A WOMAN CALLED MADONNA

Aug 13
07:42

2008

Juliet Monkish

Juliet Monkish

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Born Madonna Louise Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan, USA, Madonna has been the most successful female recording artist for the last three decades. She is also a well known Hollywood actress.

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Madonna enrolled in ballet classes and was conferred a dance scholarship from the University of Michigan during her growing years.

She dropped out at the end of her sophomore year and she left for New York to pursue dancing in the year 1977.

She worked at Dunkin’ Donuts and also worked as a nude model for students to meet her expenses.

Madonna formed a band with her former boyfriend in the year 1980 and her demo recording was brought to Sire Records’ attention.

Her debut album was ‘Madonna’. Needless to say,A WOMAN CALLED MADONNA Articles this album became a stupendous hit and was rated number 8 on the Billboard 100.

Her next album, LIKE A VIRGIN, became her first number one hit song and Madonna became an international icon.

With regards to her dressing styles, teenage girls all over the place were trying to copy Madonna.

In the year 1985, Madonna tried her stint in acting in Hollywood. Although she had a brief appearance in Vision Quest, Madonna got a full fledged role in Desperately Seeking Susan where she plays the title role of Susan.

Playboy and Penthouse magazines published nude black and white photos of Madonna that she had taken in the seventies. Even though Madonna was pretty upset about this, there was nothing that she could do to stop the magazines from being released.

Some years later, Madonna released the controversial book SEX which had nude pictures of her in sexually compromising positions with men.

Madonna went on a world tour known as Blonde Ambition World Tour, in the year1990, which had performances of Like A Virgin.  Her body was stroked gently by two male dancers in the tour to simulate masturbation. Needless to say, the tour was a great success.

Madonna met filmmaker and her future husband, Guy Ritchie in the year 1999. She gave birth to their first child in the year 2000. She named her son, Rocco.

Madonna also has a daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship. Her husband, Guy Ritchie is the stepfather of Madonna’s daughter. She also adopted a child of Malawian descent when she made a trip to his native place.    

Guy Ritchie and Madonna have homes in London, New York, Los Angeles and a country retreat, Ashcombe House in Wiltshire.

Today, Madonna resides with her husband and her three children in England. She still writes music and spends a great deal of time studying her hobby, the Kabbalah, which she says that it takes a lot of time and energy.

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