name madonna louise ciccone
born august 16, 1958, bay city,
mich., u.s.
nationality american
work singer
key events 1998 won 6 mtv music video prize
3 platinum disc in usa





the original name of madonna is madonna louise ciccone american singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur whose immense popularity in the 1980s and 90s allowed her to achieve levels of power and control unprecedented for a woman in the entertainment industry.
born into a large italian-american family, madonna studied dance at the university of michigan and with the alvin ailey american dance theater in new york city in the late 1970s before relocating briefly to paris as a member of patrick hernandezs disco revue. returning to new york city, she performed with a number of rock groups before signing with sire records. her first hit, holiday, in 1983, provided the bl...