Madonna




Madonna Louise Veronica
      Ciccone
   August 16, 1958
1958 – 1976 Youth
• Born in Bay City, Michigan
• She was named after her mother
• She is the third of eight children
• Italian & Catholic
• Her mother died of breast cancer when
  Madonna was six years old.
• Father remarried his house keeper and
  had two additional children.
1977 - Dance
• Madonna received a dance
  scholarship to the
  University of Michigan
• Here she won a dance
  contest
• Also was convinced by a
  teacher to pursue dance
  professionally
• Left college for New York -
  1977
1979 Women in the Spotlight
• Britain elects the
  first female prime
  minister, Margaret
  Thatcher
• Mother Teresa
  awarded the Nobel
  Peace Prize
• Madonna begins her
  music career when
  anything seems
  possible
1979 - Music
• While dancing she began writing
  music with a boyfriend
• The two formed her first band –
  the Breakfast Club
• She sang, played drums, played
  guitar
• Began producing dance songs for
  New York dance clubs
• Caught attention of Sire Records
  founder Seymour Stein
1982 -Recordings
• Signed with Sire
  Records
• First release
  “Everybody” in April,
  1982 – instant success
  reaching #3
• “Burning Up” released in
  March, 1983 – another
  success reaching again
  #3
• First album Madonna
  debuts 1983
1984 – Like a Virgin Album
• “Like a Virgin” reaches
  #1, stays for six weeks
• “Material Girl” reaches
  #2
• “Angel” reaches #5
• “Dress You Up”
  reaches #5
• Album sells 8 million
  copies in US
• Album sells another 4
  million world wide
Like a Virgin – MTV Video
      Music Awards
           • Performs the song at
             the first ever MTV Video
             Music Awards
           • Provocatively arrives on
             stage
           • Wears a
             bustier/wedding gown
             combo, lacy stockings,
             garters, “Boy Toy” belt
           • Humps the stage and
             makes out alone…
1984 – First Film
• Vision Quest Film
1985- 1987
• Marries actor Sean Penn
• Many films and albums over next few years
  – 1985 Popular film Desperately Seeking Susan
  – 1986 Album True Blue
     • Produces five successful singles
     • Rolling Stone declares, “Singing better than ever”
     • MTV you make the video contest song- first ever event
  – Shanghai Surprise film – costars husband Penn
  – 1987 Who’s That Girl film and Album
  – You Can Dance Album
1988 – Statue in her honor




• In 1988, city officials in the town of Pacentro, Italy
  planned to construct a 13-foot (4 m) statue of
  Madonna in a bustier. The statue was intended to
  commemorate the fact that some of Madonna's
  ancestors had lived in Pacentro (wikipedia).
1989 – Like a Prayer Released
• Her 4th album
• Remains sexual but adds religion – a now
  frequent combination of Madonna’s work
• Sold seven million copies world wide
• Had five hit singles (“Express Yourself”,
  “Cherish”, “Oh Father”, and “Keep It
  Together”)
1989 – Pepsi
• Madonna signed endorsement deal with
  Pepsi
• To be similar to Like Prayer song
• Due to controversial video (Catholic
  Symbols, a Black Jesus, stigmata, burning
  crosses) Pepsi had to drop deal
• Madonna was able to keep her $5Million
  fee.
1990 – I’m Breathless
• Starred as “Breathless”
  Mahoney in Dick Tracy
  film opposite Warren
  Beatty
• Released album
  containing songs from
  1930’s to go along with
  movie
• Album has “Vogue” which
  becomes Madonna’s 8th
  #1 in US
• Sells 7 million copies
  worldwide
1990 - Blonde Ambition Tour
• Tours Japan, North
  America, Europe
• More like music theater
  than concert
• Again contains sexual
  and religious themes
  intermingled
• Singing “Like a Virgin”
  she again simulates
  masturbation on stage –
  creates much controversy
1990 – Greatest Hits Collection
    The Immaculate Collection
• Includes “Justify My Love”
  – The video is banned from US televisions
    because includes brief nudity, homosexuality,
    and scenes with strong sexuality and
    bondage
• Includes “Rescue Me”
  – The highest-debuting single by a female in US
    Chart history
1991- Truth or Dare
• Documentary film
• Chronicles her Blonde Ambition Tour
• Shows footage of her personal life
1991 – A League of Their Own
• Stars in extremely successful film with
  Tom Hanks and Rosie O'Donnell
• “This Used to Be My Playground” she
  records as film’s theme song
  – Becomes her tenth #1 hit single in US
1992 – Maverick
• Madonna creates own entertainment company
  titled Maverick
• $60 million dollar recording and business deal
  – Royalties of 20%
     • Equal to that of Michael Jackson at the time
  – Unheard of for a female singer
  – First publication – coffee table book titled SEX
     • Hugely controversial
     • Sells 500,000 copies in US and sells out worldwide
     • Nude/explicit images throughout
1992 - Erotica




• Fifth album Erotica released
• Features three sexually explicit songs –
  including “Erotica”
  – Became highest debuting single in the history of the
    US
1993
• Films Body of Evidence and Dangerous
  Game
  – Neither does well but her roles in each are
    praised
1993
• Though first introduced as a policy for the
  military, the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law
  came into effect in September.
• Where others were to conceal their
  sexuality – Madonna continued to push on
  throwing sexuality in the faces of her
  audiences, fans, and critics.
1993 – The Girlie Show World Tour
• Again Controversial
  – Bondage, risqué attire, dominatrix acts, nudity
  – Caused uproar in Puerto Rico where she
    rubbed their flag between her legs on stage
  – Orthodox Jews protested against her first
    show ever in Israel
1994 – More Controversy




• Recorded for film With Honors
  – Reached #2 in US
• Controversial appearance on Late Show
  with David Letterman
  – Swears, takes off underwear
• Releases 6th album Bedtime Stories
1995




• Releases album Something to Remember
  – A compilation of her best ballads
• Minor parts in two films- Blue in the Face,
  Four Rooms
1996


• Most successful film Evita is released.
  – Portrays Eva Peron
• Soundtrack becomes her 12th album
  – “Don’t Cry for Me Argentine”, and “You Must Love
    Me” make the charts
  – “You Must Love Me” written by Andrew Lloyd Weber
    wins Academy Award and Golden Globe
• Madonna’s performance wins Golden Globe for
  Best Actress in Musical or Comedy
1996

• The Material Girl becomes a mom
  – Has daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon
    with personal trainer
1998 – Ray of Light
• Madonna wins three
  Grammy Awards for
  Ray of Light
• On Rolling Stones list
  of 500 greatest
  albums of all time
1999 – “Beautiful Stranger”
• Wins another
  Grammy for her song
  “Beautiful Stranger”
  – Song was recorded for
    the Austin Powers:
    The Spy Who
    Shagged Me
    soundtrack
2000 - The Next Best Thing
• Starring in her first role
  since Evita, Madonna
  has a part in The Next
  Best Thing
• Writes/sings two songs
  for the movie

• Announces she is
  pregnant with her
  second child with
  director Guy Ritchie
2001
• Releases single “What It
  Feels Like For a Girl”
  – Video banned for being too
    violent, will not air before 9pm
• Stars in two films with her
  now husband Guy Ritchie
• Begins her Drowned World
  Tour – her first in eight years
• Releases her second
  greatest hits album, GHV2
2002
• Releases title song for 20th James Bond
  film titled, “Die Another Day”
  – Reaches #8
  – Nominated for Golden Globe and Golden
    Raspberry
• Stars in Swept Away directed by husband
  Guy Ritchie
2003
• Ninth album,
  American Life,
  released
  – Selling only 4 million
    albums – becomes
    the worst selling
    album of her career
• Kisses Brittney
  Spears on stage at
  MTV Video Music
  Awards
2004 – Business Woes
• Suits are filed claiming money is
  squandered by both Madonna and Warner
  Music Group
  – Another company purchases to end dispute
  – Madonna no longer has any tie to Maverick
    but is still signed with Warner under another
    contract
• Madonna begins Reinvention World Tour
  – Highest grossing tour of 2004, earning $125
    million
• Madonna ranked #36 on Rolling Stones
  100 Greatest Artists of All Time list
2005 – Civic Minded
• Sings Lennon’s
  “Imagine” at
  “Tsunami Aid: A
  Concert of Hope” to
  raise money for
  Tsunami victims in
  Asia
• Sings for a Live8
  benefit concert in
  London
  – Includes two songs
    on the Live8 album
2005
• Releases Confessions on
  a Dance Floor
  – Sells over 8 million copies
  – “Hung Up” becomes her
    36th Top 10 hit which tied
    her with Elvis Presley for
    most by an artist in the US
  – “Sorry” her 12th number
    one in UK putting her #1
    for ffemale artist in the UK
  – “Get Together” and
    “Jump” became 31 hits –
    she now holds the record
    for #1 hits for any US artist
2006
• Confessions Tour
  begins
  – 1.2 million people in
    audience
  – Made 260.1 million
    – highest grossing
    ever by a female
    artist
2007
• Release download only song “Hey You”
• Sings with 23 female artist, led by Annie Lennox,
  for album Songs of Mass Destruction
• Departs from Warner Bros.
• Signs $120 million ten year contract with Live
  Nation
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces
  Madonna is one of the five inductees of 2008
2008
• Madonna Directs her
  first film I Am Because
  We Are, a documentary
  – Focuses on difficulties
    for people in Malawi
  – Adopted a son from
    Malawi
• Recorded her 11th
  album, Hard Candy
• Will begin her seventh
  world tour
Madonna

Madonna

  • 1.
    Madonna Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone August 16, 1958
  • 2.
    1958 – 1976Youth • Born in Bay City, Michigan • She was named after her mother • She is the third of eight children • Italian & Catholic • Her mother died of breast cancer when Madonna was six years old. • Father remarried his house keeper and had two additional children.
  • 3.
    1977 - Dance •Madonna received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan • Here she won a dance contest • Also was convinced by a teacher to pursue dance professionally • Left college for New York - 1977
  • 4.
    1979 Women inthe Spotlight • Britain elects the first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher • Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize • Madonna begins her music career when anything seems possible
  • 5.
    1979 - Music •While dancing she began writing music with a boyfriend • The two formed her first band – the Breakfast Club • She sang, played drums, played guitar • Began producing dance songs for New York dance clubs • Caught attention of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein
  • 6.
    1982 -Recordings • Signedwith Sire Records • First release “Everybody” in April, 1982 – instant success reaching #3 • “Burning Up” released in March, 1983 – another success reaching again #3 • First album Madonna debuts 1983
  • 7.
    1984 – Likea Virgin Album • “Like a Virgin” reaches #1, stays for six weeks • “Material Girl” reaches #2 • “Angel” reaches #5 • “Dress You Up” reaches #5 • Album sells 8 million copies in US • Album sells another 4 million world wide
  • 8.
    Like a Virgin– MTV Video Music Awards • Performs the song at the first ever MTV Video Music Awards • Provocatively arrives on stage • Wears a bustier/wedding gown combo, lacy stockings, garters, “Boy Toy” belt • Humps the stage and makes out alone…
  • 9.
    1984 – FirstFilm • Vision Quest Film
  • 10.
    1985- 1987 • Marriesactor Sean Penn • Many films and albums over next few years – 1985 Popular film Desperately Seeking Susan – 1986 Album True Blue • Produces five successful singles • Rolling Stone declares, “Singing better than ever” • MTV you make the video contest song- first ever event – Shanghai Surprise film – costars husband Penn – 1987 Who’s That Girl film and Album – You Can Dance Album
  • 11.
    1988 – Statuein her honor • In 1988, city officials in the town of Pacentro, Italy planned to construct a 13-foot (4 m) statue of Madonna in a bustier. The statue was intended to commemorate the fact that some of Madonna's ancestors had lived in Pacentro (wikipedia).
  • 12.
    1989 – Likea Prayer Released • Her 4th album • Remains sexual but adds religion – a now frequent combination of Madonna’s work • Sold seven million copies world wide • Had five hit singles (“Express Yourself”, “Cherish”, “Oh Father”, and “Keep It Together”)
  • 13.
    1989 – Pepsi •Madonna signed endorsement deal with Pepsi • To be similar to Like Prayer song • Due to controversial video (Catholic Symbols, a Black Jesus, stigmata, burning crosses) Pepsi had to drop deal • Madonna was able to keep her $5Million fee.
  • 14.
    1990 – I’mBreathless • Starred as “Breathless” Mahoney in Dick Tracy film opposite Warren Beatty • Released album containing songs from 1930’s to go along with movie • Album has “Vogue” which becomes Madonna’s 8th #1 in US • Sells 7 million copies worldwide
  • 15.
    1990 - BlondeAmbition Tour • Tours Japan, North America, Europe • More like music theater than concert • Again contains sexual and religious themes intermingled • Singing “Like a Virgin” she again simulates masturbation on stage – creates much controversy
  • 16.
    1990 – GreatestHits Collection The Immaculate Collection • Includes “Justify My Love” – The video is banned from US televisions because includes brief nudity, homosexuality, and scenes with strong sexuality and bondage • Includes “Rescue Me” – The highest-debuting single by a female in US Chart history
  • 17.
    1991- Truth orDare • Documentary film • Chronicles her Blonde Ambition Tour • Shows footage of her personal life
  • 18.
    1991 – ALeague of Their Own • Stars in extremely successful film with Tom Hanks and Rosie O'Donnell • “This Used to Be My Playground” she records as film’s theme song – Becomes her tenth #1 hit single in US
  • 19.
    1992 – Maverick •Madonna creates own entertainment company titled Maverick • $60 million dollar recording and business deal – Royalties of 20% • Equal to that of Michael Jackson at the time – Unheard of for a female singer – First publication – coffee table book titled SEX • Hugely controversial • Sells 500,000 copies in US and sells out worldwide • Nude/explicit images throughout
  • 20.
    1992 - Erotica •Fifth album Erotica released • Features three sexually explicit songs – including “Erotica” – Became highest debuting single in the history of the US
  • 21.
    1993 • Films Bodyof Evidence and Dangerous Game – Neither does well but her roles in each are praised
  • 22.
    1993 • Though firstintroduced as a policy for the military, the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law came into effect in September. • Where others were to conceal their sexuality – Madonna continued to push on throwing sexuality in the faces of her audiences, fans, and critics.
  • 23.
    1993 – TheGirlie Show World Tour • Again Controversial – Bondage, risqué attire, dominatrix acts, nudity – Caused uproar in Puerto Rico where she rubbed their flag between her legs on stage – Orthodox Jews protested against her first show ever in Israel
  • 24.
    1994 – MoreControversy • Recorded for film With Honors – Reached #2 in US • Controversial appearance on Late Show with David Letterman – Swears, takes off underwear • Releases 6th album Bedtime Stories
  • 25.
    1995 • Releases albumSomething to Remember – A compilation of her best ballads • Minor parts in two films- Blue in the Face, Four Rooms
  • 26.
    1996 • Most successfulfilm Evita is released. – Portrays Eva Peron • Soundtrack becomes her 12th album – “Don’t Cry for Me Argentine”, and “You Must Love Me” make the charts – “You Must Love Me” written by Andrew Lloyd Weber wins Academy Award and Golden Globe • Madonna’s performance wins Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy
  • 27.
    1996 • The MaterialGirl becomes a mom – Has daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon with personal trainer
  • 28.
    1998 – Rayof Light • Madonna wins three Grammy Awards for Ray of Light • On Rolling Stones list of 500 greatest albums of all time
  • 29.
    1999 – “BeautifulStranger” • Wins another Grammy for her song “Beautiful Stranger” – Song was recorded for the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack
  • 30.
    2000 - TheNext Best Thing • Starring in her first role since Evita, Madonna has a part in The Next Best Thing • Writes/sings two songs for the movie • Announces she is pregnant with her second child with director Guy Ritchie
  • 31.
    2001 • Releases single“What It Feels Like For a Girl” – Video banned for being too violent, will not air before 9pm • Stars in two films with her now husband Guy Ritchie • Begins her Drowned World Tour – her first in eight years • Releases her second greatest hits album, GHV2
  • 32.
    2002 • Releases titlesong for 20th James Bond film titled, “Die Another Day” – Reaches #8 – Nominated for Golden Globe and Golden Raspberry • Stars in Swept Away directed by husband Guy Ritchie
  • 33.
    2003 • Ninth album, American Life, released – Selling only 4 million albums – becomes the worst selling album of her career • Kisses Brittney Spears on stage at MTV Video Music Awards
  • 34.
    2004 – BusinessWoes • Suits are filed claiming money is squandered by both Madonna and Warner Music Group – Another company purchases to end dispute – Madonna no longer has any tie to Maverick but is still signed with Warner under another contract • Madonna begins Reinvention World Tour – Highest grossing tour of 2004, earning $125 million • Madonna ranked #36 on Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list
  • 35.
    2005 – CivicMinded • Sings Lennon’s “Imagine” at “Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope” to raise money for Tsunami victims in Asia • Sings for a Live8 benefit concert in London – Includes two songs on the Live8 album
  • 36.
    2005 • Releases Confessionson a Dance Floor – Sells over 8 million copies – “Hung Up” becomes her 36th Top 10 hit which tied her with Elvis Presley for most by an artist in the US – “Sorry” her 12th number one in UK putting her #1 for ffemale artist in the UK – “Get Together” and “Jump” became 31 hits – she now holds the record for #1 hits for any US artist
  • 37.
    2006 • Confessions Tour begins – 1.2 million people in audience – Made 260.1 million – highest grossing ever by a female artist
  • 38.
    2007 • Release downloadonly song “Hey You” • Sings with 23 female artist, led by Annie Lennox, for album Songs of Mass Destruction • Departs from Warner Bros. • Signs $120 million ten year contract with Live Nation • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces Madonna is one of the five inductees of 2008
  • 39.
    2008 • Madonna Directsher first film I Am Because We Are, a documentary – Focuses on difficulties for people in Malawi – Adopted a son from Malawi • Recorded her 11th album, Hard Candy • Will begin her seventh world tour