Hello Madonna fans we made a deep search and listed Best Madonna Facts for you. Madonna know as the queen of the pop music, here are some interesting details about Madonna
1- Madonna was the third of six children: Martin, Anthony, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie. She was the eldest daughter.
1. Madonna was born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, which she once referred to as “a stinky, little town in Northern Michigan,” on national television.
2. She was raised in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
3. Her mother, Madonna Louise, died of breast cancer in 1963.
4. Madonna was referred to as “Little Nonni” to distinguish her from her mother.
5. Her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, was a first-generation Italian American from Pacentro, Italy. He worked as a an engineer for Chrysler and General Motors.
7. Madonna once described her childhood self to Vanity Fair as a “lonely girl who was searching for something. I wasn’t rebellious in a certain way. I cared about being good at something. I didn’t shave my underarms and I didn’t wear make-up like normal girls do. But I studied and I got good grades…. I wanted to be somebody.”
8. In middle school, Madonna was known for doing cartwheels and handstands in the hallway and flashing boys her underwear.
9. Eventually her father got remarried to the family’s housekeeper. They had two additional children, and moved to a larger house in Rochester Hills.
10. Madonna was on the cheerleading squad at Rochester Adams High School.
11. After having to convince her dad to let her take ballet lessons, she received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan.
12. She dropped out of college in 1977 and moved to New York City with only $35 in her pocket.
13. Madonna worked several minimum wage jobs to make ends meet, including one at a Dunkin’ Donuts.
14. She performed with several modern dance troupes, and studied dance with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
15. In 1979, Madonna was a backup dancer for a French disco artist named Patrick Hernandez. While in Europe, she became involved with a musician named Dan Gilroy and they formed a band called the Breakfast Club.
16. Madonna left Breakfast Club in 1980 to form another band, Emmy. Their music got the attention of a producer who landed her a meeting with Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, and in turn, a singles deal.
17. Madonna’s debut single, “Everybody,” came out on October 6, 1982.
18. Unhappy with the completed tracks tracks on her debut album, Madonna, she asked her boyfriend John “Jellybean” Benitez to help with the additional production work.
19. Madonna had her first Top 10 hit in 1984 with “Borderline.”
20. Madonna’s often-copied signature ’80s look was created by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol.
21. With 1984’s Like a Virgin, Madonna became an international star. It was her first number one album on the Billboard 200.
22. Family organizations tried to get the video for “Like a Virgin” banned for promoting premarital sex. They were even more upset after Madonna’s now infamous performance of the song at MTV’s Video Music Awards. As she recalls it:” I remember my manager Freddy shouting to me, ‘Oh my God! What were you doing? You were wearing a wedding dress. Oh my God! You were rolling around on the floor!’ It was the bravest, most blatant sexual thing I had ever done on television.”
23. Madonna had her film debut in 1985, first with a cameo as a club singer inVision Quest, then with a much larger role in Desperately Seeking Susan.
24. She started dating Sean Penn while working on the video for “Material Girl,” and they were married on her 27th birthday in 1985.
25. Madonna’s first North American arena tour — The Virgin Tour — featured the Beastie Boys as the opening act.
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