MADONNA LOUISE CICCONE

Madonna

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MADONNA LOUISE CICCONE

MADONNA

Madonna

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About Madonna

• Full Name : Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

• Born on : August 16, 1958

• Place of Birth : Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A

• Parents : Silvio Anthony Ciccone and Madonna Louise

• Debut Album : Madonna

• Debut single : “Everybody” released on April 24, 1982

• First Rock Band : Breakfast Club

• Awards won : 234

• Nominations : 420

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• DEBUT ALBUM • FIRST ALBUM RELEASED

• DEBUT SINGLE • FIRST SINGLE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

• NOMINATIONS • CHOSEN FOR AWARD

• RELOCATE • CHANGE RESIDENCE

• RECOGNIZED • TO BE KNOWN

• IMPRESSED • INSPIRED

• CONSECUTIVELY • ONE AFTER THE OTHER

Vocabulary

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• Madonna’s Father worked as a Design Engineer. As she had the same name as her mother, all her family members called her “Little Nonni”

• Madonna received a dance scholarship from the university of Michigan. In 1978, she dropped out of college and relocated to New York City with only $ 35 in her pocket, where she worked as a waitress.

• She then formed a rock band with her boyfriend Dan Gilroy and named it “Breakfast Club”

• In 1980 or 1981 she left Breakfast Club and, with her former boyfriend Stephen Bray as drummer, formed the band Emmy. Their music impressed DJ and record producer Mark Kamins who arranged a meeting between Madonna and Sire Records founder Seymour Stein.

• Madonna became a worldwide hit after the release of her second album “Like a Virgin”, which released in 1984.

Some Facts :

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• The title track of the album topped the billboard hot 100 chart for six weeks consecutively. Madonna became more famous when she performed the song at the first MTV Video Music Awards (VMA).

• Beginning in April 1985, Madonna embarked on her first concert tour in North America, The Virgin Tour, with the Beastie Boys as her opening act.

• She has done as many as 13 world tours and a large number of super hit live performances.

• She is featured in the book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century, published in 1998 by Ladies' Home Journal.

• She has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is

recognized as the best selling female artist of all time by the Guinness world records.

Achievements

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With her first husband Sean Penn

Her first live stage performance of the song “Like a Virgin”

At the Brit Awards

With her eldest daughter

A childhood photograph of Madonna

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Answer the following

Where was Madonna born?

Bay city, Michigan, US.

What was she called as when she was small?

Little Nonni

Why was she called as Little Nonni?

Because her mother’s name was Madonna

How many awards has she won?

234

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Answer the following

What is the name of her first Rock Band?

‘Breakfast club’

Which album made her a world wide hit?

“Like A Virgin”

What is the age of Madonna now?

She is 53 year of age.

What was the name of her first debut album?

Madonna