Madonna

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone /tʃɪˈkoʊneɪ/ chi-KOH-nay; 16 August 1958) is an American sangster, sangwriter, actress, director, dancer, an entrepreneur. She haes sauld mair nor 300 million records warldwide an is recognisit as the warld's best-sellin female recordin airtist in history bi Guinness World Records. Considered tae be ane o the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" bi Time for bein an influential figur in contemporar muisic, she is kent for continuously reinventin baith her muisic an image, an for retainin a staundart o autonomy athin the recordin industrie. Critics hae praised her diverse muisical productions which hae been kent tae induce controversy an aw.

Madonna
Madonna at the premiere o I Am Because We Are in 2008
Born	Madonna Louise Ciccone (1958-08-16) 16 August 1958 (age 66) Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Residence	Lisbon, Portugal
Ither names	Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (Catholic Confirmation name)
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Thrift	Sangster-sangwriter dancer author director businesswumman record producer philanthropist actress
Years active	1979–present
Hame toun	Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Net wirth	U.S. $500 million (estimate as of September 2013)[1]
Hauf-marrae(s)	Sean Penn (m. 1985–1989) Guy Ritchie (m. 2000–2008)
Pairtner(s)	Carlos Leon (1995–97)
Bairns	4
Kin	Christopher Ciccone (brother)
Muisical career
Genres	Pop electronic rock
Instruments	Drums guitar percussion synthesizer vocals
Labels	Interscope Live Nation Maverick Sire Warner Bros.
Associate acts	Breakfast Club Emmy
Wabsteid
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Personal life

Baith Madonna's marriages endit in divorce. She wis marriet tae Sean Penn frae 1985-1989 an tae Guy Ritchie frae 2000-2008. She haes a dochter Lourdes an son Rocco. She adoptit a Malawian bairn, David Banda, an a girl, Mercy.

Tours

Main airticle: Leet o Madonna tours

Her tours durin the 80's ("Who's That Girl Tour", "Blond Ambition Tour", etc.) wur vera successfu. Her 1993 "The Girle Show Tour" wis vera controversial, (some thocht o it as bad), but it wis a great success. the "Drowned World Tour" an the "Re-Invention Tour" wur the maist successfu tours o thair years. "The Confessions Tour" wis vera successfu an the "Sticky & Sweet Tour", wi ower 400 million dollars earned, became the maist successfu tour o aw time for a single airtist..

• The Virgin Tour (1985)
• Who's That Girl World Tour (1987)
• Blond Ambition Tour (1990)
• The Girlie Show World Tour (1993)
• Drowned World Tour (2001)
• Re-Invention World Tour (2003)
• Confessions Tour (2006)
• Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-2009)
• MDNA Tour (2012)

Discografie

Main airticle: Madonna discografie

• 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)
• Rebel Heart (2015)
• Madame X (2019)