Madonna.
LIFE:
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), known as Madonna, is an American pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City for a career in modern dance. After performing as member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and then produced three consecutive number-one studio albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1980s.
Madonna is known for her works that explore religious symbolism and sexual themes which also drew criticism from the Vatican in the late 1980s.[2] In 1992, she founded an entertainment company, Maverick, which published a book of photographs (Sex). She also released a studio album (Erotica) and starred in a film (Body of Evidence) with erotic themes. These works generated negative publicity and coincided with a fall in commercial sales in the 1990s.[3] Madonna's career was revived in 1998, when the release of her album Ray of Light garnered critical acclaim. She subsequently made four consecutive number-one studio albums.
Madonna has acted in 22 films. Although several failed critically and commercially,[4] she earned a Golden Globe Award for her role in the 1996 film Evita. Divorced from actor Sean Penn, Madonna bore a daughter by personal trainer Carlos Leon before marrying film director Guy Ritchie. She and Richie have a son and in 2008 they adopted a second, Malawian David Banda, over media allegations they violated that country's adoption laws.
Madonna has been dubbed "one of the greatest pop acts of all time" and dubbed "The Queen of Pop" by some media.[5][6][7] She is ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million certified albums.[8][9] Guinness World Records list her as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time and the top-earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of over US$400 million, having sold over 200 million records worldwide.[10][11][12] On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[13]
Influences
LEGACY:
Madonna's Catholic background and relationship with her parents were reflected in the album Like a Prayer.[148][149] It is also an evocation of the impact religion had on her career.[150] Her video for the title track contains Catholic symbolism, such as the stigmata. During The Virgin Tour, she wore a rosaryand prayed with it in the music video for "La Isla Bonita".[151]
Madonna has also referred to her Italian heritage in her work. The video for "Like a Virgin", features Venetian settings.[152] The "Open Your Heart" video sees her boss scolding her in Italian. In Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy, the video release of her Who's That Girl Tour, she dedicates the song "Papa Don't Preach" to the Pope ("Papa" is the Italian word for "Pope".)[153]
In 1985, Madonna commented that the first song to ever make a strong impression on her was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra and that it summed up her "take-charge attitude."[154] As a young woman, she attempted to broaden her taste in literature, art, and music, and during this time became interested in classical music. She noted that her favorite style was baroque, and loved Mozart and Chopin because she liked their "feminine quality".[155] In 1999, Madonna identified musical influences that impacted her such as Karen Carpenter, The Supremes and Led Zeppelin, and dancers likeMartha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev.[156] In an interview with The Observer, Madonna professed her inspirations-Detroit natives The Raconteurs and The White Stripes, as well as New York band The Jett Set.[157]
During her childhood, Madonna was inspired by actors, later saying, "I loved Carole Lombard and Judy Holliday and Marilyn Monroe. They were all incredibly funny...and I saw myself in them...my girlishness, my knowingness and my innocence".[154] Her "Material Girl" music video recreated Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and she later studied the screwball comedies of the 1930s, particularly those of Lombard, in preparation for her film Who's That Girl. The video for "Express Yourself" (1989) was inspired by Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis. The video for "Vogue" recreated the style of Hollywood glamour photographers, in particular Horst P. Horst, and imitated the poses of Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard and Rita Hayworth, while the lyrics referenced many of the stars who had inspired her.[158] Among them was Bette Davis, described by Madonna as an idol, along with Louise Brooks and Dita Parlo.[159]
Madonna has been influenced by the art world, most notably by Frida Kahlo.[160] Her 1995 music video to "Bedtime Story" featured images inspired by the paintings of Kahlo andRemedios Varo.[161] Her 2003 video to "Hollywood" was a homage to the work of photographer Guy Bourdin which led to a lawsuit by Bourdin's son due to the use of his father's work without permission.
Madonna quotes (famous 10) from ThinkExist
American Actress and Singer, b.1958
“Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.”
from the movie Evita
“Everybody loves you when they are about to cum.”
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”
“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”
“Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.”
“I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
“When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.”
“Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.”
“Strong women leave big hickies”
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”