What is Madonna’s real first name?
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, United States. Daughter of a worker of Italian origin, she was only five years old when her mother died. She grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, surrounded by her siblings, and had a difficult childhood. Enrolled in piano lessons, she quickly gave up to devote herself to her true passion, dancing. At 17, she stopped her studies, left Michigan to try her luck in New York.
The beginnings are difficult and the teenager combines odd jobs. She enrolled in dance lessons at the American Dance Center and in 1979 became the drummer for Breakfast Club. At the same time, she goes through auditions. Spotted by the CEO of Sire Records, she released her self-titled debut album in July 1983. With eight songs produced by Reggie Lucas, the album, which sold over ten million copies worldwide, was a huge success. A year later, Madonna released Like A Virgin and confirmed her talent: the album sold 21 million copies worldwide.
Dance, look, attitude, Madonna has an innate sense of provocation. Avant-garde, she has fun with everything and collaborates with the greatest couturiers of the time: Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stella McCartney. In 1985, she took her first steps in the cinema in the film Desperately Seeking Susan. Then the album True Blue, released in 1986, earned him accolades, with some legendary titles such as Papa don’t Preach, La Isla Bonita and Open Your Heart. The tour that follows turns out to be equally triumphant. Released in 1989, Like a Prayer caused a mini-scandal among Catholic associations. A year later, she made another small stint in the cinema by playing Breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy. She rode the wave of her success with, the following year, the airing of the documentary In Bed with Madonna, immediately publishing her erotic photos in her book SEX. His sexual provocations continued with the release in 1992 of his sixth album, Erotica, dark and provocative. But surprise: the sales are not really up to par. Bedtime Stories, in 1994, did not know the expected success either. Her role as Eva Peron in the film Evita ultimately allowed her to return to success. In the absence of the film, the extracts from the soundtrack won the support of the public.
In 2000, she released her eighth album, Music, resolutely electro and produced in part by the former Taxi Girl Mirways, which allowed her to return to success. In 2005, Confessions on a Dancefloor once again propelled Madonna to the forefront. In early 2008, the pop star was inducted into the American Rock Hall of Fame at the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. A year later, she signed her 11th album with Hard Candy, for which she knew how to surround herself with the best artists: Timbaland, Danja Kanye Wet, Justin Timberlake and Pharell Williams. His double compilation, Celebration, released in 2009, ranks No. 1 in sales in Great Britain and even dethroned a certain Elvis Presley in the British charts.
In 2010, Madonna decided to take a break from music and launched her Material Girl clothing line (in collaboration with her daughter Lourdes) and the gym chain, Hard Candy. In May 2011, his first film, Obscénité et Vertu (Filth and Wisdom), a documentary based on his personal experiences (shot in Malawi in May 2007) was presented at the Berlin International Film Festival and then at the Cannes Film Festival. Then it was the turn of her second feature film as director, W.E. (released in May 2012 in France), to be screened at the Venice Film Festival, out of competition. The soundtrack for the film won a Golden Globe for Best Song for a Movie with the title Masterpiece.
Building on this success, in March 2012 she released her twelfth album, MDNA, produced largely with French DJ Martin Solveig and producer William Orbit. But the disc is experiencing disappointing sales. Madonna is working to breathe new life into her on her world tour, the M.D.N.A. Tour, which she began on May 31, 2012 with a concert in Tel Aviv during which she broadcast a video of Marine Le Pen with the swastika. After her recurrence at the Stade de France, the FN candidate then decides to prosecute the singer.
On the other hand, Madonna married actor Sean Penn in 1985. But the couple finally separated four years later. In 1996, she met Carlos Leon, a sports teacher. From their love is born her first daughter, Lourdes Maria, October 14, 1996. In 1999, Madonna appears on the arm with the director Guy Ritchie, with whom she has a son, Rocco, born in August 1999. Guy Ritchie and Madonna are married in December 2000 in Scotland. In October 2006, she adopted a baby boy named David in Malawi. In the same country, she adopted a girl named Mercy James in 2009. In 2008, the divorce between Madonna and Guy Ritchie is pronounced. The singer then appears with Brazilian model Jesus Luz, 28 years her junior. But the couple separated in early 2010.
On February 8, 2017, Madonna confirmed on social media the adoption in Malawi of 4-year-old twins, Stella and Esther.
