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Madonna

Genre: Dance Pop

Genre: Pop, Dance, R&B, Disco

Member(s): Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

Label(s): Maverick, Sire Records, Interscope Records, Warner Bros, Warner Music Group, Live Nation

Country: US

Info:
Official Website Madonna: www.madonna.com
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Info and biography of Madonna
Madonna, born the 16th of August in 1958, is also called 'The Queen of Pop' because of her extensive career as singer songwriter and she's the best selling female music artist in history and Madonna songs are always in the genre of Pop. Beside singing and making music she's also an actress, a dancer, an author, entertainer and a business woman. Madonna has also become a symbol of feminism and supports the women's rights. Together with Everybody'. Due to MTV she was able to make herself an image, with success. In 1983 her first album named 'Madonna' was released with the mega hit 'Holiday' on it. In 1984 the world was ready for a second album release, 'Like a Virgin' and instant hit. Madonna songs are always popular and very commercial.

Carreer beginnings and paparazzi
In 1985 she made her debut in the film industry and made 2 songs 'Crazy for You' and 'Gambler' for the movie 'Vision Quest'. She also played a role in the film 'Desperately Seeking Susan', for this film she made the song 'Into the Groove'.
In 1985 some naked photo's where drained and published from the time she had an extra income by posing for students at the academic for art in New York.
On 16 August 1985, on her 27th birthday, she married with Sean Penn. She received a negative reputation because of their attitude against the media, mostly because of Penns' aggression against paparazzi.

Period of rest
After these vicissitudes she took a period of rest. Some months later, in 1986, she released the album 'True Blue' together with a new look: short blond hear and no lingerie or bracelets anymore. This new images has been seen for the first time in the video-clip of 'Papa Don't Preach'.
In 1987 Madonna started her first world-tour called 'Who's That Girl World Tour'.
After releasing the 'You Can Dance' album that didn't sell very well in 1998, she took a short pause to play a drama on Broadway.
In 1989 Madonna changed her looks again. Now she's got her original dark hair again. And with that new look a new album 'Like a Prayer' was released. The video-clip for the lead single on that album caused a lot of lifting. In the video you can see how Madonna accidentally is a witnesses of a rape and murder for which another passerby wrongly is accused and arrested. Madonna visits a church, where a statue of St. Martin de Porres comes to life and kiss her passionated. Than Madonna indicate the real perpetrator, after the wrongly accused man (who is represented by the statue of Martin de Porres) is released. The Vatican called it a blasphemous video because of the mixture of eroticism and Catholic symbols. Pepsi Cola pledged a million contract with Madonna because of that video-clip. Despite (or because of) this controversy, the single was a worldwide number one hit.

Vogue, movies and plagiarism
In 1990 she had a role as Breathless Mahoney in the film 'Dick Tracy' and scored with a new hit called 'Vogue'. The song came from the album 'I'm Breathless' and refers to the movie. The song 'Vogue' wasn't intended to be released as a single and was first made for the B-side of the 'Keep It Together' single. But when she let this song hear to the music executives they anonymous agree that 'Vogue' was to good for a B-side, so they decided to release a Single for that song. For this pop song, Madonna was acquitted of plagiarism. In th song 'Vogue' there's a moment that you could hear the sound of horns that in the early eighties was used for 'Love Break'. Shep Pettibone was as a producer involved in both recordings. He wasn't aware of any harm.
According to of Pettibone, Madonna and the record label are innocent. Two of the three judges found the fragment so short, 0.23 seconds, that it can never have noticed an ordinary listener that it is not original.

The Blond Ambition Tour and sexual content
In 1990, she started her 2nd world-tour 'The Blond Ambition Tour', a perfect directed show. But the tour had a side effect. Many people complained of the many sexual behavior on the scene mostly in the performance of the song 'Like a Virgin'. Madonna groped her (covered) breasts during the songs, grabs her crotch and at the end of the song she simulates an orgasm by violent pounding on the bed while she gets groped by two background dancers. Madonna refuses to modify or delete the song from her show and performed the number anyway. The show was controversial because there where Catholic symbols used like a cross, priest and nun cloths while the show counts many cursing and sexuality. For that reason Pope Johannes Paulus II called the people in Rome to boycott the show. And he succeeded, the show had been canceled. Madonna was furious that someone could judge that way without having seen the show. Therefore, she invited the pope, to attend one of her shows in Rome. As expected, he refused the offer. Her next album is apparently dedicated to him. Since then, relations have not improved between Madonna and the Vatican.
In 1990 she released her first 'Greatest Hits' album: 'The Immaculate Collection' dedicated to the Pope. This is the very first album that is mixed in Q-sound, so listeners can hear the music in 3 dimensional style. All the tracks were remixed by Shep Pettibone together with 2 new tracks 'Rescue Me' and 'Justify My Love' in co-operation with Rescue Me' was boycott by MTV because of the explicit character. Because of that Madonna released the videocassette, the first video single ever. 400.000 copies where sold of this video clip. The clip also shows her boyfriend, from that moment, Tony Ward that she got as a birthday present. He is primarily known as a nude model for gay magazines and movies.

The Documentary and the birth of her first child in the early 90's
In 1991 Madonna played the main-role in a documentary named 'Truth or Dare' about her life during the 'Blond Ambition Tour' in 1990. In this documentary you can see her ambitions and soft side of her character. The docu-film became a world wide success and sits in the top 5 of highest grossing documentaries of all time with a yield of more than 29 million dollar.
1992, a new album 'Erotica' released by her own new label 'Maverick'. The producer, Shep Pettibone, and Madonna go a little bit in the direction of techno, new-wave and house with the songs: Erotica, Deeper and Deeper, Fever, Bye, Bye Baby, Bad Girl and Rain. Madonna wanted to how totally naked for the cover of the album but Warner Music did not agree with this. Instead a detail of one of the pictures from the book 'Sex' was chosen for the cover. This book was released shortly after she released the album. The book counts many of her erotic fantasy's clarified with pictures and text. The title of the book had to be 'X' but because a movie of the live of Malcolm X that would soon be released, she decided to give her book another name.
Her third tour in 1993, titled 'The Girlie Show', counts many circus elements and a topless pole dancer who opens the show. Because of the sexual tinted elements Madonna decided to do no European city's accept London and Paris.
In 1994, the song 'Human Nature' together with the album 'Bedtime Stories' was released. With this song she attacks all her critics who criticized that she could not talk about sex. She responded with the words at the end of the video-clip of 'Human Nature' with: 'Absolutely No Regrets' this phrase must assume that she just continues doing like she does.
1995: a new compilation CD called 'Something To Remember' was released with her favorite ballads and 3 new songs 'You'll See', 'One More Chance' and 'I Want You'.
In 1996, Madonna give birth to her first child 'Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon'. This while the recordings of the film 'Evita' where held where she played the main-role.
Ray of Light, the title of a new album, together with the new single 'Frozen' released in March 1998 was a time for change. A new style with more electronic sounds combined with an other style of lyrics. This was mainly by the influence of her producer Mother and Father' she sings about her loss of her mother. The song 'Intervention' was dedicated to her son Rocco.

MTV Awards of 2003 and the Re-Invention Tour
At the MTV Awards in September 2003, Madonna, Like A Virgin' and 'Hollywood'. This 'cooperation' seems to work great, because for Me Against The Music.
In 2004 the 'Re-Invention Tour' took place. The tour was mainly in the US and some great European city's like Arnhem, Lissabon, Paris and London.
On the 2nth of July in 2005, Madonna performed in the London Hyde Park during the biggest pop-concert ever, Live 8, for more than 200.000 people and 3 milliard viewers on TV and Internet.
A new album, Hung Up', she used a sample from an ABBA-song called 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)'.

Plagiarism
On 18 November 2005, Madonna was convicted of plagiarism in Belgium for the first 4 bars of music of her song ''Frozen' from 1998. Because it was the same as that of the song 'Ma vie fout le camp' by the Belgian componist Salvatore Acquaviva. With as result that all the CD's and DVD's that counts the song 'Frozen' where removed from the racks and it may not be played on radio and television anymore in Belgium.
In 2006, Madonna did a new world tour called 'Confessions Tour'. The performance was again very controversial because she ride here dancers like horses and did simulate a crucifixion. This tour was made to promote here hit album Beautiful Game' was released the 7th of May 2018. This will be the lead song of her 14th studio album that is in the making.

Albums

American Life

American Life (Bonus Edition)

American Pie

Beautiful Stranger

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Story

Bestseller

Blond Ambition

Blond Ambition '90

Breathless

Celebration

Celebration - Special Edition

Ciao Italia

Confession on a Dance Floor

Confessions on a Dance Floor

Crazy for You

Dance Collection

Dance Collection 2001

Dance Hits & Remixes

Dance Mix

Deeper and Deeper

Diamond Collection

Dick Tracy

Die Another Day

Early Years

En Vogue

Erotica

Finally Enough Love

Frozen

GHV2

Greatest Hits vol. 1

Greatest Hits vol. 2

Hard Candy

Hips Don't Lie

Hit Collection

Human Nature

Hung Up

Iconic (Unapologetic Bitch)

I'm Breathless

I'm Breathless (Music from and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy)

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret

Immaculate Collection

Immaculate Continuation

Into the Groove

Invisible (Live at Detroit)

Like a Prayer

Like A Prayer (30th Anniversary)

Like a Virgin

Like Virgin

Madame X

Madame X - Music From The Theater Xperience (Live)

Madonna

Magic Collection

MDNA

Music

Music (Int'l)

Music World

New Best Ballads

Platinum Collection 2000

Platinum Collection 2001

Platinum Collection '99

Pussy Talkin'

Ray of Light

Rebel

Rebel Heart

Rebel Heart Tour

Remixed & Revisited

Romantic Ballads

Ses Succés

Singles Collection

Something to Remember

Sticky & Sweet Tour

Super Huge Star

Take a Bow

The 2002 Ultimate Songs Collection

The Best 2000

The Best of Madonna

The Best vol. 1

The Best vol. 2

The Confessions Tour

The Erotica Versions vol. 1

The Erotica Versions vol. 2

The First Album

The Greatest Hits

The Greatest Movie Hits

The Immaculate Collection

The Music of Madonna

The Power of Good-Bye

The Very Best Of

The Very Best of Madonna

The Very Best of Top Queen

The Very Best vol. 2

This Is Me

Through Time

Time Stood Still

True Blue

Ultimate Collection

USA 1985 - 1990

vol. 1

vol. 2

What It Feels Like for a Girl

You Can Dance

You Can Dance (Single Edits)

Who's That Girl?

Who's That Girl? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones

GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2

EPs

Deeper and Deeper

Don't Cry For Me Argentina

Rain

Bad Girl / Fever

Remixes

Madonna - Bye, Bye Baby (Madonna Gets Hardcore)

Singles

American Pie

Hung Up

Sorry (CD-Single)

Songs

1

13

24 Hours

A Dick's Introduction

Across the Sky

Act of Contrition

Addicted

After Show

Ain't No Big Deal

All Around the World

All by Myself

All Remember

All the Things

Alone with You

Amazing

American Life

American Me

American Mix

American Pie

An Excerpt from 'Tears of a Clown'

Anastacia

Angel

Angels with Dirty Faces

Animal

Another Suitcase in Another Hall

Are You Ready for It?

Arioso

Artistic

At-Titude

Autotune Baby

Auto-Tune Baby

Back in Business

Back That Up to the Beat

Bad Girl

Ballads Mix

Bang Bang

Batuka

Be Careful

Beat Goes On

Beat Goes On Medley

Beautiful Game

Beautiful Killer

Beautiful Scars

Beautiful Stranger

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Story

Bells Ringing

Best Friend

Best Night

Best Thing Ever

Between the Bars

Bike Ride

Birthday Party

Bittersweet

Body Shop

Borderline

Borrowed Time

Boum

Breathwork

Britney Don't Do It

Broken (I'm Sorry)

Brother and Sister

Buenos Aires

Burning Up

Bye, Bye Baby

Candy Perfume Girl

Candy Shop

Can't Get You Out of My Head

Can't Stop

Causing a Commotion

Celebrate with Madonna

Celebration

Chaos

Cherish

Chicago

Christina Aguilera

Classic Megamix

Come Alive

Confessions

Cool Song

Crazy

Crazy for You

Cream

Creativity

Credits

Crimes of Passion

Crossing Over

Cry Baby

Cusing a Commotion

Cyber-Raga

Dance 2night

Dark Ballet

Dear Father

Dear Jessie

Deeper and Deeper

Deeper and Deeper Edit)

Desperately seeking Susan - Into the groove

Devil Pray

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You

Did You Do It

Did You Do It?

Die Another Day

Die Another Day 2008

Dikkie's Having A Lovebreak Medley 2003

Doli Doli

Don t Tell Me

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Don't Make Me Love You ('Til I'm Ready)

Don't Stop

Don't Talk Just Kiss

Don't Tell Me

Don't You Know

Don't You Know?

Dou't Cry Jor Me Argentina

Dress You Up

Dress You Up in My Love

Drowned World (Substitute for Love)

Drowning

Dublin

Each Time You Break My Heart

Easy Ride

El Coco Loco (So So Bad)

Erotic

Erotic Candy Shop

Erotica

Eva's Final Broadcast

Everybody

Everybody Is a Star

Express Yourself

Extreme Occident

Falling Free

Family Afair

Fans Singing in Paris

Fantasy

Favoriet 1

Fever

Fighting Spirit

Finale

Fire In Ya Eyes

Flirtation Dance

Forbidden Love

Forever and Always

Freedom

Freedom 2014

Freedom '94

French Trilogy

Frozen

Frozen on Fire

Funana

Funky Oldie Mix

Funny Song

Future

Future Lovers

Gambler

Gang Bang

Get Gogether

Get Into the Groove

Get Stupid

Get Stupid Medley

Get Together

Get Up

Ghetto Techno Music

Ghosttown

GHV2 Megamix

GHV2 Thunderpuss Megamix

Girl Gone Wild

Give It 2 Me

Give It to Me

Give Me All Your Luvin'

God Control

God Is Love

Going Bananas

Gone

Gone Gone Gone

Goodbye to Innocence

Graffiti Heart

Habibi Tal Alyea

Hallelujah

Hanky Panky

Hard Candy produced by RMG (Roame

Hardest Candy

Has to Be

Has to Be 1

Has to Be 2

He Is a Man

He Power of Good-Bye

Hear Me

Heartbeat

HeartBreakCity

Heaven

Heavenly Mix

Hello and Goodbye

He's a Man

Hey Mister

Hey Mr. DJ

Hey You

High Society

History

Hold Tight

Holiday

Holiday Megamedley

Holiday Mix

Holiday Pt 1

Holiday Pt 2

Holiday Pt1

Hollywood

Holy Water

How High

Human Nature

Hung Up

I Always Get My Man

I Can't Forget

I Deserve 97

I Deserve It

I Don't Give A

I Don't Search I Find

I F Ked Up

I Fucked Up

I Got You Babe

I Have The Key

I Know It

I ll Remember

I Love New York

I Love You Most of All

I Rise

I Want You

I Want Your Vogue

Iconic

I'd Rather Be Your Lover

If You Forget Me

If You Go Away

I'll Be Gone

I'll Remember

Illuminati

I'm a Prisoner

I'm a Sinner

I'm Addicted

I'm Crazy for You

I'm Following You

I'm Going Bananas

I'm In Love With Love

I'm So Stupid

I'm too Sexy

Image

Imagine

Impressive

Impressive Instant

In The Beginning

In This Life

In This Live

Incredible

Infinity

Inside of Me

Inside Out

Intervention

Interview

Interview with Molly Meldrum, 1985

Into the Groove

Into the Groove 1999

Into the Groove 2008

Into the Groove Megamedley

Into to the Groove

Intro

Intro - Express Yourself

Isaac

Israel

It Hurts

It's So Cool

Jimmy Jimmy

Joan of Arc

Joe

Jou Must Love You

Jump

Jusitfy My Love

Just a Dream

Justify My Love

Justify My Love With Rap

Keep It Together

Keep the Trance

Killers Who Are Partying

Kiss

La Isla Bonita

La Isla Bonita 2008

La Petite Jeune Fille

La Vie en rose

Lament

Land of the Free

Las Vegas

Latte

Laugh to Keep From Crying

Let Down Your Guard

Let It Be

Let It Will Be

Let's Go Dancing

Lika a Virgin

Like A Flower

Like a Prayer

Like a Prayer 2008

Like A Prayer Dance Megamix Part 1

Like a Prayer Megamedley

Like a Virgin

Like a Virgin Waltz

Like an Angel Passing Through My Room

Like It or Not

Lily Was Here

Liquid Love

Lire It or Not

Lisbon

Little Boy

Little Boy Lost

Little By Little

Little Girl

Little Star

Live Here Anymore

Live to Tell

Living for Love

Living For Love (The Remixes 2)

Lo que siente la mujer

Lo Que Siente la Mujer (What It Feels Like for a Girl)

London

Looking for Mercy

Los Angeles

Lotsa de Casha

Love Dont Live Anymore Megamedley

Love Don't Live Here

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Love Express

Love For Tender

Love Makes the World Go Round

Love On The Run

Love Profusion

Love Song

Love Spent

Love Tried to Welcome Me

Love Won't Wait

Lucky Star

Madonna

Madonna Megamix

Madonna MegaMix by DMC

Madonna MegaMix Classic by DMC

Madonna Power Medley

Madonna Talks

Make Me Feel

Make The Devil Pray

Making Of Hung Up

Making Of Sorry

Mary Had a Little Boy

Masterpiece

Material Girl

Me Against the Music

Medellín

Medley

Megamix

Mega-Mix

Megamix 2001

Megapartymix Madonna Classico Part 1

Megapartymix Madonna Classico Part 2

Mer Girl

Mer Girl Part I

Mer Girl Part II

Messiah

Miami

Miles Away

Miles Away - The Remixes

Miss You

Modonna Talks Again

Monte's Guitar Faces

More

Mother and Father

Mr Peabody's Apples

Music

Music 2008

Music Inferno

Music Spoken Promo

Musik - The Megamix Part 1

Musik (A) The Megamix Part 2

My Baby

Never Let You Go

Never Love a Stranger

New Megamix

New York

No Substitute for Love

No Time For Love

Nobody Knows Me

Nobody's Perfect

Nothing Compares 2 U

Nothing Fails

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Really Matters

Now I'm Following You

Now I'm Following You (Part I)

Now I'm Following You (Part II)

Now I'm Following You, Part 1

Now I'm Following You, Part 2

Now I'm Following You, Part I

Now I'm Following You, Part II

Oh Father

On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 2

On the Ground

On Tour With Madonna

One More Chance

Ooops Up

Open Your Heart

Over and Over

Papa Don't Preach

Paradise (Not for Me)

Paris

Partido Feminista

Pharrel

Physical Attraction

Power

Power of Good-Bye

Pray for Spanish Eyes

Prayer

Pretender

Promise to Try

Push

Queen

Rain

Rain Dance

Rainbow High

Ray of Light

Ray of Light Remix by DMC

Rebel Heart

Rebel Heart Tour Intro

Rebel Rebel

Redemption Song

Rehearsal Cuts

Remembering Your Touch

Rescue Me

Revenge

Revolution

Revolver

Rhythm Is a Dancer

Richard Ashcroft

Ricky Martin

Ring My Bell

Ronan Keating

Run

Runaway Lover

S.E.X

S.E.X.

Safe Neighborhood

Sanctuary

Santa Baby

Saving The World

Score

Secret

Secret - The UltraRemix

Secret Garden

Segment One

Segment Two

Send In The Clowns

Set The Right

Shake

Shame

Shanti

Shanti (Ashtangi)

She's Not Me

Shine A Light

Shoe Bee Doo

Shoo-Bee-Doo

Shoo‐Bee‐Doo

Sisquo

Skin

Sky Fits Heaven

So Far Away

So Lonely

Society

Some Girls

Something Got Me Started

Something to Remember

Soon or Later

Sooner or Later

Sorry

Sorry (DJ Version)

Sorry Beat

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Lesson

Spanish Lessons

Special Q & A

Spotlight

Stars

Stars All Seem to Weep

Stay

Step by Step

Substitute for Love

Super Pop

Supernatural

Superpop

Superstar

Suprrnatural

Surprise

Survival

Swayambhu

Sweet Darling

Swim

Take a Bonita

Take a Bow

Take A Day

Take It Back

The Adventures of Abdi

The Beast Within

The Beast Within Remix

The Beat Goes On

The English Roses

The Erotic Mix

The Evidence

The Funny Song

The Game

The Girl From Ipanema

The Lady Is a Tramp

The Look of Love

The Other Side

The Power of Good-Bye

The Power of Good‐Bye

The Power of Love

Thief of Hearts

Think of Me

This Used to Be My Playground

Tho Power of Goodbye

Till Death Do Us Part

Time After Time

Time Stood Still

Time to Dance

To Have and Hold

To Have and Not to Hold

Toni Braxton

Toxic

Tragic Girl

Triggering (Your Senses)

True Blue

Trust No Bitch

Turn It Up

Turn Up the Radio

Two Steps Behind Me

U Got the Look

Unapologetic Bitch

Up Down Suite

Veras

Verás

Video Clip From Today Show Interview

Video Footage of Madonna Reading Mr Peabody's Apples

Video Interview

Vocal Coach

Vogue

Vogue 2008

Vogue Megamedley

Vogue Vinyl

Voices

Wailing Wall

Waiting

Waltz for Eva and Che

Wash All Over Me

Welcome to My Fado Club

What Can You Lose

What Can You Lose?

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Where Life Begins

Where's the Party

White Heat

Who's That Girl?

Why Is It So Hard?

Woman

Wonderland

Words

WTF?

X-Static Process

Yakov and the Seven Thieves

You Are the Key

You Are The One

You Must Love Me

You Thrill Me

You Will See

You'll See

You'll Stay

Your Honesty

Billie Jean / Like a Virgin

Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes Footage

Dress You Up / Into the Groove

Drowned World / Substitute for Love

Drowned World/Substitute for Love

Everybody Is a Star / Everybody

Future Love / I Feel Love

Future Lovers / I Feel Love

Girl Gone Wild (Promo Only intro edit) [Justin Cognito remix]

Hey You / Ray of Light / La Isla Bonita (feat. Eugene Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev) / Hung Up

Holy Water / Vogue

Impressive Instant (Peter Rauhofer's Universal Radio Mixshow Mix) [2022 Remaster]

Interlude: Madonna's Thought

Interlude: My Country 'Tis Of Thee

Intro / Candy Shop

Intro: I Went To New York

Intro: The Girlie Theme

Introduction / The Girlie Show Theme

La Isla Bonita / Lela Pala Tute

Legend: Madonna, Part 3

Like A Virgin / Can't Help Myself

Live to Tell / Oh Father

Me Darava/Doli Doli

Nothing Compares 2 U/Purple Rain

Oh, Father / Papa Don't Preach

Outro: The Girlie Theme

Rain/Here Comes the Rain Again

Ray of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet Mix Edit) [2022 Remaster]

Shanti / Ashtangi

Steve / Stuart in L.A.

Steve /Stuart in Paris

Susan MacLeod / Into the Groove

Take On Me/La Bamba

Turn Up the Radio (Promo Only intro edit) [Promo Only Cahill intro edit]

White Heat / Perry Mason Theme

You Must Love Me/Don't Cry For Me Argentina

Maxi-Singles

American Pie

Get Together

Get Together (U.S. Maxi Single)

Hollywood

Human Nature

Jump (UK CD Single 2)

Jump (US Maxi-CD)

Nothing Really Matters

Sorry