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HER BIGGT HS CLU "PAPA DON'T PREACH," "LIKE A PRAYER," "VOGUE," "SECRET," AND "RAY OF LIGHT," AMONG MANY {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAR 26, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1958-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS MADONNA?MADONNA IS A POP MIC SGER AND ACTRS WHO WENT SOLO 1981 AND BEME A SENSATN THE THEN MALE-DOMATED 1980S MIC SCENE. BY 1991, SHE HAD ACHIEVED 21 TOP 10 HS THE UNED STAT AND SOLD MORE THAN 70 LN ALBUMS TERNATNALLY. IN JANUARY 2008, SHE WAS NAMED THE WORLD'S WEALTHIT FEMALE MICIAN BY FORB MAGAZE.EARLY LIFEMADONNA LOUISE VERONI CICNE WAS BORN BAY CY, MICHIGAN, ON AUGT 16, 1958, TO PARENTS SILV "TONY" CICNE AND MADONNA FORT. TONY, THE SON OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS, WAS THE FIRST OF HIS FAY TO GO TO LLEGE, WHERE HE EARNED A GREE ENGEERG. MADONNA'S MOTHER, AN X-RAY TECHNICIAN AND FORMER DANCER, WAS OF FRENCH CANADIAN SCENT. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE 1955, THE UPLE MOVED TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, TO BE CLOSE TO TONY'S JOB AS A FENSE ENGEER. MADONNA WAS BORN THREE YEARS LATER, DURG A VIS WH FAY BAY CY. THE THIRD OF SIX CHILDREN, MADONNA LEARNED EARLY ON HOW TO HANDLE HER ROLE AS THE MIDDLE CHILD, ADMTG THAT SHE WAS "THE SISSY OF THE FAY" WHO OFTEN ED HER FEME WIL TO GET HER WAY.HER PARENTS' STRICT OBSERVATN OF THE CATHOLIC FAH PLAYED A LARGE ROLE MADONNA'S CHILDHOOD. "MY MOTHER WAS A RELIG ZEALOT," MADONNA EXPLAS. "THERE WERE ALWAYS PRITS AND NUNS MY HOE GROWG UP." MANY ELEMENTS OF CATHOLIC INOGRAPHY — CLUDG HER MOTHER'S STATU OF THE SACRED HEART, THE HABS OF THE NUNS AT HER CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE CATHOLIC ALTAR AT WHICH SHE AND HER FAY PRAYED DAILY — LATER BEME THE SUBJECT OF MADONNA'S MOST NTROVERSIAL WORKS.FAY TRAGEDY: DEATH OF MOTHERANOTHER LARGE FLUENCE ON MADONNA'S EARLY LIFE WAS HER MOTHER, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WH BREAST NCER DURG HER PREGNANCY WH MADONNA'S YOUNGT SISTER. TREATMENT HAD TO BE LAYED UNTIL THE BABY REACHED FULL TERM, BUT BY THEN THE DISEASE HAD GROWN TOO STRONG. ON DECEMBER 1, 1963, AT THE AGE OF 30, MADONNA'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY. MADONNA WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HER MOTHER'S ATH. THE LOSS {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}SIGNIFINTLY AFFECTED MADONNA'S ADOLCENCE. HNTED BY THE MEMORI OF HER MOTHER'S AILTY AND PASSIVE MEANOR DURG HER FAL DAYS, MADONNA WAS TERMED TO MAKE HER OWN VOICE HEARD. "I THK THE BIGGT REASON I WAS ABLE TO EXPRS MYSELF AND NOT BE TIMIDATED WAS BY NOT HAVG A MOTHER," SHE SAYS. "FOR EXAMPLE, MOTHERS TEACH YOU MANNERS. AND I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT LEARN ANY OF THOSE L AND REGULATNS."SHE FOUGHT PECIALLY HARD AGAST THE L IMPOSED BY HER STEPMOTHER, JOAN GTAFSON, WHO MET MADONNA'S FATHER WHILE WORKG AS THE FAY HOEKEEPER. MADONNA SAYS GTAFSON OFTEN MA HER TAKE RE OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN THE HOEHOLD, A TASK SHE GREATLY RENTED. "I REALLY SAW MYSELF AS THE QUTSENTIAL CRELLA," MADONNA LATER SAID. "I THK THAT'S WHEN I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I WANTED TO DO SOMETHG ELSE AND GET AWAY OM ALL THAT." SHE REBELLED AGAST HER TRADNAL UPBRGG BY TURNG HER NSERVATIVE CLOTHG TO REVEALG OUTFS, EQUENTG UNRGROUND GAY NIGHTCLUBS AND REJECTG HER RELIG BACKGROUND.READ MORE: MADONNA SAYS SHE’D BE A 'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON’ IF HER MOM HADN'T DIED YOUNGMIC AND DANCE: LATE 1970SMADONNA BALANCED THE SUBORDATE SI OF HER PERSONALY WH A DRIVE FOR PERFECTNISM AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENT. SHE WAS A STRAIGHT-A STUNT, CHEERLEAR AND DISCIPLED DANCER WHO GRADUATED OM HIGH SCHOOL A SEMTER EARLIER THAN HER PEERS. IN 1976, HER HARD WORK EARNED HER THE ATTENTN OF THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN, WHICH OFFERED HER A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO THEIR DANCE PROGRAM.IN 1977, DURG HER UNRGRADUATE STUDI AT MICHIGAN, MADONNA WAS AWARD A SIX-WEEK SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY WH THE ALV AILEY AMERIN DANCE THEATER NEW YORK CY, FOLLOWED BY A RARE OPPORTUNY TO PERFORM WH CHOREOGRAPHER PEARL LANG 1978. AT THE URGG OF HER DANCE STCTOR, THE BUDDG STAR DROPPED OUT OF LLEGE AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF STUDY TO MOVE TO NEW YORK AND FURTHER HER DANCE REER. ONCE NEW YORK, MADONNA PAID HER RENT WH A HANDFUL OF ODD JOBS, CLUDG NU ART MOLG, SERVG AT THE RSIAN TEA ROOM AND PERFORMG FOR THE AMERIN DANCE CENTER. IN 1979, MADONNA BEGAN DATG DAN GILROY, ONE OF THE FOUNDG MEMBERS OF A SKA-FLUENCED POP-PUNK BAND LLED BREAKFAST CLUB. GILROY TRODUCED MADONNA TO THE HEAD OF A VVILLE REVIEW PARIS, AND SHE SPENT SOME TIME FRANCE WORKG AS A SHOWGIRL. DURG THIS TRIP, SHE FELL LOVE WH THE BATN OF SGG AND PERFORMG. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE UNED STAT 1980, SHE JOED GILROY'S BAND AS S DMMER AND LATER BEME THE LEAD SGER. MADONNA FORMED SEVERAL DIFFERENT BANDS OF HER OWN OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, CLUDG MADONNA & THE SKY, THE MILLNAIR AND {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}PHOTO: MICHAEL PUTLAND/GETTY IMAGRISE TO POP STARDOM'EVERYBODY'IN 1981, MADONNA CID TO GO SOLO AND HIRED MANAGER CALE BARBONE OF GOTHAM RERDS TO HELP HER GET HER SGG REER ON TRACK. BARBONE SHOWED MADONNA HOW TO NAVIGATE THE MALE-DOMATED WORLD OF THE MIC BS, AND HELPED PUT TOGETHER A STUD BAND THAT ACCENTUATED THE BUDDG STAR'S HIP STYLE. FRIEND STEPHEN BRAY, A MICIAN HER BAND, WROTE HER FIRST H, "EVERYBODY," AND MADONNA ED HER BRASH BS STYLE TO GET THE RERDGS TO NEW YORK MIC PRODUCER MARK KAMS. KAMS THEN HELPED MADONNA SRE A RERD AL WH SIRE RERDS. "EVERYBODY" H NO. 1 ON THE DANCE CHARTS 1982.'MADONNA' ALBUM: 'BORRLE,' 'LUCKY STAR' AND 'HOLIDAY'USG THE SUCCS OF THE SONG AS LEVERAGE, MADONNA NVCED SIRE RERDS TO PRODUCE THE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM MADONNA 1983. THE ALBUM WAS A SLOW BUT STEADY SUCCS, AND CLUD THE H SGL "BORRLE," "LUCKY STAR" AND "HOLIDAY." SOON, GIRLS ALL OVER THE UNTRY WERE IMATG MADONNA'S DISTCT SENSE OF FASHN, WHICH CLUD FISH STOCKGS, LACE LGERIE, FGERLS GLOV AND LARGE CCIFIX NECKLAC. "HOLIDAY" ALSO EARNED THE SGER AN APPEARANCE ON DICK CLARK'S AMERIN BANDSTAND 1984, WHERE SHE TOLD THE HOST THAT HER MA AMBN WAS "TO LE THE WORLD."'LIKE A VIRG,' 'MATERIAL GIRL' AND 'ANGEL'THIS TENSY AND TERMATN WAS APPARENT HER 1985 FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, LIKE A VIRG, WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHART AND WENT PLATUM WH A MONTH. THE TLE TRACK, PRODUCED BY NILE RODGERS, WOULD LATER BE LISTED AS MADONNA'S BIGGT POP H OF ALL TIME, WH THE SONG REMAG ON THE TOP OF THE CHARTS FOR SIX WEEKS. SHE HAD TWO OTHER TOP 5 HS OM THE RERD: THE TONGUE--CHEEK, EMPOWERG "MATERIAL GIRL" AND THE DANCE DTY WH BOUNCE, "ANGEL."'CRAZY FOR YOU'SHE ALSO STARRED HER FIRST MASTREAM FEATURE FILM, DPERATELY SEEKG SAN (1985), AND PERFORMED THE SOUNDTRACK'S SGLE, "INTO THE GROOVE," WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE U.S. DANCE CHARTS. HER NEXT SGLE "CRAZY FOR YOU", WHICH SHE PERFORMED FOR THE 1985 FILM VISN QUT, ALSO BEME A NO. 1 H. SHE THEN STARTED HER FIRST MIC TOUR, THE VIRG TOUR, AND WATCHED 17 NSECUTIVE SONGS CLIMB TO THE TOP 10 ON THE BILLBOARD CHART WHILE ALSO CREATG A WAVE OF INIC MIC VIOS, NSTANTLY RE-CRAFTG HER PERSONA. MOVI AND MORE H SONGS OM THE 1980S AND 1990SOVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MADONNA'S LIFE WAS A WHIRLWD OF ACTIVY. ON AUGT 16, 1985, SHE MARRIED ACTOR SEAN PENN AND -STARRED WH HIM THE FILM SHANGHAI SURPRISE (1986). SHE THEN WENT ON TO STAR THREE MORE MOVI OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS: WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987), BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY (1989) AND DICK TRACY (1990). MADONNA'S SOUNDTRACK ALBUM I'M BREATHLS: MIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE FILM DICK TRACY RULTED TWO TOP 10 HS: "VOGUE" AND "HANKY PANKY." SHE ALSO RELEASED FOUR MORE H ALBUMS: TE BLUE (1986), WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987), YOU CAN DANCE (1987) AND LIKE A PRAYER (1989).READ MORE: THE HOLLYWOOD INS FEATURED MADONNA'S SONG "VOGUE"CONTROVERSI'LIKE A VIRG' MTV VIO MIC AWARDS PERFORMANCEAS ALWAYS, MADONNA MIXED HER DRIVE FOR SUCCS WH HER PENCHANT FOR SNDALO BEHAVR. IT STARTED WH HER NTROVERSIAL 1985 PERFORMANCE OF HER H SGLE "LIKE A VIRG" ON THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS, WHICH VOLVED WRHG AROUND SUGGTIVELY ONSTAGE A WEDDG DRS. THEN ME HER MARRIAGE TO PENN, WHICH WAS MARRED BY REPORTS OF DOMTIC VLENCE AND HIS ASSLT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER — BEHAVR THAT LAND HIM A MONTH'S JAIL TIME AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE UPLE'S VERY PUBLIC DIVORCE.READ MORE: MADONNA’S NOW-FAMO 'LIKE A VIRG' PERFORMANCE WAS THANKS TO A WARDROBE MALFUNCTNPHOTO: FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG'LIKE A PRAYER' MIC VIOIN 1989, MADONNA'S "LIKE A PRAYER" VIO AIRED ON MTV AS PART OF A LUCRATIVE PEPSI ENDORSEMENT. THE VIO FEATURED TERRACIAL RELATNSHIP THEM, BURNG CROSS AND A BLENDG OF SEXUAL NUENDO AND RELIG IOLOGI. AS A RULT OF THE VIO, POPE JOHN PL II URGED FANS NOT TO ATTEND HER NCERTS ITALY, AND PEPSI PULLED THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THE STAR.DPE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY, MADONNA HAD BEE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. THE LIKE A PRAYER ALBUM SPAWNED A NO. 1 TLE TRACK AS WELL AS ADDNAL HS LIKE "EXPRS YOURSELF," "CHERISH," "KEEP IT TOGETHER" AND "OH FATHER." BY 1991, SHE HAD ACHIEVED 21 TOP 10 HS THE UNED STAT AND SOLD MORE THAN 70 LN ALBUMS TERNATNALLY, GENERATG $1.2 BILLN SAL. COMMTED TO NTROLLG HER REER, MADONNA HELPED FOUND MAVERICK RERDS, A LABEL UNR THE WARNER MIC GROUP, APRIL 1992.'TTH OR DARE' DOCUMENTARYSHE ALSO NTUED TO GA ATTENTN BY PHG SOCIAL BOUNDARI. FIRST ME THE FILM TTH OR DARE (1991), A REVEALG DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER BLON AMBN TOUR. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PUBLISHG OF SEX (1992), A SOFT-RE PORNOGRAPHIC FFEE-TABLE BOOK FEATURG THE POP STAR A VARIETY OF EROTIC POS. DPE S NTROVERSIAL NATURE, SEX SOLD 150,000 PI ON THE DAY OF S RELEASE THE UNED STAT ALONE. THREE DAYS LATER, ALL 1.5 LN PI OF THE FIRST EDN WERE SOLD OUT WORLDWI, MAKG THE MOST SUCCSFUL FFEE TABLE BOOK EVER RELEASED. THE ALBUM EROTI (1992) WAS UNVEILED AT THE SAME TIME AND PROVED EQUALLY SUCCSFUL. BY THE END OF 1993, THE ALBUM HAD REACHED DOUBLE-PLATUM STAT. BEDTIME STORI ME NEXT 1994, WH S GROOVY LEAD SGLE "SECRET" AND THE BETIFULLY MELANCHOLIC "TAKE A BOW."READ MORE: 10 OF MADONNA'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTSMOVI AND MIC: LATE 1990S - PRENT'EVA,' 'IMMACULATE COLLECTN' AND 'MIC' BY 1996, MADONNA HAD PROVEN HER VERSATILY AS A STAR BOTH FILM AND MIC. SHE STARRED THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED SCREEN ADAPTATN OF THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MIL EVA (1996), WHICH ALSO FEATURED ANTON BANRAS. SHE WON A GOLN GLOBE FOR BT PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRS A MOTN PICTURE - COMEDY OR MIL, AND THE FILM SHE PERFORMED "YOU MT LOVE ME," WHICH EARNED AN AMY AWARD FOR MIC, ORIGAL SONG. MADONNA HAD RELEASED THE GREATT HS ALBUM THE IMMACULATE COLLECTN 1990, FOLLOWG THAT YEARS LATER WH SOMETHG TO REMEMBER (1995), A ROUND-UP OF HER BALLADRY THAT CLUD THE NEW SONG "YOU'LL SEE." IN 1998, SHE RELEASED RAY OF LIGHT, A CRILLY-ACCLAIMED OUTG THAT HAD HER LVG TO ELECTRONI AND SPIRUAL EXPLORATN WH THE HELP OF PRODUCER WILLIAM ORB. MORE HS ME THE FORM OF SONGS LIKE "FROZEN" AND "THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE." MADONNA ALSO EARNED THREE GRAMMYS, TWO FOR THE TOP 5 TLE TRACK AND ONE FOR THE RAY OF LIGHT ALBUM SELF. THEN ME MIC (2000), ANOTHER SUCCSFUL ELECTRONIC PROJECT, THIS TIME WH MORE OVERT, UNPREDICTABLE DANCE LEANGS AND THE BULK OF PRODUCTN HANDLED BY FRENCH WHIZ MIRWAIS. SHE ALSO NTUED HER WORK WH ORB, AS SEEN ON A UPLE OF MIC TRACKS AND THE GRAMMY-WNG HOMAGE TO 1960S-PSYCHELIA, "BETIFUL STRANGER," PART OF THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE MOVIE AT POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME. 'AMERIN LIFE'THE POP STAR THEN MA THE MOVE OM THE BIG SCREEN TO THE LONDON WT END STAGE THE PLAY UP FOR GRABS (2002) AND WROTE HER FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK, THE ENGLISH ROS, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED 2003, THE SAME YEAR AS THE RELEASE OF HER ALBUM AMERIN LIFE. MADONNA WAS DUCTED TO THE GURAL U.K. MIC HALL OF FAME 2004, AND HER NEXT ALBUM CONFSNS ON A DANCEFLOOR ME OUT THE FOLLOWG YEAR. AROUND THIS TIME MADONNA BEME THE ARTIST WH THE MOST GOLD-CERTIFIED SGL THE UNED STAT, BEATG THE BEATL' LONGSTANDG RERD.HER PROFSNAL LIFE NTUED TO BOOM: IN JANUARY 2008, SHE WAS NAMED THE WORLD'S WEALTHIT FEMALE MICIAN BY FORB MAGAZE. MADONNA EARNED MUCH OF THIS E OM HER H&M CLOTHG LE, A AL WH NBC TO AIR NCERT FOOTAGE AND HER CONFSNS TOUR — THE HIGHT-GROSSG TOUR FOR A FEMALE ARTIST TO DATE. SHE ALSO NTUED TO SG, ACT AND MANAGE A NUMBER OF BS TERTS, SPLTG HER TIME BETWEEN THE UNED KGDOM AND THE UNED STAT. SHE WAS THE WRER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF I AM BEE WE ARE, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LIV OF MALAWI'S AIDS ORPHANS, AND THE ART-HOE FILM FILTH AND WISDOM, BOTH WH 2008 RELEAS. HER ALBUM HARD CANDY WAS RELEASED APRIL OF THE SAME YEAR, AND HER STICKY AND SWEET TOUR BEME HER FIRST MAJOR VENTURE WH NCERT PROMOTER LIVE NATN.'CELEBRATN'IN 2009, SHE RELEASED A FOURTH GREATT HS ALBUM, CELEBRATN, WHICH BEME MADONNA'S ELEVENTH NO. 1 ALBUM THE UNED KGDOM. WH THE RELEASE OF THE RERD, MADONNA TIED ELVIS PRLEY AS THE SOLO ACT WH MOST NO. 1 ALBUMS THE UNED KGDOM.'W.E.' FILM, SUPER BOWL XLVIIN 2011, MADONNA RELEASED HER LATT FILM PROJECT, W.E., ABOUT THE AMERIN DIVORCéE WALLIS SIMPSON AND HER ROMANCE WH BRA'S KG EDWARD VIII, NTRASTED WH A MORE NTEMPORARY RELATNSHIP. EDWARD GAVE UP HIS CROWN TO MARRY SIMPSON, AND THE UPLE BEME KNOWN AS THE DE AND DUCHS OF WDSOR. WORKG BEHD THE MERA, MADONNA -WROTE AND DIRECTED THIS ROMANTIC DRAMA, WHICH RECEIVED CIDLY MIXED REVIEWS. SHE, HOWEVER, DID PICK UP A GOLN GLOBE FOR AN ORIGAL SONG SHE -WROTE AND SUNG FOR THE FILM, "MASTERPIECE."MADONNA RECEIVED ANOTHER LEWARM RECEPTN WHEN WAS ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD BE PERFORMG AT SUPER BOWL XLVI FEBARY 2012. AHEAD OF THE SHOW, MANY FOOTBALL FANS PLAED ABOUT HER SELECTN AS PART OF THE HALFTIME ENTERTAMENT. SHE PUT ON AN IMPRSIVE SHOW, HOWEVER, WHICH FEATURED HER LATT SGLE "GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUV'." THIS TIME AROUND, WASN'T MADONNA WHO CREATED WAV DURG THE SHOW. HER MIL GUT, M.I.A., PROVOKED AN OUTCRY WHEN SHE ED AN OBSCENE HAND GTURE HER LIVE PERFORMANCE.'MDNA'MADONNA RELEASED HER STUD ALBUM, MDNA, MARCH 2012. ON HER TOUR TO SUPPORT THE RERD, SHE URTED NTROVERSY. MADONNA OCSNALLY FLASHED HER DIENC AND ED NAZI IMAGERY WHILE PERFORMG FRANCE. AT A NCERT ST. PETERSBURG, RSIA, SHE SPOKE OUT SUPPORT OF LGBT RIGHTS, WHICH HAD LAND HER LEGAL TROUBLE. SHE WAS SUED FOR MORE THAN $10 LN FOR BREAKG A LAW AGAST PROMOTG HOMOSEXUALY TO MORS, BUT CHARG WERE LATER DISMISSED. TUMULTUO ROAD TO 'REBEL HEART'THROUGH 2014, MADONNA WAS REPORTEDLY AT WORK ON HER NEXT ALBUM, SAID TO BE LLABORATG WH PRODUCERS LIKE AVICII AND DIPLO AS SEEN VIA INSTAGRAM. IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, HOWEVER, MORE THAN A DOZEN SONGS PLANNED FOR HER 2015 ALBUM REBEL HEART WERE LEAKED ONLE. AN ISRAELI SGER WAS LATER ARRTED AND DICTED FOR THE THEFTS RELATED TO THE LEAK. TO UNTERATTACK THE THEFT, MADONNA RELEASED SIX SONGS ONLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WH THE TRACKS REACHG THE TOP 10 OF ITUN' CHARTS VAR UNTRI. HOWEVER, MORE NTROVERSY FOLLOWED JANUARY WHEN THE SGER RELEASED VIA INSTAGRAM DOCTORED PORTRAS OF PROMENT LEARS AND ARTISTS LIKE NELSON MANLA AND BOB MARLEY BOUND BY BLACK CHORD, MIRRORG THE VER ART OF HER FORTHG ALBUM. IN FEBARY 2015, THERE WAS ANOTHER ALBUM LEAK OF REBEL HEART. THAT MONTH, MADONNA ALSO PERFORMED LEAD SGLE "LIVG FOR LOVE" LIVE AT THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS WH A BULL AND MATADOR THEME. MORE THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, SHE PERFORMED THE SONG AT THE BR AWARDS, BUT FELL DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS DUE TO A WARDROBE MISHAP, WH THE SGER LATER REPORTG THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED OM WHIPLASH. THE OFFICIAL VERSN OF REBEL HEART, MADONNA'S 13TH FULL-LENGTH RELEASE, WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 10, 2015, WH THE LUXE VERSN NSISTG OF 19 TRACKS. THE ALBUM WAS NOTICEABLY MORE STYLISTILLY DIVERSE THAN S PRECSORS TERMS OF MIL PRODUCTN, LYRILLY VEERG OM VIVIDLY SEXUAL PROVOTN AND NTEMPORARY BOASTG TO QUIETER REFLECTN.'MADAME X'AFTER NFIRMG SHE WAS WORKG ON NEW MIC EARLY 2018, THE INIC SGER REVEALED AN APRIL 2019 VIO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT STUD ALBUM NO. 14 WOULD BE TLED MADAME X."MADAME X IS A SECRET AGENT," SHE SAYS THE VIO. "TRAVELG AROUND THE WORLD. CHANGG INTI. FIGHTG FOR EEDOM. BRGG LIGHT TO DARK PLAC. SHE IS A DANCER. A PROFSOR. A HEAD OF STATE. A HOEKEEPER. AN EQUTRIAN. A PRISONER. A STUNT. A MOTHER. A CHILD. A TEACHER. A NUN. A SGER. A SAT. A WHORE. THE SPY THE HOE OF LOVE. I’M MADAME X."SOON AFTERWARD, MADONNA RELEASED THE SGLE "MELLíN," A JOT EFFORT WH COLOMBIAN SGER MALUMA, AND THE DUO TEAMED UP TO LIVER A STEAMY PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG AT THE 2019 BILLBOARD MIC AWARDS. PERSONAL LIFE AND CHILDRENMADONNA WAS MARRIED TO ACTOR SEAN PENN OM 1985 TO 1989. MADONNA BEME A MOTHER 1996, GIVG BIRTH TO LOURS MARIA (LOLA) CICNE LEON, WHOM SHE HAD WH HER LOVER AND PERSONAL TRAER, CARLOS LEON. IN 2000, SHE MARRIED BRISH DIRECTOR GUY RCHIE AND GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SON, ROC JOHN RCHIE, THE SAME YEAR. MADONNA AND RCHIE SPL 2008. ON THE EVE OF HER 50TH BIRTHDAY 2008, MADONNA FACED MORE CHALLENG HER PERSONAL LIFE. SHE SPENT MUCH OF THE PREV YEAR FIGHTG ALLEGATNS THAT SHE CIRCUMVENTED TRADNAL MALAWI LAWS TO BRG HOME HER NEWLY ADOPTED SON, DAVID BANDA, WHOM SHE HAD BEEN RAISG SCE 2006. CRICS ACCED MADONNA OF G HER VAST WEALTH TO FAST-TRACK THE ADOPTN PROCS, A CHARGE SHE VIGOROLY NIED. A ALN OF 67 LOL RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGED THE TERIM CTODY ORR ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXISTG LAWS MALAWI DO NOT ALLOW FOR TERNATNAL ADOPTNS. MADONNA'S APPLITN TO PERMANENTLY ADOPT THE BOY WAS APPROVED BY MALAWAI'S HIGH URT ON MAY 28, 2008, THE POP STAR'S LAWYER SAID. "IT'S A BETIFUL AND POSIVE JUDGMENT," ALAN CHULA TOLD REPORTERS. "FALLY THE URT HAS GRANTED MADONNA FULL ADOPTN RIGHTS OF THE BOY. ... IT'S ALL OVER, THANK GOD." SHE CID TO ADOPT OM MALAWAI AGA, AND JUNE 2009, AFTER ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE, SHE WAS GRANTED CTODY OF MERCY JAM.IN FEBARY 2017, MADONNA ANNOUNCED SHE HAD ADOPTED 4-YEAR-OLD TWS, ESTERE AND STELLE, OM MALAWI, POSTG A PHOTO WH THE GIRLS ON HER INSTAGRAM ACUNT. IN 2017, MADONNA ATTEMPTED TO LEGALLY HALT THE CTN OF SEVERAL OF HER PERSONAL EMS, THEN THE POSSSN OF EX-PERSONAL ASSISTANT DARLENE LUTZ. HOWEVER, THE SGER HAD PREVLY SIGNED A RELEASE OM "ANY AND ALL" FUTURE CLAIMS AGAST HER FORMER IEND AND EMPLOYEE, AND AS A RULT, A JUDGE LED THAT THE DISPUTED CTN ULD NTUE THE FOLLOWG YEAR.THE LIST OF PERSONAL EMS CLUD PANTI AND A HAIRBSH, BUT THE ONE THAT DREW THE MOST ATTENTN WAS A BREAK-UP LETTER OM FORMER BOYIEND TUPAC SHAKUR. IN THE LETTER, THE RAPPER EXPRS HIS FEELGS THAT WHILE DATG A BLACK MAN LIKELY BOOSTED HER REPUTATN FOR BEG "EXCG," HE ONLY STOOD TO SUFFER FOR BEG VOLVED WH A WHE WOMAN. "I NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU," HE WR. "PLEASE UNRSTAND MY PREV POSN AS THAT OF A YOUNG MAN WH LIMED EXPERIENCE WH AN EXTREMELY FAMO SEX SYMBOL."IN AUGT 2018, MADONNA SPARKED MORE HEADL WH HER TRIBUTE TO THE RECENTLY CEASED ARETHA FRANKL AT THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS. AFTER MENTNG THAT FRANKL "CHANGED THE URSE OF MY LIFE," MADONNA LNCHED TO A LENGTHY SIBAR ABOUT HER OWN EARLY MIC REER, SETTG OFF CRICS WHO WONRED WHY SHE WAS G THE TRIBUTE TO TALK ABOUT {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
MADONNA APPEARS RSIAN URT TO FACE ACCATNS SHE ENURAGED GAY SEX BETWEEN MORS

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BY 1991, SHE HAD ACHIEVED 21 TOP 10 HS THE UNED STAT AND SOLD MORE THAN 70 LN ALBUMS TERNATNALLY. IN JANUARY 2008, SHE WAS NAMED THE WORLD'S WEALTHIT FEMALE MICIAN BY FORB MAGAZE.EARLY LIFEMADONNA LOUISE VERONI CICNE WAS BORN BAY CY, MICHIGAN, ON AUGT 16, 1958, TO PARENTS SILV "TONY" CICNE AND MADONNA FORT. TONY, THE SON OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS, WAS THE FIRST OF HIS FAY TO GO TO LLEGE, WHERE HE EARNED A GREE ENGEERG. MADONNA'S MOTHER, AN X-RAY TECHNICIAN AND FORMER DANCER, WAS OF FRENCH CANADIAN SCENT. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE 1955, THE UPLE MOVED TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, TO BE CLOSE TO TONY'S JOB AS A FENSE ENGEER. MADONNA WAS BORN THREE YEARS LATER, DURG A VIS WH FAY BAY CY. THE THIRD OF SIX CHILDREN, MADONNA LEARNED EARLY ON HOW TO HANDLE HER ROLE AS THE MIDDLE CHILD, ADMTG THAT SHE WAS "THE SISSY OF THE FAY" WHO OFTEN ED HER FEME WIL TO GET HER WAY.HER PARENTS' STRICT OBSERVATN OF THE CATHOLIC FAH PLAYED A LARGE ROLE MADONNA'S CHILDHOOD. "MY MOTHER WAS A RELIG ZEALOT," MADONNA EXPLAS. "THERE WERE ALWAYS PRITS AND NUNS MY HOE GROWG UP." MANY ELEMENTS OF CATHOLIC INOGRAPHY — CLUDG HER MOTHER'S STATU OF THE SACRED HEART, THE HABS OF THE NUNS AT HER CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE CATHOLIC ALTAR AT WHICH SHE AND HER FAY PRAYED DAILY — LATER BEME THE SUBJECT OF MADONNA'S MOST NTROVERSIAL WORKS.FAY TRAGEDY: DEATH OF MOTHERANOTHER LARGE FLUENCE ON MADONNA'S EARLY LIFE WAS HER MOTHER, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WH BREAST NCER DURG HER PREGNANCY WH MADONNA'S YOUNGT SISTER. TREATMENT HAD TO BE LAYED UNTIL THE BABY REACHED FULL TERM, BUT BY THEN THE DISEASE HAD GROWN TOO STRONG. ON DECEMBER 1, 1963, AT THE AGE OF 30, MADONNA'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY. MADONNA WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HER MOTHER'S ATH. THE LOSS {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}SIGNIFINTLY AFFECTED MADONNA'S ADOLCENCE. HNTED BY THE MEMORI OF HER MOTHER'S AILTY AND PASSIVE MEANOR DURG HER FAL DAYS, MADONNA WAS TERMED TO MAKE HER OWN VOICE HEARD. "I THK THE BIGGT REASON I WAS ABLE TO EXPRS MYSELF AND NOT BE TIMIDATED WAS BY NOT HAVG A MOTHER," SHE SAYS. "FOR EXAMPLE, MOTHERS TEACH YOU MANNERS. AND I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT LEARN ANY OF THOSE L AND REGULATNS."SHE FOUGHT PECIALLY HARD AGAST THE L IMPOSED BY HER STEPMOTHER, JOAN GTAFSON, WHO MET MADONNA'S FATHER WHILE WORKG AS THE FAY HOEKEEPER. MADONNA SAYS GTAFSON OFTEN MA HER TAKE RE OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN THE HOEHOLD, A TASK SHE GREATLY RENTED. "I REALLY SAW MYSELF AS THE QUTSENTIAL CRELLA," MADONNA LATER SAID. "I THK THAT'S WHEN I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I WANTED TO DO SOMETHG ELSE AND GET AWAY OM ALL THAT." SHE REBELLED AGAST HER TRADNAL UPBRGG BY TURNG HER NSERVATIVE CLOTHG TO REVEALG OUTFS, EQUENTG UNRGROUND GAY NIGHTCLUBS AND REJECTG HER RELIG BACKGROUND.READ MORE: MADONNA SAYS SHE’D BE A 'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON’ IF HER MOM HADN'T DIED YOUNGMIC AND DANCE: LATE 1970SMADONNA BALANCED THE SUBORDATE SI OF HER PERSONALY WH A DRIVE FOR PERFECTNISM AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENT. SHE WAS A STRAIGHT-A STUNT, CHEERLEAR AND DISCIPLED DANCER WHO GRADUATED OM HIGH SCHOOL A SEMTER EARLIER THAN HER PEERS. IN 1976, HER HARD WORK EARNED HER THE ATTENTN OF THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN, WHICH OFFERED HER A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO THEIR DANCE PROGRAM.IN 1977, DURG HER UNRGRADUATE STUDI AT MICHIGAN, MADONNA WAS AWARD A SIX-WEEK SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY WH THE ALV AILEY AMERIN DANCE THEATER NEW YORK CY, FOLLOWED BY A RARE OPPORTUNY TO PERFORM WH CHOREOGRAPHER PEARL LANG 1978. AT THE URGG OF HER DANCE STCTOR, THE BUDDG STAR DROPPED OUT OF LLEGE AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF STUDY TO MOVE TO NEW YORK AND FURTHER HER DANCE REER. ONCE NEW YORK, MADONNA PAID HER RENT WH A HANDFUL OF ODD JOBS, CLUDG NU ART MOLG, SERVG AT THE RSIAN TEA ROOM AND PERFORMG FOR THE AMERIN DANCE CENTER. IN 1979, MADONNA BEGAN DATG DAN GILROY, ONE OF THE FOUNDG MEMBERS OF A SKA-FLUENCED POP-PUNK BAND LLED BREAKFAST CLUB. GILROY TRODUCED MADONNA TO THE HEAD OF A VVILLE REVIEW PARIS, AND SHE SPENT SOME TIME FRANCE WORKG AS A SHOWGIRL. DURG THIS TRIP, SHE FELL LOVE WH THE BATN OF SGG AND PERFORMG. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE UNED STAT 1980, SHE JOED GILROY'S BAND AS S DMMER AND LATER BEME THE LEAD SGER. 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BARBONE SHOWED MADONNA HOW TO NAVIGATE THE MALE-DOMATED WORLD OF THE MIC BS, AND HELPED PUT TOGETHER A STUD BAND THAT ACCENTUATED THE BUDDG STAR'S HIP STYLE. FRIEND STEPHEN BRAY, A MICIAN HER BAND, WROTE HER FIRST H, "EVERYBODY," AND MADONNA ED HER BRASH BS STYLE TO GET THE RERDGS TO NEW YORK MIC PRODUCER MARK KAMS. KAMS THEN HELPED MADONNA SRE A RERD AL WH SIRE RERDS. "EVERYBODY" H NO. 1 ON THE DANCE CHARTS 1982.'MADONNA' ALBUM: 'BORRLE,' 'LUCKY STAR' AND 'HOLIDAY'USG THE SUCCS OF THE SONG AS LEVERAGE, MADONNA NVCED SIRE RERDS TO PRODUCE THE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM MADONNA 1983. THE ALBUM WAS A SLOW BUT STEADY SUCCS, AND CLUD THE H SGL "BORRLE," "LUCKY STAR" AND "HOLIDAY." SOON, GIRLS ALL OVER THE UNTRY WERE IMATG MADONNA'S DISTCT SENSE OF FASHN, WHICH CLUD FISH STOCKGS, LACE LGERIE, FGERLS GLOV AND LARGE CCIFIX NECKLAC. "HOLIDAY" ALSO EARNED THE SGER AN APPEARANCE ON DICK CLARK'S AMERIN BANDSTAND 1984, WHERE SHE TOLD THE HOST THAT HER MA AMBN WAS "TO LE THE WORLD."'LIKE A VIRG,' 'MATERIAL GIRL' AND 'ANGEL'THIS TENSY AND TERMATN WAS APPARENT HER 1985 FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, LIKE A VIRG, WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHART AND WENT PLATUM WH A MONTH. THE TLE TRACK, PRODUCED BY NILE RODGERS, WOULD LATER BE LISTED AS MADONNA'S BIGGT POP H OF ALL TIME, WH THE SONG REMAG ON THE TOP OF THE CHARTS FOR SIX WEEKS. SHE HAD TWO OTHER TOP 5 HS OM THE RERD: THE TONGUE--CHEEK, EMPOWERG "MATERIAL GIRL" AND THE DANCE DTY WH BOUNCE, "ANGEL."'CRAZY FOR YOU'SHE ALSO STARRED HER FIRST MASTREAM FEATURE FILM, DPERATELY SEEKG SAN (1985), AND PERFORMED THE SOUNDTRACK'S SGLE, "INTO THE GROOVE," WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE U.S. DANCE CHARTS. HER NEXT SGLE "CRAZY FOR YOU", WHICH SHE PERFORMED FOR THE 1985 FILM VISN QUT, ALSO BEME A NO. 1 H. SHE THEN STARTED HER FIRST MIC TOUR, THE VIRG TOUR, AND WATCHED 17 NSECUTIVE SONGS CLIMB TO THE TOP 10 ON THE BILLBOARD CHART WHILE ALSO CREATG A WAVE OF INIC MIC VIOS, NSTANTLY RE-CRAFTG HER PERSONA. MOVI AND MORE H SONGS OM THE 1980S AND 1990SOVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MADONNA'S LIFE WAS A WHIRLWD OF ACTIVY. ON AUGT 16, 1985, SHE MARRIED ACTOR SEAN PENN AND -STARRED WH HIM THE FILM SHANGHAI SURPRISE (1986). SHE THEN WENT ON TO STAR THREE MORE MOVI OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS: WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987), BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY (1989) AND DICK TRACY (1990). MADONNA'S SOUNDTRACK ALBUM I'M BREATHLS: MIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE FILM DICK TRACY RULTED TWO TOP 10 HS: "VOGUE" AND "HANKY PANKY." SHE ALSO RELEASED FOUR MORE H ALBUMS: TE BLUE (1986), WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987), YOU CAN DANCE (1987) AND LIKE A PRAYER (1989).READ MORE: THE HOLLYWOOD INS FEATURED MADONNA'S SONG "VOGUE"CONTROVERSI'LIKE A VIRG' MTV VIO MIC AWARDS PERFORMANCEAS ALWAYS, MADONNA MIXED HER DRIVE FOR SUCCS WH HER PENCHANT FOR SNDALO BEHAVR. IT STARTED WH HER NTROVERSIAL 1985 PERFORMANCE OF HER H SGLE "LIKE A VIRG" ON THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS, WHICH VOLVED WRHG AROUND SUGGTIVELY ONSTAGE A WEDDG DRS. THEN ME HER MARRIAGE TO PENN, WHICH WAS MARRED BY REPORTS OF DOMTIC VLENCE AND HIS ASSLT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER — BEHAVR THAT LAND HIM A MONTH'S JAIL TIME AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE UPLE'S VERY PUBLIC DIVORCE.READ MORE: MADONNA’S NOW-FAMO 'LIKE A VIRG' PERFORMANCE WAS THANKS TO A WARDROBE MALFUNCTNPHOTO: FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAG'LIKE A PRAYER' MIC VIOIN 1989, MADONNA'S "LIKE A PRAYER" VIO AIRED ON MTV AS PART OF A LUCRATIVE PEPSI ENDORSEMENT. THE VIO FEATURED TERRACIAL RELATNSHIP THEM, BURNG CROSS AND A BLENDG OF SEXUAL NUENDO AND RELIG IOLOGI. AS A RULT OF THE VIO, POPE JOHN PL II URGED FANS NOT TO ATTEND HER NCERTS ITALY, AND PEPSI PULLED THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THE STAR.DPE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY, MADONNA HAD BEE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. THE LIKE A PRAYER ALBUM SPAWNED A NO. 1 TLE TRACK AS WELL AS ADDNAL HS LIKE "EXPRS YOURSELF," "CHERISH," "KEEP IT TOGETHER" AND "OH FATHER." BY 1991, SHE HAD ACHIEVED 21 TOP 10 HS THE UNED STAT AND SOLD MORE THAN 70 LN ALBUMS TERNATNALLY, GENERATG $1.2 BILLN SAL. COMMTED TO NTROLLG HER REER, MADONNA HELPED FOUND MAVERICK RERDS, A LABEL UNR THE WARNER MIC GROUP, APRIL 1992.'TTH OR DARE' DOCUMENTARYSHE ALSO NTUED TO GA ATTENTN BY PHG SOCIAL BOUNDARI. FIRST ME THE FILM TTH OR DARE (1991), A REVEALG DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER BLON AMBN TOUR. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PUBLISHG OF SEX (1992), A SOFT-RE PORNOGRAPHIC FFEE-TABLE BOOK FEATURG THE POP STAR A VARIETY OF EROTIC POS. DPE S NTROVERSIAL NATURE, SEX SOLD 150,000 PI ON THE DAY OF S RELEASE THE UNED STAT ALONE. THREE DAYS LATER, ALL 1.5 LN PI OF THE FIRST EDN WERE SOLD OUT WORLDWI, MAKG THE MOST SUCCSFUL FFEE TABLE BOOK EVER RELEASED. THE ALBUM EROTI (1992) WAS UNVEILED AT THE SAME TIME AND PROVED EQUALLY SUCCSFUL. BY THE END OF 1993, THE ALBUM HAD REACHED DOUBLE-PLATUM STAT. BEDTIME STORI ME NEXT 1994, WH S GROOVY LEAD SGLE "SECRET" AND THE BETIFULLY MELANCHOLIC "TAKE A BOW."READ MORE: 10 OF MADONNA'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTSMOVI AND MIC: LATE 1990S - PRENT'EVA,' 'IMMACULATE COLLECTN' AND 'MIC' BY 1996, MADONNA HAD PROVEN HER VERSATILY AS A STAR BOTH FILM AND MIC. SHE STARRED THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED SCREEN ADAPTATN OF THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MIL EVA (1996), WHICH ALSO FEATURED ANTON BANRAS. SHE WON A GOLN GLOBE FOR BT PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRS A MOTN PICTURE - COMEDY OR MIL, AND THE FILM SHE PERFORMED "YOU MT LOVE ME," WHICH EARNED AN AMY AWARD FOR MIC, ORIGAL SONG. MADONNA HAD RELEASED THE GREATT HS ALBUM THE IMMACULATE COLLECTN 1990, FOLLOWG THAT YEARS LATER WH SOMETHG TO REMEMBER (1995), A ROUND-UP OF HER BALLADRY THAT CLUD THE NEW SONG "YOU'LL SEE." IN 1998, SHE RELEASED RAY OF LIGHT, A CRILLY-ACCLAIMED OUTG THAT HAD HER LVG TO ELECTRONI AND SPIRUAL EXPLORATN WH THE HELP OF PRODUCER WILLIAM ORB. MORE HS ME THE FORM OF SONGS LIKE "FROZEN" AND "THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE." MADONNA ALSO EARNED THREE GRAMMYS, TWO FOR THE TOP 5 TLE TRACK AND ONE FOR THE RAY OF LIGHT ALBUM SELF. THEN ME MIC (2000), ANOTHER SUCCSFUL ELECTRONIC PROJECT, THIS TIME WH MORE OVERT, UNPREDICTABLE DANCE LEANGS AND THE BULK OF PRODUCTN HANDLED BY FRENCH WHIZ MIRWAIS. SHE ALSO NTUED HER WORK WH ORB, AS SEEN ON A UPLE OF MIC TRACKS AND THE GRAMMY-WNG HOMAGE TO 1960S-PSYCHELIA, "BETIFUL STRANGER," PART OF THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE MOVIE AT POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME. 'AMERIN LIFE'THE POP STAR THEN MA THE MOVE OM THE BIG SCREEN TO THE LONDON WT END STAGE THE PLAY UP FOR GRABS (2002) AND WROTE HER FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK, THE ENGLISH ROS, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED 2003, THE SAME YEAR AS THE RELEASE OF HER ALBUM AMERIN LIFE. MADONNA WAS DUCTED TO THE GURAL U.K. MIC HALL OF FAME 2004, AND HER NEXT ALBUM CONFSNS ON A DANCEFLOOR ME OUT THE FOLLOWG YEAR. AROUND THIS TIME MADONNA BEME THE ARTIST WH THE MOST GOLD-CERTIFIED SGL THE UNED STAT, BEATG THE BEATL' LONGSTANDG RERD.HER PROFSNAL LIFE NTUED TO BOOM: IN JANUARY 2008, SHE WAS NAMED THE WORLD'S WEALTHIT FEMALE MICIAN BY FORB MAGAZE. MADONNA EARNED MUCH OF THIS E OM HER H&M CLOTHG LE, A AL WH NBC TO AIR NCERT FOOTAGE AND HER CONFSNS TOUR — THE HIGHT-GROSSG TOUR FOR A FEMALE ARTIST TO DATE. SHE ALSO NTUED TO SG, ACT AND MANAGE A NUMBER OF BS TERTS, SPLTG HER TIME BETWEEN THE UNED KGDOM AND THE UNED STAT. SHE WAS THE WRER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF I AM BEE WE ARE, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LIV OF MALAWI'S AIDS ORPHANS, AND THE ART-HOE FILM FILTH AND WISDOM, BOTH WH 2008 RELEAS. HER ALBUM HARD CANDY WAS RELEASED APRIL OF THE SAME YEAR, AND HER STICKY AND SWEET TOUR BEME HER FIRST MAJOR VENTURE WH NCERT PROMOTER LIVE NATN.'CELEBRATN'IN 2009, SHE RELEASED A FOURTH GREATT HS ALBUM, CELEBRATN, WHICH BEME MADONNA'S ELEVENTH NO. 1 ALBUM THE UNED KGDOM. WH THE RELEASE OF THE RERD, MADONNA TIED ELVIS PRLEY AS THE SOLO ACT WH MOST NO. 1 ALBUMS THE UNED KGDOM.'W.E.' FILM, SUPER BOWL XLVIIN 2011, MADONNA RELEASED HER LATT FILM PROJECT, W.E., ABOUT THE AMERIN DIVORCéE WALLIS SIMPSON AND HER ROMANCE WH BRA'S KG EDWARD VIII, NTRASTED WH A MORE NTEMPORARY RELATNSHIP. EDWARD GAVE UP HIS CROWN TO MARRY SIMPSON, AND THE UPLE BEME KNOWN AS THE DE AND DUCHS OF WDSOR. WORKG BEHD THE MERA, MADONNA -WROTE AND DIRECTED THIS ROMANTIC DRAMA, WHICH RECEIVED CIDLY MIXED REVIEWS. SHE, HOWEVER, DID PICK UP A GOLN GLOBE FOR AN ORIGAL SONG SHE -WROTE AND SUNG FOR THE FILM, "MASTERPIECE."MADONNA RECEIVED ANOTHER LEWARM RECEPTN WHEN WAS ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD BE PERFORMG AT SUPER BOWL XLVI FEBARY 2012. AHEAD OF THE SHOW, MANY FOOTBALL FANS PLAED ABOUT HER SELECTN AS PART OF THE HALFTIME ENTERTAMENT. SHE PUT ON AN IMPRSIVE SHOW, HOWEVER, WHICH FEATURED HER LATT SGLE "GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUV'." THIS TIME AROUND, WASN'T MADONNA WHO CREATED WAV DURG THE SHOW. HER MIL GUT, M.I.A., PROVOKED AN OUTCRY WHEN SHE ED AN OBSCENE HAND GTURE HER LIVE PERFORMANCE.'MDNA'MADONNA RELEASED HER STUD ALBUM, MDNA, MARCH 2012. ON HER TOUR TO SUPPORT THE RERD, SHE URTED NTROVERSY. MADONNA OCSNALLY FLASHED HER DIENC AND ED NAZI IMAGERY WHILE PERFORMG FRANCE. AT A NCERT ST. PETERSBURG, RSIA, SHE SPOKE OUT SUPPORT OF LGBT RIGHTS, WHICH HAD LAND HER LEGAL TROUBLE. SHE WAS SUED FOR MORE THAN $10 LN FOR BREAKG A LAW AGAST PROMOTG HOMOSEXUALY TO MORS, BUT CHARG WERE LATER DISMISSED. TUMULTUO ROAD TO 'REBEL HEART'THROUGH 2014, MADONNA WAS REPORTEDLY AT WORK ON HER NEXT ALBUM, SAID TO BE LLABORATG WH PRODUCERS LIKE AVICII AND DIPLO AS SEEN VIA INSTAGRAM. IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, HOWEVER, MORE THAN A DOZEN SONGS PLANNED FOR HER 2015 ALBUM REBEL HEART WERE LEAKED ONLE. AN ISRAELI SGER WAS LATER ARRTED AND DICTED FOR THE THEFTS RELATED TO THE LEAK. TO UNTERATTACK THE THEFT, MADONNA RELEASED SIX SONGS ONLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WH THE TRACKS REACHG THE TOP 10 OF ITUN' CHARTS VAR UNTRI. HOWEVER, MORE NTROVERSY FOLLOWED JANUARY WHEN THE SGER RELEASED VIA INSTAGRAM DOCTORED PORTRAS OF PROMENT LEARS AND ARTISTS LIKE NELSON MANLA AND BOB MARLEY BOUND BY BLACK CHORD, MIRRORG THE VER ART OF HER FORTHG ALBUM. IN FEBARY 2015, THERE WAS ANOTHER ALBUM LEAK OF REBEL HEART. THAT MONTH, MADONNA ALSO PERFORMED LEAD SGLE "LIVG FOR LOVE" LIVE AT THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS WH A BULL AND MATADOR THEME. MORE THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, SHE PERFORMED THE SONG AT THE BR AWARDS, BUT FELL DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS DUE TO A WARDROBE MISHAP, WH THE SGER LATER REPORTG THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED OM WHIPLASH. THE OFFICIAL VERSN OF REBEL HEART, MADONNA'S 13TH FULL-LENGTH RELEASE, WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 10, 2015, WH THE LUXE VERSN NSISTG OF 19 TRACKS. THE ALBUM WAS NOTICEABLY MORE STYLISTILLY DIVERSE THAN S PRECSORS TERMS OF MIL PRODUCTN, LYRILLY VEERG OM VIVIDLY SEXUAL PROVOTN AND NTEMPORARY BOASTG TO QUIETER REFLECTN.'MADAME X'AFTER NFIRMG SHE WAS WORKG ON NEW MIC EARLY 2018, THE INIC SGER REVEALED AN APRIL 2019 VIO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT STUD ALBUM NO. 14 WOULD BE TLED MADAME X."MADAME X IS A SECRET AGENT," SHE SAYS THE VIO. "TRAVELG AROUND THE WORLD. CHANGG INTI. FIGHTG FOR EEDOM. BRGG LIGHT TO DARK PLAC. SHE IS A DANCER. A PROFSOR. A HEAD OF STATE. A HOEKEEPER. AN EQUTRIAN. A PRISONER. A STUNT. A MOTHER. A CHILD. A TEACHER. A NUN. A SGER. A SAT. A WHORE. THE SPY THE HOE OF LOVE. I’M MADAME X."SOON AFTERWARD, MADONNA RELEASED THE SGLE "MELLíN," A JOT EFFORT WH COLOMBIAN SGER MALUMA, AND THE DUO TEAMED UP TO LIVER A STEAMY PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG AT THE 2019 BILLBOARD MIC AWARDS. PERSONAL LIFE AND CHILDRENMADONNA WAS MARRIED TO ACTOR SEAN PENN OM 1985 TO 1989. MADONNA BEME A MOTHER 1996, GIVG BIRTH TO LOURS MARIA (LOLA) CICNE LEON, WHOM SHE HAD WH HER LOVER AND PERSONAL TRAER, CARLOS LEON. IN 2000, SHE MARRIED BRISH DIRECTOR GUY RCHIE AND GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SON, ROC JOHN RCHIE, THE SAME YEAR. MADONNA AND RCHIE SPL 2008. ON THE EVE OF HER 50TH BIRTHDAY 2008, MADONNA FACED MORE CHALLENG HER PERSONAL LIFE. SHE SPENT MUCH OF THE PREV YEAR FIGHTG ALLEGATNS THAT SHE CIRCUMVENTED TRADNAL MALAWI LAWS TO BRG HOME HER NEWLY ADOPTED SON, DAVID BANDA, WHOM SHE HAD BEEN RAISG SCE 2006. CRICS ACCED MADONNA OF G HER VAST WEALTH TO FAST-TRACK THE ADOPTN PROCS, A CHARGE SHE VIGOROLY NIED. A ALN OF 67 LOL RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGED THE TERIM CTODY ORR ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXISTG LAWS MALAWI DO NOT ALLOW FOR TERNATNAL ADOPTNS. MADONNA'S APPLITN TO PERMANENTLY ADOPT THE BOY WAS APPROVED BY MALAWAI'S HIGH URT ON MAY 28, 2008, THE POP STAR'S LAWYER SAID. "IT'S A BETIFUL AND POSIVE JUDGMENT," ALAN CHULA TOLD REPORTERS. "FALLY THE URT HAS GRANTED MADONNA FULL ADOPTN RIGHTS OF THE BOY. ... IT'S ALL OVER, THANK GOD." SHE CID TO ADOPT OM MALAWAI AGA, AND JUNE 2009, AFTER ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE, SHE WAS GRANTED CTODY OF MERCY JAM.IN FEBARY 2017, MADONNA ANNOUNCED SHE HAD ADOPTED 4-YEAR-OLD TWS, ESTERE AND STELLE, OM MALAWI, POSTG A PHOTO WH THE GIRLS ON HER INSTAGRAM ACUNT. IN 2017, MADONNA ATTEMPTED TO LEGALLY HALT THE CTN OF SEVERAL OF HER PERSONAL EMS, THEN THE POSSSN OF EX-PERSONAL ASSISTANT DARLENE LUTZ. HOWEVER, THE SGER HAD PREVLY SIGNED A RELEASE OM "ANY AND ALL" FUTURE CLAIMS AGAST HER FORMER IEND AND EMPLOYEE, AND AS A RULT, A JUDGE LED THAT THE DISPUTED CTN ULD NTUE THE FOLLOWG YEAR.THE LIST OF PERSONAL EMS CLUD PANTI AND A HAIRBSH, BUT THE ONE THAT DREW THE MOST ATTENTN WAS A BREAK-UP LETTER OM FORMER BOYIEND TUPAC SHAKUR. IN THE LETTER, THE RAPPER EXPRS HIS FEELGS THAT WHILE DATG A BLACK MAN LIKELY BOOSTED HER REPUTATN FOR BEG "EXCG," HE ONLY STOOD TO SUFFER FOR BEG VOLVED WH A WHE WOMAN. "I NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU," HE WR. "PLEASE UNRSTAND MY PREV POSN AS THAT OF A YOUNG MAN WH LIMED EXPERIENCE WH AN EXTREMELY FAMO SEX SYMBOL."IN AUGT 2018, MADONNA SPARKED MORE HEADL WH HER TRIBUTE TO THE RECENTLY CEASED ARETHA FRANKL AT THE MTV VIO MIC AWARDS. AFTER MENTNG THAT FRANKL "CHANGED THE URSE OF MY LIFE," MADONNA LNCHED TO A LENGTHY SIBAR ABOUT HER OWN EARLY MIC REER, SETTG OFF CRICS WHO WONRED WHY SHE WAS G THE TRIBUTE TO TALK ABOUT {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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