance songs with Confessions on a Dance Floor, inculcating club beats and retro music with paradoxical lyrics and metaphors. He moved towards urban music with Hard Candy (2008), mixing R & amp; B and hip hop with dance songs. MDNA (2012) mostly focused on electronic dance music, which she has embraced since Ray of Light .
Sound and instrument
Having a mezzo-soprano vocal range, Madonna is always aware of her voice, especially compared to her vocal idol like Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, and Chaka Khan. Mark Bego, author of Madonna: Blonde Ambition, calls him "the perfect vocalist for lighter songs from the air", though not a "heavyweight talent". According to critic MSNBC, Tony Sclafani, "Madonna's vocals are the key to his rock roots." Pop singers usually sing "straight," but Madonna uses subtext, irony, aggression and all sorts of idiosyncrasies vocals in the way John Lennon and Bob Dylan perform. "Madonna uses bright and girlish vocal timbre on her early albums which later became her work. The change was deliberate because he keeps being reminded of how critics have labeled him "Minnie Mouse on helium". During the filming of Evita, Madonna had to take vocal lessons, which increased her reach even further. From this experience he commented, "I studied with vocal trainers for Evita and I realized there was a whole part of my voice that I did not use.Earlier, I just believe I have a very range limited, and will utilize it. "
In addition to singing, Madonna has the ability to play some musical instruments. He learned to play drums and guitars from his girlfriend Dan Gilroy in the late 1970s, before joining the Breakfast Club as a drummer. This helped him form the Emmy band, where he featured as lead guitarist and vocalist. Madonna then played the guitar on her demo tape. On a liner note from Pre-Madonna , Stephen Bray wrote: "I always thought he missed a brilliant career as a rhythm guitarist." After his career breakthrough, Madonna focused primarily in singing but was also credited for playing cowbell on Madonna (1983) and the synthesizer on Like a Prayer (1989). In 1999, Madonna had studied for three months to play the violin for the role of violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart before leaving the project. After two decades, Madonna decided to perform with the guitar again during promotion Music (2000). He took further lessons from guitarist Monte Pittman to improve his guitar skills. Since then, Madonna has played the guitar on every tour, as well as her studio album. At the 2002 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards, he received a nomination for the Les Paul Horizon Award, which honors the most promising guitarist.
Influences
According to Taraborrelli, the decisive moment of Madonna's childhood was the tragic and rapid death of her beloved mother. Psychiatrist Keith Ablow suggests his mother's death will have an immeasurable impact on young Madonna when her personality is still formed. According to Ablow, younger children are at a time of serious loss, the greater the influence and the longer the impact. He concludes that "some people never reconcile themselves with such losses at an early age, Madonna is no different from them." In contrast, writer Lucy O'Brien felt the effects of her rape, in fact, the motivating factor behind everything that Madonna had done, more important even than her mother's death: "It is not so much sadness in her mother's death that drives her, as a sense of abandonment which keeps him unprotected, he faces his own worst-case scenario, becomes a victim of men's violence, and after that turns the slope into his work, reversing the equation at every opportunity. "
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