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Madonna Bio
Without
a doubt, one of the most internationally known and recognized stars of
contemporary history, Madonna has achieved an unthinkable amount in the
past 20 years of her career. She has dominated the music charts, she has
hit the silver screen, she has entered the publishing industry, and she
is probably one of the most publicized celebrities of the 20th century.
To say that she is a celebrity would be an understatement; she is a
veritable pop icon.
Née Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, the Material Girl was born August
16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan. The eldest of 8 children, she lost her
mother to cancer when she was 6 years old, leaving her engineer father
to raise their eight children.
Developing more of an interest in music, Madonna joined her then
boyfriend's band and had the opportunity to be backup singer and dancer
for a well-known disco star. With more of a taste for pop music, Madonna
began writing songs and performing at local dance clubs. She was
beginning to receive the exposure she was aiming for and audiences were
beginning to take notice of the confident, untamed singer.
DJ Mark Kamins played one of Madonna's demo singles "Everybody" and it
became a popular club hit. Kamins is responsible for the relationship
between Madonna and Warner Bothers, since he introduced the two in 1982.
She was immediately signed for a record label and well on her way.
Already breaking music records in 1985, Madonna embarked on another
dimension of her career -- as an actress. Her manager, Freddie DeMann,
who was also pop icon Michael Jackson's manager in his Thriller days,
negotiated some film roles for Madonna. She appeared as a nightclub
singer in the film Vision Quest and as the lead in Desperately Seeking
Susan.
Susan may have had to be "seeked", but it was clear that the pop star
Madonna had been found. Her single from the Vision Quest soundtrack had
become a hit, as was the Desperately Seeking Susan soundtrack, giving
Madonna simultaneous hit singles and hit albums.
Her video for the 1989 single "Like A Prayer", which featured burning
crosses in the background and Madonna, wearing nothing more than a slip,
kissing an African-American eroticized saint. The Vatican censured the
video and Pepsi backed out of their endorsement with Madonna. Still, the
album Like a Prayer spawned 5 Top Twenty hits.
The early 90's were marked with scandalous projects by Madonna, such as
the documentary Truth of Dare, a behind-the-scenes account of her Blonde
Ambition Tour; the X-rated coffee-table book, Sex; her album, Erotica,
and her speaking out about the AIDS epidemic.
Taking a step away from her scandalous days, Madonna released a softer,
more R&B tinged album, Bedtime Stories, spawning a hit duet with
Babyface entitled Take A Bow. She returned to the movies with a role in
A League of Their Own, Four Rooms and Blue in the Face.
In 1996, she starred in the title role of the movie version of the
musical Evita, which not only earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress
in a Musical or Comedy, but also made audiences gain a new found respect
for her remarkable portrayal of Eva Peron. That same year, Madonna
entered a new stage in her life -- motherhood -- with the birth of
daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon.
Madonna returned to the music scene in 1998 with the introspective,
meditative, and electronic-influenced Ray of Light. With the help of
producer William Orbit, Ray of Light spawned such hits as "Frozen" as
well as the title-track, as the world was introduced to a more relaxed,
more spiritually in-tune Madonna.
We heard Madonna last summer on the Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged
Me soundtrack with "Beautiful Stranger"; this year with the remix of the
60's hit American Pie (which also caused controversy); and in a starring
role in the disappointing film The Next Best Thing, co-starring
real-life pal Rupert Everett and Benjamin Bratt.
With a new single entitled "Music", her new album of the same title is
slated for release this fall, and a second baby is on the way with
current boyfriend Guy Ritchie -- we would think that Madonna has done it
all.
From mesh-wearing, fish-net stocking Material Girl, to pointy-cone bra,
tuxedo wearing diva, to sex-crazed woman, and finally to Zen and
yoga-practicing mother, chances are we probably haven't seen half of
what this pop icon has yet to achieve.
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