tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775044026124425352024-02-19T04:18:17.564-08:00Madonna Louise Cicconeslavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-84070237831515875822010-04-26T12:07:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:07:37.192-07:00List of unreleased Madonna songsConditions for listing here<br />
Studio quality recording by Madonna.<br />
Not commercially or promotionally released by a reputable label.<br />
Documented demo versions of songs not released in any form.<br />
Early demo versions of released songs where there is a substantial difference to the released versions (such as completely different melody). This might normally involve early versions with different writers/producers than the released version.<br />
Officially commissioned and Madonna-related professional remix not chosen for release.<br />
Not included in this listing<br />
Early demo versions or working versions of songs ultimately released where differences are not substantial (e.g. the differences relate to structure arrangement, lyrics, instrumentation).<br />
Songs that Madonna co-wrote but never recorded herself.<br />
Live concert recordings such as her 2004 performance of the John Lennon song "Imagine", or versions of songs used for rehearsals (or backing) for live performances.<br />
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Portions of cover songs/her performances on TV appearances such as "Cook and F**K" for David Letterman.<br />
Hearsay reports, rumors with little or no documentation.<br />
Remixes not officially commissioned by Madonna and her record company, such as white label DJ mixes like "Rain" by Razor and Guido (professional or amateur).<br />
Pre-Stardom songs already legally released such as "Crimes of Passion" from the album Pre-Madonna or tracks with Otto von Wernherr like "Cosmic Climb".<br />
Her released guest-backing vocal appearances for artists like Peter Cetera.<br />
[edit]References<br />
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^ Walters, Barry (2006-06-01). "Crucifixes, Leather and Hits". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ "U2, Madonna Top Concert Industry Awards Nominees". Pollstar. 2001-12-17. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5366510.stm<br />
^ "Madonna Tour Gets Top 'Backstage Pass' Honor". Billboard. 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS216200+02-Sep-2009+PRN20090902<br />
^ Young, Tom (2007-02-21). "BBC - Pop/Chart Review - Madonna, The Confessions Tour". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ Waddell, Ray (2006-09-20). "Madonna's 'Confessions' Tour Sets Record". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ Barnes, Ken (2006-09-20). "Madonna sets female tour record". Listen Up. USA Today. Retrieved 2008-07-13.<br />
^ Live Nation Global Touring (2008-12-22). "Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet Tour': #1 Grossing Tour in History for Solo Artist". Press release. Retrieved 2008-12-27.<br />
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List of highest grossing concert tours<br />
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Madonna · It's That Girl · She's Breathless · The Immaculate Collection · Rays of Light · The Video Collection 93:99 · The Madonna Collection · The Ultimate Collection · Celebration: The Video Collection<br />
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"Justify My Love" · "Ray of Light" · "Music" · "What It Feels Like for a Girl"<br />
Live releases<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Live - The Virgin Tour · Who's That Girl - Live in Japan · Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy · Blond Ambition - Japan Tour 90 · Live! - Blond Ambition World Tour 90 · Truth or Dare · The Girlie Show - Live Down Under · Drowned World Tour 2001 · I'm Going to Tell You a Secret · The Confessions Tour · Sticky & Sweet Tour<br />
Concert tours<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
The Virgin Tour · Who's That Girl World Tour · Blond Ambition World Tour · The Girlie Show World Tour · Drowned World Tour · Re-Invention World Tour · Confessions Tour · Sticky & Sweet Tour<br />
Motion pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
A Certain Sacrifice · Vision Quest · Desperately Seeking Susan · Shanghai Surprise · Who's That Girl · Bloodhounds of Broadway · Dick Tracy · Shadows and Fog · A League of Their Own · Body of Evidence · Dangerous Game · Four Rooms · Girl 6 · Evita · The Next Best Thing · Swept Away · Die Another Day · Arthur and the Invisibles · Filth and Wisdom<br />
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Truth or Dare · Sex · I'm Going to Tell You a Secret · I Am Because We Are<br />
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Pre-stardom recordings 1979–1981<br />
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[edit]Solo and with various New York rock bands<br />
No Running In The City and All My Love, appear on a 1979 acoustic solo demo tape alongside early versions of Simon Says, Shine A Light (introduced as Hear Me), Little Boy Lost, Safe Neighbourhood, Love Express, three instrumentals and two takes of an unknown and un-named song. The tape orginates from the post-Breakfast Club / pre-Emmy period when Madonna was recruiting musicians for her own ensemble. The full story of the tape - remarkable as it is performed almost entirely solo with Madonna playing guitar and singing - appears in the March 2009 issue of UK magazine Record Collector.<br />
Born To Be a Dancer, an alternate version of Over & Over, Tell The Truth, and I Got Trouble (Roll Over It) taken from Dan and Ed Gilroy's private tapes (1979). Audio excerpts were made avaliable by Andrew Morton on The Daily Beast news reporting and opinion website in 2009 as "The Gilroys' Lost Madonna Tapes". Another song not made avaliable; Trouble is remembered by Ed Gilroy as the first song Madonna wrote (instead of "Tell The Truth", as Madonna recalls).<br />
(I Like) Love For Tender, No Time for Love, Bells Ringing and Drowning are all featured on Madonna's studio demo tape with the band Emmy and the Emmy's in 1980. Other Emmy tracks such as Simon Says are not included here because they were either live recordings or already legally released on a small indie label. They belong listed on the Madonna discography page. NOTE: A studio version of Simon Says is included on the Shamrock Tape. See below for corrected track listing.<br />
Hothouse Flower; and Simon Says; and I Got Trouble (Roll Over It); and Tell The Truth; and Oh Oh (The Sky Is Blue); and Nobody Wants To Be Alone (Once I Thought I Was Good); and Well Well - early recordings recorded on "Shamrock" reel-to-reel tape. Recently auctioned to private owner. Tell The Truth was allegedly the very first song Madonna ever recorded (with the help of Dan Gilroy of the band the Breakfast Club). In 2005 Madonna sang the chorus of Tell The Truth during an interview with Parkinson on UK TV.<br />
Prisoner; and Head Over Heels; and Get Away; and Call On Me; - possible early recordings from the Emmys era; Those titles are listed on a hand written set-list spotted in some pictures of a 1980/1981 live gig. Those pictures are famous among collectors as being related to the Underground Club performance. There is actually no evidence that Madonna recorded those songs on tape, they could be compositions written and intended just for live concerts; Some audio-tape from rehearsals (featuring those songs) may or may not exist. The existence of these tracks is confirmed as being on the actual set-list. Those Underground Club pictures can be seen in a large number of fan sites' photo-galleries.<br />
We Live In A House Written by Joshua Braun, Janis Galloway and Madonna in 1982. US copyright registration # PAu-1-843-482. It was recorded with the group Spinal Root Gang after Madonna's roommate Janis Galloway introduced her to them. Janis Galloway later became the wife of Michael Rosenblatt from Warner Bros. The song seems to be a social statement about the ignorant masses who remain at home rather than pay attention to the world around them outside. Sample lyric: "We live in a house, and people just don't care. We live in a house, they don't go anywhere." Madonna screams at one point: "You can't come into my house." The guitar sounds are a little like the B-52's meets New Order and the Ramones.<br />
F*** You Right Back and Mother You Swear. Recently auctioned at the Las Vegas Annual Auction Event in the Germain Montgomerry's Auction House. The former is of no connection to the identically-titled 2004 Frankee single release.[citation needed] (Suspicious entry needs supporting documentation, such as link to article, or interview. Said auction house was not located online or in Vegas directory).<br />
[edit]Solo vocal recordings<br />
I'm a Real Disco Queen It has always been reported that Madonna never recorded any demos with '70s French disco king Patrick Hernandez, but it has recently been revealed that she actually recorded this demo. The two Belgian producers of the song, Jean Van Lieu and Jean-Claude Pellerin, both confirmed that Madonna never recorded a single demo while under their management. Patrick Hernandez released the song in 1980 and changed the title to She's a Disco Queen.<br />
I Want You, Love On The Run, Get Up and High Society A Pat Benatar style pop-rock Madonna demo produced under the direction of Madonna's first manager Camille Barbone of August Artists Ltd and Gotham Sound Studios in New York City with guitarist Jon Gordon in 1981. All four of these tracks have leaked on the internet in high quality. Two more songs were recorded at Media Sound Studios but not used on the 1981 demo circulating at the time called Remembering Your Touch and Are You Ready For It which are also reasonably easily available for internet download.<br />
Other songs recorded during this period like "Laugh To Keep From Crying" from the album Pre-Madonna released by Soultone/Sixth Planet or songs for Mia Mind Music like "Shine A Light" and "Cosmic Climb" with Otto von Wernherr have already been legally released on small indie labels and belong listed on the Madonna discography page.<br />
Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) Madonna recorded lead vocal with Don and David for the Was (Not Was) album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes produced in Detroit in 1982-83. The released vocal were by Ozzy Osbourne with backing vocals by Kathy Kosins and Carol Hall. Madonna and John "Jellybean" Benitez are both in the album credits. During a May 2006 Kathy Kosins phone interview with Bruce Baron it was revealed that Ozzy recorded his vocal first. Kathy and Carol added vocals in Detroit. Kathy's vocals were intended to be replaced by Madonna by producer Don Was. Madonna's label Sire Records did not agree to the release and Kathy's vocals were restored for the ZE Records release as a backing track. Kathy then became a longtime Was (not Was) contributor. Madonna originally became involved via her friendship with Stephen Bray and his group The Breakfast Club who were also signed with ZE Records (later acquired by MCA). Madonna requested her original vocal not to be used in an early 1990s remix released as a single in Europe to support a Was (Not Was) Greatest Hits album. Kim Basinger did the new vocals. The '90s remix version with Madonna's vocals leaked onto the internet in April 2008.<br />
Sidewalk Talk Written by Madonna for former producer and boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez. The 1983 commercially released version features vocalist Catherine Buchanan on lead vocals and Madonna singing on the chorus and bridge. The original demo version with Madonna on the lead vocal remains unreleased and was produced with Stephen Bray as confirmed by interviews.<br />
[edit]First Decade Recordings 1982–1989<br />
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[edit]The First Madonna self-titled debut album<br />
Ain't No Big Deal The released version was produced by Reggie Lucas in 1982 and appeared as the B-side of her "True Blue" single in 1986, though this is an alternate version to the unreleased version mentioned above. Originally intended to be Madonna's first single. Three more separate unreleased studio versions were also produced each by Mark Kamins, Stephen Bray and John "Jellybean" Benitez. They were all shelved by Sire Records when the song was recorded and released in 1983 by the female disco act Barracuda on 12" vinyl Epic Records release 49-04264. Credited as written only by Stephen Bray due to a publisher contract with July 4 Music. It was actually a Madonna co-write so she is understood to have taken sole writing credit for "Everybody" in trade. "Ain't No Big Deal" was included in the US compilation album Revenge of the Killer B's, Vol. 2.<br />
Physical Attraction US copyright registration PAu-484-430 from February 1983 credits words and music created in 1982 only to Madonna as sole author as does April 1983 publisher transfer registration PAu-506-929. Producer Reggie Lucas is not credited as the sole author of this song until 1984 registration PA-210-598 for the 12" commercial single release for the work created and published in 1983 and has been the only credited songwriter since.<br />
Writer's Block Listed in the MCPS-PRS database as being written by Madonna and Rick Warren for the 1984 TV show Cover Up starring Jon Erik-Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill. Richard wrote many TV themes at the time. IMDB.com shows an episode by this name which first aired on 24 November 1984 (Season 1, Episode 7) without crediting either Madonna or Rick Warren.<br />
[edit]The Vision Quest Soundtrack album<br />
Warning Signs The third Madonna song recorded for the soundtrack to the film but never used. It remains unheard by the public to this day. A collaboration with Stephen Bray from 1984, US copyright registration# PAu-590-962. Bray describes it as a cool synth track. The lyric sheet reveals the opening intro as "I see danger up ahead", "Warning (echo), Warning (echo)". Chorus is "Warning I see danger up ahead. I can see it in your eyes, and it's really no surprise. Because, I can see your warning signs". Not too long ago, the complete lyrics of the song leaked.<br />
[edit]The Like a Virgin album<br />
Title uncertain Simon Le Bon of the group Duran Duran mentioned in a mid-1980s interview for the BBC TV show "Breakfast" that Madonna did backing vocals for them that were never released. On Duran Duran's official website in the 'Ask Katy' section the band members denied that Madonna ever recorded backing vocals on any of their tracks.<br />
Desperately Seeking Susan Written by Madonna and Stephen Bray. Unreleased title track for the Orion Pictures movie of the same name according to former Madonna collaborator Stephen Bray from 1999 interview. Another "Desperately Seeking Susan" title song was written by Michael Bramon. "Into the Groove" overshadowed both "Susan" themes and both were shelved.<br />
[edit]The True Blue album<br />
Working My Fingers To The Bone and Pipeline Recorded with frequent collaborator Stephen Bray. Confirmed by 1999 Bray interview in Goldmine Magazine.<br />
Title(s) Unknown - Musician Fred Zarr said in an interview with Mark Bego in the book Blonde Ambition (1992, Harmony Books) that he tried to write 2-3 songs with Madonna around the time of Papa Don't Preach, but they were never finished.<br />
Each Time You Break My Heart Written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray. Later given to singer/model Nick Kamen to record instead. His version with Madonna backing vocals was a big hit in Europe (Germany reaching number 1, UK reaching number 5 in November 1986). Madonna's version has since appeared on various file-sharing networks.<br />
Love Over The Phone Written by Madonna and actor Don Johnson. Discussed by Madonna herself in a French and German magazine interview in August 1987. At this time Don Johnson was dating Barbra Streisand, who also was rumoured in the media to have discussed with Madonna the possibility of covering an old standard as a duet.<br />
Title Unknown A song written for Bryan Ferry, as Madonna mentioned in an interview with Denis Taranto. This would coincide with the timeline of Bryan Ferry's work with frequent Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard on the 1987 album Bete Noir. No Madonna contribution was included.<br />
Tell Me Stephen Bray confirmed the existence of this demo were Madonna sings as the lead vocal; later given to Nick Kamen were she sings backing vocals and a solo in the Extended version.<br />
[edit]The Like a Prayer album<br />
Possessive Love Written and recorded with Patrick Leonard, Madonna and Jai Winding. Madonna's original demo was given to singer Marilyn Martin for her to record. The single was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 but did not do very well. ASCAP title code #460268111<br />
Love Attack and First Is A Kiss Two songs Madonna recorded and produced with Stephen Bray but were never used and remain unreleased. In 1989 Madonna talked in a German magazine about First Is A Kiss: It's about the friends she lost because of AIDS. Possibly an early version of "In This Life".<br />
Just A Dream (original Madonna demo) Written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard. Given later to her long-time backing vocalist Donna DeLory for her MCA self-titled debut solo album. Madonna does appear on backing vocals, but the original Madonna lead vocal recording remains unreleased. DeLory's version did manage to crack the US Dance Club Play Chart.<br />
[edit]Second decade recordings 1990–1999<br />
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[edit]The I'm Breathless and The Immaculate Collection albums<br />
Dick Tracy Written by Patrick Leonard. This did not appear on the "I'm Breathless" album. ASCAP title code# 340325268 . Another "Dick Tracy" performed by Madonna is listed in the APRA database id code# GW04472893 and was written solely by Daniel Elfman.<br />
Dog House Another title reported in Billboard magazine circa 1990 for the film Dick Tracy.<br />
Various "Dick Tracy" demos - Leaked on 7" bootleg vinyl in the early-1990s at record collector shows under the name of "MA-HONEY". Rehearsal sound quality is rather poor and the printed jacket tracklisting was incorrect and is corrected as follows More, I Always Get My Man (actually Sooner Or Later), What Can You Get (actually What Can You Lose, sung by Madonna only (ie without her duet partner Mandy Patinkin)). These recordings (which included two different versions of 'I Always Get My Man' and a demo version of 'Now I'm Following You') were included on a bootleg album called 'Calendar Girl' in 1990. This album is credited to a "B. Mahoney" and includes the official Color Mix of True Blue, four songs from the Blond Ambition Tour Live in Wembley, the faux-Madonna track 'Lies in Your Eyes', and a recording of Madonna singing Santa Baby taken from the Very Special Christmas compilation released in 1987.<br />
To Love You Written by Madonna and Andy Paley. Listed in the Warner-Chappel database but remains unreleased. The demo was re-recorded in 1994 but it is unreleased too. Part of the lyrics "Feelin' so low, feelin' like a fool, I walk alone, Why does love have to be so cruel?"<br />
Get Over Recorded with Stephen Bray around the time of the Immaculate Collection. (It was going to be the third new song on the greatest hits album.) Madonna's demo version remains unreleased. The song was later recorded and released by actor/model Nick Scotti with Madonna backing vocals produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone for the film "Nothing But Trouble" in 1992. Listed as song #301415 in the CMRRA database.<br />
[edit]The Erotica album<br />
Dear Father An unreleased collaboration with Andre Betts and Mic Murphy (former member of duo The System). An uptempo dance track. Some of the lyrics go "Dear Father forgive me/ I don't know what I've done/ Dear Father reach out and protect me/ I'll return when my battle is won/ Give me strength/ Don't leave me down below/ Losing my grip/ Help me understand." The song appears in the EMI Music publishing database and in the UK based MCPS system. APRA id# GW09823950. This demo leaked in its entirety online in June 2008.<br />
Love Hurts - A unique song title listed in the discography of producer/remixer Junior Vasquez. See Junior Vasquez Music Site Sometimes this song is also listed as an early demo from the song Erotica.<br />
You Are The One U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-636 - Completely unreleased in any format. Song from The Rain Tapes written by Madonna, Shep Pettibone and Tony Shimkin not used on the album. The lyrics include "You are the one, my only one - you are the one for me". The sound is very dance/club/house. It was abandoned at the demo stage. On December 19, the complete lyrics leaked onto the internet. The refrain runs, "You (you) are the one (are the one), Make me feel, Our love is alive, You are the one (are the one), Make me feel, These feelings inside." A fake fan-made version leaked on the fake Rain Tapes.<br />
Bad Girl (Guitar Demo) Not the demo from the Rain Tapes (also called Cheat or Drunk Girl), but a different version. Sounds a lot like the version from the Rain Tapes as it is an edited and differently arranged version of the same demo. But This changes at the end, an unusual electric guitar is used at the last chorus and couplet. Which makes the song sound different, almost changing it from a ballad into a pop song. This version leaked onto the internet on 26 september 2008.<br />
Shame U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-637 - Completely unreleased in any format. Song from The Rain Tapes not used on the album. The song opens with a spoken intro, "Why do you wanna waste your life away? It's a shame." Later she sings, "Anyone can learn to fly, keep your head up - keep your head held high." She also says, "You've got no one to blame." The chorus starts with "It's a Shaaaaaame" which sounds an awful lot like the song of the same title and time period by Monie Love. This is possibiy the source of the old rumour that she and Madonna were going to do something together. The similarity ends there, with Madonna's "Shame" breaking off into its own unique melody. A 20-second clip has leaked on the internet. On December 19, the complete lyrics were leaked.<br />
Goodbye To Innocence Alternate version written and produced by Madonna, Shep Pettibone and Tony Shimkin. U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-640 - This is very different from the commercially released remixed version which appeared on the various artists collection Just Say Roe and in a further revised dub from as "Up Down Suite" as one of the B-sides for the "Rain" single. The unreleased demo versions use the same theme and many of the same lyrics, but everything is switched around. It is a different vocal recording (strong-and-clear unlike the commercial mix). Much of the song's melody is different including the chorus. The arrangement is pure pop-funk-dance, no club remix style here. Extra lyrics include the spoken line: "Goodbye to innocence, anonyminity [sic], peace of mind . . . Goodbye to privacy, goodbye to all of that. Hello mankind!" The chorus includes: "You know you'd better stop, stop and think about how you get your kicks, God knows I didn't ask for this - you know you'd better stop, stop and think about it, before you mess with someone else, why don't you pay attention to yourself - yourself and nobody else." A full demo of this song, called "Straight Pass", leaked onto the internet in February 2008.<br />
Actions Speak Louder Than Words (two alternate demo versions) - Are without the eastern instrument found in the released version simply called "Words". Instead the synth keys that are found at the end of the commercial mix are used during the chorus. There is also a subtle guitar-like sound. Additional lyrics include "I can't fight with your words, they come disguised as love, Your words are for fools", and "I can't fight with your words, they pretend to be kind but Your words are so cruel". The backing vocals and bridge arrangements are slightly different. U.S. copyright office registration PAu-1-605-641. As with most of the Rain Tapes tracks, fakes are in circulation which have no relevance to the authentic demos.<br />
Erotica (unreleased demo). U.S. copyright registration PAu-1-605-642 - Known among fans as You Thrill Me since these words are contained in the alternate lyrics. Madonna incorporated this demo into the version of Erotica that she performed on her 2006 Confessions Tour. It is significantly different from the released album version. The verse lyrics are the same as those used on the album, though there is no trace of the familiar chorus lyric "Erotic, Erotic, put your hands all over my body". Instead Madonna sings a different chorus line with a different melody in the same type of voice that ends with the line:<br />
"....You are who you are....and I<br />
Wouldn't want to change a thing...in spite of<br />
All the pain that love can bring...<br />
Tell me, what can I do? I'm so in love with you.<br />
You thrill me, surround me, you fill me<br />
You send me, you put me in a trance<br />
You fill me, inside of me, you take me<br />
You thrill me, you put me in a trance."<br />
The instrumentation is approximately the same as the commercial mix but the released mix is more distinctive, more complex, and more exotic. The Rough Mix includes the complete refrain, "Erotica, romance, I'd like to put you in a trance . . . Erotica, romance, I'd like to do a different kind of dance." A full demo of this song, called "Final Demo 2", leaked onto the internet in February 2008.<br />
Jitterbug (song fragment, about 30–45 seconds) - Included on The Rain Tapes cassette tapes submitted buy Shep Pettibone to the U.S. copyright office. It was mostly taped over, but showed up between two of the other tracks. It is listed on the handwritten tape label, but it has no copyright registration of its own. The title was originally spelled with a "G", but was written over darker with a "J" in blue ink. It features typical generic Shep Pettibone dance music with Madonna finishing up with "Jitterbug, Jitterbug". Madonna stops singing but the music continues, and she can be heard asking: "Is this gonna go on forever and ever? Somebody end this dance lesson!" The music abruptly stops. She then says into the microphone: "Yeah, there were some cute ideas right there." A fake is in circulation which uses a Cathy Dennis instrumental and a peculiar vocal which seems to be a recreation of the word "Jitterbug" using the relevant vowels and consonants from other Madonna songs as well as an excerpt from Truth Or dare - "Do I have to listen to this?"<br />
Thief of Hearts (alternate demo versions) U.S. copyright registration# PAu-1-605-643 - Uses slightly different intro, bridge and outro arrangements. One version has what was eventually the end of the song placed at the beginning. One uses the voice of a southern black woman to say the line "sit your ass down" instead of Madonna herself as done on the commercial release, and Madonna is briefly heard laughing immediately after. A full-length version of one of the demos - Old Music - became available on file-sharing networks in February 2008. The others in circulation are, as before, fakes.<br />
Secret Garden (Demo Version) Demo Version of the released last album track. It features same lyrics and music, but the vocals are stronger and clearer, with some alternate music choice, i.e. in some points there's only the bassline and Madonna's voice. It clocks 3'47, and has been available on peer-to-peer sharing software since July 2008.<br />
[edit]The Bedtime Stories album<br />
Something's Coming Over Me - The unreleased original version of the song "Secret" written and produced with Shep Pettibone and then abandoned. US copyright registration# PAu-1-889-253. This was done very much in the same dance style as "Vogue" with an erotic "Love To Love You Baby" Donna Summer-type theme. This version does not have the downbeat guitar R&B vibe of the released song. During the unique bridge of the unreleased demo the music drops out and Madonna speaks: "I see your love coming down; let it wash all over me." Then the bass and the drum kick back up in club anthem style where she sings: "Something's coming over me, over me, over me, over me." Shep Pettibone later did get co-writing credit for "Secret" due to this initial work which he did not originally get when the album Bedtime Stories was first released in 1994.<br />
I Will Always Have You - The unreleased original version of what became the released song "Inside Of Me" recorded with Shep Pettibone and then abandoned. US copyright registration# PAu-1-889-251. This ballad sounds more like the familiar style of "Crazy for You" or "You'll See" than what later became the soft, lullaby-like released version. The released song's theme is all about Madonna cherishing the memory of a loved one, but in this demo she also wants to be the object of the song to also be remembered. The words "inside of me" are hardly used but many of the same lyrics are switched around. The melody is significantly different than the released version. There is also a subtle wind instrument, perhaps a synth flute.<br />
Take a Bow (Alternate Demo) In the first recording phases of Bedtime Stories, a different version of Take a Bow was recorded. The sound of the song is more Christmas-like and Madonna sings a different way then in the released version. Lyrics basically come faster after each other. The song is sometimes also listed as an alternate Babyface demo. This demo sounds more like the version Madonna performed in 1995. The songs duration is also shorter than its released version.<br />
Human Nature (Unreleased Bridge) Unreleased bridge from the song Human Nature. Unknown why it was scrapped. Madonna's voice becomes louder than in the rest of the song. At the background you can hear her saying the well-known line from the song 'express yourself, don't repress yourself'. The musical structure is pretty much the same as in the rest of the song. Madonna can be heard singing: I won't be so broken hearted. You were not the one for me, history has made me see. Nothings wrong I'm OK. It's coming after anyway. I'm moving on. No regrets, and I'm not sorry.' The song then returns to the chorus. The only thing that you can hear as the clip fades out, is that Madonna isn't singing the chorus, she is making some background noises. Also in the end you can hear her beginning to sing the word don't.<br />
Human Nature (Unreleased Bridge 2) Basically like 'Unreleased Bridge' this is another scraped and unreleased bridge. It has same background sound heard in 'Unreleased Bridge' but the lyrics are different: They keep from you what they want, they keep it up until that gone. Looking for the easy way, everything they have to play. Appreciate. What you have before you loose it. The song then again returns to the chorus, and again you can hear Madonna making background noises, instead of singing the chorus. Now that this has leaked, it's suggest there is an alternate version of Human Nature.<br />
I'd Rather Be Your Lover (feat. Tupac Shakur) An alternate version of the song where, instead of Me'Shell NdegeOcello rapping the breakdown, Tupac is rapping. This version was originally meant to be released, but was scrapped due to serious criminal charges brought against the late rapper and since the album was to present a kinder, more gentler Madonna, any unnecessary controversy was best avoided. The demo remains unreleased. A poorly constructed fan-made edit using the alternate rap that leaked as a separate file, has been circulating on the internet.<br />
Love Won't Wait (original 1994 demo) A song abandoned and not used on the Bedtime Stories album. Madonna and Shep Pettibone later gave it to former Take That singer Gary Barlow. It was not written specifically for him. He received a demo tape with that song including her lead and backing vocals. The unreleased Madonna demo is US copyright registration# PAu-1-889-250. The demo leaked onto file-sharing services from sources unknown around the year 2000. Madonna's version has a strong clear vocal with bubblegum instrumentation that vaguely sounds like synth-Motown.<br />
Bring It Written and produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone but never released. Of a far lesser quality than the other unreleased songs written with Pettibone for the Bedtime Stories album. US copyright registration# PAu-1-889-252. Partial lyric reads: "I know your love is bad for me, but I won't give up until you bring it to me."<br />
Goodtime and Tongue Tied According to Warner-Chappel Music Publishing. Two songs written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone never released. The exact nature and origins are unknown. They may be from a different time period. Not known if they are real, this lyrics of supposedly Madonna's Goodtime appeared on the internet: Remember the goodtime we had. Remember all the things that we've been through. Remember the goodtime we had, remember I still love you.<br />
Right On Time Written by Madonna and Dallas Austin. Listed in the European MCPS database. APRA id# GW0916567.<br />
[edit]The Something to Remember album<br />
I Can't Forget An unreleased collaboration with David Foster. Recorded with two other released songs for the Something to Remember retrospective album but this one was never used. BMI work# 2133633 published by Peermusic Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music. The song was later recorded by Tilt. They released their version titled "Come Closer" on their 2006 album "Vaults". Madonna is credited as writer of the song.[1] The song was also given to Canadian singer Angelica DiCastro for her album "Beautiful Feeling". The song is credited to David Foster and Madonna. A couple of clips from Madonna's demo version leaked onto the internet on 26 September 2008. On 17 February 2010, Madonna's demo version leaked to the internet in full.<br />
You'll Stay written with Patrick Leonard and appeared in publishing records. Also found at the APRA site, song id# GW15524580.<br />
Broken written in 1995. Found as ID #GW14567699. A short excerpt of the song was used in a Japanese Takara commercial. Lyrics include How can I be pure (how can I be pure) ,All the strength I have, is breaking me, How can I be sure (How can I be sure)<br />
[edit]The Ray of Light album<br />
Unreleased demos recorded for the album Ray of Light written with Rick Nowels. The CMRRA has Madonna, Rick Nowels and Greg Fitzgerald:<br />
Revenge - The song was one of the early demo's of the Ray Of Light album from 1997. In 2002 it was rumoured to be the new recorded song from Madonna for the James Bond movie, and the leaked demo even got some airplay. In early 2005 it was also rumoured to be Madonna's new single from her then upcoming album Confessions On A Dancefloor. The song has since been recorded by English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor for possible inclusion on her forthcoming 4th studio album. A vinyl acetate exists, the version is 3 minutes 45 seconds.<br />
Gone, Gone, Gone - Song from the early stages of Ray Of Light in 1997, when Orbit wasn't asked yet for the album. The song appeared on the internet. Sometimes the song is also called Gone Gone Gone (This Love Affair Is Over).<br />
Like A Flower - The demo of this song leaked onto the Internet around 2003. It was later given to Italian singer Laura Pausini and re-titled "Mi Abbandono A Te" for her 2004 album Resta In Ascolto (Italian for "Remain listening!"). This song was recorded also in Spanish with the title "Me Abandono A Ti" for the Spanish version of Resta In Ascolto named Escucha (Spanish for "Listen!").<br />
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Other songs from this era:<br />
No Substitute For Love The original name for what became "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" with different lyrics, vocal melody and instrumentation. The chorus starting: "Face the truth, no substitute for love". The song is also without the San Sebastian Strings sample of "Why I Follow the Tigers" that is present in the released version. This version has leaked onto the internet.<br />
Flirtation Dance An alternate title for the song "Skin".<br />
Don't Love A Stranger and/or Forever One or both of these titles are said to have been recorded with producer and songwriter Babyface for the Ray of Light album but were never used. Existence of this collaboration is very certain as confirmed by Madonna's publicist, but the exact title names(s) have not yet been made public. Madonna confirmed that she wrote four songs with Babyface for the album that were all abandoned at an early stage.<br />
Be Careful Written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard only, APRA song id# GW23038624. A possible early version of the song Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon) recorded with Ricky Martin and William Orbit, APRA song id# GW1552449. Leonard is not credited on the released Madonna-Orbit version with Ricky Martin but he has his own separate Madonna-Leonard documented entry in the Warner-Chappell publishing database. Oddly, the Canadian CMRRA lists them all as co-writers together on one song work# 732670<br />
Regresando A Madonna and Patrick Leonard collaboration of unknown origin. Listed in the Warner-Chappell database. Also APRA song id# GW19069760. The never released title might actually be a mis-spelling for the Spanish word Regresando which translates to English as meaning Returning. Until additional information is provided, the inclusion of the letter f in the original word spelling is thought by many fans to be nonsensical and probably listed incorrectly in the publisher database.<br />
[edit]Third decade recordings 2000-present<br />
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[edit]The Music album<br />
Mechanical, Just Another, One and When The Light Fades. These songs were reported in press but no other information were provided<br />
Eagle's Wings, No Choice and Remember Me. Songs supposedly written with Mirwais Ahmadzai for the Music album according to an Italian news source. See La Nazione news report from 2000 There has never been a publishing or copyright registration made to confirm these titles. They remain only rumors supported by media report.<br />
La Petit, Mysore Smile and Run. Written and produced with William Orbit but never used or released. Confirmed ASCAP title codes 420566552, 420566570, 430653519 and 480358398. Mysore is a city in India, a center of yoga and meditation study. A short clip claiming to be La Petit, leaked onto the internet. But this isn't real, it's just Madonna reading a part of a Winnie-The-Pooh book. Run has since leaked in the form of two instrumental demo tracks on file sharing networks and has been released in instrumental form on William Orbit's official Streamcast site, with the track retitled Forbidden Planet.<br />
Music alternate unreleased versions surfaced onto the internet in April 2008; One features an alternate vocal reprise with Madonna singing "Boogie-Woogie do you like to tango, Boogie-Woogie do you like to be-bop, Boogie-Woogie do you like to mambo, Boogie-Woogie do you like my acid rock"; The other is an extended version of the song including different instrumentations and alternate spoken vocals.<br />
Liquid Love, co-written and produced by William Orbit, originates from the Fall of 1999, presumably from the same preliminary sessions that yielded Amazing and Runaway Lover, which would end up being featured on her Music LP a year later. Madonna confirms in the 2005 Attitude interview that the track was, too, supposed to be on the album but was axed because it gave her "the wrong tingles." The track leaked onto the internet on June 3, 2006. The instrumental to "Liquid Love" has actually been available to hear on William Orbit's official website under the name Bubble Universe. The track has been released in this form on his album, Hello Waveforms. An alternate mix leaked online on August 15, 2008. An vinyl acetate exists and the length is approximately 4 minutes, 25 seconds<br />
Like An Angel Passing Through My Room Madonna and Orbit covered this ABBA song during the Music sessions. The demo and instrumental versions leaked online on August 15, 2008.<br />
Alone Again A Madonna co-write with Rick Nowels. A song widely publicised in the media in 2002 as being given to and recorded by Kylie Minogue. The Minogue version was supposed to be the B-side to her "Come Into My World" single, but the well-documented Madonna tune (mentioned by Kylie during interviews) remained unreleased until in was featured in the Kylie documentary "White Diamond" which premiered in London on 16 October 2007 and was released on DVD on December 10, 2007). The credits for the film cite Madonna and Rick Nowels as writers. Madonna is also thanked in the credits.<br />
Hollywood, a song that has reportedly undergone countless revisions and overhauls over the years, actually originates from the late 1990s. Madonna wrote the track on her own and then sought creative input from her collaborators to polish the song up, the goal being to get it released on the Music LP. Early incarnations of the track may have featured input from Guy Sigsworth, but not until Mirwais came into the recording sessions did the song start taking serious shape. Madonna's original acoustic demos were scrapped and the melody completely reworked; the backing music is said to be less guitar and more along the lines of "Impressive Instant." Neither she nor Mirwais Ahmadzaï liked the result, and the song was scrapped. It was picked up in the Spring of 2002 during the "American Life" recording sessions, where it underwent a couple more revisions before ultimately finding home on that album and becoming its second single.<br />
Wonderland A short, 45-second score to the short lived ABC TV show of the same name. The series aired only two episodes due to controversial content which viewers found disturbing. ASCAP title code 530521409. Written by Madonna and William Orbit. Madonna's humming was later used on the song "Amazing" but the original score remains unreleased. The clip has though been available to hear on William Orbit's official website in the archive section for some time under its proper name. Intriguingly when various other Orbit era tracks leaked in Summer 2008 a slightly different version of this track leaked which credited Rupert Everitt as a co-vocalist...<br />
Mrs. Perfect -- information on this track is scarce, although knowledge of its existence came to light in early 2008 via the fan site Madonna Fanzine. Reportedly a lost collaboration between Madonna and William Orbit.<br />
Title(s) uncertain - At the time, Madonna was working with DJ/remixer, producer Sasha. Madonna mentioned this in an interview with MixMag. Nothing amounted to a complete song from this collaboration and she said they were all going into "the vault". How much was just Sasha instrumental work and how much had Madonna vocals is not clear.<br />
Title(s) Unknown Two songs recorded with Belgian-Congolese fusion group Zap Mama mixed by Pairs-based Bengali artist Subhendu Bapi Das Baul says the Screen India June 8, 2001. Plus a third recording is a Madonna guest vocal on a Bapi Das Baul track says the India Today April 2, 2001...she found it "interesting". Hindustand Times March 19, 2001 says that Madonna first heard Shubhendu "Bapi das Baul" on one of Fun-Da-Mental's CDs. "Madonna keeps a tab on the latest occurrences in the British dance music scene, so she possibly knew about my kind of music," explains Shubhendu. When she visited Paris last year, Madonna called him up to make an offer. "She just asked me, like, 'Wanna sing on my next album?' I thought, 'Why not?'" he says. Ultimately, Shubhendu ended up cutting not one, but two tracks." So far these very unusual collaborations have not surfaced.<br />
[edit]The Die Another Day soundtrack album<br />
Can't You See My Mind Recorded and produced with French-techno producer Mirwais Ahmadzai for the James Bond film Die Another Day. Widely reported in the media but unlike the title track it was never used or released. Listing confirmed at Warner-Chappell Music Publishing. Also ASCAP title code# 330991414.<br />
[edit]The American Life album<br />
The Game is a song written and produced with Mirwais. It became available on file-sharing networks in August 2008. The song has a stripped-down acoustic folk feel.<br />
It's So Cool appeared on Madonna's greatest hits compilation Celebration (iTunes Edition Only) in a remixed version by Paul Oakenfold. An original edit of the song remains unreleased.<br />
[edit]The Post Re-Invention Tour Musicals<br />
"How High", "Curtain", "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and "Is this Love (Bon D'Accord)" - among a number of songs written for a planned musical "Hello Suckers", a 20s-style musical loosely based on the life of Texas Guinan.[2] Songs were written with a number of co-writers including Patrick Leonard and Mirwais Ahmadzai. Lyrics from "How High" were later reworked into a song for Confessions on a Dance Floor. Some lyrics from "Is This Love" were later re-used on the song "Voices" on the album Hard Candy. "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" was later taken to Madonna's brother-in-law Joe Henry to develop further. It was planned to be included on The Re-Invention Tour, but ultimately didn't surface until the album Hard Candy following further development with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nate Hills. "Is this Love (Bon D'Accord)" has since been leaked on internet file-sharing services.<br />
Titles unknown - A second musical to have been directed by filmmaker Luc Besson, was also in pre-production during 2005 but was abandoned when Madonna read the script and was dissatisfied with the result. See Observer Guardian UK Madonna interview Nov 2005.<br />
[edit]The Confessions on a Dance Floor album<br />
Super Pop Song written by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzai, was originally recorded as the final track for the album, but was axed at the last minute due to unknown reasons. However it was made available for download only to members of her official fan club and it somehow leaked onto the internet in 2006. An alternative version of this song is available on some file sharing networks, which is more of a dance mix and includes more trance-ish sounds than the original version. This particular mix is labelled '2000 demo' suggesting the song may be from an earlier time, but in fact there is no evidence that indicates the track was written prior to 2004. New evidence suggests that this alternate version is actually an unreleased remix engineered by Stuart Price.<br />
Get Together Original unreleased version, produced by Anders Bagge, and Peer Åstrom. Dramatically different from the released album version. Leaked onto the internet in April 2008.<br />
Triggering (Your Senses) Another collaboration between Madonna and Mirwais. Similar to "Never Young Again". The song leaked in full on August 21, 2008.<br />
History (Land of The Free) Completely different version from the song released as a B-side from Jump. Madonna's voice is more pure, and the song has a completely different structure. Two different demos with slightly different lyrics leaked, the first in 2007 and the second in April 2008.<br />
Keep The Trance Song written and produced by Mirwais and co-written by Madonna, but not used for the album. A short edit of this track that was recorded during the album sessions, leaked in January 2008. The song was eventually reworked into the Live Earth charity release "Hey You", which has very similar lyrics. An alternate mix (reportedly final) leaked in August 2008. Later reworked and released as Get It Right by Yas, taken from her album Arabology which was also produced by Mirwais.<br />
Light Up Brother-in-law Joe Henry mentioned in an interview that he was working with Madonna on two songs. Only one of these collaborations appeared on the final cut of the album. The second song may have been "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" which Madonna developed with Henry in 2005 before re-working it with other writers for inclusion on her 2008 album Hard Candy.<br />
[edit]The Hard Candy album<br />
Beat Goes On (Demo), an early version leaked onto the internet in August 2007. It features significantly different lyrics and musical structure from the album version. It should be noted that the Kanye West rap is missing from this demo, as it was recorded after the leak.<br />
La, La, a reported collaboration with Timbaland and Danja. Timbaland mentioned the song during an interview with MTV [3], but it did not make the final cut.<br />
Across The Sky, a reported collaboration with Justin Timberlake, Danja and Timbaland. A nine-second clip of an a capella version was leaked onto the internet in 2009, the full song leaked on January 21, 2010.<br />
[edit]The Celebration album<br />
Broken (I'm Sorry) Was mentioned by Paul Oakenfold, said to be another track recorded for the compilation.<br />
[edit]Unreleased Remixes Officially Commissioned (any period)<br />
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Not intended to include bootleg/unofficial mixes or "mash-ups" even if constructed by big-name producers.<br />
Just to clear this up once and for all: "White label" is NOT a term meant to be used for all unofficial remixes. It refers to bootlegged records that usually have a plain white label. If a remix has never been pressed to an actual 12" record, it is not a white label.<br />
Like a Virgin (remix) by producer Nile Rodgers, (formerly of the group Chic). Nile mentioned in an interview of the time that the remix of this song by John Jellybean Benitez was chosen over his for the release of the 12" dance single.<br />
Cherish (remix) Official commissioned remix by Hank Shocklee and Phil Castellano as first reported in Billboard Magazine. Never released.<br />
Bedtime Story (remix) Was done during the mid-90's by Ralphi Rosario but was not accepted by the label at the time for commercial single release due to the underground vibe used. See supporting Rosario interview at Madonnatribe.com A more recent 2005 mix was also done by Victor Calderone. He requested and got the masters for his personal use from WB music without a specific commercial project in mind. See official Victor Calderone discography. Jason Nevins also remixed the track for private use as listed in his discography.<br />
Crazy for You (remixes) by Junior Vasquez. This 90's dance version of the 1985 ballad circulated widely among collectors. It was never issued commercially or promotionally. Junior Vasquez did an Arena Anthem and an X-Beat Mix as well as several versions based on these two.<br />
Crazy for You (remix) by Nikolas & Sibley. A dance mix that first appeared on a bootleg compilation back in 1997. Often mis-credited to Tony Moran or Junior Vasquez.<br />
Be Careful (remix) by Pablo Flores (as reported in Billboard Magazine). Done in the summer of 1999 with the Gypsy Kings commissioned to play Flamenco guitar and do vocal overdubs on the mix. Victor Calderone was also supposed to remix this song. See article V for Victor Neither mix of this cancelled single has ever leaked out. Victor's discography oddly does not list this song, but instead shows Power Of Goodbye which is not widely thought to have been remixed by him (possible confusion). See Calderone discography<br />
Ray of Light (remix) by Richie Santana. Commissioned but not released (possibly due to its length: 12:24). Found by fans on file-sharing services. This remix was officially released on a promotional 12" vinyl single, released only to Billboard Reporting Club Djs (confirmed by Orlando Puerta, VP of Promotions, Street and Lifestyle Marketing at Warner Brothers Records.)<br />
Nothing Really Matters (remix) A full 25-minute version that Madonna "loved" by Talvin Singh as described in an interview with India Today in 1998. This may be a longer version of his commercially released Vikram mix which clocks in at 13:44.<br />
American Pie (JB's remix) by Jonsi (of Sigur Rós) and Bix. From year 2000 Don McLean cover. Remix duo did not meet the record label deadline for requested submission. They finished the mix and later posted to the public on website. See "remixed" section at This Is Bix. Madonna's club single was issued without the JB version.<br />
Music and Don't Tell Me (remixes) by Dave Aude. These were played on mix radio shows in the UK and have been circulating among collectors but they do not appear on the commercial or promotional copies issued for these songs. Dave's was the last of 7 different mixers commissioned. See Dave Aude Jive magazine interview 2000<br />
Music (remixes) by Richard "Humpty" Vission. These were commissioned but not released. A Phunktron Mix (6:21), Phunktron Dub (6:09) and a Phunktron Radio Edit (4:14) are circulating among collectors on the Internet.<br />
Runaway Lover (remix) by Victor Calderone. See Interview with Victor at Madonnatribe.com His version was never released, but he did play it on a radio broadcast. That version is privately circulating among fans, but is edited to make it sound full, when in reality it was mixed.<br />
What It Feels Like For A Girl (remix) by Thunderpuss. This remix was not included on commercial release due to a misunderstanding, according to the members of the remix duo. Warner Brothers Records got word the remix had leaked months before the scheduled release. Upon hearing about the prematurely leaked Thunderpuss remix, Madonna's angered record label decided not to use the remix. In reality, the leaked file in question was an amateur made remix incorrectly labeled. The authentic Thunderpuss mix has since been circulating among collectors via the internet, and on bootleg releases. See Thunderpuss & Barry Harris discography<br />
What It Feels Like For A Girl (remix) by Manny Lehman. Commissioned but not released. He previewed it on his website.<br />
Die Another Day (remix) by DJ Tiësto was commissioned but rejected. It was played during one of his live sets and is circulating among collectors, as it was pressed on a limited edition white label release along with another rejected Tiësto remix of a song by Radiohead. A replica made by Tiësto-fans is also circulating (clocking in at 7:14).<br />
Over And Over (remix) by Tracy Young. A more recent remix (approximately year 2005 or so) of the old 1984 song was commissioned but was never used. It does appear listed on Young's discography. See DJ Tracy Young Official Site. It was made for a Rugrats movie and was later scrapped.<br />
Hollywood (remix) by Blow Up. The duo Paolo Cilione and Claudio Camaione confirmed the existence of this remix on their official site, stating it was planned for an American Life Club Mixes LP in 2004, which never materialized (possibly due to the ReInvention Tour going on at the time). Their "Love Profusion" remix, which originates from the same time frame, showed up on the U.S. Maxi-single. The duo also, according to an interview, was planning to remix "Mother & Father", though that was never completed.<br />
Hollywood (remix) by Junior Vasquez. An official project unlike most of Junior's mixes made for his own private use. This project was granted by Madonna at the personal request of Donatella Versace for exclusive use in a fashion show in spite of the ongoing feud between Junior and Madonna. See New York Magazine news article<br />
Hollywood (remix) by Sander Kleinenberg. This remix was commissioned but was rejected. The Sander Kleinenberg Dub is available on a one-sided White Label Promo vinyl. The Sander Kleinenberg Club Mix was played during a live set. The full Club Mix has not yet leaked to the Internet.<br />
Hollywood (Deepsky Home Sweet Home Vocal Remix) by Deepsky. Though various versions of "Hollywood" remixes by Deepsky are called "Deepsky Home Sweet Home Vocal Remix", they are mistitled, and are actually the Dub version of the remix. A Vocal Radio Edit is on a promotional CD.<br />
Into The Hollywood Groove by Peter Rauhofer. Listed on his official website remixes listing. The mix was never released as the Missy Elliott samples were never cleared.<br />
Nobody Knows Me (remix) by LEX. The duo completed a remix, which was accepted by the label but never released. It is possible that it was decided this remix would not be used when the label picked up Peter Rauhofer's bootleg mix.<br />
Mother and Father (remix) by Johnny Rocks. The Rauhofer mix was eventually released on a compilation album but the official Johnny Rocks mix only appeared on radio during a KTU 103.5 mix show in New York and remains unreleased. Joe Carrano programmed the mix. World Anthem Remix 9min 30sec and World Anthem Radio Edit 3min 35sec. See Johnny Rocks site<br />
Re-Invention Studio Concept Mixes. A segment of video footage, unused from the Re-Invention Tour, surfaced in July 2005 and contained a sample of what appeared to be an overhauled version of I'm So Stupid, which did not make the final show. Because he was musical director of the last tour, we can only assume that this is a Stuart Price remix. This mix can be seen rehearsed during the documentary "I'm Going To Tell You a Secret." The Material Girl edit leaked online in 2007. Stuart also put together the reworked version of The Beast Within which opened the show. The full Stuart Price tour concept demo version of I'm So Stupid leaked onto the internet in June 2006 along with numerous other Re-Invention Studio Concept Mixes including Nobody Knows Me, Die Another Day and Hollywood. These are just conceptual versions and differ slightly from the final tour versions. They were ripped from a private CDR that wasn't supposed to be heard outside of Madonna's own camp. In fact, these concept demos are so rough you can hear Stuart and his co-workers talking during certain parts of the demos, e.g. at the end of I'm So Stupid.<br />
Hung Up (remix) by LEX. The LEX Vocal Mix and the LEX Instrumental Mix was accepted and sent out to DJs via digital download. The duo also completed a LEX Reggaeton Mix that was rejected.<br />
Get Together (remix) by Roger Sanchez. Rejected mix. Roger claims he asked for the tracks to do this remix on his radio show, which is false. He has since played it twice on his radio show.<br />
Get Together (remix) by Thin White Duke. Stuart Price made 2 mixes of this song (Jacques Lu cont mix and Thin White Duke mix) and he had to choose between them which will be released. He chose the Jacques Lu Cont Mix. The Thin White Duke mix was rejected even to be sent out to DJs via digital download.<br />
Sorry (dubs) by Pet Shop Boys. Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe made several mixes of this song, but not all of them got an official release. In a 2007 interview Neil Tennant reveals they made several Dub versions of "Sorry". Not very much later, the Minimal Dub surfaced on the internet for the first time; however, they also confirmed that alternate and maximal dubs remain unreleased.<br />
Miles Away (remixes). Remixes for Miles Away were commissioned from Kaskade, Lost Daze and Headcleanr (who also remixed American Life and Love Profusion) but were never approved by the label or Madonna. For a brief description, see Madonnatribe Exclusive Preview: Miles Away Remixes<br />
Celebration (remixes). Remixes by Chris Lake were not accepted by Madonna. Also rejected were some alternate mixes, edits and dubs by Johnny Vicious, and some alternate edits by Felguk.<br />
Revolver (remixes). Several Tracy Young remixes were not accepted by Warner, including a full vocal mix, a rapless mix, an instrumental dub and a radio edit. Only the dub appears on any release, listed as "Tracy Young's Shoot To Kill Remix".<br />
[edit]Registered alternate song titles<br />
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These musical works were registered in the United States Copyright Office or another music registry under a different title from that used on the released Madonna record. Or have a contributing history to the final Madonna release.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-8487569104738301312010-04-26T12:03:00.000-07:002010-04-26T12:03:48.800-07:00List of Madonna concert tours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdW2kPSmPSzPmIsJL0Nf4IaShWe79WXEL3Gtq8f7dxecUn5YE9VUayHIWGmdvAupPPU14sCO6u4BKlHQQslxhSOOeSmYpJUEkj_U7gnE0W0kYxNuH9qeGrMGoLwE7fOLmPK-DB9A5azQs/s1600/Madonna_Buenosaires.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdW2kPSmPSzPmIsJL0Nf4IaShWe79WXEL3Gtq8f7dxecUn5YE9VUayHIWGmdvAupPPU14sCO6u4BKlHQQslxhSOOeSmYpJUEkj_U7gnE0W0kYxNuH9qeGrMGoLwE7fOLmPK-DB9A5azQs/s400/Madonna_Buenosaires.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>American singer-songwriter Madonna has embarked on eight tours, seven of which have been world tours. Her debut The Virgin Tour in 1985 was primarily in North America only. In 1987 she embarked on her first worldwide trek, the Who's That Girl World Tour which visited Europe, North America and Japan. She then followed this with the successful Blond Ambition World Tour, which was called by Rolling Stone magazine as an "elaborately choreographed, sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990." In 1993, she embarked on The Girlie Show World Tour which had her visiting for the first time Turkey, Israel, Latin America and Australia.<br />
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Madonna did not go on the road again until 2001 when she toured with the Drowned World Tour. It went on to become one of the most successful and highest-grossing concert tours of 2001. She grossed more than US$75 million with summer sold-out shows and eventually played in front of 730,000 people throughout North America and Europe. She followed this success with the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour, with Billboard magazine awarding Madonna the Backstage Pass Award in recognition of having the top grossing tour of the year, with ticket sales of nearly US$125 million.<br />
Madonna's next two tours would break world records, with the 2006 Confessions Tour grossing over US$194.7 million,[6] becoming the highest grossing tour ever for a female artist. She broke her own record in 2008, with her Sticky & Sweet Tour, which also became the highest grossing tour ever by a solo artist, and the second highest grossing tour of all time, with approximately US$408 million in ticket sales.<br />
Madonna has also embarked on four promotional tours for the release of her studio albums Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) and Hard Candy (2008). She has also made appearances at the charity concerts Live Aid (1985), Live 8 (2005) and Live Earth (2007).<br />
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Tours<br />
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Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TV Specials<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Home Video Releases<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Formats<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Virgin Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N/A<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Live - The Virgin Tour (1985)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VHS, LaserDisc<br />
1987<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who's That Girl World Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna in Concerto - Live from Italy (1987)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who's That Girl - Live in Japan (1987) (Japan only)<br />
Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy (1988)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VHS, LaserDisc<br />
VHS, LaserDisc, DVD<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blond Ambition World Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Live! - Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour 90 (1990)<br />
(2 versions; Nice, France and Barcelona, Spain)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blond Ambition - Japan Tour 90 (1990) (Japan only)<br />
Live! - Blond Ambition World Tour 90 (1990)<br />
Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna) (documentary) (1991)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VHS, LaserDisc<br />
LaserDisc<br />
LaserDisc, VHS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
1993<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Girlie Show World Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: Live Down Under - The Girlie Show (1993)<br />
The Girlie Show: Madonna - Live in Japan (1993) (Japan only)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Girlie Show - Live Down Under (1994)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VHS, LaserDisc, DVD<br />
2001<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Drowned World Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: Live! Drowned World Tour 2001 (2001)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Drowned World Tour 2001 (2001)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VHS, DVD<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Re-Invention World Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: Get Up Lisbon! - Re-Invention World Tour Live (2004) 1<br />
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005) (MTV Premiere)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (documentary) (2006)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CD/DVD, DVD/CD, digital download<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Confessions Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: The Confessions Tour - Live from London (2006)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Confessions Tour (2007)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CD/DVD, DVD, Digital download<br />
2008-09<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sticky & Sweet Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour (2009)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sticky & Sweet Tour (2010)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray<br />
Additional note:<br />
1 never broadcast, CBS Television were close to a deal but they refused to show the concert without advertising, so no deal was made.<br />
[edit]Promo tours<br />
<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Promoting album<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Setlist<br />
2000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Don't Tell Me Promo Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Music<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Impressive Instant", "Runaway Lover", "Don't Tell Me", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "Holiday" (London only), "Music"<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>American Life Promo Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>American Life<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"American Life", "Hollywood", "Nothing Fails", "X-Static Process", "Like a Prayer", "Mother and Father", "Music", "Don't Tell Me", "Like A Virgin"<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hung Up Promo Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Confessions on a Dance Floor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Hung Up", "Get Together", "Sorry" (only at the Roxy), "I Love New York", "Ray of Light" (only at the Coachella Music Festival), "Let It Will Be", "Everybody"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hard Candy Promo Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hard Candy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Candy Shop", "Miles Away", "4 Minutes", "Hung Up", "Give It 2 Me", "Music"<br />
[edit]Charity Concerts<br />
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Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Setlist<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Live Aid<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Holiday", "Into the Groove", "Love Makes the World Go Round", "Revolution" (with Thompson Twins and Nile Rodgers)<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Live 8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Prayer", "Ray of Light", "Music"<br />
2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Live Earth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Hey You", "Ray of Light", "La Isla Bonita", "Hung Up"<br />
[edit]Notable Live Performances<br />
<br />
The following are live performances with some including songs which are unique to the shows they were performed on. Not included here are those performed on the above promotional tours.<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Genré<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Setlist<br />
1984<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Video Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Virgin"<br />
1989<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Video Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Express Yourself"<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Video Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Vogue"<br />
1991<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Academy Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Sooner or Later"<br />
1993<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Saturday Night Live<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TV sketch show<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Bad Girl", "Fever"<br />
1993<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Video Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Bye Bye Baby"<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Brit Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Bedtime Story"<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>American Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Take a Bow" (with Babyface)<br />
1997<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Academy Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"You Must Love Me"<br />
1998<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Europe Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"The Power of Good-Bye"<br />
1999<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grammy Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Nothing Really Matters"<br />
2001<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grammy Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Music"<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MTV Video Music Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Virgin"/"Hollywood" Medley (with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott)<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Telethon<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Imagine"<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grammy Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Awards<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Feel Good Inc." / "Hung Up" (with Gorillaz)<br />
2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Telethon<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Prayer"slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-12629920214250102232010-04-26T11:57:00.001-07:002010-04-26T11:57:45.970-07:00Coffee table booksYear<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Release details<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Notes<br />
1992<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: October 21, 1992<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Photographer: Steven Meisel<br />
Publisher: Maverick/Warner Books/Callaway<br />
Sold 1,400,000 copies in 6 months<br />
Debuted at #1 on New York Times Best Seller list<br />
Includes accompanying CD with track "Erotic" which is a slightly different version of the later release "Erotica"<br />
Originally named "X" but was changed due to the film Malcolm X being released the same year.<br />
1994<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Girlie Show<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: August 18, 1994<br />
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Author: Madonna<br />
Photographer: Herb Ritts, Christopher Ciccone, Various<br />
Publisher: Callaway<br />
Behind-the-scenes of the 1993 The Girlie Show World Tour<br />
Sold 140,000 copies<br />
Includes accompanying CD with live tracks "Like a Virgin", "In This Life", and "Why's It So Hard"<br />
1996<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Making of Evita<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: December 5, 1996<br />
Author: Alan Parker with foreword by Madonna<br />
Publisher: HarperCollins<br />
Includes Behind-the-scenes photography from the making of the motion picture Evita<br />
1998<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Emperor's New Clothes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: October 1998<br />
Author: Hans Christian Andersen<br />
Publisher: Starbright Foundation<br />
Book with audio CD<br />
Each snippet of story is performed on an audio CD by one of 23 celebrities, including Jay Leno (the Moth), Madonna (the Empress), Fran Drescher (the Heralding Horn), Jeff Goldblum (the Imperial Wizard), Robin Williams (the Court Jester), and Calvin Klein (the Emperor's Underwear)<br />
Steven Spielberg plays the Honest Boy, and he is the creative director of this ambitious enterprise designed to benefit the Starbright Foundation for seriously ill children<br />
In the CD, Madonna tells the story from the perspective of the Emperor's Wife (illustrated as Marie Antoinette by Daniel Adel)<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: 2003<br />
Photographer: Steven Klein<br />
Designer: Giovanni Bianco<br />
Madonna's third coffee table book sold for $350 each<br />
260 pages of 4 color images in a sealed, numbered edition of only 1000 copies<br />
Hand-bound and printed in Italy<br />
Printed on customized paper with brushed cotton paper slipcase<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nobody Knows Me<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: January 2004<br />
Photographer: Various<br />
Available exclusively for one month only via Madonna's official website madonna.com<br />
52 pages of success, rare and unseen shots "commented by an Icon and her angels"<br />
The book sold for $24 each<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna Confessions<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released October 1, 2008<br />
Photographer: Guy Oseary<br />
Publisher: PowerHouse<br />
Behind-the-scenes and on-stage photography from the Confessions Tour<br />
224 pages<br />
Over 250 four-color photographs<br />
2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I Am Because We Are<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: January 2009<br />
Photographer: Kristen Ashburn, with foreword by Madonna<br />
Publisher: PowerHouse<br />
accompanies the documentary film I Am Because We Are<br />
excerpts from interviews with Malawian children, their biographies, and extended captions<br />
Author proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the charitable organization Raising Malawi for their extensive work with orphans throughout Malawi<br />
180 pages<br />
106 duotone and 44 four-color photographs<br />
2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna: Sticky & Sweet<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released February, 2010<br />
Photographer: Guy Oseary<br />
Publisher: PowerHouse<br />
Behind-the-scenes and on-stage photography from the Sticky & Sweet Tour<br />
308 pages<br />
Over 500 full-color photographs<br />
[edit]Children's books<br />
<br />
[edit]Picture books<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Release details<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Notes<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: September 15, 2003<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Sold over 500,000 copies<br />
Debuted at # 1 on New York Times Best Seller list<br />
New York Times Children's #1 Best Seller for 7 weeks<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mr. Peabody's Apples<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: November 10, 2003<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Illustrator: Loren Long<br />
Debuted at # 1 on New York Times Best Seller list<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yakov and the Seven Thieves<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: April 26, 2004<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Gennady Spirin<br />
Debuted at # 7 on New York Times Best Seller list|<br />
Includes Behind-the-scenes photography from the making of the motion picture Evita<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Adventures of Abdi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: November 30, 2004<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Andrej Dugin<br />
Top 10 New York Times Best Seller list<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lotsa De Casha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released: June 2, 2005<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Rui Paes<br />
Top 10 New York Times Best Seller list<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5 Books for Children Box Set<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released October 6, 2006<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Stacy Peterson<br />
Contains all the first 5 Children's books<br />
Unique "English Roses" style box with Madonna depicted reading to her daughter, Lourdes, and son, Rocco<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses and Other Stories (Audio)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Audio book (UK)<br />
Released October 6, 2006<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin Audiobooks<br />
Author: Read by Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Stacy Peterson<br />
The first five children's books read on audiobook by Madonna herself<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5 Books for Children (Audio - 2 Disc Collection)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
2 Disc Collection Audio book (USA)<br />
Released October 13, 2006<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin Audiobooks<br />
Author: Read by Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Stacy Peterson<br />
The first five children's books read on audiobook by Madonna herself on a special 2 disc collection<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses - Too Good to be True<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Released October 24, 2006<br />
Publisher: Callaway/Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Illustrator: Stacy Peterson<br />
Sequel to the 2003 International Best-seller<br />
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[edit]Chapter books<br />
Chapter books in the The English Roses collection.<br />
Release date<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Number in the collection<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Release details[2]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Synopsis<br />
13 September 2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Friends for Life!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: -<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 96 (83+13)<br />
ISBN 9780142411148 (first edition)<br />
The five girls are introduced with Question and Answer sections and more.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
13 September 2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Goodbye, Grace?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin/Callaway[3]<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Rebecca Gomez<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142408834 (first edition)<br />
Grace is afraid because her parents are acting strange. The English Roses have to find out what's going on.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
13 September 2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: The New Girl<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Amy Cloud<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 123/128<br />
ISBN 9780142408841 (first edition)<br />
Nicole's friend comes to London and the other English Roses are worried she's stealing Nicole away from them.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
13 September 2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: A Rose by Any Other Name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Erica Ottenberg<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 125/128<br />
ISBN 9780142408858 (first edition)<br />
The friendship of the English Roses is tested again as it comes to the leading role in a school play.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
29 May 2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Big-Sister Blues<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Amy Cloud<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 116/128<br />
ISBN 9780142410936 (first edition)<br />
Amy's life is changing for the worse, she thinks, with the pregnancy of her mother. The English Roses have to help her realize the good things about being a big sister.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
17 July 2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Being Binah<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Erica Ottenberg<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142410950 (first edition)<br />
Binah is tired of being "the nice one" and tries to be someone new. Will she still fit in with the English Roses and can they convince her how important it is to "be yourself"?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
11 September 2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Hooray for the Holidays!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin, Callaway<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Amy Cloud<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 123/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411247 (first edition)<br />
There's a Secret Santa gift exchange at school and Charlotte is determined to find the perfect gift. The English Roses have to help her remember the true meaning of Christmas.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
26 December 2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: A Perfect Pair<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Erica Ottenberg<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411254 (first edition)<br />
Nicole, two boys, gossip - the English Roses have to save Valentine’s Day.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
16 April 2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Runway Rose<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Amy Cloud<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411261 (first edition)<br />
Amy gets an after-school job at teen fashion week and seems to forget the English Roses.<br />
9 July 2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Ready, set, vote!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin, Callaway<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Rebecca Gomez<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411278 (first edition)<br />
School elections: Nicole runs for class president with Grace as campaign manager.<br />
15 October 2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: American Dreams<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Rebecca Gomez<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 124/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411285 (first edition)<br />
The English Roses are on different vacations. Binah visits Grace' family in Atlanta.<br />
24 December 2009 / 2010[4]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The English Roses: Catch the Bouquet!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Publisher: Puffin<br />
Author: Madonna<br />
Co-author: Amy Cloud<br />
Illustration: Jeffrey Fulvimari<br />
Pages: 123/128<br />
ISBN 9780142411292 (first edition)<br />
Planning the perfect wedding: Miss Fluffernutter and Binah's father will marry.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-15577416749040975012010-04-26T11:38:00.001-07:002010-04-26T11:38:10.864-07:00Madonna bibliographyMadonna's first venture into the literary world came with the release of her 1992 coffee table book, SEX. The book proved to be a massive success, selling out its entire first edition. She later released another coffee table photography book entitled The Girlie Show which had an accompanying live CD with exclusive tracks from the tour.<br />
In recent years, she had success writing a series of children's books. In 2003, Madonna signed a contract with Callaway Arts & Entertainment. On September 15, 2003, she released her first children's book, The English Roses, and it instantly became the biggest and fastest selling book ever by a first-time children's author. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times Bestsellers List for children's picture books and remained there for an impressive eighteen weeks. The English Roses received the widest launch in publication history as it was released in over a hundred countries on the same day; it also debuted in thirty languages. It is now available in 40 languages and in more than 110 countries worldwide.<br />
Her series of books may very well mark the existence for the first time of kabbalist children's books. All of the books strive to teach lessons Madonna has learned in her study of this branch of Jewish mysticism as well as lessons she has learned throughout her life. For example, in The English Roses, her lead character's name, Binah, comes from the word Kabbalists use for "Understanding".<br />
Madonna's subsequent releases, Mr. Peabody's Apples and Yakov and the Seven Thieves, were both released within a year of The English Roses. They also debuted at number one on the New York Times list and became international best sellers. Combined, Madonna's first three children's books have sold over one and a half million copies worldwide. The Adventures of Abdi was her least successful book. Her latest book, Lotsa de Casha, debuted at number three on the New York Times’ Bestsellers List. For the Lotsa de Casha promotion, Madonna did a photoshoot with photographer, Lorenzo Agius; 8 pictures (including the cover picture) were released in the U.S. magazine Ladies Home Journal with an exclusive interview inside.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-1952450700732613972010-04-26T11:23:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:23:36.924-07:00Madonna filmographyAmerican entertainer Madonna started her film career in 1979 in the low budget feature A Certain Sacrifice. Since then she has starred in numerous independent and Hollywood motion pictures, the majority of which have been box office failures. She has also appeared in three starring theatre roles, numerous television commercials and directed her debut motion picture Filth and Wisdom in 2008. In 1997 she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in Evita.<br />
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In 1979, Madonna starred in low-budget feature A Certain Sacrifice. Its release in 1985 coincided with the success of her Like a Virgin album, and Madonna tried to prevent its release. That same year, Madonna made a small cameo appearance as a club singer in the film Vision Quest<br />
<a name='more'></a> singing Crazy for You; then garnered commercial and critical success in Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan, a story of a housewife who is fascinated with a woman she only knows by reading messages in the personals section of a New York City tabloid. It was a commercial success and grossed $27 million in the United States alone.<br />
Madonna then appeared in the adventure drama Shanghai Surprise (1986) with then-husband Sean Penn. The film was dismissed by moviegoers and received poor reviews, many of them calling her acting wooden. Subsequent films such as Who's That Girl (1987) and Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) failed to attract commercial or critical success. She was the first choice for the role of "Susie Diamond" in The Fabulous Baker Boys, but famously rejected the part claiming it was "too mushy" . This proved to be an unwise decision on her part because the film turned out to be a box-office success and it brought Michelle Pfeiffer to even greater fame.<br />
In 1990, Madonna received good reviews for her turn as Breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy, directed by Warren Beatty and based on Chester Gould's comic strip. Beatty would later surface again in the 1991 documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare (aka In Bed With Madonna) which showed the behind the scenes to the 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour. In December 1990, it was announced that Madonna had pulled out of the controversial Jennifer Lynch film Boxing Helena.<br />
In 1992, Madonna released two movies. The first was a cameo appearance as a trapeze artist in Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog. The black and white film was an homage to German Expressionist cinema, backed by the music of Kurt Weill. She also starred in Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Rosie O'Donnell. The film centered on a women's baseball team during World War II and earned Madonna good reviews. It was a big commercial success worldwide especially in North America.<br />
Following the media backlash caused by her Sex book and its companion album Erotica, Madonna starred in the 1993 erotic thriller Body of Evidence with Willem Dafoe and Anne Archer. It was panned by critics and performed poorly at the box office. It caused great controversy in the media due to the explicit sexual content. Later that year, she starred in Dangerous Game opposite Harvey Keitel and James Russo. Considered nihilistic and violent, it was released straight to home video. Madonna did however, receive good reviews. Madonna has remarked her dislike of the end result saying of the director Abel Ferrara: "He fucked me over. .. however, I am good in it." This was also the first movie production from Madonna's entertainment company Maverick.<br />
In 1995, Madonna almost got the role of the drug addicted Ginger McKenna in Martin Scorsese's, Casino, though she had secured the role, she lost the part at the last minute to Sharon Stone, who convinced Scorsese to cast her instead. Madonna played a cameo, singing telegram girl in Wayne Wang's Blue in the Face and a witch in Four Rooms. She also made another cameo appearance as a phone sex company owner in Spike Lee's Girl 6 in 1996. Later that year Madonna starred as Eva Perón in the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita. The film marked the first time in America since Desperately Seeking Susan that she was praised for her acting. Madonna had campaigned for the role for nearly ten years and, in December 1994, she wrote a four-page, handwritten letter to director Alan Parker explaining that she would be perfect to play the role. Parker agreed and Madonna took voice lessons to extend her range and researched the life of her character. In January 1997, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but failed to receive a nomination at the Academy Awards, though the song "You Must Love Me" won the Oscar for Best Song. Both "You Must Love Me" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" were hit singles.<br />
Madonna's follow-up to Evita was another critically panned role as Abbie, a woman who decides to have a baby with her gay best friend, in the film The Next Best Thing (2000) directed by John Schlesinger. In America, the film started off strong on its opening week with $15 million, but this quickly diminished.<br />
Swept Away followed in 2002, and was another critical and commercial failure. The remake of an Italian film by Lina Wertmüller in 1975 was the first big screen collaboration between Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie. It received seven Razzie Award nominations, winning five including Worst Actress for Madonna. The movie was only released to a few hundred cinemas in America and was released straight-to-video in Europe. Later that year, Madonna had a short cameo appearance in the James Bond film Die Another Day, and also sang the theme song. In the movie, Madonna played a fencing instructor named Verity who taught at a British academy.<br />
During the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour, a documentary entitled I'm Going to Tell You a Secret was filmed by Jonas Akerlund, showing behind the scenes footage of the tour. It was premiered on MTV in November 2005. In late 2004, she provided the voice of Princess Selenia in the animated film Arthur and the Invisibles, which was released in January 2007. It was directed by Luc Besson and has been a commercial success worldwide with two sequels already in the planning.<br />
She had originally been selected to play the title role in Music of the Heart, however she was replaced by Meryl Streep two weeks before filming began.<br />
Madonna regularly lends her support to films that personally interest her such as Fahrenheit 911 and Slumdog Millionaire. She also supported ex-husband Sean Penn in his Best Male Actor Award for Milk at the 2009 Academy Awards.<br />
[edit]Filmography<br />
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This is a chronologically-ordered list of films in which Madonna has appeared.<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Character<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Director<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Movie Studio<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>US Box Office<br />
1979<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A Certain Sacrifice<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bruna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stephen Jon Lewicki<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cine Cine Productions<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N/A<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vision Quest<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Singer (cameo)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Harold Becker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Warner Bros. Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$12,993,175<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Desperately Seeking Susan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Susan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Susan Seidelman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Orion Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$27,398,584<br />
1986<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shanghai Surprise<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gloria Tatlock<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jim Goddard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>HandMade Films<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,315,683<br />
1987<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who's That Girl<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nikki Finn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>James Foley<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Warner Bros. Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$7,305,209<br />
1989<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bloodhounds of Broadway<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hortense Hathaway<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Howard Brookner<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Columbia Pictures, American Playhouse<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$43,671<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dick Tracy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Breathless Mahoney<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Warren Beatty<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$103,738,726<br />
1991<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Truth or Dare aka In Bed with Madonna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Herself<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alek Keshishian<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Miramax Films, Dino de Laurentiis Communications<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$15,012,935<br />
1992<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shadows and Fog<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Marie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Woody Allen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Orion Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,735,731<br />
1992<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A League of Their Own<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mae Mordabito<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Penny Marshall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Columbia Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$107,533,928<br />
1993<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Body of Evidence<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rebecca Carlson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Uli Edel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MGM Pictures, Dino de Laurentiis Communications<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$13,273,595<br />
1993<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dangerous Game aka Snake Eyes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sarah Jennings<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abel Ferrara<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cecchi Gori Group, Maverick Films<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$23,671<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blue in the Face aka Brooklyn Boogie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Singing Telegram (cameo)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paul Auster and Wayne Wang<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Miramax Films, Buena Vista Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,268,636<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Four Rooms<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elspeth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Allison Anders ("The Missing Ingredient" segment)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Miramax Films, Buena Vista Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,257,354<br />
1996<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Girl 6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Boss #3 (cameo)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Spike Lee<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>20th Century Fox<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,939,939<br />
1996<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Evita<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eva Perón<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alan Parker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$50,047,179<br />
2000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Next Best Thing<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abbie Reynolds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>John Schlesinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lakeshore Entertainment, Paramount Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$14,990,582<br />
2002<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Swept Away<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amber Leighton<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Guy Ritchie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$598,645<br />
2002<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Die Another Day<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Verity (cameo)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lee Tamahori<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MGM Pictures, Danjaq Inc.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$160,942,139<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I'm Going to Tell You a Secret<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Herself<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jonas Åkerlund<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Maverick Films<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N/A<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arthur and the Minimoys aka Arthur and the Invisibles 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Princess Selenia (voice)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Luc Besson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EuropaCorp, The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$15,132,763<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I Am Because We Are<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Herself<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nathan Rissman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Semtex Films, Hollydog Films<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N/A<br />
1 Madonna provides the voice of Princess Selenia in the English language version only.<br />
[edit]Directing<br />
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Madonna has directed an advertising TV campaign for her clothing range with fashion chain H&M and also directed her first feature film Filth and Wisdom.<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Medium<br />
2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M by Madonna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H&M TV commercial<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Filth and Wisdom<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Feature film<br />
[edit]Commercials<br />
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Madonna has starred in various international television commercials (see below), as well as high profile print advertising for Versace clothing (1995, 2005), Ebel watches (1998), H&M clothing (featuring the crew from her Confessions Tour, 2006), Louis Vuitton bags (2009) and Dolce & Gabbana (2010).<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Company<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Promoting<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>#<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Theme<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Soundtrack<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Country<br />
1986-1987<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mitsubishi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hi-Fi systems/VHS recorders<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna dances in each video<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"True Blue" "La Isla Bonita", "Causing a Commotion" and "Spotlight"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Japan<br />
1989<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pepsi-cola<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>soft drink beverage<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Make a wish", childhood birthday part; withdrawn after "Like a Prayer" music video controversy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Prayer"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
1989/1991<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elleseine (エルセーヌ)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>beauty treatments/products<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Pure Madonna"; Madonna with baby and "Elephant"; Madonna showgirl with circus elephant<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Spanish Eyes" and "Rescue Me"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Japan<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rock the Vote<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>American elections 1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Madonna dressed in American flag and underwear with two back-up dancers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Vogue"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>United States<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Takara Shuzo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shochu rice beverage<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I'm Pure" and "I'm Still Pure"; Samurai Madonna, Japanese Mythology<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Broken" (unreleased Madonna song)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Japan<br />
1999<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Max Factor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>make-up<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Max Factor Gold"; Madonna getting her make-up done<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Ray of Light"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2001<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Microsoft Windows XP<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>computer operating system<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>everyday life; song only used - Madonna did not star<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Ray of Light"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2001<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BMW<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>automobiles<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Hire: Star short film for BMWfilms.com; directed by Guy Ritchie, co-starring Clive Owen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Song 2" by Blur<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gap<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>clothing<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"A New Groove, A New Jean"; break-dancing, jeans; starring with Missy Elliott<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Into the Hollywood Groove"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Estée Lauder<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>perfume<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Beyond Paradise" cross-promoted with the "Love Profusion" single; directed by Luc Besson; nature, flowers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Love Profusion"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Motorola<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Motorola ROKR E1 with iTunes phone<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Phone Booth" musicians fitting into a phone booth; co-starring Iggy Pop and Little Richard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Hung Up"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H&M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>clothing range<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"M by Madonna"; finding the "It" in fashion; directed by Madonna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Purdy" by William Orbit<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>International<br />
2007<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Brillia Mare Ariake<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>apartment complex<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>nature, family, construction; "Beyond Borders" and "Think Family" directed by Steven Klein<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>none<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Japan<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sunsilk<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hair care products<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>animation of images and videos of Madonna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Ray of Light" and "4 Minutes"<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>United States<br />
[edit]Documentaries<br />
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<br />
Truth or Dare (aka In Bed With Madonna)<br />
(1991)<br />
In 1991, Madonna released the documentary Truth or Dare (named In Bed With Madonna outside North America). Directed by Alek Keshishian, the film followed Madonna on her Blond Ambition world tour. It featured black and white backstage scenes and live performances filmed in color.<br />
Truth or Dare grossed more than $15 million in the U.S. alone.[8] While criticized for being manufactured, the film offered insights into Madonna's relationship with then-boyfriend Warren Beatty and showed her admitting that ex-husband Sean Penn was the love of her life. Madonna deeply dislikes the title of In Bed With Madonna and has expressed in interviews that it is a "stupid title". The original title of the documentary was "Truth or Dare: On The Road, Behind The Scenes and In Bed With Madonna".<br />
In 1992, behind the scenes footage was filmed by Fabien Baron during the making of the book Sex. This footage was intended to be shown at the launch party of the book, and has since been leaking on the internet. It includes many of the images used in the "Erotica" music video accompanied by 1920s music. It was handed out to 100 special guests at the launch and is listed on www.imdb.com as a documentary. It is sometimes known as The Making of Sex.<br />
Madonna's second documentary, I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005), followed her and her family on the Re-Invention World Tour in 2004. Directed by long-time collaborator Jonas Åkerlund, it premiered commercial free on MTV in the US on October 21, 2005. It was released on DVD June 20, 2006 with a bonus audio CD.<br />
In late 2006, Madonna announced that she was funding a documentary about Malawi and it was through viewing this footage that she first saw David Banda, whom she has since adopted. An excerpt from this can be found on Amazon.com.[9] The film is called I Am Because We Are.<br />
[edit]On stage<br />
<br />
In 1986 Madonna appeared in a workshop of Goose and TomTom written by David Rabe and directed by Gregory Mosher, Madonna played "Gum chewing gun moll" Lorraine and starred along her then-husband Sean Penn and Harvey Keitel.<br />
In 1988 Madonna made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. While generally receiving negative notes, the New York Times congratulated her for the "intelligent, scrupulously disciplined comic acting."<br />
In 2002, she made a London West End theatre debut in a version of Australian plawright David Williamson's play Up For Grabs.[10] The setting was relocated from Sydney to New York. Generally criticised for her lack of technical ability, a critic used in his review a line from the play: "If you think a big marketing budget will sell any old junk, you'd be wrong. It's got to be quality junk".[11][12][13]<br />
[edit]Music from Motion Pictures and TV<br />
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the following Madonna songs have appeared in the formentioned motion pictures or TV series. For information on Madonna's contribution to songs appearing on soundtrack albums, see: Madonna albums discography and Other soundtrack albums featuring Madonna songs<br />
Year<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Motion picture/TV show<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Songs<br />
2009<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>An Englishman in New York<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Vogue"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Wrestler<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Jump"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Filth and Wisdom<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Erotica" and "Secret Garden"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Get Smart<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"4 Minutes"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ugly Betty (TV series, episode #2.18)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Candy Shop," "Spanish Lesson," "She's Not Me", "Miles Away" and "Jump"<br />
2008<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Change (TV series)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Miles Away" (Theme song)<br />
2006<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Devil Wears Prada<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Vogue" and "Jump"<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cheaper by the Dozen 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Holiday"<br />
2005<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ice Princess<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Ray of Light"<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Material Girl"<br />
2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13 Going on 30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Crazy for You"<br />
2003<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Confidence<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Erotica"<br />
2002<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Crossroads<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Open Your Heart"<br />
2002<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Die Another Day<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Die Another Day"<br />
2001<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Queer As Folk (TV series, episode #1.7)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Don't Tell Me"<br />
2000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Snatch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Lucky Star"<br />
2000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Next Best Thing<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"American Pie" and "Time Stood Still"<br />
1999<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Corruptor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Candy Perfume Girl"<br />
1999<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Never Been Kissed<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Prayer"<br />
1999<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Beautiful Stranger"<br />
1997<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Wedding Singer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Holiday"<br />
1997<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Real Blonde<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Hanky Panky"<br />
1997<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gummo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Like a Prayer"<br />
1996<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Evita<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Principal singer on entire soundtrack<br />
1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Friends (TV series, Episode #1.24)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Take a Bow"<br />
1994<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With Honors<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>""I'll Remember" (Theme from With Honors)<br />
1992<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A League of Their Own<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"This Used to Be My Playground" and "Rockford Peaches Song"<br />
1991<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>My Own Private Idaho<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Cherish"<br />
1991<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nothing But Trouble<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Get Over" (background vocals)<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Midnight Caller (TV series, episode #2.11)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Santa Baby"<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Texasville<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Material Girl"<br />
1990<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dick Tracy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"More", "What Can You Lose" and "Sooner Or Later"<br />
1989<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bloodhounds of Broadway<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I Surrender Dear" (with Jennifer Grey)<br />
1987<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Walk Like a Man<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Sidewalk Talk" (background vocals)<br />
1987<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who's That Girl<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Who's That Girl", "Causing a Commotion", "The Look of Love" and "Can't Stop"<br />
1986<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At Close Range<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Live to Tell"<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Desperately Seeking Susan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Into The Groove"<br />
1985<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vision Quest (aka "Crazy For You")<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Crazy for You" and "Gambler"<br />
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</div>slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-57907633616962049102010-04-26T11:10:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:10:00.984-07:00Legacy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CHdxOg0gd9395TuzRtlCySA-baPl_T-DhIS9lCzrLDSkLxT8G3Au9IT-tOYhCp4-mdbUgY69X5An3tR4Qe9CUCsskb9Mobiw7oaZivbHQk0EAqHpr2YTsJ3TLObUsKyvx-9WHjpTy7qc/s1600/Madonnainhelsinki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CHdxOg0gd9395TuzRtlCySA-baPl_T-DhIS9lCzrLDSkLxT8G3Au9IT-tOYhCp4-mdbUgY69X5An3tR4Qe9CUCsskb9Mobiw7oaZivbHQk0EAqHpr2YTsJ3TLObUsKyvx-9WHjpTy7qc/s320/Madonnainhelsinki.jpg" /></a></div>По данным Rolling Stone, Мадонна "остается одним из величайших поп-актов всех времен". Она получила название " королева поп-музыки "и внесены в Книгу рекордов Гиннеса как самый успешный женский мире художника запись всех времен. С 10 марта 2008, Мадонна была введена в рок-н-ролла , в первый год она право на честь. Журнал Billboard ее место как самый успешный сольный исполнитель (второй художник целом уступая только The Beatles ) на " Billboard Hot 100 за все время Лучшие исполнители ". Она также является самой успешной певицей соло в британской истории диаграммы, причем наиболее альбомов номер один и номер 1-синглов. Мадонна характеризуется в книге 100 важнейших женщин двадцатого века, опубликованные Главная Журнал Женские в 1998 году. В июле 2003, VH1 и людей журнала перечисленные ей седьмое место в "200 Greatest Pop культуры Иконы За все время ". В 2006 году новый воды несут видов называется Echiniscus madonnae, был назван в ее честь. В статье с описанием Е. madonnae, была опубликована в международном журнале животных таксономии Zootaxa марта 2006 (Том 1154, страниц: 1-36). Зоологи прокомментировал: "Мы с большим удовольствием посвящают этому виду один из наиболее значительных художников нашего времени, Мадонна Луиза Вероника Ritchie". Интегрированной системы таксономической информации (ИТИС) <br />
<a name='more'></a>число видов 711164.<br />
На протяжении всей своей карьеры Мадонна, как Дэвид Боуи , неоднократно заново себя через ряд визуальных и музыкальных личностей. Fouz Эрнандес-и соглашается с тем, что это изобретение заново является одной из ее ключевых культурных достижений. Мадонна заново изобрел себя, постоянно работающих с предстоящим талантливых режиссеров и предыдущие неизвестных художников, оставаясь при этом в центре внимания средств массовой информации. При этом она может служить примером того, как сохранить свою карьеру в индустрии развлечений. Мадонна представлял себе, как кто-то продолжал изменить ее образ и имидж время от времени. Такое изменение изобретение было отмечено учеными как основной инструмент выживания в музыкальной индустрии, художница. Как Ian Янгс от BBC News отметил: "Ее способность следить за последними тенденциями и адаптировать свой стиль часто кредитуются с сохранением ее апелляцию. " воспользуемся Мадонна шокирует сексуальных образах, имеет выиграли свою карьеру и влияние общественного дискурса по вопросам половой жизни и феминизм. The Times комментирует: "Мадонна, любите ли вы или нет, но начало революции среди женщин в музыке. [...] Ее взгляды и мнения по признаку пола, обнаженная натура, стиле и сексуальности заставило общественность проявляла и уведомления. " Роджер Стрейтматтер, автор Sex Sells! (2004), отметил, что "с момент Мадонна ворвался в экране радара страны в середине 1980-х годов, она сделала все от нее зависящее, чтобы шокировать общественность, и ее усилия были вознаграждены. " Шмуэль Boteach, автор Ненавидеть женщин (2005), считает, что Мадонна в значительной степени несет ответственность за стирания грани между музыкой и порнографии. Он заявил: "Прежде чем Мадонна, это было возможно для женщины более известны своими голосами, чем их расщепление, превращаться в музыку суперзвезд. Но во вселенной после Мадонны, даже весьма оригинальных исполнителей, таких как Janet Jackson сейчас чувствуете давление разоблачить их органы по национальному телевидению, чтобы продать альбомы. " [204]<br />
Мадонна повлияло на многие художники музыки во всем ее карьере. Мария Креста, в своей книге "Madonna: Биография, писал:" Ее влияние на поп-музыки неоспоримы и далеко идущие последствия. Новые поп-икон Nelly Furtado и Shakira на Gwen Stefani и Кристина Агилера (не говоря уже Britney Spears ) обязаны Мадонна, задолженности спасибо за шаблон она поддельных, сочетая провокационные сексуальность и женской силы в ее образе, музыки и песни ". Fouz-Эрнандес прокомментировал, что женщины-исполнителей поп, такие как "Спирс, Spice Girls , 's Child судьбы , Jennifer Lopez , Kylie Minogue и розовый были похожи на дочери Мадонны в том смысле, что они выросли, слушая ее, любуясь при принятии решения о подражать ее стилю. " Среди всех из них, свое влияние Мадонны был наиболее заметен в Спирс, который назвал ее протеже . Кроме того, она была зачислена с введением европейской электронной танцевальной музыки в русле американской поп-культуры, а также привлечением европейских производителей, как Стюарт Прайс и Мирвэ Ахмадзай в центре внимания. [<br />
Мадонна также получил признание в качестве ролевой модели для женщин-предпринимателей в своей отрасли ", достижения какого-то финансового контроля, что женщины уже давно боролись в промышленности" было создано более 1,2 млрд. долл. США в продаже в течение первого десятилетия своей карьеры. После его создания, Maverick Records - необычно для таких этикеток - стал большой коммерческий успех благодаря ее усилиям. Книгу рекордов имена Мадонны, как высокий доход женщин мира певицы, после принятия £ 26,6 млн. в 2004 году. Музыкальный журналист Роберт Сандалл, говорит, что во время собеседований с Мадонной, было ясно, что быть "культурным большой горькой" является более важным, чем ее поп-музыку, карьеры она охарактеризовала как "несчастный случай". Он также отметил, контраст между ее все-идет сексуальной публичным человеком, и скрытным и "параноидальным" отношение к ней собственные средства, она уволила своего собственного брата, когда он поручил ей дополнительных пункта. London Business School ученые называют ее "динамические предприниматель" стоит копировать, определяя свое видение успеха, понимание музыкальной индустрии, способность распознавать ее исполнении пределах (и, следовательно, привести в помощь), трудолюбие и способность к переменам, а ключ к ее коммерческий успех. Reporter Майкл Мак-Вильямс заявил: "разочарование, вызванное Madonna - она холодная, жадный, бездарный - скрывать и фанатизма, и суть ее искусства, который является одним из самых теплых, самый гуманный, самый глубоко удовлетворяющее всех поп-культуры. "slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-24130145654880977642010-04-26T11:04:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:04:58.032-07:00Music videos and performances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_K_1VFOxnRSpi7l0vzlpG_RAcnckqqofrfIfgIj6V4RJbKhjRayA9zFTqwfGkNcNS6ozhv6AFiRf_jg3LFXtl1sXMuC0kXGKb3mpXtRBbrEdHc6Gsc6CP-35pAkqn_9JZc5nDiu2WYWa/s1600/Madonna_wembley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_K_1VFOxnRSpi7l0vzlpG_RAcnckqqofrfIfgIj6V4RJbKhjRayA9zFTqwfGkNcNS6ozhv6AFiRf_jg3LFXtl1sXMuC0kXGKb3mpXtRBbrEdHc6Gsc6CP-35pAkqn_9JZc5nDiu2WYWa/s320/Madonna_wembley.jpg" /></a></div>In The Madonna Companion, biographers Allen Metz and Carol Benson noted that more than any other recent pop artist, Madonna had used MTV and music videos to establish her popularity, and enhance her recorded work. According to them, many of her songs have the imagery of the music video in strong context, while referring to the music. The media and public reaction towards her most-discussed songs like "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer" or "Justify My Love", had to do with the music videos created to promote the song and their impact, rather than the song itself. Madonna's initial music videos, reflected her American and Hispanic mixed street style and a flamboyant glamour. She was able to transmit her avant-garde downtown New York fashion sense to the American audience. The imagery and incorporation of Hispanic culture and Catholic symbolism, continued with the music videos from the True Blue era. Author Douglas Kellner noted, "such 'multiculturalism' and her culturally transgressive moves turned out to be highly successful moves that endeared her to large and varied youth audiences". Madonna's Spanish look in the videos became the fashion trends of that time, in the form of boleros and layered skirts, accessorizing with rosary beads and crucifix like the video of "La Isla Bonita". Academics noted that with her videos, Madonna was subtly reversing the usual role of male as the dominant sex. This symbolism and imagery was probably the most prevalent in the music video for "Like a Prayer". The video included an African American church choir, Madonna attracted to a statue of a black saint, and singing in front of burning crosses. This mix of the sacred and the profane upset the Vatican and resulted in the Pepsi commercial withdrawal.<br />
Madonna's emergence occurred during the advent of MTV, and "with its almost exclusively lip-synced videos, ushered in an era in which average music fans might happily spend hours a day, every day, watching singers just mouth the words." The symbiotic relationship between music video and lip-syncing, led to a desire for the spectacle and imagery of music video to be transferred to live stage shows. Chris Nelson of The New York Times reported: "Artists like Madonna and Janet Jackson set new standards for showmanship, with concerts that included not only elaborate costumes and precision-timed pyrotechnics but also highly athletic dancing. These effects came at the expense of live singing."Thor Christensen of the Dallas Morning News, commented that while Madonna earned a reputation for lip-syncing during her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, since then she has reorganized her performances by "stay[ing] mostly still during her toughest singing parts and [leaves] the dance routines to her backup troupe ... [r]ather than try to croon and dance up a storm at the same time." She was instruemntal in introducing RF microphones, generally known as Boom Mounting — the use of a headset boom fastened around the head or over the top of the head, with the microphone capsule on a boom arm that extends to the mouth. Later, it came to be known as the "Madonna-mic" because she was one of the first major performers to use them.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-82746905892392969682010-04-26T11:00:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:00:48.011-07:00Influences<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">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."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". Other musical influences included Karen Carpenter, The Supremes, Led Zeppelin, and dancers like Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev. Madonna's Italian-Catholic background, and relationship with her parents, were reflected in the album Like a Prayer. It is also an evocation of the impact religion had on her career.Her video for the title track contains Catholic symbolism, such as the stigmata. During The Virgin Tour, she wore a rosary and also prayed with it in the music video for "La Isla Bonita". 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 dedicated the song "Papa Don't Preach" to the Pope.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">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".Her "Material Girl" music video, recreated Monroe's look in the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She also 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" was inspired by Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis (1927). The video for "Vogue" recreated the style of Hollywood glamour photographs, in particular those by 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, including Bette Davis, described by Madonna as an idol. Influences also came to her from the art world, most notably through the works of artist Frida Kahlo.The music video of the song "Bedtime Story", featured images inspired by the paintings of Kahlo and Remedios Varo. Her 2003 video for "Hollywood", was an homage to the work of photographer Guy Bourdin; it sparked a lawsuit by Bourdin's son, against Madonna, Webo Girl Publishing, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music Group, MTV Networks, and Jean-Baptiste Mondino, due to the unauthorised use of his father's work. Other new-age artists like Andy Warhol's usage of S&M imagery in his underground films, were reflected in the music videos for "Erotica" and "Deeper and Deeper". Madonna became a follower of the Kabbalah school of Jewish mysticism after the birth of her daughter in 1996. She has been open about the influence of the religion on her, and donated millions of dollars for schools based on the religion, around New York and London. In 2004, she changed her name to Esther, which in Hebrew means "star". After she joined the religion, she faced opposition from Rabbis, who felt Madonna taking up Kabbalah was sacrilegious and a case of celebrity dilettanism. Madonna defended her Kabbalah studies by stating: "It would be less controversial if I joined the Nazi Party" and that the Kabbalah is "not hurting anybody." The religion went on to influence Madonna's music, especially albums like Ray of Light and Music. During the Re-Invention World Tour, at one point of the show, Madonna and her dancers wore t-shirts that read "Kabbalists Do It Better."</div>slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-38690256156740528012010-04-26T10:55:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:55:43.600-07:00Musical styleAs an artist, Madonna's music has been the subject of much scrutiny among critics. Robert M. Grant, author of Contemporary Strategy Analysis (2005), commented that what has brought Madonna success is "[c]ertainly not outstanding natural talent. As a vocalist, musician, dancer, songwriter, or actress, Madonna's talents seem modest." He asserts Madonna's success is in relying on the talents of others, and that her personal relationships have served as cornerstones to the numerous reinventions in the longevity of her career. Conversely, Rolling Stone has named Madonna "an exemplary songwriter with a gift for hooks and indelible lyrics, and a better studio singer than her live spectacles attest." She has been called "the perfect vocalist for lighter-than-air songs", despite not being a "heavyweight talent."[ Madonna has always been self-conscious about her voice, especially when compared to her vocal idols, a group that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Prince and Chaka Khan.<br />
The release of her first album, Madonna (1983), heralded her arrival but her vocal abilities were not fully formed artistically. Her vocal styles and lyrics appeared similar to those of other pop stars of that period, namely Paula Abdul, Debbie Gibson and Taylor Dayne. The songs on Madonna reveal several key trends that have continued to define her success, including a strong dance-based idiom, catchy hooks, highly polished arrangement and Madonna's own vocal style. In songs such as "Lucky Star" and Borderline", Madonna introduced a style of upbeat dance music that would prove particularly appealing to future gay audiences. The bright, girlish vocal timbre of the early years became passé in Madonna's later works, the change being deliberate. Her second album, Like a Virgin (1984), foreshadowed several trends in Madonna's later works, including references to classical works (the pizzicato synthesizer line that opens the song "Angel"); potential negative reaction from social groups ("Dress You Up" which was blacklisted by the Parents Music Resource Center); and retro styles ("Shoo-Bee-Doo", Madonna's homage to Motown). Madonna's early style and the change that she ushered in it, is best evident in the song "Material Girl". It opens with Madonna using a little-girl voice, but following the first verse, she switches to a richer, more mature voice in the chorus. This mature artistic statement was visible in True Blue (1986). "Papa Don't Preach" from this album, was a significant milestone in her artistic career. The classical introduction, fast tempo and the gravity in her voice was unprecedented in Madonna's oeuvre at that time.<br />
With Like a Prayer (1989), Madonna again entered a new phase, musically. Widely denoted as her most frank record, Like a Prayer reflected Madonna's thoughts on her failed marriage to Penn and her loneliness. Madonna commented "[The album] was a real coming-of-age record for me emotionally. [..] I had to do a lot of soul-searching and I think it is a reflection of that. The album introduced live recorded music and incorporated different genres of music, including dance, R&B, Gospel music. Her relationship with her parents and Penn had a profound effect on the lyrics of the songs. Madonna continued to compose ballads and uptempo dance songs for Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994). She tried to remain contemporary by utilizing the use of samples, rap music, drum loops and hip-hop in the songs. Her voice grew much deeper and fuller, evident in the tracks like "Rain" and "Take a Bow". During the shooting of Evita, Madonna had to take vocal lessons, which increased her range further. She herself commented: "I studied with a vocal coach for Evita and I realized there was a whole piece of my voice I wasn't using. Before, I just believed I had a really limited range and was going to make the most of it." Continuing her musical evolution with Ray of Light, the track "Frozen" displayed her fully formed vocal prowess and her allusions to classical music. Her vocals were restrained and she sang the songs in Ray of Light without vibrato. However, the intake of breath within the songs became more prominent. With the new millennium, came her album Music. From that album, Madonna has sung in her normal voice in a medium range, and sometimes singing in a higher register for the chorus. Fouz-Hernández commented that "Throughout her career, Madonna's manipulation of her voice shows us that, by refusing to be defined in one way, she has in fact opened up a space for new kinds of musical analysis."slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-67238510286086423582010-04-26T10:51:00.001-07:002010-04-26T10:51:27.977-07:002010–present: Upcoming projectsMadonna performed "Like a Prayer" on the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief concert on January 22, 2010. She announced the release of her third live album, Sticky & Sweet Tour, on March 30, 2010. It is her first release under Live Nation, but will be distributed by Warner Bros. It was announced in February, Madonna would co-write with Alek Keshishian, and direct her second film, W.E., a biopic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-41240952578477783042010-04-26T10:28:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:28:37.220-07:002007–09: Live Nation, Hard Candy and the Sticky & Sweet Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84z5RUeuhnH4DVz4754vZLrxOQZ56YLSw8vwkuTmqlN4TSlzpWN766GmNAZSOaQLcsLTMZ_K0U859P2MDEFzLDjbfnYsNz5nw0j4MOMNaCRFNA6Hj07W3AryzCAqtQI702jmq7kID5-CH/s1600/madonna_cleavage_jpg-794640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84z5RUeuhnH4DVz4754vZLrxOQZ56YLSw8vwkuTmqlN4TSlzpWN766GmNAZSOaQLcsLTMZ_K0U859P2MDEFzLDjbfnYsNz5nw0j4MOMNaCRFNA6Hj07W3AryzCAqtQI702jmq7kID5-CH/s320/madonna_cleavage_jpg-794640.jpg" /></a></div> In May 2007, Madonna released the download-only song "Hey You", for the Live Earth series of concerts. The song was available as free download the first week of its release. She also performed it at the London Live Earth concert in July 2007. In October, Madonna announced her departure from Warner Bros. Records, and a new $120 million, ten-year contract with Live Nation. She became the founding recording artist for the new music division, Live Nation Artists. The same year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Madonna as one of the five inductees of 2008. The induction ceremony took place on March 10, 2008. Madonna produced and wrote I Am Because We Are, a documentary on the problems faced by Malawians. The documentary was directed by her former gardener Nathan Rissman. She also directed her first film titled Filth and Wisdom. The Times said she had "done herself proud" while The Daily Telegraph described the film as "not an entirely unpromising first effort [but] Madonna would do well to hang on to her day job."<br />
Madonna released her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy, in April 2008. Rolling Stone complimented it as an "impressive taste of her upcoming tour." The album debuted at number one in 37 countries worldwide, including the Billboard 200. The album received generally positive reviews worldwide, though some critics panned it as "an attempt to harness the urban market". Its lead single, "4 Minutes", reached number-three on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was Madonna's thirty-seventh Hot 100 top ten hit, thus surpassing Elvis Presley, as the artist with the most top-ten hits. In the United Kingdom, she retained her record for the most number-one singles for a female artist, "4 Minutes" being her thirteenth. To further promote the album, Madonna embarked on the Sticky & Sweet Tour, which was her first major venture with Live Nation. It became the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo artist with gross of US$ 280 million, surpassing the previous record held by her Confessions Tour. The tour was extended to the next year, adding new European dates. The total gross by the end of the whole tour was US$ 408 million.<br />
Life with My Sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone, was released in July 2008. The book debuted at number two on the New York Times Bestseller list. It was not authorized by Madonna, and led to a rift between them. She filed for divorce from Ritchie, in October 2008; it was finalized in December. On March 2, 2009, Madonna was honored with the Gold International Artist of the Year, at the Recording Industry Association of Japan Gold Disc Awards, for Hard Candy. She decided to adopt again from Malawi. The country's High Court, initially approved the adoption of Chifundo "Mercy" James. However, the adoption was rejected since Madonna was not a resident of Malawi. Madonna re-appealed, and on June 12, 2009, the Supreme Court of Malawi granted Madonna, the rights to adopt Mercy James. In September 2009, Madonna released Celebration, her third greatest hits album, and the closing release with Warner. It contained the new songs "Celebration" and "Revolver", plus 34 hits spanning her career. Celebration was Madonna's eleventh number-one album in the UK Albums Chart, tying her with Elvis Presley as the solo act with most number-one albums in the British chart history. Madonna appeared at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, to pay tribute to deceased pop star Michael Jackson, with a speech.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-83895856335756000602010-04-26T10:11:00.000-07:002010-04-26T10:11:29.911-07:002003–06: American Life, Confessions on a Dance Floor and adoption caseIn 2003, Madonna collaborated with fashion photographer Steven Klein, for an exhibition installation named X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS. It included photography from a photoshoot in W Magazine, and seven video segments. The installation ran from March to May, in New York's Deitch Projects gallery. It then traveled the world in an edited form. Madonna released her ninth studio album called American Life. It was themed on the American society and received mixed reviews. The title song peaked at number thirty-seven on the Hot 100. Having sold four million copies, American Life became the lowest selling album of her career. Later that year, Madonna performed the song "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna kissed Spears and Aguilera during the performance, resulting in a tabloid frenzy. In the fall of 2003, Madonna provided guest vocals on Spears' single "Me Against the Music". During the Christmas season of 2003, Madonna released Remixed & Revisited, an EP that included remixed versions of songs from American Life, and "Your Honesty", a previously unreleased track from the Bedtime Stories recording sessions.[ Madonna also signed a contract with Callaway Arts & Entertainment as the author of five books, and published the first one titled The English Roses. The story was about four English schoolgirls and their envy and jealousy of each other. After its release, The English Roses peaked at the top of New York Times Best Seller list.<br />
The next year, Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its former parent company, Time Warner, claiming that mismanagement of resources, and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars. In return, Warner filed a countersuit, alleging that Maverick had lost tens of millions of dollars on its own. The dispute was resolved when the Maverick shares, owned by Madonna and Ronnie Dashev, were purchased. The company became an owmed subsidiary of Warner Music, but Madonna was still signed to Warner under a separate recording contract. Later that year, Madonna embarked on the Re-Invention World Tour in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It became the highest-grossing tour of 2004, earning $125 million. She made a documentary about the tour named I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. Same year, Rolling Stone ranked her number thirty-six, on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Madonna performed a cover version of the John Lennon song "Imagine", in the televised concert titled Tsunami Aid.She also performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in London. Her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, was released in November and debuted at number one in all major music markets. Keith Caulfield from Billboard commented that the album is a "welcome return to form for the Queen of Pop." The album won a Grammy Award for "Best Electronic/Dance Album".The first single from the album, "Hung Up", went on to reach number-one in a record breaking forty-five countries, earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. "Sorry", the second single, became Madonna's twelfth number-one, in United Kingdom.<br />
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After Lourdes' birth Madonna became involved in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah. Her seventh studio album Ray of Light reflected this change in her perception and image. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Ray of Light became one of Madonna's most critically acclaimed album and was listed as one of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Slant Magazine described the album as "one of the great pop masterpieces of the '90s". Ray of Light was honored with four Grammy Awards and six MTV Video Music Awards. The album's first single, "Frozen", became Madonna's first ever single to debut at number one in the United Kingdom, while in the United States, it became her sixth number-two singles and set another record for Madonna as the artist with most number-two hits. However, the song was adjudicated to be a plagiarism of Belgian songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva's 1993 song "Ma Vie Fout L'camp", and hence it was banned in Belgium. The second single, "Ray of Light", debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and was used by Microsoft in its advertising campaign to introduce Windows XP. In 1999, Madonna was signed to play a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart but left the project, citing "creative differences" with director Wes Craven. Madonna followed the success of Ray of Light with the single "Beautiful Stranger", recorded for the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me's soundtrack. It reached number nineteen on the Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.<br />
In 2000, Madonna starred in the film The Next Best Thing. She contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack, "Time Stood Still" and the international hit "American Pie", a cover version of Don McLean's 1971 song. Madonna released her eighth studio album, Music, on September 2000. The album hit number-one position in more than 20 countries worldwide, and sold 4 million copies in the first 10 days. In the United States, Music debuted at number one and became her first number-one album in eleven years, since Like a Prayer. It produced three singles; "Music", which became Madonna's twelfth number-one on the Hot 100, as well as "Don't Tell Me" and "What It Feels Like for a Girl". The latter's music video, depicted Madonna committing murders and accidents, with cars and was banned by MTV and VH1 from airing. The same year Madonna became involved in a relationship with Guy Ritchie, whom she had met in 1999 through mutual friends Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler. On August 11, 2000, she gave birth to their son, Rocco Ritchie. Later that year, Madonna and Ritchie married in Scotland.<br />
Her fifth concert tour, titled the Drowned World Tour, started in May 2001. The tour visited cities in North America and Europe. It became one of the highest grossing concert tours of the year and grossed $75 million from 47 sold-out shows. She also released her second greatest hits collection, titled GHV2, to coincide with the home video release of the tour. GHV2 debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200. In 2002, Madonna starred in the film Swept Away directed by her husband Guy Ritchie. The film was a commercial and critical failure, and was released direct-to-video in the United Kingdom. Later that year, she released "Die Another Day", the title song of the twentieth James Bond film of same name, in which she had a cameo role. The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated both for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Raspberry for Worst Song.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-47624033732804089402010-04-26T09:55:00.001-07:002010-04-26T09:55:25.344-07:001992–96: Maverick, Sex, Erotica, Bedtime Stories and Evita<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPmSIL3HjjHrSIIJatxNMOFrpHS7YEm7wcR3I5BfzbEEuGWuDGbjgUfA7BK_YMG1B7V9VB0QagwQKt_m0AM2I7KvtRDpr3TGyPcND_ZYOb1GGC3RMY0_BQNyHDm5Nluqig3hrndWhcDSk/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPmSIL3HjjHrSIIJatxNMOFrpHS7YEm7wcR3I5BfzbEEuGWuDGbjgUfA7BK_YMG1B7V9VB0QagwQKt_m0AM2I7KvtRDpr3TGyPcND_ZYOb1GGC3RMY0_BQNyHDm5Nluqig3hrndWhcDSk/s320/images.jpg" /></a></div><br />
In 1992, Madonna founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, consisting of a record company (Maverick Records), a film production company (Maverick Films), and also music publishing, television, merchandising and book-publishing divisions. The deal was a joint venture with Time Warner as part of $60 million worth of recordings and businesses. It gave Madonna twenty percent royalty from the music proceedings, equal at that time to Michael Jackson's. The first release from the venture was Madonna's book, titled Sex. It consisted of sexually provocative and explicit images, photographed by Steven Meisel. The book caused strong reaction from the media and the general public, but sold 1.5 million copies, at $50 each, in a matter of days. At the same time she released her fifth studio album, Erotica, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its title track peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Erotica also produced five further singles, namely "Deeper and Deeper," "Bad Girl," "Fever," "Rain" and "Bye Bye Baby."<br />
Her provocative imagery continued with the erotic thrillers Body of Evidence and Dangerous Game. The first film contained scenes of S&M and bondage, and was poorly received by critics. Dangerous Game was released straight-to-video in North America and was described by The New York Times as "angry and painful, and the pain feels real." Madonna embarked on The Girlie Show World Tour at the end of 1993. It featured her dressed as a whip-cracking dominatrix, surrounded by topless dancers. The show faced negative reaction in Puerto Rico, when she rubbed their national flag between her legs on stage. That year, she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. After Letterman introduced her on his show as "one of the biggest stars in the world", Madonna subsequently repeatedly used four-letter words and asked Letterman to smell a pair of her underwear she handed him. The release of Truth or Dare, Sex, Erotica, Body of Evidence and the appearance on Letterman - all of them made critics question Madonna as a sexual renegade. She faced strong negative publicity, with critics and fans commenting that "she had gone too far" and that her career was over.<br />
Madonna tried to tone down the provocative image, by releasing the ballad single "I'll Remember" (1993), which she recorded for Alek Keshishian's film With Honors. She made a tame appearance with Letterman at an awards show, as well as appearing on the Jay Leno show. Madonna realized that her music career needed some dramatic changes in order to sustain herself in the long run. With her sixth studio album, Bedtime Stories (1994), she tried to soften her image and reconnect with the general public once more. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and produced four singles– "Secret", "Take a Bow", which spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, "Bedtime Story" and "Human Nature". At the same time, she became romantically involved with fitness trainer Carlos Leon. Continuing to tone down her image, Madonna released Something to Remember, a collection of her ballads, in May 1995. The album featured three new songs— a cover of the Marvin Gaye's song "I Want You", "You'll See", and "One More Chance". The following year, Madonna’s most critically successful film Evita was released, where she portrayed the title role of Eva Perón. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for the role.[80] Madonna released three singles from the soundtrack album, including "You Must Love Me", which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997, and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". On October 14, 1996, Madonna gave birth to her and Carlos Leon's daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-68317066168131940702010-04-26T08:48:00.000-07:002010-04-26T08:48:21.184-07:00True Blue, Like a Prayer and the Blond Ambition Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1YzToHBOK4FKBT_HKwlKw65rlEGWz5VFxjnXBf3nz3x9gSf-rqBytSWlAOomObQLxaxIy02rhjSw4IjF-jRRZ5OqDQ3NpnpCn1BtfK75h8C66byiHV_KeDeZmpKBrSSybj3N3QJwJZjS/s1600/madonna+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1YzToHBOK4FKBT_HKwlKw65rlEGWz5VFxjnXBf3nz3x9gSf-rqBytSWlAOomObQLxaxIy02rhjSw4IjF-jRRZ5OqDQ3NpnpCn1BtfK75h8C66byiHV_KeDeZmpKBrSSybj3N3QJwJZjS/s320/madonna+(3).jpg" /></a></div> Madonna released her third album, True Blue, in 1986, prompting Rolling Stone to comment that "it sounds as if it comes from the heart." The album topped the charts in over 28 countries worldwide, an unprecedented record at the time. The album spawned three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart", as well as other top-five singles "True Blue" and "La Isla Bonita". The same year, Madonna starred in the film Shanghai Surprise (which was panned by critics), and made her theatrical debut in a production of David Rabe's Goose and Tom-Tom, both co-starring Penn. In 1987, Madonna starred in Who's That Girl, and contributed four songs to its soundtrack; including the title track and the US number-two single, "Causing a Commotion". The same year, she embarked on the Who's That Girl World Tour. It was complimented for Madonna's innovative dresses. Later that year, she released a remix album of past hits, You Can Dance. Madonna's marriage to Penn ended, and they filed divorce papers in December 1987, which was finalized in January 1989. Of her marriage to Penn, Madonna said, "I was completely obsessed with my career and not ready to be generous in any shape or form."<br />
In early 1989, Madonna signed an endorsement deal with soft drink manufacturer Pepsi. She debuted her new song, "Like a Prayer" in a Pepsi commercial, and also made a music video for it. The video featured many Catholic symbols such as stigmata, burning crosses, and a dream about making love to a saint, leading the Vatican to condemn the video. Since the commercial and music video were nearly identical, Pepsi was unable to convince the public that their commercial was unrelated to the video. They revoked the commercial and cancelled their sponsorship contract with Madonna. However, she was allowed to retain her fee for the contract. Madonna's fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, was released the same year. It was co-written and co-produced by Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray. Rolling Stone hailed it as "...as close to art as pop music gets". Like a Prayer peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold thirteen million copies worldwide, with four million copies sold in the United States alone. Six singles were released from the album, including her seventh US number-one single "Like a Prayer" and the US number-two singles "Express Yourself" and "Cherish." By the end of the 1980s, Madonna had become the most successful female artist of the decade, with three number-one albums and seven number-one singles, surpassed only by Michael Jackson.<br />
In 1990, Madonna starred as "Breathless" Mahoney in the film adaptation of the comic book series Dick Tracy. It starred Warren Beatty in the title role. To accompany the film, she released the album I'm Breathless, which included songs inspired by the film's 1930s setting. It also featured her eighth US number-one single, "Vogue", and "Sooner or Later", which earned songwriter Stephen Sondheim, an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1991. While shooting for the film, Madonna began a relationship with Beatty. Their relationship ended in the fall of 1990. Madonna began her Blond Ambition World Tour in April 1990. Rolling Stone called it an "elaborately choreographed, sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990". The tour drew strong reaction from religious groups, for her performance of "Like a Virgin", during which two male dancers caressed her body before she simulated masturbation. The Pope encouraged the crowd and the Christian community not to attend the concert. A private association of Catholics, called Famiglia Domani, also boycotted the tour for featuring eroticism. In response, Madonna said, "I am Italian American and proud of it" and that the Church "completely frowns on sex ... except for procreation." She later won a Grammy Award in 1992, in the Best Long Form Music Video category, for the laserdisc release of the tour.<br />
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The Immaculate Collection, Madonna's first greatest-hits compilation album, was released in November 1990. It included two new songs, "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". The album was certified diamond by RIAA and sold over 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist in history. "Justify My Love" became Madonna's ninth US number-one single. Its music video featured scenes of sadomasochism, bondage, same-sex kissing and brief nudity. The video was deemed too sexually explicit for MTV, and was banned from the station. The second single, "Rescue Me", became the highest-debuting single by a female artist in Hot 100 chart history at that time, entering at number fifteen and peaking at number nine. At the end of the year, Madonna decided to leave the Jennifer Lynch film Boxing Helena. From late 1990 to early 1991, Madonna dated Tony Ward, a model and porn star, who appeared in her music videos for "Cherish" and "Justify My Love". She also had an eight-month relationship with rapper Vanilla Ice. Her first documentary film, Truth or Dare (known as In Bed with Madonna outside North America) was released in mid-1991. The documentary chronicled her Blond Ambition World Tour, as well giving glimpses of her personal life. The following year, she appeared in the baseball film A League of Their Own in the role of Italian-American Mae Mordabito. She recorded the film's theme song "This Used to Be My Playground", which became her tenth Hot 100 number-one hit.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-59933518022843432642010-04-21T01:39:00.000-07:002010-04-21T01:39:51.648-07:00Madonna, Like a Virgin and marriage to Sean Penn <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jds95t5FmfZgkDqi2npHHZI_7-PYrHI-YWGIzdXXdxxBUiyWZ-5FIaud6OIiUrPF7Tar9wdJByF0EuKVW8mvuzoAZMiULDgZGXwnqmhDvZ_x1LKKC3krhOzw2M00_hCX0M8abJfimDae/s1600/madonna+and+Sean+Penn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jds95t5FmfZgkDqi2npHHZI_7-PYrHI-YWGIzdXXdxxBUiyWZ-5FIaud6OIiUrPF7Tar9wdJByF0EuKVW8mvuzoAZMiULDgZGXwnqmhDvZ_x1LKKC3krhOzw2M00_hCX0M8abJfimDae/s400/madonna+and+Sean+Penn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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Slowly, Madonna's look and manner of dress, her performances and music videos, became influential among young girls and women. Mainly created by stylist and jewellery designer Maripol, Madonna's style of dress – defined by lace tops, skirts over capri pants, fishnet stockings, jewelry bearing the Christian cross, multiple bracelets, and bleached hair – became a female fashion trend of the 1980s. Madonna eventually achieved global recognition after the release of her sophomore album, Like a Virgin (1984). It topped the charts in several countries and became her first number-one album on the Billboard 200. The title track "Like a Virgin" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks. Madonna performed the song at the first MTV Video Music Awards, where she appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake dressed in a wedding dress, adorned with the infamous "Boy Toy" belt buckle, and veil. To date, the performance is noted as one of the iconic and biggest performance in MTV history.[26] Like a Virgin was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed the album as one of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.<br />
The next year, Madonna entered mainstream films, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer in Vision Quest, a romantic drama film. Its soundtrack contained her second US number-one single, "Crazy for You". She also appeared in the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), a film which introduced the song "Into the Groove", her first number-one single in the United Kingdom. Although not the lead actress for the film, her profile was such that the movie widely became seen (and marketed) as a Madonna vehicle. The film received a nomination for a César Award for Best Foreign Film, and The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby, named it as one of the ten best films of 1985, with the lead actress Rosanna Arquette, receiving a supporting actress BAFTA for her role. While filming the music video for the second single from Like a Virgin, titled "Material Girl", Madonna started dating actor Sean Penn and married him on her twenty-seventh birthday that year.<br />
Madonna embarked on her first concert tour in North America, titled The Virgin Tour, with the Beastie Boys as opening acts. In July 1985, Penthouse and Playboy magazines published a number of nude photos of Madonna, taken in New York in 1978. Madonna had posed for the photographs as she was in need of money. But because she had signed the appropriate release forms, she could not take legal action to block them. The publication of the photos caused media uproar, but Madonna remained defiant and unapologetic; she was paid as little as $25 a session. The photographs were ultimately sold for up to $100,000.[36] She referenced this incident at the outdoor Live Aid charity concert and stated that she would not take her jacket off because "they [media] might hold it against me ten years from now."<br />
</div>slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-61612193678201208982010-04-21T01:20:00.000-07:002010-04-21T01:20:07.298-07:00Early life and beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUwUfROcw8vQ2ZpEvkfkvKuJwJZgMTSzulQc-OK1oc_qoNWfBvJUB1d7y8Mm9roT-KJIdgNgG3okZHmA6BTUjXCYQU9iOTQcSl2VZk2qBeb0Bk0B9tOWnZDMSPceCfnngS9Z-xgQDozbI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUwUfROcw8vQ2ZpEvkfkvKuJwJZgMTSzulQc-OK1oc_qoNWfBvJUB1d7y8Mm9roT-KJIdgNgG3okZHmA6BTUjXCYQU9iOTQcSl2VZk2qBeb0Bk0B9tOWnZDMSPceCfnngS9Z-xgQDozbI/s400/1.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br />
Madonna was born in Bay City, Michigan, at 7:05 AM on August 16, 1958. Her mother, Madonna Louise (née Fortin), was of French Canadian descent, and her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, was a first-generation Italian American whose family originated from Pacentro, Abruzzo, Italy; he worked as a design engineer for Chrysler and General Motors. Madonna was nicknamed "Little Nonni", to distinguish her from her mother. She is the third of six children; her siblings are Martin, Anthony, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie. Madonna was raised in the Detroit suburbs of Pontiac and Avon Township (now Rochester Hills). Her mother died of breast cancer at age 30 on December 1, 1963. Then her father married the family's housekeeper, Joan Gustafson, and they had two children; Jennifer and Mario Ciccone. Madonna commented on her father's second marriage: "I didn't accept my stepmother when I was growing up [...] In retrospect, I think I was really hard on her." She attended St. Frederick's and St. Andrew's Elementary Schools, and after that West Middle School. There she became known for her high GPA - and for her "unusual" behavior, particularly a kind of an underwear fetish. Madonna performed cartwheels and handstands in the hallways between classes, dangled by her knees from the monkey bars during recess, and pulled her skirt up during class, so that all the boys could see her briefs.<br />
Later, she went to Rochester Adams High School, becoming a straight-A student and a member of the cheerleading squad. Madonna received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan after graduating from high school.[9] She wanted to take ballet lessons and convinced her father to allow her to take the classes. Her ballet teacher persuaded her to pursue a career in dance, so she left the college at the end of 1977, and relocated to New York City. Madonna had little money at that time and hence lived in squalor, working as a waitress in Dunkin' Donuts and with modern dance troupes. Of her move to New York, Madonna said, "It was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi cab. I came here with $ 35 in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done." While performing as a dancer for the French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna became romantically involved with the musician Dan Gilroy, with whom she later formed her first rock band, the Breakfast Club, in New York. She sang and played drums and guitar for the band, but soon departed from them and formed another band called Emmy in 1980, with drummer and former boyfriend Stephen Bray. Together they wrote and produced dance-pop songs, that brought her to the attention of DJ and record producer Mark Kamins. He was impressed by Madonna's demo recordings, so he brought her to the attention of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377504402612442535.post-21514407661336890602010-04-20T12:49:00.000-07:002010-04-20T12:49:13.647-07:00Early life and beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3f9yxKXt2LIrBmv2_-mAKesrBnu6QkqCXex4Z6cf3OnSDCuv3ARjS_BYOEoQj0BksYOrQhYr03Yxo-Kmd2JzryUYpJs6pfGnwtcXYNGaGiyFvpJ5rik12FmdwtjfFN4JbLLzhAubTsi6/s1600/Madonna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3f9yxKXt2LIrBmv2_-mAKesrBnu6QkqCXex4Z6cf3OnSDCuv3ARjS_BYOEoQj0BksYOrQhYr03Yxo-Kmd2JzryUYpJs6pfGnwtcXYNGaGiyFvpJ5rik12FmdwtjfFN4JbLLzhAubTsi6/s400/Madonna.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan<br />
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she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance. After performing as a member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her self-titled debut album, Madonna, in 1983 on Sire Records.<br />
A series of hit singles from her next studio albums, Like a Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986), gained her global recognition. They established her as a pop icon, for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Her recognition was augmented by the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) which widely became seen as a Madonna vehicle, despite her not playing the lead. Expanding on the use of religious imagery with Like a Prayer (1989), Madonna received positive critical reception for her diverse musical productions, while at the same time was criticised by religious conservatives and the Vatican. In 1992, Madonna founded the Maverick corporation, a joint venture between herself and Time Warner, receiving an unprecedented $60,000,000 for doing so. The same year, she expanded the use of sexually explicit material in her work, beginning with the release of the studio album Erotica, followed by the publishing of the coffee table book Sex, and starring in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, all of which received negative responses from conservatives and liberals alike.<br />
In 1996, Madonna played the starring role in the film Evita, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Madonna's seventh studio album, Ray of Light (1998), became one of her most critically acclaimed, recognized for its lyrical depth. During the 2000s, Madonna released four studio albums – namely Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) and Hard Candy (2008) – all of which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Departing from Warner Bros. Records, Madonna signed an unprecedented $120 million dollar contract with Live Nation in 2008.<br />
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Madonna has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. She is ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century, and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. Guinness World Records listed her as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists", making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the most influential women in contemporary music, Madonna has been known for continually reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. She is recognized as an influence among numerous music artists.slavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822382697321507481noreply@blogger.com0