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Madonna BiographyMadonna was born on 16th August 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. She was christened Madonna Louise Ciccone, but her family used to call her 'Little Nonni'. Madonna's father, Tony, a design engineer for Chrysler/General Dynamics, was a conservative, devout Roman Catholic and a first-generation Italian American. Madonna's mother and namesake was of French-Canadian descent. She died of breast cancer when Madonna was only five years old. Madonna says: "One of the hardest thing I've faced in my life was the death of my mother and that's something I really haven't got over to this day."After the death of Madonna's mother, the family was literally torn apart. Tony Ciccone moved the family to Pontiac, Michigan and thereafter, Madonna and her brothers and sisters were sent to live with various relatives. A couple of years later, Tony married one of the women hired to care for the Ciccone household. This woman, Joan Gustafson, was a real disciplinarian. Being the oldest girl of eight children, Madonna had to shoulder most of the responsibility of the household. Madonna remembers: "As the oldest girl in my family, I felt like all my adolescence was spent taking care of babies. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to get away from all that. I saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella." When Madonna was small, she loved to hum along to songs on the radio as she helped with the housework. She remembers: "There was always music in our house, either records or the radio or someone singing in the bathtub." Soon her father wanted her to take piano lessons, because most of the family played musical instruments and her father was really big on that. But this was not to be, Madonna was her father's favorite and persuaded him to let her take dance lessons instead! When Madonna was 12 years of age she entered the local Catholic school but, much to her dismay, found the environment there to be rather oppressive. It was at this school though that she learnt a great deal from classes in tap, jazz dancing, Baton twirling and Gymnastics. Madonna says,"I wanted to do everything everybody told me I couldn't do; I couldn't wear make up, I couldn't wear nylons, I couldn't cut my hair, I couldn't go on dates, I couldn't even go to the movies with my friends". And that's what she did! She'd roll up her uniform skirt until it was short, She'd go into the bathroom and put make-up and nylon stockings on. She was incredibly flirtatious. Apart from being a flirtatious rebel, Madonna was very good at her schoolwork. According to Madonna, the reason behind her good performance in the school wasn't so much because she was interested in the learning, it was more due to the fact that her father used to reward the children with 25 cents for each "A" grade earned and Madonna wanted to earn the most! After leaving school Madonna attended the University of Michigan on a dance scholarship, where she studied under ballet school owner, Chris Flynn. She recalls "I really loved him. He was my mentor, my father, my imaginary lover, everything." After studying some time in the University of Michigan, Madonna made the decision to go to New York to chase her dreams. When Madonna arrived in New York, she had just thirty five dollars, a satchel full of tights, dance shoes under one arm and a giant doll under the other. Madonna remembers: "When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I've ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done. My goal was to conquer the city and I feel I have." This was the start of hard times for Madonna. She had to live in a terrible house because she couldn't afford a better one. She remembers: "When my father first came to visit me, he was mortified. The place was crawling with cockroaches. There were winos in the hallways, and the entire place smelled like stale beer". Then she won a scholarship at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, where she spent two years working hard at her classes during the day and even harder at night, holding down a succession of part-time jobs in fast food restaurants to make a little extra money. She would think: "I'm gonna do it- I have to do it because there's nowhere else for me to go". She started auditioning for theatre and musical parts and ended up being whisked away to Paris, where she was to take part in a revue backing the lead singer Patrick Hernadez. This did not prove to be very fruitful for her and as such Madonna returned to New York with a fiery determination to succeed in the music industry. She moved in again with Dan Gilroy, an old boyfriend and joined his band 'The Breakfast Band' as a drummer. She then persuaded Dan to write some songs for her to sing as the group's lead singer. A few months later, Madonna formed her very own band with herself as the lead singer. Madonna finally got a deal with Gotham Records, worth one hundred dollars a week. Steve Bray went with her as drummer and songwriter. She kept at it and eventually got a record deal with 'Sire Records' for only $5000 and released her first single 'Everybody'. 'Everybody' sold over 250 000 copies and went to No.3 in the dance charts. Madonna first hit the top ten with "Borderline". Her first album 'Madonna', released in 1983 won her wide acclaim and millions of fans, plus invitations to move into films. Madonna was also creating a whole new fashion and set up her own "Wazoo" clothing label. It too was quite a hit. Then came her new album "Like A Virgin" (1984) and it established her as a popular artist and gained her a 3X platina status in the US charts immediately! The year 1985 was VERY busy for Madonna. The music video 'Material Girl' came out on the 1st of February, the movie "Vision Quest" on February 15th and the movie "Desperately Seeking Susan" on March 29th. During "Material Girl" video shooting she met Sean Penn and the two got married on August 16th 1985. Madonna's marriage to Sean Penn officially ended on 10th of January,1989. She did not get married again until just recently when she married Guy Ritchie. Madonna is a very talented person: she is a singer, an actress, a composer, a producer and an executive. She has success everywhere. She has broken every available radio, video, sales, and box-office record, racking up no fewer than 29 Top Ten singles, 11 of those reaching No.1. It's a world record! 1994's "Take A Bow," lodged in the top spot for seven consecutive weeks and beat the performance of her 1984 breakthrough, "Like A Virgin," which had a six-week run at the top. Madonna is one of the most commercially successful artists in the history of popular music. Tea Please!She's the most famous woman in pop, but Madonna's celebrity status is lost on author James Jackson - who mistook her for a tea lady! The novelist was delivering a script to Madge's movie director hubby Guy Ritchie, when he came across the 46-year-old mum-of-two. He says: "I went into the office and there was a small lady sitting in a chair, so I asked her for a cup of tea. "When I later found out it was Madonna, I was just a little bit embarrassed! I did wonder why she looked a bit vague when I asked her." |
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Staying Fit and The Bouncers!
In the late-eighties the Madonna figure began to change. Despite being trained as a dancer the old Madonna had a few extra pounds. The new look was leaner, more muscular, and as videos such as American Pie and Beautiful Stranger prove, much more supple. Working out in parks accompanied by giant bouncers became the norm, and more notoriety was gained when numerous scuffles between the heavies with photographers and the general public were reported.
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Madonna married Sean Penn in 1985 and divorced him in 1989. She is now married to Guy Ritchie.Madonna married Sean Penn in 1985 and divorced him in 1989. She is now married to Guy Ritchie.
Never one to miss a religious pun or reference, Madonna named her 1991 greatest hits the Immaculate Collection. All her previous hits were included as well as two bonus singles, Rescue Me and the notorious Justify My Love. By the way, according to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, Madonna is the third most successful chart act of all-time, beaten only by Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. 
Madonna has landed a role in Puss In Boots the movie. The Queen Of Pop will provide the voice behind a character in the animated film, which goes into production this year. The movie is a spin-off from Shrek 2 and will see Antonio Banderas voice his Puss character.