Madonna | biography

Madonna

Profession: Singer
Place/Date of Birth: Michigan USA
Associated with: Guy Ritchie

However, the mum-of-two says she now realises what marriage is about and what makes one strong. She added to the Tatler magazine: "But none of these things mean anything after you’ve been sharing a life together for a few years and you’re dealing with raising children and scheduling and finances. "You have to go back to what is the point of marriage. You go to school to learn how to learn and I think marriage is about learning to learn as well. Diane Sawyer once said to me that a good marriage is a contest of generosity - I thought that was a good thing to say."

Sharon Osbourne launched a scathing attack on Madonna - Nov 7, 2020
Sharon Osbourne has launched a scathing attack on Madonna - accusing the pop queen of looking like "an old hooker". The outspoken star has slammed the sexy singer for constantly changing her image and says the 47-year-old mother-of-two should act her age.

Sharon ranted: "It’s like dressing up with her. One day you’re in f***ing gun gear, then you’re in horsing gear, then you dress like a f***ing dyke, then you dress like a hooker, then you’re in a flowery dress reading kids’ poetry looking like you’re a f***ing librarian - then you’re back looking like an old hooker again. "You can’t one day be in Horse and Hound magazine and the next in Dyke Weekly."

Sharon, who has three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack, with wild rocker Ozzy Osbourne, has also ridiculed Madonna’s children’s books, which are based on the teachings of the mystic Jewish faith Kabbalah. She told Word magazine: "Writing those painful, silly children’s books and reading them to your kids - if my mum came up to me with a book like that I’d say, ’F***ing stick it up you’re a***.’ F***ing ’English Roses’ - b*****ks."

This is not the first time Sharon has attacked Madonna - last month she said she wanted to "punch" the pop superstar because she was "full of sh*t."

Madonna stole the show at the MTV awards in Lisbon - Nov 4, 2020
Madonna stole the show at the star-studded MTV awards in Lisbon last night (04.11.05). The 47-year-old star proved she is still the undisputed Queen of Pop when she burst onstage from a giant glitter ball. Wearing a skimpy purple leotard and ?20,000 worth of sparkling diamonds on her eyelashes, the star wowed the crowd with a dazzling performance of ’Hung Up’. She said after the show: "Being in front of all the people, waiting for it to come up, and waiting to see the audience, my heart was just pumping out of my chest."

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Biography

Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Michigan USA in 1958., the third of eight children. During her school years she was a cheerleader, excelled in dance and drama classes which gave her the love of performing that she is famous for. Moving to New York in 1977 to pursue her dream, (with a rumoured $35 dollars to her name) Madonna worked as a model and studied dance under notorious choreographer Alvin Ailey. Two years later she formed a band, The Breakfast Club and met boyfriend Steve Bray who recognised her talents immediately and helped her to create the solo dance tracks which saw her signed by Sire Records, releasing her first single, Everybody, with DJ Mark Kamins, in 1982.

The following year Madonna broke away from Kamins and recorded Holiday which went straight in to the American top 20 and was a hit across Europe. She cemented her raunchy image with Like A Virgin, her first US number one, and Material Girl with it’s iconic video. By this time Madonna was becoming one of the most emulated and best loved artists in the world and she became even more popular thanks to her part in Live Aid and a high profile marriage to Sean Penn.

The pop diva followed up her success with several singles from the True Blue album and turned her hand to acting for the first time in the poorly received A Certain Sacrifice and of course, Desperately Seeking Susan. Her first real flop was alongside her husband in the laughable Shanghai Surprise. Her failure’s in the film department didn’t stop David Mamet from casting her in a Broadway production of Speed the Plow - by this time talent or no, Madonna’s was name that guaranteed attention.

1989 saw the singer court controversy with the video for Like A Prayer, featuring a black Jesus, which outraged and shocked the Catholic church and caused Pepsi to cancel a sponsorship deal. But far from ruining her career, this stunt saw her become the icon that we know today. The 1990s were the pinnacle of Madonna’s success, her divorce from Sean Penn pushing her further in to the lime light, beginning with a part in Dick Tracy opposite Warren Beatty and a fantastic soundtrack album alongside featuring hit song Vogue. Documentary film Truth or Dare and her Blonde Ambition tour (with that pointy bra) followed with further controversy.

In 1992 she signed a multi million pound deal with Time Warner guaranteeing the release of music, films and books through her own record label, Maverick. She made the most of the deal with picture book Sex, which caused another controversy but rocketed up the bestsellers charts nonetheless. Erotica was her first album for years though not to generate a US number one. People thought that perhaps Madonna had gone too far with her need to shock, and perhaps she had realised it too as her next album was far mellower and a part in Evita in 1996 made her bankable again.

Later that year she fell pregnant with Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, daughter of her personal trainer. But far from slowing her work, having a child only seemed to spur Madonna on, she released the runaway success, Ray of Light which produced hit after hit and recorded Beautiful Stranger for the second Austin Powers movie. she also starred alongside Rupert Everett in romantic comedy The Next Best Thing.

It was around this time that Madonna met British director Guy Ritchie - the man who would change her life. They had son Rocco in 2000 and they married in 2002 after Madonna moved permanently to England, took to wearing flat caps and drinking tea. The title track of her album Music gave her a transatlantic number one hit. Collaborations with Ritchie, especially their film Swept Away, have generally been unsuccessful but Madonna’s music career continues to go from strength to strength, her latest album American Life has been a worldwide hit and she has even found time to pen a children’s book, The English Roses. Now, an honorary Brit and devout follower of Kaballah, Madonna lives with her family in Marylebone and Wiltshire. She also owns a ?4 million Spanish-style villa in Beverly Hills, a house in Miami and a duplex overlooking Central Park in New York.
(Updated April 04)
December 2007