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00:00Women who change the world.
00:30Don't judge people by their religion, color, or sexual habits.
00:35Love life and your family.
00:37Madonna Louise Ciccone
00:38Madonna Louise Ciccone is the eldest daughter of six children
00:43to Chrysler engineer Tony Ciccone and his wife, Madonna 14.
00:48Madonna's mother died of breast cancer.
00:51During her early age, Madonna took classes for piano and ballet
00:55and was an active participant in a variety of artistic activities at school,
01:01like becoming a cheerleader in her high school.
01:03Relying on her persistence, she was then handed a dance scholarship
01:07and attended the University of Michigan for two years.
01:13Madonna got straight A's in high school, eventually graduating early.
01:17As the eldest girl in a Catholic family of eight children,
01:21Madonna had to assume many of her mother's household responsibilities as she grew.
01:27I saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella, she once said.
01:31Madonna managed to escape through dance.
01:34In 1978, Madonna decided to move to New York to become a dancer.
01:39There was no way back home.
01:41In 1982, she signed to Sire Records and released her first single,
01:47Everybody, followed by Burning Up.
01:50Her third track, Holiday, became a worldwide hit.
01:54The first serious relationship of Madonna,
01:56ended in marriage, is associated with the name of actor Sean Penn.
02:01Very soon, Married Life disappointed Ciccone.
02:03In 1989, the singer demanded a divorce.
02:07In 1992, she dated the rapper Vanilla Ice.
02:10Then the singer was mashed on her personal trainer, Carlos Leon.
02:15And in 1997, she gave birth to their daughter, Lourdes.
02:18At Sting's party, Madonna met British filmmaker Guy Ritchie.
02:22In 2000, Madonna and Guy Ritchie got married.
02:26Soon, she gave birth to her son, Rocco.
02:28In 2005, they adopted a black boy from Malawi,
02:32who was given the name of David Banda Malawi
02:35and the double name of Ciccone Ritchie.
02:38In 2017, the singer was associated with a romantic relationship
02:42with the 32-year-old Portuguese model, Kevin Sampeo.
02:47Now, there are rumors about their upcoming wedding.
02:50Madonna's debut album was called Madonna
02:52and appeared on music stores in July 1983.
02:56It included eight songs in the genre of synthetic disco.
02:59The album started on the Billboard 200 chart from the 190th position,
03:03and the record took a year to get to the eighth line.
03:07Many music experts accused Madonna of excessive sexuality
03:10and deliberate femininity and gave six months for her minute of glory.
03:15Madonna's second album, Like a Virgin,
03:17dedicated, according to the cover, to all virgins of the planet,
03:20was released in 1984.
03:22In the same year, Madonna went on her first tour of America.
03:26Madonna's third studio album, True Blue, was released in 1986.
03:30The album made Madonna a world-class star
03:33and topped the charts in 28 countries.
03:36Almost every year, Madonna released albums,
03:39and all of them were a success.
03:41Madonna has been doing all she can to push artistic boundaries
03:44and challenge audience perceptions.
03:46She said fuck on national television,
03:48experimented with erotic and religious choreography,
03:51often at the same time,
03:53and pushed almost every sexual taboo she could think of.
03:56Also, the singer takes part in shooting of films and designs clothes.
04:01Legacy
04:01Madonna is the biggest-selling female recording artist of all time,
04:05with an estimated $500 million fortune.
04:09Madonna has shifted more than 300 million albums worldwide
04:12and won 273 awards,
04:15including Brits, Grammys, and a Golden Globe.
04:18She's arguably the first female performer
04:20to ever have complete control over every aspect of her image,
04:24paving the way for every one of today's liberated female pop acts.
04:28Today, Madonna is the queen of pop music,
04:31writer, director, producer, fashion designer,
04:34a multifaceted and creative personality.
04:37In addition,
04:38Madonna became a symbol of the sexual revolution of the 20th century.
04:41Women who changed the world.
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