MADONNA

WHO IS MADONNA?

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

Born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City,
Michigan
American singer, dancer, and actress

CHILDHOOD

was the third of six children in a Catholic

family, her mother died of breast cancer
when Madonna was five years old
Tony Ciccone moved the family to
Pontiac, Michigan, where he married.
She was successful in her early age.She
was awarded dancer and she also
graduated early from high school.

FIRST DAYS IN NEW YORK

In 1978 she moved to New York City with

thirty-seven dollars.
She moved into an apartment in New
York City's East Village, a poorer
neighborhood filled with crime and drug
problems.
Her first jobs included figure modeling for
artists and acting in low-budget movies.

BEGINNINGS OF SUCCESSFUL
CAREER

She went to Paris ,as a singer and dancer with French

disco artist, where she had developed a fascination
with music.
When she returned to New York she wrote and
recorded songs and hung out in popular Manhattan
nightclubs. She was signed to a recording contract
with Sire Records in October 1982.
The album Madonna was released in July 1983.
Repeat club performances and radio airplay of several
cuts from the album eventually earned her three huge
hits with "Holiday," "Lucky Star," and "Borderline."
A series of hit songs, videos, concert tours, and films
followed.

DISCOGRAPHY CAREER

Madonna(1983)
Like a Virgin(1984)
True Blue(1986)
Like a Prayer(1989)
Erotica(1992)
Bedtime Stories(1994)
Ray of Light(1998)
Music(2000)
American Life(2003)
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Hard Candy(2008)
MDNA(2012)
Rebel Heart(2015)
she has sold about 300 million records worldwide

FILMOGRAPHY CAREER

A Certain Sacrifice(1979)
Vision Quest(1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan(1985)
Shanghai Surprise(1986)
Who's That Girl(1987)
Bloodhounds of Broadway(1989)
Dick Tracy(1990)
Madonna: Truth or Dare(1991)
Shadows and Fog(1991)
A League of Their Own(1992)
Body of Evidence(1993)
Dangerous Game(1993)
Blue in the Face(1995)
Four Rooms(1995)
Girl 6(1996)
Evita(1996)
The Next Best Thing(2000)
Swept Away(2002)
Die Another Day(2002)
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret(2005)
Arthur and the Invisibles(2006)

ACHIEVEMENTS

She came 8th in the list of "The most

powerful celebrities 2005".
She won a lots of award, for
example:International Dance Music
Awards, Grammy Awards, World Music
Awards,
Madonna owned a music company named
"Maverick" which she later sold to "Warner
Music".
Etc.

MADONNAS IMPORTANCE IN
FASHION

Thousands of teenage girls all over the

country began tying lace bows on top of
their heads, wearing underwear as
outerwear, and walking the halls of
schools and shopping malls as "Madonna
wannabees."

PERSONAL LIFE

She married twice, first time with Sean

Penn(1986-1991) and second time with
Guy Ritchie.Madonna is a mother of 2
children.

WORK FOR GOOD CAUSES

She visited an orphanage in October

2006 where she adopted a baby boy
named David Banda.
She actively gives money to many
causes, many relating to children, and is
a Patron of Children of Peace.

In 2006 Madonna and Michael Berg

founded Raising Malawi, a non-profit
organization supporting communitybased organizations that provide
vulnerable children and caregivers with
nutritious food, proper clothing, secure
shelter, formal education, targeted
medical care, emotional care and
psychosocial support