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Madonna is coming to Russia with a promotion tour of the M.D.N.A. album. She will give a concert in the Olimpiysky concert center in Moscow on August 7 and at the St. Petersburg sports and concert center on August 9. Madonna has been the Queen of Pop for 30 years, impressing several generations of fans who admire her vastly different images and sometimes drastic transformations.

Madonna is coming to Russia with a promotion tour of the M.D.N.A. album. She will give a concert in the Olimpiysky concert center in Moscow on August 7 and at the St. Petersburg sports and concert center on August 9. Madonna has been the Queen of Pop for 30 years, impressing several generations of fans who admire her vastly different images and sometimes drastic transformations.

© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna is coming to Russia with a promotion tour of the M.D.N.A. album. She will give a concert in the Olimpiysky concert center in Moscow on August 7 and at the St. Petersburg sports and concert center on August 9. Madonna has been the Queen of Pop for 30 years, impressing several generations of fans who admire her vastly different images and sometimes drastic transformations.
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Madonna is coming to Russia with a promotion tour of the M.D.N.A. album. She will give a concert in the Olimpiysky concert center in Moscow on August 7 and at the St. Petersburg sports and concert center on August 9. Madonna has been the Queen of Pop for 30 years, impressing several generations of fans who admire her vastly different images and sometimes drastic transformations.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna’s father, Silvio Ciccone, insisted she take piano lessons, which she came to hate. When in school, the future pop star attended an amateur theater and a ballet studio, and later majored in dance at the University of Michigan.
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Madonna’s father, Silvio Ciccone, insisted she take piano lessons, which she came to hate. When in school, the future pop star attended an amateur theater and a ballet studio, and later majored in dance at the University of Michigan.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna began her music career in 1982 as the drummer of Dan Gilroy’s band Breakfast Club, where she also played guitar, sang and wrote songs.
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Madonna began her music career in 1982 as the drummer of Dan Gilroy’s band Breakfast Club, where she also played guitar, sang and wrote songs.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyShe created her own band, Emmy, in 1982 with her former boyfriend Stephen Bray as the drummer. They wrote dance music that became popular at New York night clubs. Impressed by her demo tape, DJ/producer Mark Kamins introduced her to Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records.
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She created her own band, Emmy, in 1982 with her former boyfriend Stephen Bray as the drummer. They wrote dance music that became popular at New York night clubs. Impressed by her demo tape, DJ/producer Mark Kamins introduced her to Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna’s first album, Like a Virgin, came out in 1983 and sold 19 million copies around the world. Certified diamond, it is Madonna’s most successful studio album to date.
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Madonna’s first album, Like a Virgin, came out in 1983 and sold 19 million copies around the world. Certified diamond, it is Madonna’s most successful studio album to date.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna loves provocative stints. Her early 1989 clip, Like a Prayer, featured many Catholic symbols, such as stigmata and a burning cross, and her questionable relations with a Black priest in the music video outraged the Vatican.
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Madonna loves provocative stints. Her early 1989 clip, Like a Prayer, featured many Catholic symbols, such as stigmata and a burning cross, and her questionable relations with a Black priest in the music video outraged the Vatican.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyIn 1990 she again shocked the public when her music video, Justify My Love, directed by fashion photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, was banned from airing on the TV due to its excessive eroticism.
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In 1990 she again shocked the public when her music video, Justify My Love, directed by fashion photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino, was banned from airing on the TV due to its excessive eroticism.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyIn 1992 Madonna founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, which includes a record company (Maverick Records) and a book publishing business.
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In 1992 Madonna founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, which includes a record company (Maverick Records) and a book publishing business.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyHer film career includes 12 films, but is less impressive than her music career (she holds a record number of Razzie Awards for Worst Actress). In 2008 she directed her first movie, Filth and Wisdom. Her second film, W.E., was aired at the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011.
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Her film career includes 12 films, but is less impressive than her music career (she holds a record number of Razzie Awards for Worst Actress). In 2008 she directed her first movie, Filth and Wisdom. Her second film, W.E., was aired at the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyMadonna has four children: Lourdes, the daughter of fitness trainer Carlos Leon, Rocco, the son of her ex-husband Guy Ritchie, and adopted Malawian siblings David Banda Mwale and Mercy James. Motherhood inspired the singer to write books for children. Her debut book, The English Roses, was published in 2004 and became a best-selling children’s picture book. She later wrote five more books.
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Madonna has four children: Lourdes, the daughter of fitness trainer Carlos Leon, Rocco, the son of her ex-husband Guy Ritchie, and adopted Malawian siblings David Banda Mwale and Mercy James. Motherhood inspired the singer to write books for children. Her debut book, The English Roses, was published in 2004 and became a best-selling children’s picture book. She later wrote five more books.
© Photo : Warner Music courtesyIn recent years Madonna has become a serious mother of a big family, sporting in either formal suits or elegant dresses in public. But her concerts still feature eccentric outfits, provocative dances and superb decorations – a show still worth seeing.
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In recent years Madonna has become a serious mother of a big family, sporting in either formal suits or elegant dresses in public. But her concerts still feature eccentric outfits, provocative dances and superb decorations – a show still worth seeing.
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