Madonna, full name - Madonna Louise Ciccone (born 08.16.1958) is an American singer, actress, director, charity worker. She is considered the most successful singer and has had a significant impact on contemporary music. Her album sales exceed 300 million copies. Winner of many awards.
Childhood
She was born in the American Bay City, Michigan. Madonna's mother was her full namesake, was of Canadian origin. She was mainly engaged in housekeeping. Silvio's father had Italian roots and was an outstanding design engineer for the automotive industry.
By seniority, the girl was the third of six children. She studied in a Catholic school, with the exception of high school. From an early age she loved to dance.
During her last pregnancy, Madonna's mother was diagnosed with a malignant breast tumor. Being very religious, she decides to bear the baby and refuses pre-delivery treatment. Having given birth, she dies a few months later, at that time she was only 30 years old.
Two years later, my father married a maid. Despite the fact that the family was not in poverty, the stepmother introduced austerity on everything: she sewed clothes on her own and used only semi-finished products.
In high school, Madonna attended a regular school, where she got the opportunity to participate in creative amateur performances, school plays and musicals. She was also engaged in cheerleading. She was an outstanding student, for which her peers often disliked her, considering her a little strange. The modest girl also did not seek to make friends. In addition, at home she had to endure the antics of her older brothers who are addicted to drugs.
Childhood photo of Madonna
However, Madonna still had several close people. Among them - the poet W. Cooper, who studied at the same school with her, and her teacher of philosophy. From her childhood, the singer brought out a sharply negative attitude towards drug addiction and a peculiar attitude towards God, who allowed the death of her mother. The turning point of youth was the shocking dance performance of the fourteen-year-old Madonna at the school evening, after which the father subjected his daughter to house arrest. Her reputation as an excellent student is finally destroyed.
From the age of 15, the girl begins to practice ballet. Her mentor, gay K. Flynn, had a great influence on Madonna. Together they attended exhibitions and concerts, as well as gay clubs. Madonna's appearance becomes sloppy and eccentric, and her behavior changes. She made her first sexual experience the property of the entire school. After becoming a graduate, she goes to the University of Michigan and studies dance there, despite her father's desire to give her a medical or legal education.
The path to the beginning of a career
The teachers were surprised by Ciccone's endurance, she was characterized as a very capable student. However, after studying for a year and a half, she decides to leave for New York, where she hopes to join the P. Lang dance troupe. She succeeds, but her earnings do not allow her to rent a house. She begins to weaken from insufficient nutrition, and the dance director gives her a job as a cloakroom attendant in a restaurant. Later, Madonna becomes a model and also poses in the nude genre.
Madonna in her youth
She then lived in a cheap criminal area, where she was once sexually abused. After that, he experiences depression, leaves the Lang troupe and attends dance auditions. At one of them, she was noticed by the Belgian producers of the singer P. Hernandez, who were able to evaluate not only the girl's dancing data, but also her voice. Ciccone spends six months on the singer's European tour, during which time he manages to endure pneumonia. She defies the producer's persuasion to sing in the style of pop disco, preferring punk rock, and returns to America, where her abandoned boyfriend D. Gilroy is waiting for her.
Gilroy prepared Madonna as a musician: he taught to play several instruments and invited him as a drummer to his group. In 1980, she creates her own team, which did not last long. Then he collects the rock group "Emmy", in which he acts as a performer of his own songs and a guitarist. The financial situation continues to be dire.
A year later, Ciccone meets the owner of the recording studio K. Barbon, leaves the group and signs a contract with her. The new manager saw in her a future star, she decides that Madonna should perform without an instrument, but with a dance. Over time, the relationship between them deteriorates.
80s
Together with his old friend S. Breyem, Ciccone writes several dance compositions, the recording of which he gives to the DJ of one of the clubs M. Kamins. He arranges for Madonna to negotiate with S. Stein, owner of Sire Records. Since then, the singer has become just Madonna. With zero costs and no photos of the singer, her first single “Everybody” proved to be quite popular, and she begins work on the album.
Ciccone early in his career, 1983
The first disc was released under the title "Madonna" in 1983 and contains several hits. The former manager of Michael Jackson F. Demann begins to work with the singer. The second album was released a year later and became the leading album on the American album chart. The composition "Like a Virgin" has become a hit for more than one decade. In 1985, Madonna embarks on her first domestic tour, after which the number of her fans grows rapidly.
Then the first scandals arose around her. Pictures of a naked singer from the past are published, after which the press begins to accuse her of participating in adult films. Madonna coped with the attacks of ill-wishers and continued to work. A new successful album was released in 1986. The appearance of the singer changes to a Hollywood style. Filmed in films, but unsuccessfully.
In 1989, the next disc was released, already the second, produced by Madonna herself. Her performances turn into real shows, combining concert, theatrical elements, as well as ballet and video accompaniment. Becomes the object of new scandals, is accused of plagiarism, anti-Semitism. At the same time, the singer's audience is expanding significantly, and they begin to compare her with Marilyn Monroe.
Blond Ambition World Tour (1990)
90s
In 1992 Madonna opens a company in the entertainment industry and calls it "Maverick". The new disc "Erotica" is released. The singer is perceived as the personification of sin, blasphemy and vulgarity. He aggravates the situation with his participation in D. Letterman's show, allowing vulgar behavior on television.
The 1994 album becomes a Grammy nominee. Madonna's performance style is complemented by R'n'B elements. Gradually, the attitude towards the singer softens. Her participation in the 1996 film Evita was highly acclaimed, for her role in the film she received a Golden Globe. At the same time, Madonna is fond of Buddhism, Kabbalah and yoga. In 1998, an album was released demonstrating her spiritual transformation. Ray of Light wins a Grammy.
Madonna in the new century
The beginning of the new millennium is accompanied by the release of the album "Music", a motion picture starring the singer "Best Friend" and her move to the UK. In 2003, the next disc "American life" was released, which became the most unsuccessful in the singer's career because of her pacifist attitude. Madonna is accused of lack of patriotism, and her songs become taboo on some American radio stations. The singer's popularity falls somewhat.
In 2003, she tries herself as a writer for children. Her picture book "Angian Roses" was received quite warmly, but another scandal immediately followed after a kiss with Britney Spears during the performance. Madonna tried to disown all hints of gay sex.
The 2005 album returns the singer to her former popularity. In 2008, the singer starts working with young stars and releases the disc "Hard Candy". The same name is given to the network of fitness clubs, which she opened in 2010. In addition, a clothing line for youth was launched. The 2012 disc becomes even less successful than American life. However, the tour following the album is popular. In 2013, Madonna is named the most paid singer. The new album was released in 2015.
Madonna with her children
Personal life
There were many men in Madonna's life. She was connected with L. Kravitz, W. Beatty, D. Rodman, E. Kiedis and others. She was married twice. The first husband was the actor Sh. Penn. Family life took place under the vigilant attention of the press, was accompanied by scandals and beatings and lasted four years (1985-1989). In 1996, the singer gave birth to a daughter from her coach of Cuban origin, K. Leon. She named the girl Lourdes.
In 1998, Madonna, visiting Sting, met her second husband, British director Guy Ritchie. After becoming pregnant, she moved to London. In 2000, they had a son, Rocco. After the wedding, the singer receives a new citizenship. The marriage lasted until 2008, the couple managed to adopt a boy from Malawi. In 2009, Madonna independently adopts a Malawian girl. Further, Madonna had affairs with men younger than her: model H. Louis, dancer B. Zaibat. In 2015, information appeared in the press about the resumption of relations with her first husband.
Madonna is the queen of pop and one of the most valuable brands, famous singer, songwriter and music producer. Madonna's songs and videos set the tone and direction of both the American and global music industry. The performer's work is often at the center of scandals; she is not afraid to touch upon the hot topics of social injustice, racial and sexual oppression.
Childhood and youth
The singer's real name is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. She was born under the zodiac sign Leo on August 16, 1958 in the US state of Michigan. She spent her childhood surrounded by five brothers and sisters. Mother died when Madonna was 5 years old, and her stepmother took care only of her own children. It was this “competition” from childhood, as the singer will later tell, that gave birth to her dream of becoming famous all over the world.
TrionAfter 9 years, Madonna Ciccone performed at the school talent competition, where she shocked all the teachers. For the number where the girl sang from the stage in a top and shorts, decorated with paints, her father put her under house arrest.
After school, Madonna entered the University of Michigan with the hope of becoming an outstanding ballerina, she did not even think about music at that time. She did not succeed as a successful dancer, and soon the girl realized that she needed to leave the province for a dream.
Madonna moved to New York, where she worked for a very long time only for food, living in a criminal area. In 1979, she auditioned for a dancer for a famous guest performer. Professionals noticed good potential in her and decided to make a dancing singer out of Madonna.
Music
A full-fledged creative biography of the pop diva began in 1983 with the recording of Madonna's debut album, which reached number 8 on the Billboard 200 charts. The second disc Like a Virgin instantly reached the top of the prestigious US charts, which made Madonna famous all over the world. In 1985 Madonna released her famous music video for the hit Material Girl.
Time This was followed by a series of successful releases by the artist, including the True Blue disc, the single Live to Tell, and the video clip for the composition La Isla Bonita, written in the genre of Latin American pop music.
In 1998, "the greatest pop masterpiece of the 90s", as the music magazine Rolling Stone called the disc, came out - the album Ray of Light, the single from which, entitled Frozen, became a record for leading positions in the prestigious charts.
In 2000, Madonna released her next studio album, called Music. In it, the singer used a vocoder for the first time. The disc took first places in the top ratings of the USA and Great Britain.
In 2003, Madonna made her debut as a writer with the release of the children's picture book "English Roses", which topped the New York Times bestseller list.
The singer's fame as a children's writer was overshadowed by a scandal. At the MTV ceremony, the famous incident occurred - a kiss with, after which accusations flew towards Madonna for promoting lesbianism. The singer justified the kiss in a stage manner: the artist performed in the suit of the groom, and Britney Spears also in the dresses of the brides.
In 2005, with the release of the single Hung Up, the singer was also awarded the title of Queen of the Dance Floor. This is facilitated by incendiary performances and music videos of the performer.
The pop diva used the ability to shock the audience throughout her creative career. The singer appeared at concerts and on video in Indian dress, in the guise of a crucified and even crying clown. In 2017, Madonna allowed herself a provocative speech at the Women's March protest with words of insult. Each such appearance of a star ended with a scandal or dissatisfied comments from religious, social or political organizations.
Films
Madonna's acting career was less successful than the singer's career. Nevertheless, Madonna's filmography includes about 20 paintings, many of which, however, were completely destroyed by critics.
For the first time on the big screen, the singer appeared in her youth. In 1990, the premiere of the documentary In Bed with Madonna, about the star's life behind the scenes, took place.
In 1996, Madonna starred the controversial wife of Argentine President Eva Peron in the film adaptation of the musical Evita. The film received positive reviews from film critics and the author of the original musical. The tape also received an Oscar for the song You Must Love Me, which Madonna performed specifically for the film.
In 2004, the second documentary about Madonna I’m Going to Tell You a Secret appears. The last project in her career was the film "Gone", which received a failed criticism, because of which it was not even released in theaters.
Personal life
Madonna's personal life is worthy of attention. After settling in New York, the 20-year-old dancer entered into a relationship with renowned producer John Benitez. Later, Madonna began an affair with the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
But he, like many favorites, soon turned out to be uninteresting to her. But one of the most famous stellar marriages - between the famous Madonna and the actor - lasted 4 years. The actor was even nicknamed Mister Madonna.
After the divorce, the singer started a whole series of short-term novels, and none of them was successful. Loud novels with, and then with the soloist Anthony Kiedis were also just stories under a bright signboard. Madonna's first child appeared from an affair with Latin American Carlos Leon, who worked as a fitness trainer: in 1996, Madonna gave birth to her daughter Lourdes, Maria Ciccone-Leon. Soon after the birth of her daughter, the singer broke up with Carlos.
A record-breaking celebrity relationship - over 8 years - lasted with the British production director. In 2000, the couple had a son, Rocco. After marrying Richie, the baronet's stepson, Madonna joined the ranks of the British aristocracy. Shortly thereafter, the singer took British citizenship.
In addition to raising two of her own children, Madonna adopted foster sons - Mercy James and David Banda. In 2008, the singer announced her divorce from her husband. Madonna's last hobby is the dancer of her own ballet, Brahim Zaibat. They say he even proposed to the queen of the pop scene.
Since 2017, the artist has been living in Lisbon permanently. Here her adopted son David Banda attends football school.
In February 2017, Madonna - 4-year-old twin girls from Malawi named Stella and Esther. Reception "Instagram" of the singer. She uploads photos and videos of girls playing with other children.
The hype among fans was caused by a photo of Madonna without makeup. Fans were upset to see that the singer was getting old. At the same time, she keeps herself in shape, plays sports and tries to keep her weight within 55 kg, as can be judged by the pictures of the artist in a swimsuit. The singer's figure is close to the popular beauty standard of 90-60-90 with a height of 158 cm.
Madonna now
Now the discography of the Queen of Pop continues to be replenished with new works, and the route of the tour schedule - with new geographical names.
Name: Madonna (real name - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) Born: August 16, 1958, Michigan, USA.
Childhood and youth
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in a small town near Michigan into a large family. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a technician.
From childhood, the girl was very athletic and disciplined - she studied ballet, dancing, studied well and diligently.
When Madonna was 5 years old, her mother died of cancer, and the father of the family, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, took over the upbringing of all six children. It is known that he used a rather interesting incentive for his children to study well - good grades in this family were rewarded financially, which really worked because all the children, including Madonna, studied with enthusiasm. Peers disliked the young Madonna for her brilliant academic performance and the location of her teachers.
By the way, Madonna is the singer's real name, not a pseudonym, as is commonly thought. The girl was named after her mother - Madonna Louise. And the name Veronica Madonna took for herself during the Catholic sacrament of chrismation - in Catholicism this sacrament at a conscious age, choosing a name in honor of the desired patron, Madonna chose Saint Veronica.
Youth and early career
Madonna graduated from high school as an external student in 1976 six months before her final exams and continued her dance education at the University of Michigan. The choice of a "frivolous" profession caused a crack in the relationship between Madonna and her father, who wanted to see his daughter as a doctor or lawyer.
There is a legend that Madonna went to New York with 37 dollars in her pocket and after a few years she became a world-class star. Perhaps this is partly a legend ($ 37), but the fact that Madonna only with her persistence and hard work made her way to the musical Olympus is absolutely true.
Having moved to New York, Madonna worked part-time in a burger and donut shop, but she could not stay anywhere for a long time, everywhere she was hampered by her "daring" character. Madonna danced in parallel on stage in clubs and played in theatrical performances. A little later, she tried to stand at the microphone as part of one of the groups, and it became clear - yes, perhaps the girl does not have outstanding vocal abilities, but there is more than enough charisma and artistry.
Soon the bright girl was noticed by a representative of a major record label, and before signing the contract Madonna Ciccone, for the sake of simplicity, began to be called simply "Madonna", since the Italian surname Ciccone was often mispronounced in the American manner of "Siccon". In addition, the performer considered her name to be "rock and roll" and "well suited to the stage." True, her pseudonym (and in fact, her name) still excites religious fanatics in many countries, who believe that Madonna can only be a household name for the Mother of God.
The debut single "Everybody" was released in 1982 and became the first in a series of Madonna's successes as a singer-songwriter. From the very beginning, Madonna chose provocation as her calling card - and did not fail. Today you will not surprise anyone with ultra-short mini, sexy clips and shocking confessions, but in the early 80s the situation in show business was somewhat different, and that is why the appearance of Madonna had the effect of a bomb exploding and ensured her popularity for many years, which had not been knew more than one female singer in world history.
Even in the very first songs and videos there was provocation and challenge - the videos "Like a virgin" and "Like a prayer" challenged not only social norms, but also the church. By the way, Madonna will not get tired of trolling the churchmen all her life, so even one of the last tours of the MDNA singer opened with a “church” choir, after the introduction of which it turned out that it was not “monks” who were singing, but half-naked male dancers in high heels.
World fame, the book Sex and the musical "Evita"
The 1984 album True Blue marked Madonna's dizzying success at the global level - the album topped the charts in 14 countries. Like A Prayer, Erotica and Bedtime Stories followed. As the names suggest, Madonna continued to exploit the themes of religion and sex, shot provocative video clips "on the brink", shocked the public with scandalous antics, but to Madonna's credit, it should be said that these were never drunken antics or stories "high". Madonna has always been an adherent of a healthy lifestyle, freedom of thought, sexuality and views.
In 1992, Madonna founded her own record company, Maverick, a joint venture with Time Warner. In the same year, as a promo for the upcoming album, a limited edition photo album "Sex" was released, which caused a huge scandal, but was released in limited edition and is in great demand to this day. Famous photographers, top models and well-known media personalities participated in the creation of the book, including Steven Meisel, Naomi Campbell, Vanilla Ice, Isabella Rossellini and others.
In 1996, the singer starred in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita. For this role, she received a Golden Globe. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber received an Oscar for Madonna's song You Must Love Me.
Ray of light
Madonna's seventh studio album Ray of Light (1998) reflected the singer's "spiritual rebirth" and became the second landmark in her work after Like a Prayer, and, according to many critics, the best in her career in general. Whether this is due to the birth of a daughter, passion for yoga, bondage and meditation is unknown, but an exciting mix of electronic rhythms, ethnic motives and Madonna's crystal voice still remains a model of the ideal pop album.
Madonna then released the commercially successful album Music, the politically oriented American Life and the well-known electronic dance Confessions on a DanceFloor, the slightly funky Hard Candy, the dark MDNA and the latest Rebel Heart.
Personal life of Madonna
The first husband of Madonna was the famous Hollywood actor Sean Penn. The marriage of the two eccentric stars was very scandalous, there were, according to rumors, even episodes of assault by Penn, which caused the two artists to break up rather quickly.
The first child - daughter Lourdes Leon Madonna gave birth to Cuban fitness trainer and aspiring actor Carlos Leon in 1996.
The second husband of Madonna was also a representative of the cinema world - British director Guy Ritchie, from whom Madonna gave birth to her second child - her son Rocco, who, after the divorce of the spouses in 2008, remained with his father.
Health and sports
Madonna has always loved sports and promoted a healthy lifestyle. The stars are especially fond of Pilates and yoga. In addition, Madonna is known for her phenomenal discipline, according to her coach, the only workout that the star allows himself to "skip" is on Christmas.
In 2010, Madonna opened a network of her own fitness clubs, named after the Hard Candy album, and there is one such club in Moscow.
Public and charitable activities
Madonna has been helping the poor African country of Malawi for many years, she founded a fund to help the citizens of this country, built several schools for the children of Malawi and adopted two children from there - a boy, David Banda and a girl, Mary James.
During the last presidential elections in the United States, Madonna was an ardent supporter of the candidate Hillary Clinton. She is known for her harsh criticism of the current US President Donald Trump.
Singer Madonna is the real queen of the American stage. Moreover, she can boast not only that she sings. Madonna is also a fashion designer, director, producer and acclaimed writer. It is true that a talented person is talented in everything. And the story of this woman's life itself, one might say, is a direct embodiment of a dream. Madonna's story shows that faith in yourself and hard work will help you ascend 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 shocking singer has not lost her popularity and charisma. Thanks to this, she was and remains one of the richest women in the world with an appropriate level of influence.
Height, weight, age. How old is Madonna
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 is 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 a similar level of activity is not surprising. Indeed, in her youth she was a cheerleader, even despite her small stature. With a height of 163 cm, she now weighs 54 kg. Madonna photo in her youth and now it 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 58. Her father, Silvio Ciccone, worked as a design engineer at the Chrysler car plant. And my mother - Madonna Louise Ciccone - took X-rays.
The girl was a modest excellent student, but this role was shattered at the school talent-competition when Madonna was 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 placed under house arrest at home, and at school she was called a whore for a long time. Madonna herself recalled that then on stage she "found herself" and understood 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 sexy and argued. That on stage she won't last long.
Biography and personal life of Madonna have 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 did not have a happy and strong relationship.
Filmography: films starring Madonna
The filmography of the actress was replenished quite rapidly, but this part of her career did not develop as well as the musical one.
Madonna can be seen in such films as "Vision Search", "Shanghai Surprise", "Snoopers from Broadway", "Dangerous Game" and others.
Family and children of Madonna
In the life of Madonna, there were countless romances with different men - public and not. Some were even several years younger, but the age difference never bothered the singer, and she calmly appeared with her boyfriends in front of the camera. The family and children of Madonna is a rather delicate topic. Officially, the actress 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 natural children, being 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 several years before her marriage to Ricci.
Son of Madonna - 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, as with many children of famous parents, Rocco developed behavioral problems as he got older. Booze, nightclubs, and everything else. Until, in the end, everything ended in a grandiose scandal, the reason for which was the fact that Rocco was a drug addict.
It is now known that seventeen-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.
Madonna's adopted son - 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 appeared, 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 still 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 artist's firstborn 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.
She is now 21 years old. Like her older brother, the girl attracts the attention of the press for a not very pleasant occasion. Previously, a beautiful and extravagant girl, who was even called "mini-Madonna", completely stopped following her own appearance, thus becoming a real find for the yellow press.
Madonna's adopted daughter - Mercy James Ciccone
Another adopted daughter of Madonna, Mercy James Ciccone, was also taken to the opera from Malawi, Africa. Recall that the artist's adopted son, David, is from there. But the registration of custody of the girl began after the singer's divorce from her last husband.
It should be noted that even in this case, there were some scandals. In many newspapers, the news of another unexpected custody was called "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". Nevertheless, Mercy also left with Madonna for America and now lives with a stellar mother.
Former husband of Madonna - Sean Penn
Madonna's ex-husband, Sean Penn, and the singer herself met back in 85, when the singer was in a relationship with the 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 the same year, but the marriage fell apart four years later.
It is known that some time later Penn made his way to the singer's house and brutally killed her. But Madonna managed to escape and get to the police station. Penn denied being beaten, although the woman's injuries spoke for themselves. The singer asked not to start a criminal case, since her ex was always poorly controlled by anger.
Former husband of Madonna - Guy Ricci
Madonna's ex-husband, Guy Ricci, met the future one in 98, at a party with the singer Sting. In the process of communication, it turned out that the aspiring director was ten years younger than the artist, and he came to the party just 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 a son to Guy. 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 just got sick of 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 grow old. Hot photos of Madonna before and after plastics are easy to find on the Internet.
Photos in a swimsuit, for example, or allegedly leaked photos of the singer naked. Although officially only Madonna's practically naked chest was presented to the fans. The performer herself completely denies the fact of surgical intervention, but the specialist doctors agreed that the singer did a facelift and nose surgery. 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 publishes photos from magazine covers, photos with her children, pictures of nature and announcements of future performances. There are about 3.5 thousand photos and videos in total. And 11.5 million fans subscribed to the page of the performer.
As for Wikipedia, there you will see 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 shocking artist.
Madonna is the queen of pop music, writer, director, producer, fashion designer ... in a word, a multifaceted and creative person. Her life story is the embodiment of the American dream, she proves that with tremendous hard work, you can make a meteoric rise from the bottom to the very top. But most importantly, Madonna has become a symbol of the sexual revolution of the 20th century.Today Madonna Louise Ciccone is one of the richest and most influential women in the world of show business. In 2018, her fortune was estimated at $ 580 million.
Childhood and family
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan. The celebrity's mother, Madonna Louise Fortin, came from a Canadian French family, worked as an X-ray technician. His father, Italian-American Silvio "Tony" Ciccone, was a design engineer at a Chrysler automobile plant. 
Madonna became the third child and the first daughter in the family, where two more sons and a daughter were subsequently born. As the first daughter, in accordance with Italian traditions, she received the name of her mother.
When Madonna Jr. turned 5, her mother died of breast cancer. A 30-year-old woman was carrying her sixth child, and chemotherapy meant an imminent miscarriage. As a religious woman, she couldn't do it. The child was born, and a few months later the mother died. The father remarried the family's maid, Joan Gustafson. So the girl had half-brother Mario and sister Jennifer.
Madonna grew up in a devout Catholic family in the suburbs of Detroit. As the singer admits, she was not a universal favorite in childhood, everyone considered her a girl "with regards".
- I was treated cruelly, but I did not allow my feet to be wiped on me and only emphasized my foreignness.
Madonna was an exemplary excellent student, for which her classmates did not like her, but the teacher adored her. She did not shave her armpits or dye her hair, took piano lessons and jazz choreography. 
But at the age of 14, the good girl's reputation was destroyed: she came to the school talent competition in a bikini, and her body was painted with fluorescent paints. After a cheeky dance to "Baba O'Riely" by The Who, the father went berserk and put Madonna under house arrest, and the school remembered this performance for a long time. The girl herself, being on stage, finally felt who she is. And the concept of "virgin / depraved woman" has been a leitmotif throughout her work ever since.
The mother of the future celebrity loved to dance. The daughter followed in her footsteps and convinced her father to enroll her in ballet lessons. Later, in high school, she performed on the cheerleader team. After graduating from school as an external student, Madonna received a choreographic education at the University of Michigan. Some of the teachers convinced her not to waste time studying, but to build a career as a dancer. So in 1958 Madonna dropped out of college and moved to New York with a couple of tens of dollars in her pocket.
She barely made ends meet, lived in poverty, worked for Dunkin 'Donuts and collaborated with a number of dance groups. Now Madonna recalls that period of her life as the most desperate:
- When I arrived in New York, it was the first time when I flew on a plane, for the first time I even called a taxi - it was all for the first time. And I arrived with 35 dollars in my pocket. This was my most courageous act in my life.
First steps to success
In 1979, Madonna danced with French disco artist Patrick Heronandez during his world tour and went crazy with musician Dan Gilroy. With the latter, a little later, the pop diva created her first rock group called Breakfast Club. Madonna played drums and guitar, as well as sang. 
In the same year, for a fee of one hundred dollars, she starred in the film "A Specific Victim", playing there a woman forced to obey a man. Years later, Madonna tried to buy out the rights to the film in order to destroy all reminders of this shame, but she never succeeded.
Madonna in the movie "A Specific Sacrifice"
In 1981, Madonna parted ways with Gilroy and began singing in the group Emmy, along with drummer and Stephen Bray. At the same time, the girl signed a contract with Gotham Records, but the collaboration was short-lived - the manager of the aspiring singer did not share her views on creativity. Soon, with the support of Bray, she recorded a demo tape of four "street" tunes ("Ain't No Big Deal", "Stay", "Burning Up" and "Everybody"), which she distributed herself.
Madonna's demo impressed DJ and producer Mark Kamins, who played at the Danceteria, where Madonna often visited. Kamins introduced the rising star to Sire Records founder Seymour Stein. The result was a contract for the release of the debut single "Everybody". Kamins and Bray began to fight for the right to be called Madonna's agent, while both were her lovers. The choice was not easy, but in the end the singer settled on Mark.
"Everybody", Madonna's very first clip
Before recording and releasing their debut album, Madonna's producers decided to test the waters and understand whether the singer's success was accidental or not. For this, a second maxi-single was written. If it becomes a hit, then the recording of the album will be approved, the producers said. Cumings was replaced by a more experienced producer, Reggie Lucas. In collaboration with him, Madonna recorded the single "Burning Up" with the song "Physical Attraction" on side B. For the first song, a video was released that got into rotation on MTV.
Madonna's first music video was just a play on the dance floor. But "Burning Up", replete with inviting perspectives of a relaxed blonde, writhing in languid ecstasy, was a real breakthrough in the music industry. Before Madonna, none of the singers dared so openly exploit the sexual theme in videos. This is the absolute norm in the pop industry today.
Madonna - Burning Up
Madonna's debut album was titled "Madonna" and hit record stores in July 1983. It includes 8 compositions in the synthetic disco genre. The album entered the Billboard 200 chart at position 190. It took the plate a year to reach number eight. The reviews from critics were mixed. Many music experts accused Madonna of excessive sexuality and deliberate "girlishness" and gave her a "minute of fame" at most six months. But Ciccone only chuckled, declaring that she knew perfectly well what image was formed in her work, but this does not mean that this is the only thing that she can offer: "I am in control and wait for it to be understood and confused."
Worldwide success
Madonna's second album "Like a Virgin", dedicated, according to the insert on the cover, to all the virgins of the planet, was released in 1984. The producer was Knight Rogers, who had previously worked with David Bowie (album "Let’s Dance"), which won Ciccone to himself.Madonna performed the lead single "Like a Virgin" at the very first MTV Video Music Awards. The singer entered the stage in a wedding dress and a belt with the inscription "Boy Toy", and during the performance she rolled on the floor, showing the audience stockings with garters and white panties. For the time, the performance was shockingly sexy. Many years later, eyewitnesses recalled: “It was this moment that became a powerful impetus for the release of female power. This is one of the most significant musical numbers of the 20th century. "
Madonna - Like a Virgin (MTV VMA 1984)
In the wake of her first success in 1985, Madonna starred in two films. She got her first role in the film "Visual Search", where Madonna sang the track "Crazy For You" in the episodic role of a singer in a club. Then the singer appears in the film "Desperate Search for Susan", which introduced the world to "Into The Groove" and revealed Ciccone as an actress. Many film critics believe that Suzanne is the only successful role in Madonna's filmography.
In the same year, Madonna embarked on her first American tour, The Virgin Tour, with the Beastie Boys. Later, a video for the song "Material Girl" is recorded, and Madonna begins a relationship with actor Sean Penn. At the same time, the magazines Penthouse and Playboy showed on their pages black and white photographs of the naked singer, which were taken in 1979. Madonna sued the rights to ban the publication of pictures.
Madonna released her third studio album "True Blue" in 1986. It has been characterized by Rolling Stone as "sounding from the heart." The disc contained the ballad "Live to Tell", which the singer wrote for the tape "Point Blank", where her husband Sean Penn starred. And the name is a direct reference to Penn; Madonna gave him the nickname true blue, which means “devotee”.
The album made Madonna a global star and reached the top of the charts in 28 countries. The Guinness Book of Records called this disc absolutely unprecedented. At the same time, the singer took part in the filming of the film "Shanghai Surprise" and played for the first time in the theatrical production "Goose and Tomt" together with Sean Penn.
Queen of outrageous
In 1986, a video for the song “Papa Don’t Preach” was released, in which Madonna touched upon the topic of teenage pregnancy. Her lyrical minor heroine wants to give birth to a child from a loved one. Suddenly, the song served as a pretext for a conflict between Catholics and pro-life (opponents of abortion). Catholics blamed Madonna for promoting extramarital affairs, pro-life saws in her song as an anti-abortion message. Madonna herself claimed that this song is about a protest against any patriarchal authoritarianism, be it a father, church or society.Madonna - Papa Don "t Preach
In 1987, Madonna appeared on the set of Who Is This Girl and recorded four songs for her soundtrack, including Causing a Commotion.
In 1988, in the city of Pacentro, where the singer's ancestors lived, a four-meter-high statue of the Madonna was erected.
In early 1989, the singer signed a 5-million contract with Pepsi, and the new song Like A Prayer was presented just in an advertising campaign for soda. The video for the song, however, like the advertisement itself, provoked indignation among religious viewers: crosses burned in the background. The video shocked the Vatican and called for a boycott of Pepsi, and the holding had no choice but to break the sponsorship contract with the pop diva. However, Madonna received her 5 million, and the scandal that broke out fueled public interest for a long time.Madonna - Like a Prayer
In 1989, the album of the same name was released to the scandalous video, which the singer dedicated to the memory of her deceased mother and all members of her family. The lyrics touched upon Madonna's childhood and the formation of her personality, the influence of her mother's death on her worldview, relationship with her father and, of course, female sexuality - this is the song "Express Yourself", which was directed by director David Fincher.
1990 was marked by the release of the video for the song "Justify My Love", co-written with Lenny Kravitz. MTV's management banned the video from being broadcast on the channel because of the erotic content, references to homosexuality and sadomasochism. The decision was supported by a number of music channels in other countries. Madonna found a way out - she was the first in the music industry to release a video in the “video single” format to the market.
Madonna - Justify My Love
Next year is another scandal. The documentary "Truth or Dare" is released, filmed during the Blond Ambition World Tour, during which the Toronto police intended to arrest Madonna for imitating masturbation on stage.
In 1992, Madonna founded her own company, Maverick, which was engaged in entertainment, in particular, the production of films, the release of music CDs and books. First of all, the company released on the shelves a book by Madonna, entitled "Sex" with revelations and sexual fantasies of the singer, who appears in the text under the name of Dita. Along with the book, the single "Erotica" was sold, accompanied by a photograph of Madonna holding a whip in her hands. Despite the controversial public reaction, the book became a bestseller. In the first week, more than 500,000 people purchased a copy of Sex, and a total of 1.5 million books were sold.
The release of the book was part of a deliberate promotion of the fifth album "Erotica", which was all about sex. However, the PR campaign also had a downside: the disc was expected to be a commercial success, but listeners perceived it more as an addition to the book, so "Erotica" did not make it to the first lines of the charts.
On March 31, 1994, Madonna entered the studio of The Tonight Show with David Letterman. During the broadcast, she said the word "f ***" 14 times, held out her panties to the presenter and offered to sniff them, and when he refused, she said: "Money made you weak." In a word, in the entire history of the program, this issue was recognized as the most censored.
In the same year, the album “Bedtime Stories” was released, which re-developed the concept of Ciccone's work in a different direction. The track of the same name was written by Bjork. The theme echoed with the previous disc, the degree of sexuality fell by an order of magnitude, while the lyricism of the lyrics increased. The single "Secret" was especially fond of the listeners, however, in general, the attention to the album was kept on average.Passion for Kabbalah
Around 1997, Madonna embarked on the study of Kabbalah and Judaism in general. This led to the appearance of calmer intonations in her work and style. Prior to that, she studied Buddhism, yoga and the Vedas, but only Kabbalah "put her life upside down." 
Not long before that, Madonna played the main role in the musical Evita, dedicated to the biography of the Argentine singer and later the wife of the dictator Juan Peron - Eva Duarte. Filming took place in South America, and Antonio Banderas became the woman's partner on the set. While preparing for filming, Madonna took vocal lessons, which, by the way, is clearly seen in the album "Ray of Light", released a year later, which was recognized as the most successful since the days of "Like a Prayer".
The record symbolized the singer's spiritual rebirth, which was influenced by many factors - from the birth of her daughter (after filming Evita, Madonna became pregnant and soon gave birth to her daughter Lourdes from the dancer Carlos Leon) to an affair with screenwriter Andy Byrd. The songs of the Madonna now told not about the delights of intimate life, but called for attention to the ecological catastrophe, talked about the universe and metaphysical categories. The 39-year-old woman ditched her defiant outfits and started wearing a sari and veiled her face.
The public accepted the new image favorably, and in 1999 Madonna received three Grammy awards at once. Before that, there was only one such statuette in her collection - received in 1991 in the nomination "Best Video Clip". In general, the album was able to compete even with the boy bands and young singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera that flooded the music market.
Pop queen of the world
"Ray of Light" set the bar high, but the album released in 2000 and kept in the "American" style with the laconic title "Music" broke the records of its predecessor. The main hits are the songs "Music", "Don" t Tell Me "and" What It Feels Like for a Girl ", the video for which was banned on MTV, but not because of nudity, but because of violent scenes.Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl
At the same time, her attempts to be realized in big cinema failed. In 2000, Ciccone starred in the romantic comedy Best Friend opposite Rupert Everett. Reviews for her acting work were devastating. A year later, Gone, directed by Guy Ritchie, then husband of Madonna, received five Golden Raspberry anti-awards, including the most offensive nominations for Worst Actress, Worst Film, and Worst Director. Since then, Richie vowed to shoot his wife in his films, and the singer only agreed to small roles, for example, in "Die Another Day" with Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry.
But 2003 brought Madonna the first setbacks in the musical field. The disc "American Life", in which the singer touched upon a number of topical political issues and revealed mental ulcers, no longer wanting to endure being treated as a "mercantile girl". The album was not a commercial failure, but it was still inferior to the previous ones.
The tenth studio album "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005) rehabilitated Madonna in her own eyes. It should be noted that the first song "Hung Up" became Madonna's main hit throughout her career.
Madonna - Hung Up
On March 26, 2012, Madonna's twelfth album, MDNA, was released. This album on the very first day topped the top of all charts in Great Britain and the USA. But, everything turned out to be not so rosy. Critics called the album very dark, attributing this to the singer's painful separation from Jesus Luz. The music video for the second album, the single Girl Gone Wild, is censored due to explicit scenes. The disc, devoid of a promotional tour in support, becomes the worst-selling in the singer's career, breaking the 2003 American Life anti-record.
The singer embarks on the MDNA Tour, which kicks off on May 31 and becomes the most successful tour of 2012. The concerts are causing a public outcry in the United States due to the use of imitation weapons on stage. Billboard calls Madonna the record holder for music industry revenue - $ 34.6 million per year. In 2013 Madonna received 3 Billboard Music Awards. In August 2013, Forbes magazine named the singer the leader of the year in celebrity income, earning $ 125 million.
madonna ft. Nicki Minaj - Bitch, I "m Madonna!
In December 2014, 13 demo versions of the tracks were leaked to the Internet, which were recorded during the work on Madonna's thirteenth studio album. In a rage at what had happened, the artist recorded several threatening messages addressed to the pirates. A few days after the leak, on December 20, Madonna officially announced her thirteenth album, Rebel Heart. The album was released on March 10, 2015.
Fashion designer and entrepreneur
In 2010, Madonna takes part in the advertised company of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house, which dreamed of getting a singer. Together with her daughter Lourdes, the singer has made her own line of youth clothing "Material Girl". The self-titled album of live recordings was released in the same year, and a little later a collection of the best songs "Celebration" appeared. In the same year, Madonna became the screenwriter and director of the film "W.E.", Which is scheduled for screening in summer 2011. 
Among other things, Madonna opened a fitness club chain called "Hard Candy" - in honor of her 11th album.
Personal life of Madonna
You can write a separate book about Madonna's love affairs, so below we will tell only about the most sensational and serious relationship of the singer.During her life, she often started relationships with non-public men and was never shy about a big age difference.
Madonna's first serious novel, which ended in marriage, is associated with the name of actor Sean Penn. At the time of their acquaintance in 1985, the singer was dating Prince, but easily left the young man for the sake of a young (Sean was 2 years younger) genius of cinema with a reputation as a rebel. They met on the set of the Material Girl music video. Very soon the lovers announced their engagement and got married on August 16, 1985. 
Very soon married life disappointed Ciccone. It turned out that both spouses have a violent temperament and an innate tendency to constant rivalry. The situation was aggravated by Penn's drunkenness. By 1988, their marriage had practically fallen apart. In 1989, the artist demanded a divorce.
Penn broke into her house one night, tied her to a chair and beat her for several hours. Cunningly the girl got out of the house and got to the police station. Penn denied everything, although the policemen, horrified by the bruised and bruised pop idol, had no doubts. However, the case did not come to court - Madonna asked not to open a criminal case against her ex-spouse. “He always had problems controlling his anger,” she later said.
For the next few months, Madonna was recovering from psychological trauma. In 1990, the singer began an affair with Warren Beatty, whom she met on the set of "Dick Tracy", and in 1991 she remembered a short affair with model Tony Ward, who starred in her candid video "Justify My Love".
In 1992, she dated the rapper Vanilla Ice. After their break in the career of men, there was a recession, and the press revealed a pattern that every man who met Madonna suffered a professional collapse or personal tragedy after parting with her. This is true of rapper Tupac Shakur and basketball player Dennis Rodman, with whom Madonna had an affair in 1994.
Then the singer became interested in her personal trainer Carlos Leon, from whom she gave birth to her daughter Lourdes in 1997.
Madonna's friend, actress Elizabeth Taylor, urged her to marry Carlos so that the girl would have a father. However, this time Carlos himself began to lose interest in the relationship. A proud man with a fiery temperament, he flew into a rage at the publicity of his beloved. All attention was riveted on her, while he remained in the shadows with the prefix "Mr. Madonna."
When Lourdes was one year old, the paparazzi caught Carlos in the company of another woman. Like a real man, he did not expand on the details of the breakup and rejected all the multimillion-dollar proposals of journalists who were eliciting the ins and outs of their novel. He did not disappear from the life of Madonna and Lourdes, and always tried to spend his free time with his daughter.
Then the singer had a short relationship with screenwriter Andy Byrd, which ended in 1998 after his incautious phrase thrown to reporters: "Well, we have a passionate relationship, but it should be worked on." After the breakup, she realized that she was pregnant. The woman immediately refused an abortion. A dilemma arose: whether to tell Byrd about the pregnancy or not. But fate decided her itself - there was a miscarriage.
In the same year, at a party at Sting's, Madonna met British director Guy Ritchie. In a matter of days, they became close. The director was 10 years younger than the artist and had just brilliantly presented the public with his debut film Lock, Stock, Two Barrels. As it turned out later, Richie was aware that Madonna would be at the party, and he was going there with one goal - to get to know her.
At the same time, he always treated the singer not as a star, but as an ordinary person. “He called me Madge and made me wash his car,” she recalled. Their romance developed rapidly. In 1999, Richie, accidentally meeting Madonna's ex-lover, Bird, in the park, punched him in the face with all his might.
In 2000, Madonna and Guy Ritchie got married, soon she gave birth to a son, Rocco. In 2005, they adopted a black boy from Malawi, who was given the name David Banda Malave and the double surname Ciccone-Richie. Later, already divorced, she adopted three more girls: first the little Chifundo in 2006, then, in 2012, the twins Stella and Esther.
The reason for their disagreement is not exactly known, but the singer's fans are inclined to believe that Richie was fed up with Madonna's hobby for Kabbalah. In 2008, the singer publicly announced her divorce.
After that, Madonna drew attention to the 22-year-old Brazilian Jesús Luz. Their romance lasted a whole year, after which they parted, "not converging in character." Or, as evil tongues said, the young man is simply tired of being a toy in the hands of a pop diva.
Then, for more than three years, the singer met with breakdancer Brahim Zeba, and in 2014 she was caught in a relationship with dancer Timor Steffens. In 2017, the singer was romantically involved with 32-year-old Portuguese fashion model Kevin Sampaio. In the summer of 2018, there were rumors about their upcoming wedding.
Madonna now
In early 2018, Madonna shared with her Instagram subscribers that she was working on her 14th studio album.Rumor has it that she will star as silent film star Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard.