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Madonna [mədɑ ː nə] (* August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan as Madonna Louise Ciccone, since 1967 as a communion of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, dancer, writer, film director, model and designer . Madonna has been with hits such as Like a Virgin (1984), Vogue (1990) and Hung Up (2005) to einerPop icon. CDs by Madonna settled more than 300 million copies sell, the time is Madonna, the commercially successful female singer in the world. Addition to seven Grammys (including 1998 for Ray of Light), she received the Golden Globe (1997 for her portrayal in the film adaptation of the musical Evita). In addition, she wrote several children's books (The English Roses, 2003) and was 2008 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Madonna's paternal grandparents emigrated from Italy to America. The auto mechanic married Silvio Ciccone 1955 Frankokanadierin Madonna Louise Fortin. From the marriage of Madonna went as the third of six children out. The mother died in 1963, when Madonna was five years old. Madonna has two other siblings from the marriage of her father with the family of former housekeeper Joan Gustafson [1]. In 1967 Madonna took the name of Veronica (Veronica after the Saints) in the context of their communion as the third to first names. A native says Madonna Louise Ciccone them. Madonna was from 1985 to 1989 with the actor Sean Penn married. Since 2000, she was the wife of British director Guy Ritchie. After a few go home the couple bought the country estate Ashcombe House in Wiltshire prior to London, where it lives since 2001. The marriage was on 21 November 2008 in London, divorced [2]. Madonna has two biological children, daughter Lourdes Maria (* October 14, 1996) with the Cuban Carlos Leon and son Rocco, John (* August 11, 2000) from the marriage with Ritchie. From October 2006 Madonna tried to adoption of the 15-month-old David from Malawi. In May 2008 the adoption was final. In June 2009 Madonna adopted from Malawi which also came four years Fatherless girls Mercy [3].

Madonna was in Catholic schools and for a time in a convent school educated. Even Madonna was confirmed in the school, the Rochester Adams High School in Oakland County, Metro Detroit, especially in theater and in the cheerleader team. Madonna was a very good student. At the high school among the best two percent with an IQ of 140th Besides, she took piano lessons and dance lessons and decided after school to become a dancer. Madonna's dance teacher Christopher Flynn, Madonna's talents recognized and encouraged her. Together they attended in addition to museums and the theaters, the gay clubs in Detroit, where she met Steve Bray - with him later, she produced some of their greatest hits. This time also influenced their musical style, which is based on Europop. Flynn encouraged them to New York to go there and careers. After High School Madonna started a dance training at the University of Michigan, she however. Instead, she moved to New York with $ 30 in the luggage. The first time it had complied with casual jobs on the water. She worked as a waitress, sold donuts and took nude photographs (a few years later, in millions in magazines Playboy and Penthouse published). Besides, she learned to play drums and guitar and wrote her first songs with Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray. After engagement as a dancer with the Alvin Ailey dance troupe and Pearl Lang Dance Company's experimented Madonna as a singer and drummer in punk and pop bands (Breakfast Club, Emmy). Briefly, she had a first record contract at Gotham Productions, but after some demo recordings, and work as a background singer (including Otto von Wernherr) we separated again. The former disco singer Patrick Hernandez (Born To Be Alive) sponsored in 1979 and Madonna took her back to Paris to publish it as a star. She accompanied him but only as a dancer in his shows, and after six months went back to New York. There, she gained notoriety in nightclubs, as they were on the demos danced their first song - and also established contacts with disc jockeys, the connections to the record industry had. One of these was DJ Mark fireplace, later Madonna's first single, Everybody produced. Madonna chimney was the managing director of Sire Records, Seymour Stein, above. He was impressed by Madonna's demo tapes (such as Everybody, Is not No Big Deal, Burning Up), and 1982 so they got their first record contract. The single Everybody was a consideration in the clubs success and sold 250,000-times. Appeared in Madonna's 1983 debut album Madonna, her then boyfriend and DJ Jellybean Benitez mitproduzierte. With the third single Holiday, she managed to break through into the Top Ten of the international charts. Along with numerous TV appearances in the U.S., Europe and Japan, Madonna turned the film Vision Quest (int. Crazy for You), directed by Harold Becker. She had only two brief appearances as a nightclub singer, but a year later, the film was a hit - especially singles by Madonna's Crazy For You and Gambler.

After the first album sold millions of times, looking for a new Madonna Producers: Nile Rodgers, which was Michael Jackson, Duran Duran and David Bowie had produced. Madonna's music has been rocking, but retained its trendy catchy melodies. The album Like a Virgin was their international breakthrough. Your Hit Like a Virgin Madonna presented in a wedding dress at the first award of the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1984. American parents' associations and conservative media watchdogs were shocked - the young audience was delighted. From now on, all the trends of Madonna's fans copied. Crucifixes, bauch-free tops and leather bracelets were the beginning. Madonna began to each album a new "look" to develop - they are often from the classic Hollywood stars borrowed. With the following video for Material Girl copied her role model Marilyn Monroe. At the video shoot in Los Angeles met Madonna on the set to U.S. actor Sean Penn know and love. In the spring of 1985 was the first time at sold-out Madonna Virgin Tour the USA and Canada. The album "Like A Virgin" sold to date over 20 million times and is one of the 100 best selling albums of all time. Their singles led the charts around the world and its first by Susan Seidelman twisted movie Desperately seeking Susan ... was a hit with critics and the public. Also, her popularity by an appearance at the Live Aid concert multiply. Shortly before their old Aktbildaufnahmen were from her New York time before her breakthrough in relevant magazines Lord appeared. On 16 August 1985, its 27th Birthday, married Madonna in Los Angeles, Sean Penn. From the "rush of love One" announced in 1986 released album True Blue - devoted to her husband, the "coolest man in the universe." The album on which all the tracks with Madonna wrote, was a success. True Blue was No. 1 in 28 countries and has over 21 million copies sold. The songs of Live To Tell, Papa Do not Preach and Open Your Heart climbed to number 1 in the Billboard singles charts and La Isla Bonita was her first number one in German-speaking countries. The cover photo by Herb Ritts, she became an icon of the 1980s. Madonna settled in clothing from Lagerfeld, Lacroix and Chanel photographed and established itself as a sex symbol. In June 1987 started the Madonna Who's That Girl World Tour. With this world tour, she became the most successful pop singer of the'80s. The tour began in Japan, led by the United States and Canada and from August 1987 to Europe. First met them in Germany. 60,000 fans came on 22 August 1987 in Frankfurt Waldstadion to see Madonna. The Wembley Stadium in London was sold out three times in a row, and also in France, the enthusiasm was great. At their concert in Paris on 29 August was 120,000 fans attended. The show was in Turin on 4 September 1987 live satellite broadcast on television. Madonna's albums and singles sold around the world millions of times, but her Hollywood career did not start: The film Shanghai Surprise (1986) and Who's That Girl (1987) were flops. The marriage with Penn fell into a crisis. In November 1987 Madonna released a remix album, titled You Can Dance. To be adopted by Madonna for a while the music business since 1988, a rather quiet year for Madonna. She turned another film Blood Hounds Of Broadway and was on Broadway in the sold-out play Speed the Plow May to September 1988 can be seen. Then they prepared their new album before: Like a Prayer. The album processed their failed marriage, the complicated relationship with her family - and not least her tense relationship with the Catholic Church. The title song was 2004 by the American and German editors of the music magazine Rolling Stone has become one of the 500 best songs of all time elected. In 1989, her marriage to Sean Penn and Madonna divorced with new hits caused a sensation. The music video for Like a Prayer was published in March 1989. This theme of Madonna and others of racism (in the video is a black innocent accused a violent crime), they danced before burning crosses (symbol of the Ku Klux Klan) and kissed one on the life statue of Martin awoke from Porres, which for many a "black Jesus "did. Pepsi then stopped a campaign with it (the fee in the amount of 5 million U.S. Dollar Madonna was allowed to keep) and also the Vatican was outraged. Another video caused a worldwide sensation. In Express Yourself Madonna was Fritz Lang's film Metropolis inspire showed in Suspenders and dancing in the men's suit and stood naked with heavy iron chains in bed. The single release Cherish established itself again in the U.S. Top 5, which Madonna is now 16 U.S., Top 5 singles in unbroken sequence, and had to catch up was the Beatles. Madonna called MTV "Artist of the Decade".

The new world tour Blond Ambition World Tour started on 14 April 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. Then came numerous concerts in the U.S. and Canada, and finally Europe in the summer was on the tour schedule. On stage she wore creations of the Parisian fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Hardly a performance shaped Madonna's image more than their performance of Like a Virgin. You wore a golden corset with conical bra, but a simulated masturbation. In Canada, Madonna even threatened a prison sentence, and in Italy, the Vatican called for a boycott of Madonna's concert in Rome. On 5 August 1990 was Madonna's controversial Blond Ambition Tour in Nice at the end. This concert was exclusively in the U.S. on television by HBO, and achieved a high audience rating. Madonna's affair with Warren Beatty in 1990 lasted until the joint film Dick Tracy was a success. In this cinematic adventure was Madonna as Breathless Mahoney to see. The protagonist has contributed to the album I'm Breathless also in the soundtrack. Vogue, actually a B-side of the last Like A Prayer-Keep It Together outcoupling thought was a short stand-alone single released, and thus one of its greatest hits: The video by director David Fincher made Madonna an icon of the gay. Shortly afterwards, she gave a statement of gay friends and family members - and brought to the media as potential bisexuals into the conversation as they are compatible with Sandra Bernhard and Rosie O'Donnell kisses exchanged. Madonna's first Greatest Hits album The Immaculate Collection was established in 1990 to the best-selling "Best of" of a singer (over 26 million sold) and presented the next scandal: the sexually uninhibited video Justify My Love, the first single (with her former lover , the model Tony Ward). It was banned on many stations or banished into the night program. This video scandal skillfully use and brought Madonna Justify My Love as a video single on the market. Another highlight was the Oscar ceremony on 25 March 1991. That evening, she was accompanied by Michael Jackson and presented live, the song Sooner or Later from the film Dick Tracy. The song won the Oscar in the category Best Original Song. In May 1991, Madonna released the documentary Truth or Dare, a documentary of the Blonde Ambition tour from the previous year. To advertise their film, Madonna came on 12 May 1991 for the film festival in Cannes in southern France. In Europe, the film, entitled In Bed with Madonna in the movie theaters. Madonna also acted in films such as A class for itself (1992) and Shadows and Fog (1992) with. Both had very positive reviews and were well at the box office a success. With Madonna's image change for Erotic Star, she worked simultaneously on its independence. She founded her own production company Maverick, to have their full freedom to get creative and also to promote young talent. Maverick was among others albums by Alanis Morissette, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Candlebox and The Prodigy out. This was followed by Madonna's provocative years 1992/93. The album Erotica is a concept album on the topic with strong sexuality and BDSM fetish symbolism. Each of the included songs reflecting a different facet of human sexuality, often referring to sexual relations. In his lyrics, the album in the pop culture widespread regular substantive link between sexually motivated contacts and romantic feelings, or do not love her. A typical dance album, it is very strongly influenced by the hip-hop-heavy beats and soulful melodies coined at the time for the two co-producers Shep Pettibone and André Betts were typical. It was the first album by the artist, on the U.S. market with a notice to minors had to be. A second issue contained censored the song Did You Do It? not. The album reached No. 2 in the U.S. charts and went six single downstream, from which the title song Erotica was the most successful. The song was also the title with the second highest initial place in the history of the U.S. Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song belongs to the music video was in the U.S. by MTV due to his sexual orientation only three broadcast uncensored original version. Was accompanied by the promotion Erotica erotic illustrated by the SEX, the Madonna, 21 October 1992 and published for worldwide headlines and caused controversy. Never before had an internationally known pop artist in such a scene and to an audience of millions naked in sexual poses presented. SEX came with a circulation of 1.5 million copies, which sold out within a week was. The erotic thriller Body of Evidence (1993) tried in vain to the success of Basic Instinct must be repeated. Now even Madonna nude in the cinema to see, was probably their most loyal fans and a lot more valuable Golden Raspberry. In the spring of 1993 threatened their cinematic and musical career because of the erotic drive to stagnate. The under the direction of Abel Ferrara film Dangerous Game floppte again at the box office and the single Bad Girl the first time since 1983 no longer America's Top 20 Billboard Charts. A great success, however, was the sold-out 1993 world tour The Girlie Show. On 25 September 1993 opened its new Madonna world tour at London's Wembley Stadium before 72,000 fans. The stage program, among other things, inspired by the musical Hair and the German film diva Marlene Dietrich, caused protests again conservative organizations and politicians - this time because of an implied Groupsex scene. Madonna joined her as a whip wielding dominatrix, surrounded by topless dancers to. Madonna also joined the first time in South Africa (Sun City) on. In Puerto Rico Madonna caused a scandal when she flies the flag of the island between their legs rubbed; Orthodox Jews protested against her first appearance in Israel. The highlight of the tour were sold-out open-air concerts in Australia, where they also live to see the first time was. Were held this great success on the DVD Madonna The Girlie Show - Live Down Under. In March 1994 she again caused a scandal when her talk show appearance on David Letterman. Madonna's "dirty language" and her weird behavior caused outrage in the U.S. media. Madonna had in the film Blue in the Face - All the blue haze of Wayne Wang a brief appearance as a singing telegram. With their next album Bedtime Stories (1994) suggested, however, Madonna reconciliation tones and presented as a prime example ballad singer. The stylistically diverse album, which, inter alia, production Babyface, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin and Björk were involved, was by most critics quite favorably received and also the sales figures went slowly again. The second single, Take a Bow, reached the place 1 of the Billboard charts and was in the U.S. as one of its most successful singles ever. In 1995 acted now 37-year-old Madonna as a model for Gianni Versace. The Milan fashion designed by Madonna's fashion collections. To her audience on her next major career step to prepare, Madonna brought in the autumn of 1995 their best ballads on the album Something to Remember out, as she performed in the episode film Four Rooms, as well as in Spike Lee's Girl 6 with. In 1996, Madonna's long efforts to promote the role of Evita Perón in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita rewarded. Alan Parker undertook it for the main role. Madonna inspired the Argentines, as they appear on the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires Do not Cry For Me Argentina in front of hundreds of extras sang. Evita was the most successful movie musicals of the 1990s. The corresponding Evita album sold very well, and Madonna again made more musically than by scandals for itself. "Crowned" was the comeback a year later, in 1997 as the Golden Globe for best actress was awarded. For the Academy Award (Oscar), however, she was not nominated. Nevertheless, they presented the song You Must Love Me, the award for the composer / lyricist Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice won. On 14 October 1996, Madonna's mother, as her daughter Lourdes Maria in Los Angeles to the world. The child's father is Madonna's former fitness trainer Carlos Leon. A decade that began in controversy for Madonna, was joined by her first child, her first musical role and a Golden Globe as best actress rewarded. The musical broke the 39-year-old Madonna on to new shores.

After the birth of Madonna began to work on the new album Ray of Light. To create a new sound design, Madonna dedicated the British producer William Orbit. As a Ray of Light in March 1998 was published in überschlugen critics and fans with enthusiastic praise. Not only commercially Madonna could pick up on old times: they won in February 1999, four Grammys, including best pop album and best dance album, after being at the Grammy nominations for years had been ignored - Madonna has won a total of seven up to now Grammys. Madonna lyrics presented the themes Maternity (Little Star) and their liking for Far Eastern religions in the center (Frozen, Shanti Ashtangi, Sky Fits Heaven). From the album Ray of Light was, until today 17 million recordings sold, five of them singles ausgekoppelt successfully. The corresponding five videos set new accents in the video genre. Ray Of Light was Madonna's most successful studio album of the'90s. In September 1998, met Madonna at a dinner in London (hosted by Madonna's friend, musician Sting) British director Guy Ritchie know and love. Madonna said in interviews at this time about her mother often luck, gave advice and educational upbringing was in many television shows as a guest. Furthermore, they have no secret of the fact that they have a keen student of the Kabbalah is altjüdischen. The cosmetics firm Max Factor (Ellen Betrix) Madonna decorated with 1999, global advertising campaign. Commercially unsuccessful, however, was the film to fall in love with a friend. With this film, however, is another worldwide Madonna's hit in combination, namely the cover of Don McLean's classic American Pie. With this song the first time they reached the first position of the German charts for La Isla Bonita, 1987. The follow electronic music album of 2000 convincing with innovative production and underground sounds of the French DJ Mirwais. The focus of this production was the first time Madonna's mature voice, the minimalist, especially with guitar and electronic beats has been assigned. Album and singles have been a great success: The Singles, such as videos (including music, Do not Tell Me) led to the next fashion trend: Cowboyhut, hipsters and boots. The album sold 15 million times to prepare for their tour next year, Madonna was in the autumn of 2000 two concerts in New York and London, where they live songs from the music presented. After the birth of their son Rocco, 11 August 2000 and her wedding with Guy Ritchie on 22 December 2000 in Dornoch, Scotland Madonna started in June 2001 after years of abstinence, the sold-out stage Drowned World Tour, after Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England led. In July began Madonna's U.S. tour. On 14 September ended the tour in Los Angeles. As three days before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 had shocked the world, broke the Madonna tour and urged her audience to pray. The second Greatest Hits album GHV2 appeared in November 2001. It provided no new material presented and Madonna is not. Then Madonna came in May 2002 after 14 years on the theater stage. The piece of Up For Grabs by David Williamson, directed by Laurence Boswell Madonna played the role of art dealer Loren. Up For Grabs was Wyndham's Theater in London's West End and listed Madonna won the Audience Award (Theatregoers' Choice Award Theater). In the autumn of 2002 attracted Madonna and Mirwais, together with its title song, written to James Bond - Die another day attention. Die Another Day was the best-selling Bond Title song of all time and Madonna played in the film, even a small Cameorolle: Verity, the fencing teacher. Likewise, Madonna in Guy Ritchie film Swept Away to see, however, one of the biggest flops in film history was. In 2003 the album American Life. The Independent Album of Music brought little new to Madonna's musical world. Moreover, it fell in 2003 in the wake of Madonna's advocacy against U.S. President George W. Bush. Your commitment to the Iraq war sparked among conservative radio stations from a boycott, the placement of the following ausgekoppelten singles in the Billboard charts prevented, though Die Another Day, American Life, and Hollywood in the top ten best selling singles were. The Singles Die Another Day and Nothing Fails even stood on # 1 in sales charts. The album American Life has remained at 5 million recordings sold well below expectations. This American Life Project (especially Madonna's political "Promotion") had her career in the United States harm. The first time in her career Madonna has worked briefly with another on a single artist: Britney Spears. Madonna had already been with two other performers, the singer Prince on the album Like a Prayer, the song Love Song added, and in 1999 with Ricky Martin Be Careful (Cuidado con mi corazon) for the album Ricky Martin. Both, however, not released as a single. The live-kiss with her (and Christina Aguilera) on the MTV Awards 2003 brought Madonna back into the conversation - and it quickly produced duet with Britney Spears Me Against The Music was able to pass success. Madonna's remix album Remixed & Revisited was the main American Life album does not miss a new thrust. In September 2003, Madonna's first children's book The English Roses. The New York Times and Barnes & Noble recorded the book on place 1 of the best-selling books - and the following four were so successful that sequels Madonna and an extensive merchandise (clothing, kitchenware, jewelry, etc.) for The English Roses could produce. The author donated all their profits from the project to related charity organizations. A major success was the Re-Invention World Tour 2004. Madonna has sold out with this tour again in the U.S., Canada and Europe to see. The show offered political statements, exclusive costume (Karl Lagerfeld), religious motifs and a costed scandal: Madonna sang a song on an "electric chair". Unlike the last tour, this time focused on their greatest hits at the heart, including many songs from the 1980s. This tour was Madonna's single musical project of 2004. Similar to the Blond Ambition world tour could be Madonna, her dancers and everything about the tour happened documentary hold. The tour documentary I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, celebrated in October 2005 in New York premiere and is now available on DVD. Christmas 2004 Madonna and Ritchie renewed their marriage vow. The two exchanged during a ceremony once the rings.

2005, Madonna with a campaign of the fashion house Versace. The photo series by photographer Mario Testino was Donatella Versace 10.5 million U.S. Dollar cost. Proponents of the flood victims of the tsunamis, the parts of Asia in December 2004 examined home, she joined with other leading stars in Tsunami Aid and sang the John Lennon classic Imagine. Another appearance at a benefit concert was on 2 Announced in July 2005. Madonna appeared at the Live 8 concert in London - 20 years after the Live Aid concert. In their show, she presented the classic Like a Prayer, Ray Of Light and Music. On 16 August 2005 - her 47th Birthday - Madonna fell from a horse and broke the collarbone, hand and several ribs. Despite these injuries she turned two months later, the dance video for Hung Up. In November 2005, finally a long awaited album Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor on the market, with which they are present in 29 countries was No.1. This time Stuart Price was the leading producer of the album. With her dance album returned the 47-year-old back on the dance floors of clubs and their fans danced around the world. The album was accompanied by a song in the autumn of 2005 the sound source: Hung Up. For the biggest hit of her career Madonna had a sample of the classic ABBA Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) use. For the first time Madonna went Promotion new ways, because Hung Up was first published as a mobile ringtone to download. As the song commercially released, stormed Hung Up in 41 countries to square 1 The album Confessions on a Dance Floor was lavishly advertised: After the moderate success of the last album has everything to become a major new success to be: in addition to "release parties, ad campaigns, promotional clips, web pages and performing in many shows around the world (eg: Star Academy (France), Wetten, dass.?, MTV EMA, Ellen DeGeneres) presented Madonna album personally in New York, London and Tokyo. Hung Up is sold in the first three months about four million times in the U.S. attracted Madonna and Elvis Presley same: Both placed 36 singles in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Sorry, the second single of the album, released in February 2006 and was also very successful in the global balance of charts. On 15 February 2006 Madonna received the Brit Award for best international artist, and on 12 March 2006 two echoes: the best "International Artist Rock / Pop" and Hung Up as the "Hit of the Year". On 21 Madonna started in May 2006 in Los Angeles her Confessions Tour. On 30 Madonna opened in July 2006 in Europe, the European part of their concert tour in Cardiff / Wales. In London, eight were sold-out concerts at the Wembley Arena. As part of the Confessions Tour Madonna came in August for two sold-out concerts in Germany (August 20, 2006, Dusseldorf, LTU Arena on August 22, 2006, Hannover AWD-Arena). In Paris, Madonna appeared four times, and twice in September in the Amsterdam Arena. Were also the first time Moscow and Prague tour stops on Madonna's world concert tour. The tour ended after a total of 60 sold-out show on 21 September 2006 in Tokyo. Madonna presented itself again provocatively than in previous appearances in recent years. Thus, there are again BDSM allusions, ponyplay and a crucifixion scene, when the ballad of Madonna Live To Tell on the cross singing, the stage program. Especially the singer Madonna with crown of thorns on the cross was the world by many Christians perceived as blasphemous. The Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office examined her show on breach of § 166 German Penal Code (abuse of faiths, religious societies and associations of belief). Against Madonna have been countless complaints in the global courts, however, these are not required to ban the appearance superstars. Madonna's concert in Hanover should even be boycotted. This provoked a Landesbischöfin from Hanover without success. Madonna responded with an invitation from the Pope on her show in Rome, which led to further controversy. Disco is also a major theme of the show. Madonna bear costumes inspired by ABBA and John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever. The Confessions Tour was the most successful tour of an artist. Shortly after the triumphant and controversial tour Madonna once again dominated the headlines in the world, this time due to the controversial adoption of David Banda from Malawi in October 2006. Madonna was the target figure in the media and the largely negative coverage resembled a merciless rancorous. You threw it before, they had a souvenir from Africa and had brought the adoption laws of Malawi are not met, so a Star bonus. End of October 2006, Madonna was forced to publicly comment on the allegations to be taken, and it was via satellite from London to a moving interview with the talk show from Oprah Winfrey to Chicago running. This interview was Madonna in the global public sympathy many points and also the media were slowly but surely by their negative attitude from. With this controversy Madonna solely dominated the headlines in the last three months of 2006. According to Hits and Sorry Get Together Jump appeared as the last single from the hit album Confessions On A Dance Floor. The video was filmed in Tokyo, where Madonna and her new platinum blonde Bobfrisur presented. The song reached in many countries, a top-10-placement, the world was a big airplay hit (airplay means the game on the radio frequency) and dominated the end of 2006, the clubs and discos worldwide. On 26 January 2007 published The Confessions Tour Madonna as a live album and DVD. The album immediately reached number 2 in the German charts. It was thus seventeenth Madonna's Top-10-album in Germany. Already in summer 2006, the fashion chain H & M's extensive collection of clothing for the tour crew available. In March 2007, followed the international sale of a completely composed of Madonna's fashion collection. [4] The promotional video shows Madonna as a dominant icon of the lifestyle of a female student inappropriately dressed in the fashion whip cracking their wisdom like Do not think it - you need to know it missed to make them completely fashionable then converting it. In April 2007, Madonna traveled to great media vortex again for Malawi, where she visited charitable institutions. When it became known that Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie, it is not accompanied Malawi, arrived in the global media again on divorce rumors. Upon her return she was dedicated to the production of new songs for the upcoming album Hard Candy and began with the direction of the short film Filth And Wisdom, which is 2008 at the Berlinale, Germany's largest film festival, was premiered. Two new songs from the album sessions Hard Candy, The Beat Goes On and Candy Shop, had been illegally recorded and appeared on the Internet, including YouTube, to. But Warner Music rose immediately bring an action against all platforms, the song on its servers had offered, so he quickly disappeared again. These two songs strongly signaled the direction of Madonna's move to hip hop. Both songs were from Pharrell Williams and Madonna produced. On 17 May 2007 Madonna released her new single Hey You (produced by Pharrell Williams) as a download. She sang the song at the Live Earth concert on 7 July in London's Wembley Stadium. For each of the first million downloads - in the first week for free - MSN promised 25 U.S. cents to the Alliance for Climate Protection to donate. To Hey You was also released a video, which shows effects of climate change and how the world without this problem might look like. Madonna is not in the video. For fans, the new song Hey You very well received. Madonna's Live Earth gig consisted of four songs: Hey You, Ray Of Light, La Isla Bonita and Hung Up [5]. The American Forbes Magazine Madonna chose in June 2007 at number 3 of the most influential personalities in the world. This rating refers to the year 2006, which became one of the most successful years for Madonna in artistic terms was. With revenues of 72 million U.S. dollars (48.6 million euros) during the period June 2006 to June 2007 was Madonna, also according to the Forbes Magazine, also in financial terms the most successful musician of the year. On 12 September 2007 Madonna began a several-trip to Israel for the Jewish New Year, along with husband Guy Ritchie and their three children. Madonna and Guy were seen as on the evening of the 15th September 2007 after the Jewish New Year celebrations, the home of the Peace Nobel Prize winner and President of Israel Shimon Peres entered. Peres gave Madonna during the meeting, to which she asked to have an edition of the Old Testament, the original part of the Jewish Bible. The meeting itself was not accessible to the press. Madonna has her longtime record company Warner Music Group and left a new contract with Live Nation signed, which is on 16 October 2007 has been officially confirmed. Even earlier, from the environment of the 49-year-olds was reported was that the value is at 120 million U.S. dollars (around 85 million euros). Madonna justified the change in a joint statement with Live Nation so that the music business in recent years and they've changed with the times needed. The pronouncements that Madonna is a bonus of 18 million U.S. dollars and an advance of 17 million U.S. dollars each for three albums received. In the next 10 years, Madonna, according to Treaty 3 studio albums and 4 elaborate tours. Initially met Madonna yet their duty in an album and a Hitzusammenstellung against Warner. Madonna is also out of 23 female artists, which in the song "Sing the former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox in the first place. The title is to Lennox 'album Songs of Mass Destruction included. On 1 December 2007, the song as a download single released. The proceeds from this publication go to various AIDS projects. Contrary to previous rumors of Madonna is not the official music video on.

End of January 2008 was issued by the U.S. magazine Forbes, the list of best-paid musicians from June 2006 to June 2007. Madonna proves far ahead with the 1st Place with revenue of 72 million U.S. dollars (around 49 million euros). The money comes mainly from the on 10 February 2008 with a Grammy excellent Confessions Tour, from plate sales and advertising contracts (H & M). Madonna made on 13 February 2008 her film Filth And Wisdom at the 58th Berlinale officially before her directorial debut. Madonna appeared with her film crew in person at Berlin, where her appearance on absolute media sensation became. The film was originally planned as a short film. The film did not take part in the competition, but served the premiere. Whether Madonna's film in world cinema will be shown, is not yet known. The film was released in some countries on DVD. Filth And Wisdom is about a Russian immigrant named AK (Eugene Hütz), his dream of being a great musician with his band Gogol Bordello to become a reality and will therefore attempt to deal with countless jobs in London to keep above water. He lives with two young women, pursuing a similar goal and through the dirt (engl.: Filth) must go to the wisdom (wisdom) to arrive. The critics praised Madonna's courage and the character of the film and took the film from a few exceptions to recognizing. On 14 October 2008 presented its Madonna movie in New York officially before. On 10 March 2008 was Madonna in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place in New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. On 21 May 2008 was Madonna at the 61st International Cannes Film Festival about her Malawi documentary, entitled I Am Because We Are ago. They acted as executive producer and the film itself is a comment, directed by Nathan Rissman. The documentation was of Madonna, 24 April 2008 during Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Madonna also adopted in August 2008 also at the premiere of the film in Traverse City, Michigan / USA, a now well-known film by Michael Moore which was launched in [6]. Madonna's latest album is titled Hard Candy, and appeared on 25 April 2008 in Germany. In other European countries such as Britain, it was on 28 April and in the USA on 29 April 2008 published. On 15 March was a long-awaited album cover artwork to be published on the first time not the word "Madonna" would be printed. Timbaland has already found at a concert in December 2007 in Philadelphia, Madonna's first single of the upcoming album before: 4 Minutes, a song for peace, in which Justin Timberlake involved. The video clip was the end of January 2008 along with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake filmed in London. The single has already celebrated on 17 March internationally their official radio debut, on 25 March, it appeared as a download and on 11 April as a maxi CD. 4 Minutes and Hard Candy reached immediately place 1 of the German charts. Hard Candy became Madonna's tenth number 1 album in Germany. In June 2008 appeared the second single from the album Hard Candy, which the title Give it 2 me to bear. In November came the third single Miles Away. In July 2008 appeared in the U.S. the scandalous biography Life With My Sister Madonna, the Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has written for many years had worked with Madonna. Madonna had contact with her brother severely restricted after it became known that he was dependent on cocaine. The book caused great international attention and finally appeared on 24 October 2008 also in Germany. On 23 August 2008 Madonna started in Cardiff / Wales her Sticky & Sweet world tour, the success of Hard Candy album to promote. Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Vienna were, among others, the tour stops, the first ever Madonna also performed in Switzerland, at the Military Airfield Dubendorf near Zurich. After the European leg of the world tour, followed by numerous concerts in the U.S. and also the first time in 15 years, concerts in South America. In April and May 2008 were already three concerts of the Hard Candy promo tour, with stops in New York, Paris and Maidstone / Kent. Madonna's next single Miles Away was on 21 November in Germany. The song soon became the big hit in German radio stations and occupied it after only five weeks of the Platz 1 airplay charts. Because of the global financial crisis Madonna said in early December 2008 all dates of her world tour Sticky & Sweet in Australia. [7] In January 2009 started a major advertising campaign of the fashion house Louis Vuitton, in the Madonna as a model for fine pockets of luxury labels was to be seen. Marc Jacobs, creative director of Louis Vuitton: "The new campaign should be very sensual, daring and atmospheric. To all in one person to unite, we needed the ultimate performer - and that is for me Madonna." [8] Madonna created headlines with an affair with the 28 years younger Brazilian Model Jesus Luz, where a controversial "W" photo campaign, created in December 2008, entitled "Blame It On Rio" was preceded by what appeared in March 2009. For fans, critics and the world press had a heated discussion. For even more dynamite caused Madonna, as they end in March 2009 after Malawi traveled to another adoption implement this, it was a 4-year-old girl. Organizations and world press ran again and sentenced storm mostly Madonna's projects. The adoption was not reached, since a Malawian court in April against Madonna's adoption application was decided. [9] [10] On 12 June 2009 was a decision of the Supreme regional court of Malawi, which Madonna consent was given up for adoption. Justification for the original rejection, namely, that adoptive parents for at least 18 months in Malawi who have lived before they can adopt Malawian child, according to Lovemore Munlo judges "a too narrow interpretation of the law on the basis of old laws. In this global village, a man more as a resident. " Moreover, he argued that Madonna's longstanding relationship with Malawi and their commitment to disadvantaged children would be taken into account. The decision in favor of Madonna's adoption plans once again split the public opinion [11]. On 4 July 2009 continued their successful Madonna Sticky & Sweet tour in London from 2008 continues, it is the first time in Madonna's career that they have a world tour continues. At a tragic accident occurred on 16 July 2009 at the stage setup for Madonna's show in Marseille, 3 days later, which should take place. A part of the stage collapsed, while two men were killed and others were some of them seriously injured. The mayor of Marseilles said the concert then from [12]. On 11 September 2009 seems Madonna's new single "Celebration" which was the first song on the eponymous album Best Of ausgekoppelt is. The video for the song was published in July in Milan shot. The album will appear 2 weeks later and some of the biggest hits from Madonna's career span. It is as extensive double CD will appear. Moreover, while a DVD with numerous video clips appear [13].