In 2022, Madonna celebrates 40 years of career.
It was in 1982 that the singer signed a contract with Sire Records, an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records, starting his long career on stage and in world pop culture.
Madonna has sold 64 million records and was named the 28th Grammys but in addition to his songs, concerts, albums and awards, his personal life has always had remarkable moments, such as his marriages, the adoption of four children and his social work.
Check out more about Madonna’s life below, who turns 64 this Tuesday (16th).
Personal life
Birth date: August 16, 1958
Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan
Birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Dad: Silvio Ciccone, engineer
Mother: Madonna (Fortin) Ciccone
weddings: Guy Ritchie (December 22, 2000 to November 21, 2008); Sean Penn (August 16, 1985 – September 14, 1989)
Sons: adoptees: Mercy, Stella and Esther (twins); adopted with Guy Ritchie: David; with Guy Ritchie: Rocco; with Carlos Leon: Lourdes
Education: Attended University of Michigan on a dance scholarship, 1976-1978
Other important facts of the life of the singer Madonna
He has sold over 64 million albums in the United States with 12 multi-platinum discs.
Nominated for 28 Grammy Awards, with seven wins.
Timeline
Early 1980s – Performs in New York nightclubs with bands such as The Millionaires, Modern Dance and Emmy.
1982 – Signs a contract with Sire Records, an affiliate of Warner Bros. Records.
1983 – Their self-titled debut album is released. It features hits like “Borderline”, “Lucky Star” and “Burning Up”.
1984 – Madonna performs the song “Like a Virgin”, in a wedding dress, at the first MTV Video Music Awards. The provocative performance helps propel the song to the top of the Billboard singles chart. It is their first number 1 single.
1985 – Stars in the movie “Desperately Seeking Susan”, and launches her first major tour.
1988 – Makes his Broadway debut in the David Mamet play “Speed-the-Plow”.
nineteen ninety – MTV bans their sexually explicit video “Justify My Love”.
May 10, 1991 – “Na Cama com Madonna” is released, a documentary about Madonna’s “Blond Ambition” tour.
February 25, 1992 – Wins a Grammy for Best Music Video for “Madonna – Blond Ambition World Tour Live”.
April 1992 – Time Warner signs a multimedia contract with Madonna that includes albums, books and videos. With the deal, she launches her own record label, Maverick Records. Reportedly, the contract is worth $60 million.
1992 – Madonna’s photo book titled “Sex” is published and, within a week, tops the New York Times bestseller list.
1992-2004 – Head of Maverick Records.
March 1994 – Appears on “The Late Show with David Letterman”. The profanity-filled interview receives high ratings, but it also leads viewers to write complaint letters to the FCC. Rolling Stone magazine later ranks it as one of Letterman’s most iconic TV moments.
December 14, 1996 – “Evita”, starring Madonna as the title character in a film adaptation of the Broadway musical, opens in Los Angeles. The film wins an Oscar for Best Original Song and four other nominations in technical categories.
February 24, 1999 – Wins three Grammy Awards, for Best Dance Recording for “Ray of Light”, Best Pop Album for “Ray of Light” and Best Short Music Video for “Ray of Light”.
February 23, 2000 – Wins a Grammy Award for Best Song for Film, Television or Other Visual Media for “Beautiful Stranger” from the “Austin Powers” soundtrack.
August 28, 2003 – Kisses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards.
August 16, 2005 – falls off a horse at his home on the outskirts of London, suffering three broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand.
2006 – Creates a non-profit group called Raising Malawi, which helps children in Malawi.
October 2006 – Madonna and Ritchie begin the process of adopting a boy named David Banda from Malawi, despite laws prohibiting non-residents from adopting Malawian children. Children’s rights groups try to block the adoption, but Madonna and Ritchie are eventually allowed to adopt the child.
2007 – Wins a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album for “Confessions on a Dance Floor”.
2008 – Wins a Grammy for Best Long-Term Music Video for “The Confessions Tour”.
2008 – Directing debut, “Sujos e Sabios”, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.
2008 – Is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
2008 – Writes and produces the documentary “I Am Because We Are”, about AIDS in Malawi.
June 12, 2009 – Malawi’s high court overturns a lower court decision ruling that Madonna will be allowed to adopt a three-year-old girl from the country.
2009 – Announces plans to build a school for girls in Lilongwe, capital of Malawi. Two years later, the project is abandoned.
2012 – Performs at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show.
April 2013 – A spokesperson for the Malawi government accuses Madonna of demanding VIP treatment during a goodwill visit to the country earlier this month. In a statement, Madonna denies asking for special treatment and says she traveled to Malawi to visit schools funded by her nonprofit Raising Malawi.
September 2013 – Announces a new project called Art for Freedom, which aims to fight intolerance and oppression through art.
February 2017 – Madonna announces via Instagram that she has adopted twins from Malawi.
July 2017 – Opens the Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care. The hospital in Blantyre, Malawi is named after his adopted daughter.
2018 – A New York Supreme Court judge rules that auction site GottaHaveRockandRoll.com can proceed with the sale of memorabilia that belonged to Madonna, which includes a 1995 letter from rapper Tupac Shakur. Madonna filed an injunction in July 2017 to prevent the items from being auctioned.
2019 – Nate Hollander, a fan, files a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County Courthouse against Live Nation and Madonna, alleging that the change in start times for her Madame X Tour is a breach of contract made between the singer and the buyer of the ticket.
2020 – Instagram flags and removes a post by Madonna after she shares a video with a group of doctors making false and dubious claims related to the coronavirus.
The video, published by right-wing media Breitbart News, shows a group of people wearing white lab coats calling themselves “America’s Front Line Doctors” giving a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Source: CNN Brasil
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