 Born
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, on August 16, 1958, in Bay
City, Michigan. Madonna won a scholarship in high school to
study dance at the University of Michigan. She left in the late
1970s and moved to New York City where she studied and danced
with Alvin Ailey and Pearl Lang, acted in underground films,
and performed with rock bands. Her albums Madonna (1983) and
Like a Virgin (1984) sold over a million copies each and included
several hit singles. Her movie performances, except for
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and Evita (1996), were less
well-received. Known for her provocative stage and video
performances, a somewhat ambiguous symbol of a new feminism
in her combination of vulgarity and shrewdness,
she was arguably the best-known woman in the world at the height
of her popularity.
 Madonna
released her album Music in the fall of 2000. Driven by the
success of the title track, Music received several Grammmy
Award nominations, including Record of the Year and Best
Vocal Pop Album. In the summer of 2001, she kicked off her
first world tour in eight years, the Drowned World Tour.
Madonna was married to actor Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989.
She has a daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, by former
companion Carlos Leon. Her current boyfriend is the British
film director Guy Ritchie, best known for the 1998 hit Lock,
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The couple had a son, Rocco
Ritchie, on August 11, 2000. Madonna and Ritchie were married
on December 22, 2000, at a castle in Dornoch, Scotland.
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underground film:这里是非主流电影的意思
hit singles：成名单曲
provocative：刺激的
feminism：女权主义
vulgarity：粗俗
shrewdness：精明，机灵
Grammmy Award nominations：格莱美大奖提名
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Updated: 2001-09-17 01:00