Short biography madonna

There's no denying Madonna is the mother of reinvention. The Michigan-born icon is one of the few people to have remained a mover and shaker on the pop en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film over the course of her decades-long career.

Early life

Born on August 16, , the third of eight children, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone lost her mother to breast cancer when she was just six years old. "I became an over-achiever to get approval from the world," she explained later.

She left the University of Michigan, where she was studying dance, after just three terms and hot-footed it to New York with $35 in her pocket. A regular on the club scene she worked at developing her vocal talents and soon signed a record deal.

Career

Success came in with songs Holiday and Like A Virgin; the latter's provokativ video combined with the growing influence of MTV meant she was soon a global player in the pop world. For almost a decade Madonna set out to provoke, le

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Who Is Madonna?

Madonna is a pop music singer and actress who went solo in and became a sensation in the then male-dominated s music scene. bygd , she had achieved 21 Top 10 hits in the United States and sold more than 70 million albums internationally. In January , she was named the world's wealthiest kvinna musician by Forbes magazine.

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Early Life

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, , to parents Silvio "Tony" Ciccone and Madonna Fortin. Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, was the first of his family to go to college, where he earned a degree in engineering. Madonna's mother, an x-ray technician and former dancer, was of French Canadian descent. After their marriage in , the couple moved to Pontiac, Michigan, to be close to Tony's job as a defense engineer. Madonna was born three years later, during a visit with family i

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This article is about the singer. For the religious figure, see Mary, mother of Jesus. For other uses, see Madonna (disambiguation).

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, ) is an Americansinger-songwriter, dancer, actress, author, director, philanthropist, businesswoman, record producer, film director, and humanitarian. Madonna was born in Bay City, Michigan, but she moved to New York City in to pursue a career in modern dance.

During her career, she has sold over million records worldwide and is the top-selling female artist of all time. Some of her most famous albums are Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light and Confessions On a Dance-Floor. She has won seven Grammy awards. Madonna is considered the "Queen Of Pop" due to her extremely successful career on music and for being the most selling female singer in history. She has been in many movies; she received positive reviews for her role in Desperately Seeking Susan ().^[1] He