The 59-year-old posted a very rare snap on her Instagram page, featuring all of her children: Lourdes, 20, Rocco, 17, David and Mercy, 11, and Stella and Esther, 4. She celebrated her birthday with them in the Italian town of Lecce on the Salentina Peninsula.
Never before has a celebrity published all six children on social networks, so this photo can be considered one of the most valuable in the singer’s account. In June, Madonna had a photograph showing her with Lourdes, Rocco, David and Mercy, but without the dark-skinned babies from Malawi. To make the shot seem complete, the singer resorted to Photoshop help and added a frame with Stella and Esther to the same picture with the rest of the children.
Birthday,
This is how the star laconicly signed the latest photo.
The reaction of fans was very predictable: they immediately began leaving thousands of comments and continued to congratulate Madonna on the holiday.
The singer celebrated her birthday for two days. During this time, she and her children managed to walk around the neighborhood, attend a concert and even perform two of her hits, ride a horse and have a noisy costume party. By the way, Madonna's daughters wore matching Dolce & Gabbana floral print dresses.
Let us remind you that Stella and Esther were in February of this year. Since then, the girls have constantly appeared on the singer’s Instagram. The star does not hide that she is happy next to them. And the other children seem to be very happy for their mother.
Madonna's eldest daughter, Lourdes, was born in 1996. Her biological father is the Cuban athlete Carlos Leon, with whom the celebrity was then dating. When the singer married director Gaia Ritchie, Rocco was born in 2000. Six years later, the couple adopted 13-month-old David. In 2009, Madonna, having already separated from her second husband, adopted Mercy, whom she took from the same orphanage in Malawi as David.
Instagram photo
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in the small town of Bay City, Michigan. Her mother, Madonna Louise worked as a radiography technician. Father, Silvio Ciccone, worked as a design engineer at the Chrysler General Motors plant.
Madonna was born as the third child in a large Catholic family, which in addition to her had five more brothers and sisters. The children were brought up in strict Catholic traditions requiring compulsory church attendance and diligent school work. The Ciccone family was so devout that every day the children were woken up at 6 a.m. to spend an hour in church before being taken to the parish school.
Madonna with her parents and older brothers (left)
On December 1, 1963, when Madonna was five years old, her mother died of breast cancer. This was a terrible blow for the girl. For two years, Madonna fell into hypochondria, convincing herself that she, like her mother, had cancer. As soon as she left the house, she was immediately seized with horror and began vomiting.
“After my mother died, I had a terrible feeling that everyone had abandoned me.”
Madonna's parents
It was difficult for my father to cope with his large family. Therefore, soon various assistants began to appear in the house. In 1966, three years after the death of his mother, his father became involved with another housekeeper who helped with the housework, Joan Gustafson.
Madonna could not accept her stepmother, and their relationship was strained. Birth stepbrothers and Madonna's sisters further complicated the situation. She could not come to terms with the fact that a strange woman had taken her mother’s place in her father’s heart.
Relations with classmates also did not work out. Her peers considered her a “hello” girl. And many did not like her for her brilliant academic performance. The wayward shocking character was already evident in school years:
“When I was forbidden to wear makeup or wear nylon stockings, I wanted to do the opposite.”
As a sign of protest, and in order to attract more attention, Madonna pulled a pair of provocative, often mismatched stockings onto her teenage legs.
At the age of 14, Madonna Ciccone performs at a school talent evening. It was key event her childhood. But since she danced at this performance only in a bikini, the reputation of their Catholic family suffered greatly. The father was furious and put his daughter under house arrest, and the town discussed the performance for another month.
At the age of 15, Madonna began taking ballroom dancing lessons from teacher Christopher Flynn. He was everything to her: teacher, father, close friend...
Flynn was 30 years older than Madonna and was gay, so the student’s love remained unrequited. However, he took the student to classical concerts, exhibitions and gay clubs, introducing her to the world of art. Appearance The excellent student begins to change towards a sloppy bohemian appearance, scaring off others.
At the same time, 15-year-old Madonna had her first boyfriend, 17-year-old Russell Long. Madonna made sure that her father and the whole school knew about her first lover. And a year later, even the convinced gay Flynn could not resist the beauty of the matured student. 16-year-old Madonna turned her mentor into a bisexual for a while.
In 1976, Madonna Ciccone graduates from school a few months before her final exams. Thanks to an excellent certificate, a successful IQ test and excellent recommendations from teachers, she continues her dance education at budgetary basis at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Professor Christopher Flynn, having received a position at the college, gave patronage to his “favorite student.”
The choice of a “frivolous” profession greatly worsened the already difficult relationships singers with father. All the years he hoped that his daughter would be a doctor or lawyer. But by that time, the father had ceased to have influence on his daughter. Madonna knew what she wanted and decided to go towards her goal.
Madonna at the University of Ann Arbor
According to teachers, Madonna had endurance, rare even for a dancer, which was further developed by ballet training. Having studied at the University of Michigan for only a year and a half, she begins to realize that she has no future in the province. And despite his father’s ban, he quits university to go to New York with the dream of opening his own dance studio.
In the summer of 1978, a plane delivered Madonna, full of determination and self-confidence, to the New York airport. The girl had only $35, a winter coat and a suitcase with a dance uniform. In this city she had no relatives or acquaintances and she did not know where to go. Taking a taxi, Madonna said to take her to the very center. The trip cost $15 - slightly less than half of Madonna's entire fortune.
Madonna had a hard time in New York. She lived in poverty, periodically spending the night in basements and attics, and wandered. And sometimes, in search of food, she checked the contents of trash cans:
“I worked my ass off before I became who I am. And I literally starved, sometimes getting food from garbage bins, until I finally broke through...”
Already in November 1978, Madonna was invited to audition for the famous dance troupe of ballerina Pearl Lang. Work in the Pearl Lang troupe did not allow her to pay rent, and the dancer worked part-time as a Dunkin’ Donuts saleswoman, as well as as a model in art studio, and a nude model of photographers (these photos surfaced many years later, appearing in Playboy and Penthouse magazines).
In a word, she had to spin in order not to die of hunger. She made her stage debut in the production of “I Never Saw Other Butterflies Again” as a boy from the Jewish ghetto.
Soon, Madonna Ciccone began to weaken in classes due to malnutrition, and Lang arranged for the dancer to work in the evenings for food as a cloakroom attendant at the Russian Samovar restaurant. Renting a room in a cheap and dangerous area New York, where Madonna was raped by a maniac armed with a knife. After a mental injury, she becomes distracted in class and stops believing in her dancing future.
Due to a lack of funds, Madonna begins to go to auditions for Broadway musicals and as a backup dancer, although she previously considered this beneath her dignity, since she danced with Pearl Lange herself, a student of the famous Martha Graham. In 1979, luck smiled on her. At one of the castings as a backup dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez for his 1979 world tour, the producers really liked Madonna’s dance and asked her to sing something.
Madonna sang the simple song “Jingle Bells” and, to the complete surprise of Madonna, who sang only in the school choir, she was invited to Paris, where they wanted to make her “something like a dancing Edith Piaf.” The artist finally left the Lang troupe and spent six months in France, Belgium and Tunisia. She was convinced of the prospects of a singer's career, but 20-year-old Madonna by that time was passionate about punk rock, rebelled against the producers and did not want to sing the proposed disco-pop material. Six months later, Madonna fell ill with pneumonia, and after recovery, she flew back to New York to “visit friends,” never returning to the French producers.
Her boyfriend was waiting for her in New York: by the time she met the producers, she had been in love with musician Dan Gilroy for two weeks. Gilroy had a huge influence on the transformation of Madonna Ciccone from a dancer into a musician: he taught her to play drums and electric guitar. After practicing the drums every day to Elvis Costello's CD, Madonna became quite a good drummer and was accepted into Gilroy's band called the Breakfast Club.
In 1981, Madonna left the group. Gilroy recalled:
She has a natural talent for playing percussion instruments, and we offered her a lucrative deal. One evening she wanted to try herself as a singer, we gave her a chance in one of our numbers, and soon it happened. She couldn't get rid of it anymore. By this time we already had two singers and didn't need a third one, so she left us. It was probably one of the smartest decisions she ever made.
And in the same year, Madonna created the Emmy group in collaboration with her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bray, whom she hired to play drums while she was already a soloist. Together they record several dance compositions.
In 1981, Madonna Ciccone meets Camille Barbon, the owner of the Gotham recording studio. Soon Barbon offered to become the singer’s personal manager. Barbon rents more decent housing for Madonna, setting a salary as needed and providing material support. Camille Barbon tried to get Madonna a contract with the label.
This work does not bring results. Therefore, Madonna, leaving the company, decides to independently ensure that the demo recording of her song gets auditioned by the “right people.”
Madonna's choice falls on the Dansteria company, which at that time was known for maintaining the traditions of entertainment venues. Dansteria was opened in 1981 by Rudolf, a famous impresario nightlife that time. The establishment quickly became famous and fashionable. They talked and wrote about him constantly.
Madonna begins to visit this establishment, demonstrating excellent dancing skills. One of the most fateful acquaintances in Madonna’s life took place here.
Mark Kaminsa, the recognized king of DJs and aspiring producer, was the person who first played Madonna's record at Dunsteria. The delight in which the audience came convinced Mark that Madonna was a future star.
In 1982, with the help of the same Mark Kamins, Madonna recorded the single “Everybody”. Mark takes the cassette with Madonna's new song to Chris Blackwell, executive director Island records, but he refuses the singer.
Upset by the failure, Mark Kamins, through his friend Michael Rosenblatt, arranges for Madonna to meet with the founder of Sire Records, Seymour Stein. This time the contract was signed immediately. (Madonna Ciccone becomes simply Madonna). Under the terms of the agreement, Madonna receives an advance of $5,000, and for each song written, royalties and a publishing fee of $1,000. President Seymour Stein and Rosenblatt were confident in Madonna's success, but not so confident as to go all in and release the album right away. Rosenblatt developed a plan to promote Madonna through the release of dance singles.
Mark Kamins became the producer to work on Madonna's first single; this was his first experience. The result of their two-week work was a single, which, in their opinion, should have instantly elevated her to the top forty performers. But, after listening to what was considered a hit, Rosenblatt became depressed; Ain’t No Big Deal didn’t seem like that to him.
There was no time to re-record, so they put Everybody on both sides of the single. They decided not to put a photo of Madonna on the cover, since many, listening to her songs, thought that she was a black woman. This way it was possible to attract a wider audience. Rosenblatt's extraordinary decision paid off handsomely. In a matter of weeks, Everybody rocketed to the top of the dance music popularity charts.
In 1983, their debut album entitled Madonna was released. The song “Holiday”, presented on this disc, receives great success and is included in the top twenty American singles, and the next year in top ten in Europe. In 2013, Rolling Stone named it one of the 100 best debut albums of all time. On this moment Madonna album sales amounted to 10 million copies.
In 1984, the second album Like a Virgin was released. Which topped the US album chart. The album sold 26 million copies worldwide and eventually received a diamond certificate in the United States.
Meanwhile, the singer's career is gaining momentum. The songs she records invariably occupy the most high places in ratings and charts.
Over the years of her musical activity, Madonna has successfully tried herself in different genres and directions, becoming the winner of many awards. Madonna also holds numerous records, in particular, she surpassed Elvis Presley in total number hits in the top ten of Billboard, and according to this indicator she became second, second only to the Beatles.
Madonna's 2008-2009 Sticky and Sweet Tour is the highest-grossing male or female solo artist of all time.
Being one of the most famous media persons, Madonna received the nicknames Material Girl (after the title of her early song Material Girl) and Queen of Pop from the English-language press. She is also known as the author of children's books in the English Roses series, a popularizer of yoga and Kabbalah, and an activist in many charitable and human rights organizations.
After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the singer donated $250,000 to a fund for victims.
In addition, she is actively involved in the revival of the African republic of Malawi, where her adopted children are from. And the Queen of Pop's personal fortune is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Madonna is very efficient - the singer practically does not rest. According to her, she begins to suffer from idleness already on the second day of her vacation. Typically, she rises at four in the morning for the obligatory jog in the park, followed by a 45-minute yoga class and the traditional call to her guru at the London Kabbalah Centre. After this, Madonna is ready to have breakfast with her children. After such a busy morning, an equally busy day follows - business calls, negotiations, meetings. From noon, work begins on the lyrics and arrangement of songs or roles in films.
Personal life
Madonna's first husband was actor Sean Penn, whom she met on the set of the "MaterialGirl" video. It was love at first sight. Sean first saw Madonna as she walked down the stairs in a satin flowing dress. He was 24 and she was 26.
Madonna and Sean Penn
In the summer of 1985, on her own birthday, Madonna married Sean Penn. However, the newlyweds' happiness was short-lived. Soon Sean’s pride began to be hurt by the offensive nickname “Mr. Madonna” and the active interest of the press in their couple. Because of aggressive behavior“Mr. Madonna” in relation to journalists and his wife in the press they began to be called “evil Penns.” For the jealous Penn, marriage to Madonna became real torture. Not only did he have to constantly fend off the intrusive press, but his wife also reserved the right to “go left.” But for Madonna, the relationship with the ambitious (and even drinking) Penn was a test. Penn wanted to lock his wife at home.
Madonna, head over heels in love, meekly abandoned her performances and stage career. Penn fired all her bodyguards and began to accompany her everywhere himself. Madonna could not stand this and returned to the stage. Penn resigned himself, and this was the beginning of the era of “Mr. Madonna,” as the press dubbed him.
At the peak life together the couple starred in Shanghai Express - the film became the most big failure of Penn's career and one of Madonna's worst.
The scandalous marriage has cracked. What happened next shocked everyone: Penn turned into a tyrant. He began to beat his wife, mocked her, tied her up, threatening to disfigure her face with a lit cigarette. He demanded details adultery– imaginary and real. As a result, Madonna wrote a statement to the police about rape and beating, attaching a divorce petition to it. Penn was facing a significant sentence, but the singer withdrew the lawsuit...
However, according to the laws of the state of California, Sean was entitled to half of his wife’s fortune. But he did not lay claim to the seventy million dollars earned by Madonna over the years of their life together.
At the end of 1988, after four years of marriage, they divorced.
Madonna with Warren Beatty
Immediately after the divorce from Sean, Madonna's stormy romance followed with Warren Beatty, who was also an actor and a famous womanizer. By the way, Madonna started dating him while she was still married. But this union did not end in anything serious.
Later, Madonna became very close to Sandra Bernard, a famous comedienne. The singer was even suspected of being unconventional sexual orientation, but she strongly denied these rumors.
Madonna with Sandra Bernard
At 38, Madonna finally became a mother. Madonna made an offer to personal sports trainer Carlos Leone to become the father of her child. She also asked him to undergo all necessary tests and monitor his health. The result of this obscene proposal is the daughter of Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. Madonna wanted her daughter to be baptized by the Pope himself, but was refused.
With Carlos Leone (left), daughter - Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon
Later, at Sting's party, she met Guy Ritchie, where Madonna mistook the English director Guy Ritchie for a nice guy from the outskirts of London. When the misunderstanding was resolved, Madonna was very embarrassed. This became the reason for a closer acquaintance.
The wedding celebration took place on December 22, 2000 in one of the most beautiful castles in Scotland, Skibo.
With Guy Ricci (left), son Rocco (right)
Better soon medical center Los Angeles Madonna becomes a mother for the second time - she gave birth to a boy, Rocco. (By the way, godfather of the child became Sting). In addition, the newlyweds also adopted a baby from a poor African family. However, this marriage did not last long. There were rumors that his marriage to Madonna was preventing Guy Ricci from creating film masterpieces. Be that as it may, it was Guy who insisted on a divorce, and in the fall of 2008 they divorced.
With Jesus Lucas. Daughter - Mercy James
Soon Madonna begins new novel– this time with a young model from Brazil, Jesus Lucas. And in the summer of 2009 in big family Madonna had a new addition - the singer adopted a girl from Malawi, Mercy James.
Her words speak about the role that Madonna’s heirs play:
“The most important thing in life is children. It is in children's eyes that we can see the real world."
Madonna with her eldest daughter Lourdes and two adopted children
Let's gossip
Madonna's passion for black men and women can be called truly fatal. In the mid-90s, the singer, as mentioned above, was actively looking for a candidate to be the father of her child. The first of them was the outrageous basketball player Dennis Rodman. Tall, luxuriously built, Rodman seemed like the ideal father of an unborn child! But the lovers desperately did not have the same schedules. Madonna performed actively, and Rodman spent all his time on the basketball court. In this case, too, I had to forget about “fruitful work” on the offspring.
with Dennis Rodman (left), Tupac Shakur (right)
In 1996, Madonna dated rapper Tupac Shakur. A year before the murder of the black legend, he and Madonna began a short-term and stormy romance. But Tupac began to be reproached for dating a white woman, even if outstanding woman. As a result, they had to break up.
Madonna with Naomi Campbell
There were rumors that in 1992 Madonna had an affair with... Naomi Campbell! The girls were often seen together not only at official ceremonies, but also at parties. However, Madonna and Naomi Campbell claim that they are connected exclusively by many years of warm friendship.
Perhaps this is just a myth, but Madonna has many more similar stories behind her...
- Curious facts
- At the age of 10, the future sex revolutionary was going to become a nun. “I wanted to lead a righteous life. But the very idea of tonsure gave me ambivalent feelings. The more this story attracted me externally, the more it repulsed me internally.”
- Older brothers Martin (who began living on the street in 2011) and Anthony constantly beat and bullied Madonna as a child. They took drugs from a young age. One of the brothers ran away from home and became an adherent of the Muna sect.
- Madonna's mother was descended from French Canadians, and her father was Italian.
- With the advent big money Madonna became interested in purchasing expensive real estate and art objects. She is one of the top 100 art collectors in the United States. Madonna has a house in Miami, and she recently bought another one in Los Angeles, while simultaneously selling her “pink estate” located in the Hollywood Hills. She owns a luxury apartment in New York worth more than $7 million.
- Madonna always studies bank investments and accounts herself, without trusting anyone. She also participates in all negotiations related to her career.
Madonna Quotes:
They say that good things do not last forever, and sooner or later they come to an end. These are the words of people who have achieved nothing in life.
Madonna never regrets anything: “I made mistakes, but I learned from them.”
My fear of something usually means I have to do it.
I pulled myself up by the straps of my own bra.
I am my own experiment, and my own masterpiece.
All Quotes >>> Madonna
- Studio albums
- Madonna (1983)
- Like a Virgin (1984)
- True Blue (1986)
- Like a Prayer (1989)
- Erotica (1992)
- Bedtime Stories (1994)
- Ray of Light (1998)
- Music (2000)
- American Life (2003)
- Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
- Hard Candy (2008)
- MDNA (2012)
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Her contribution to world culture it is impossible to overestimate: she is a living legend, evidence that perseverance and hard work can move mountains. Madonna's biography can be published as an excellent guide for those who dream of ascending to the heights of fame.
Biography of Madonna
First loss
Residents of provincial Bay City, nestled on the shores of luxurious Lake Huron, did not suspect that in 1958 (namely August 16), a girl would be born into the family of a radiographer and design engineer Ciccone, who would glorify her town and be called the queen of pop music.
The mother of the family, Madonna Louise, had French roots - her great-ancestors came to conquer America from Europe, her husband Silvio was proud of his Italian ancestors. After two boys, God finally gave them a daughter. And to celebrate, they named her after her mother.
Probably, the profession with its constant danger of radiation was the reason that the mother fell ill with cancer (at that time she was pregnant for the 6th time, so she refused treatment). Time was lost. And six children were orphaned. Madonna Sr. was only 30. The future singer was never able to forgive the heavens for this loss. Just as I couldn’t understand my father - he got married after 2 years of widowhood, it was difficult for him to raise such a crowd alone. The stepmother, Joan, turned out to be a real despot, she gave birth to two more children, and all her love was directed towards them. So Madonna's childhood was not easy. She was bullied by her brothers who were addicted to drugs. Having seen all sorts of horrors, she herself swore to ever succumb to this destructive passion.
Difficulties of growing up
Catholic schools gave way to secular schools for the girl, where she was able to try herself in student plays for the first time (her mother sang well and knew how to play the piano; Madonna, who was similar to her in appearance, also inherited a pleasant voice).
The father did not like the young Madonna's ballet classes; he wanted a profession for her that would bring her a guaranteed piece of bread. With her excellent grades (they say that the schoolgirl’s IQ was 140 - an incredibly high figure!) she could have entered any educational institution, but decided to act in her own way.
After school, the girl studied dancing at the University of Michigan. Then she left for New York. Fate continued to test the future star. Part-time work in choreographic groups brought in pennies, Madonna lived from hand to mouth, huddled in closets, but did not give up.
Talent plus perseverance
In 1982, young Madonna became a member of the Breakfast Club group (she played percussion instruments). Ambition took its toll: she wrote songs, performed them herself, mastered the guitar and showed herself as a leader. In general, I “pulled the blanket over myself.” A contract with a producer was a great happiness for the aspiring soloist, and in 1983 she was able to release her first album.
That disc, "Madonna", did not become very a bright event in the music world, but after the release of “Like a Virgin” they started talking about her as a new star. The compositions topped the charts, they were played on the radio, they were sung along, and listened to countless times. The album sold 26 million copies. This is how she stepped onto the first step of her fame, and from then on Madonna’s biography resembles an endless, vibrant music video.
The disc “True Blue”, born in 1986, consolidated the unexpected resounding success of the singer. The public was looking forward to new works, eager to attend concerts where the performer gave her all - to the point of exhaustion.
Some argue that at first the star was shocking - she exploited sexual images and “flirted” with religious symbols. But talent, incredible perseverance and a constant desire for self-improvement did their job.
Ups and downs
Were in creative biography Madonna has its ups and downs. The Golden Raspberry anti-award called her the worst actress of the century (the films “Who’s That Girl” and “Body as Evidence” were failures; they spoke unflatteringly about her role in the “Bond” film “Die Another Day”; her last work on the screen - “Gone”). However, the musical film about the second wife of the Argentine president, who did a lot for the country and sadly died early from cancer - “Evita” - became a real cultural phenomenon. The song for the comic film "Dick Tracy" performed by Madonna was awarded an Oscar.
Madonna's personal life
First marriage, first daughter
The passionate feelings our heroine felt for Sean Penn were overshadowed by scandals that even led to fights. Madonna's personal life turned out to be an eternal "action". The young husband was not ready for life together, and when two such hot temperaments collided, “pieces of paper literally flew through the back streets.” The singer did not endure the beatings for long. Having married in 1985, 4 years later she divorced the actor.
On the set of Dick Tracy, the director and performer became interested in her leading role, Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, but Madonna limited herself to just an affair and did not marry the artist.
Her daughter's father became her Cuban boyfriend Carlos Leon in 1996 (the diva would break up with him six months later). Madonna's daughter was named Lourdes, she has already celebrated her 19th birthday, and she has a joint business with her mother - her own clothing line.
It was during that period that she became acquainted with Buddhism, yoga, and Kabbalah (since then Madonna has been an adherent of this teaching).
New albums, millions earned, and finally won a Grammy gave strength to the performer.
With and without Richie
In mid-1998, together with her then friend Andy Bird, the singer attended a party with Sting. There she met with director Guy Ritchie, a British man who would later become her husband and change Madonna’s personal life, and very much so!
In 2000, Madonna moved in with her lover, and the couple's son Rocco was born in August of the same year. She became fascinated by British life, enjoyed getting to know the traditions of a new country, but did not forget about work - in 2001, a world tour took place, which attracted sold-out audiences.
Alas, the second marriage did not become a union “to the grave” (although in addition to Rocco, an adopted black son, David, appeared in the family): in the fall of 2008, it became known about the couple’s breakup. Soon the star adopted a girl from Malawi, Chifundo Mercy, and her British wife was replaced by her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz. In 2010, Madonna began dating dancer Brahim Zeiba. And at the beginning of 2017, the media started talking about how Madonna and Sean Penn were seeing each other more and more often. Maybe they decided to restore a marriage that collapsed many years ago?
Her fortune is estimated at almost $1 billion, and she has her own chain of fitness clubs. Film “We. We Believe in Love,” which the singer staged, was scolded to smithereens, but she still has so many new ideas! The world will be surprised more than once by the phenomenon called Madonna!
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in small town Rochester, Michigan in the United States. The girl was the third child in the family, but the first among all girls born. In total, her mother had six children. Her mother gave her the same name that she had herself. So in the future the singer did not have to come up with a pseudonym for herself, although long years many continued to believe that Madonna was a fictitious name.
His father was an engineer who later became a leading designer at General Motors. Her mother worked for some time as an x-ray technician; at home she loved to play the piano and sang beautifully, but she had no intention of becoming famous. She was a very devout Catholic, her faith bordering on fanaticism. When she was pregnant with her sixth child, disaster struck - she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She did not terminate the pregnancy and died a few months after giving birth at the age of 30. Madonna was 5 years old at the time, and she took this loss very hard and was never able to come to terms with this fact. She remembered her mother as fragile and tender, but at the same time strong woman who never complained.
At first, the children were settled with different relatives, and after two years the father decided to marry a housekeeper who was not at all like their mother. The couple had two more children. The stepmother was a fan of strict rules, and the father, although he earned good money, considered it important to teach his children to save money.
Since Madonna was the oldest of the girls in the family, she was constantly entrusted with the care of the younger ones, and she really wanted to get out of all this. The older two brothers were addicted to drugs and at times bullied the future singer. It was so unpleasant that the girl developed a lifelong hostility towards drugs.
The girl studied diligently at school, largely thanks to her father. When the children were not given homework, he would come up with extra ones for them. But for every excellent grade he rewarded with 25 cents. Madonna never spent it, but wanted to save a lot of money this way. She is largely grateful to her father for his strictness; according to her, if he had not been like that, then she would not have become a star.
No matter what household chores the girl was busy with, he always loved to hum. Her father insisted that she learn to play the piano, since many family members played various musical instruments, but Madonna herself begged her father to send her to a ballet studio.
From the age of 12 she studied at the Catholic higher school, in which very strict rules reigned. In it, she first appeared on stage in a school musical. Communication with her peers did not work out; they did not like her for her strange character and excellent academic performance. Madonna herself considered her peers to be idiots, and they considered her a poorly dressed “hillbilly.”
But at one of the school evenings, she performed such an extravagant dance that everyone immediately stopped perceiving her as a “good girl.” A scandal broke out at school, and the father put his daughter under house arrest.
At the ballet studio at the University of Michigan, her mentor was Chris Flynn. He became not only her first love, she considered him a demigod. The love was unrequited because Flynn was gay. But he became her friend, taking her to exhibitions and classical music concerts.
After studying for a year and a half at the University of Michigan, she left the university and went to conquer New York. Everyone was against this idea, the father insisted that the girl become a doctor or lawyer, by this time she had a very high IQ. Only Flynn supported her.
Starting a career and successful development
She flew to New York by plane (for the first time in her life) with a small suitcase and 35 dollars. She took a taxi, for which she paid 15 dollars and asked to take her to the center. After passing a tough casting, she was able to get into one of the dance groups, but her earnings did not allow her to rent even the cheapest housing. I had to work part-time at night, either in fast food or in the dressing room of a restaurant. She constantly auditioned for various Broadway musicals. One day, the directors asked her not only to dance, but also to sing, and noted her surprisingly pleasant voice. She left for Paris with the new production; the producers continued to insist on her singing career, but the proposed repertoire categorically did not suit Madonna.
As a result, six months later she returned to New York to her lover, who played a significant role in her development as a singer. She learned to play drums and electric guitar. Having been part of one music group and having shown herself to be a bright individual, she left and founded her own group “Emmy”, in which she performed her own songs with a guitar.
Future acquaintance with the owner of the recording studio Camille Barbon makes Madonna a solo and dancing performer. She also helped the girl to somehow solve her financial problems, since before that everything was very deplorable. Camilla herself claims that Madonna was made into a star personal qualities, but as a musician she did not stand out in anything remarkable.
Once, together with drummer Stephen Bray, Madonna composed four dance compositions, which, secretly from Camilla, she began to promote at discos. The DJ of one of the clubs was so inspired by the artist’s talent that, although not on the first try, he arranged a meeting for Madonna with the owner of one of the labels. Sire Records signed a contract with her for $5,000; for the sake of her stage image, the singer dropped her last name, which many people mispronounced. Soon the first single “Everybody” was released, which took the first line of the charts. The song began to be played on the radio, but the singer’s photo was not advertised; the public thought that the performer was African-American.
The first single was followed by the second “Holiday”. The singer recorded her first album in 1983. It was warmly received by fans, and showers of different offers, including acting in films.
Madonna never rests on her laurels; she lives in constant development. Besides creative career, she also proved herself as a businesswoman, founding her own label and creating her own fashion direction. She also acts as a producer. Today she has 13 published music albums and 13 roles in films. A separate chapter can be devoted to her awards. Madonna also proved herself as a writer; she composed and published 7 books.
Madonna's personal life
The singer was married twice, and her novels are simply countless. Her first husband was actor Sean Penn. But Madonna suppressed him; according to Sean, he did not want to be “Mr. Madonna.” At that time, he himself was just going through the formation stage as an artist, he was tossed from side to side, his behavior was often accompanied by outbursts of aggression.
As a result, the marriage lasted from 85 to 89.
In 1996, Madonna decided it was time for her to become a mother and gave birth to a daughter, Lourdes, with her fitness trainer. They were not married, but lived together for several months.
In 1998, her stormy romance with the director began, and two years later the couple had a son, Rocco. Soon the union was officially sealed. The marriage lasted 7 years.
Now Madonna has affairs from time to time, including with men much younger than herself, but they do not lead to anything serious.
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Madonna (born 1958) is an American superstar, she is rightfully considered the queen of pop music, she has made an invaluable contribution to world culture. She is an eccentric and shocking, persistent, hardworking singer and talented actress.
How many children does Madonna have?
The singer Madonna has four children, two of her own are older children, and two younger adopted ones. Second official ex-husband, famous director Guy Ritchie, firmly believes that she is very good mother, she loves her children, but raises them in strictness. They were forbidden to watch TV, and much attention was paid to reading; it is worth noting that Madonna herself successfully composed fairy tales. She respects the freedom of her children and gives them independence, e.g. eldest daughter- in creating your own. Despite numerous breaks with men, the children of the very busy Madonna always remained with her, in her family, and she firmly defended this right in court.
Madonna's own children
So at what age did Madonna give birth to her children? Madonna gave birth to her first daughter, Lourdes, in 1996, when she was 38 years old, from Cuban athlete Carlos Leon, he was her boyfriend. Lourdes Leon is now an adult. She and her mother still practice the teachings of Kabbalah and are also partners in general business- They produce their own clothing line.
In 1998, the singer met the British, talented and famous director Guy Ritchie at a reception with Sting. It was he who greatly influenced the personal life of Madonna and her future children, becoming her legal second and last husband. Having moved in with her husband, she enjoyed living at home and got to know new country, its traditions. In 2000, baby Rocco was born. Currently, he is actively interested in breakdancing and even managed to perform as a dancer at the concert of Madona’s mother.
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In 2006, Madonna and Guy Ritchie gave birth to a black boy, David Banda, from Africa. poor family in Malawi, he was only 13 months old. He loved his people very much foster parents and was very worried about their divorce. Not long ago he had a meeting with his biological father Johan Banda, and they even had a friendly conversation for about 3 hours.
The fourth child in Madonna's family was Mercy James. In 2009, she, like David, was taken from the Malawi orphanage. Her father, James Kambewa, makes his appearance at times. He either wants to meet Mercy or asks for her photo. Madonna constantly refuses him, since at present his paternity in relation to Mercy has not been proven.
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