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The Immaculate Collection

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Cd > Popular Music > RockCD > POPULAR MUSIC > ROCKThis is the perfect way to hear Madonna: no album filler, just one hit after another. As a singles artist, she works wonders: quick, danceable tunes that are occasionally "controversial" but never set out to change the world (and don't). The Immaculate Collection begins with her earliest work ("Holiday", "Borderline") and matures from there ("Papa Don't Preach", "Like A Prayer"), ending in 1990. The highlight is the inclusion of "Justify My Love"

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The undisputed Queen of Pop, Madonna, releases her third definitive best of collection ‘Celebration’, after almost three decades of defining the cultural landscape with her own imitable style; this collection inspired by the fans is destined to be every bit as iconic as the ‘Immaculate Collection’.From ‘Holiday’ to ’4 Minutes’, every song is a classic and is a must for every music collection. Includes new songs ‘Celebration’ and ‘Revolver’ with Lil’ Jon.

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Madonna’s high-profile smooch with Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards was enough to spark controversy in the entertainment industry for months to come back in 2003, yet five years later the legendary pop icon is still making waves with her stance on gay rights. Although not of the homosexual persuasion herself, Madonna has taken it upon herself to stand up for gay rights, most recently with California’s Proposition 8, which bans the previously-overturned legality of same-sex marriage in the state. California voters last week upheld the ban, and Madonna’s appearances on the West Coast for concerts came at a strikingly convenient time for the renowned edgy pop singer.

Joining the ranks of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, Lance Bass, Barbra Streisand, Melissa Etheridge, Steven Spielberg, Samuel L. Jackson and Pete Wentz, Madonna publicly denounced her views on California’s Prop 8, declaring to all those with Madonna tickets at a concert at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium last week, “If we can elect an African-American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat Prop 8! We will not give up!” This outspoken and controversial blast came as no surprise to anyone familiar with Madonna’s edgy ways, and the longtime pop icon continues her drive for gay marriage and rights even after the results from last week’s election came streaming in.

Madonna’s embracements of her sexuality and edgy public image are staples in her public persona, and have been ever since the performer’s penetration into the music industry back in the early 1980s. A Bay City, Michigan native, Madonna (whose full name is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) first rocked the nation with 1982′s club hit “Everybody,” which she quickly followed up with “Physical Attraction” and “Holiday.” After releasing her debut album, Madonna’s second release Like a Virgin is what bolstered the pop vixen up into sheer mainstream success. Her sexy music videos and strong personality were the winds to Madonna’s back, and by 1985 the talented performer had seemingly reached the top of her music career with the crazily popular hit song “Material Girl.” Leaked nude photos of Madonna in the late ’80s only helped propel the singer’s image in the public realm, and Madonna continued pumping out hit singles and albums through the ’90s and into the ’00s, garnering number ones with songs like “Secret,” “Take a Bow,” “I’ll Remember,” “Deeper and Deeper,” “Fever,” “This Used to Be My Playground,” “Ray of Light,” “Beautiful Stranger,” “Music,” “American Life” and many, many more.

Aside from winning seven Grammy Awards in her highly successful career, Madonna has also seen fame in films, children’s books and several live performances, most recently hitting it big with the single “4 Minutes,” a collaboration with Justin Timberlake. Madonna’s performances often feature Timberlake and his ex Britney Spears, and you can see all the action live when you find concert tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/madonna-tickets/. Madonna’s most recent headlines include her divorce from husband Guy Ritchie, and her much-speculated relationship with baseball’s Alex Rodriguez have emerged but have not affected the incredible vocalist’s music career.

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Even with a tabloid history that can’t be topped by many, Madonna was able to top herself with the number one ticket sales for 2008 for her “Sticky and Sweet” tour. The pop icon reigned in $105.3 million over the course of her two month North American tour, which began in October in East Rutherford, New Jersey and finished in November in Mexico City. Even amid all the personal controversy that the mother and rocker faced this year, “Sticky and Sweet” finished up its final performances in Brazil last week to total $281.6 million internationally, according to the music trade publication Pollstar. The tour, which visited 17 countries, was promoting Madonna’s 11th studio album Hard Candy, which emerged on the pop charts in April with her number one international hit “4 Minutes.”

“Sticky and Sweet” incorporated Madonna’s love for everything vaudeville-esque, with a Ukrainian gypsy band, a vintage racing car and a virtual duet with Justin Timberlake (though Timberlake appeared in 3-D version for her Los Angeles show ? and to incorporate Madonna’s love for drama, she also had a conservative ex, Britney Spears, pop on stage as well). The show, directed by Jamie King, topped her last big tour, which came in 2006 with Confessions, earning her a total grossing of $193.7 million. Always trying to top herself, Madonna tickets have outlasted every other pop star and will continue to be hot items.

Following close behind was Celine Dion, who drew in nearly just as much in North American ticket sales this year and who had geared toward retirement earlier this year but instead launched her first world tour in eight years. Her total missed the top spot by a mere fifty million, reaching $236.6 million from 24 countries with North America earning about $94.

“Sticky and Sweet” initially had its fair share of skeptics, as the 50 year old “Material Girl” strutted her stuff scantily clad in tight leather and underwear garments. But after her athletic dance routines and veteran conceptions impressed even the most skeptical of critics, the Grammy award winner easily viewed the economic crisis as an uphill battle of her own. According to Pollstar, the least amount of concert goers went to big events this year, though those who did opened up their pocket books like never before. “We’ve had a better year than we really should have expected given the economic environment,” Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar’s Fresno, California publication, told Reuters. The average ticket price rose nearly eight percent while the number of tickets sold fell three.

This year marks the first that Pollstar incorporated international numbers into their data. Madonna’s concert numbers, which currently ranks her at eighth overall for North American tours, wasn’t the only monetary data collected. As one of the highest ranking performers of all time, Madonna’s donations to her Kabbalah religion were also of high discussion at the end of 2008, with high profile news sources discussing her over $3 million donation, which particularly went to her own Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles.

Even with a Hollywood psychic predicting a publicity romance stunt between Madonna and Alex Rodriquez, the Yankees player she’s most recently been “attached,” and media relations that follow her every move, Madonna’s 2009 will unforgivably be brighter than the last.

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It looks as if Madonna is following in Oprah’s footsteps, as the perennial pop star plans on opening a school in Malawi. Madge first became interested in the poverty-stricken African nation, where one million children are orphaned by AIDS, a few years ago and subsequently adopted one of those orphans, her three-year-old son David. Madonna plans on opening her own girls school in Malawi in the near future and tells the harrowing history of Malawi in her documentary, I Am Because We Are. The Sundance Channel hosted the film’s television debut (its audience was previously limited to isolated theater screenings) December 1, also World AIDS Day. Directed by Nathan Rissman, not Madge’s soon-to-be ex-husband director Guy Ritchie, I Am Because We Are was written, produced and narrated by Madonna. The documentary relies on poignant imagery to convey Madonna’s message about Malawi, although experts like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Bill Clinton make appearances.

In a phone interview with the Associated Press, Madonna said she had “many goals” for her documentary: “I did get to a point where I thought, ‘I’m being overambitious, I’m trying to say too much, I’ll never accomplish it.’ But I feel proud of the fact I did get to make all my points.” One such point is that there is a solution to the problem plaguing Malawi, and the Material Girl tells her audience, “If all you can do is live life in YOUR world in a way that shows you are responsible for the people around you, that’s a course of action. People can be of service in large ways and small.”

Madonna is sure keeping busy in light of her recent highly-publicized split with Guy Ritchie, her husband of eight years. She told the Associated Press the divorce was “not easy, I’m not going to lie,” but appears to be throwing herself into her work to cope. Madonna told the AP that she will be travelling to Malawi at the end of March with David, her 8-year-old son Rocco and 12-year-old daughter Lourdes because she is “very involved in a lot of things that are going on there” and wants David to “understand where he came from, and what his life could have been like.” Madonna hopes that I Am Because We Are will increase the public’s awareness of the crisis in Malawi, saying, “The more people, the bigger the impact.” Madge doesn’t appear to be having any trouble gathering a crowd, if ticket sales for her recent tour are any proof. Check out http://www.stubhub.com/madonna-tickets for Madonna tickets.

Madonna just wrapped up the U.S. leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour the Wednesday before Thanksgiving at Miami’s Dolphin Stadium. Madge’s U.S. jaunt sold about 550,000 tickets over the course of 28 shows and grossed $91.5 million according to Live Nation, which signed Madonna to a massive 360 contract. If you count the Material Girl’s European shows that preceded her American itinerary, the Sticky & Sweet Tour grossed $207.5 million in ticket sales. Madonna played two shows in Mexico City Thanksgiving weekend and will continue to play in Latin and South America, finishing her tour in Sao Paolo, Brazil December 18-21. The Sticky & Sweet Tour, which is in support of Madonna’s most recent album, Hard Candy, will take in an estimated $282 million, rendering it the top grossing tour ever by both a female artist and a solo artist. To see the Material Girl on her next sweep of the States, get your Madonna tickets from StubHub.

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As if a bitter divorce and an adulterous scandal isn’t enough drama for one person, the Material Girl is adding one more thing to her recent agenda – a lover’s quarrel. If you’re thinking it’s her own, think again. Television and radio personality Ryan Seacrest talked about it on his KIIS-FM talk show – Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears performed together during Madonna’s Los Angeles concert. Just days after she shouted with approving San Diego crowds moments after President elect Barack Obama was announced, Madonna headed to Dodger Stadium with a little more flair. Can’t wait to see what this sticky and sweet singer will do next? Check out http://www.stubhub.com/madonna-tickets/ for her next uproar!

Individually, all three of the concert participants have had their fair share of controversy. Since Spears and Timberlake stopped any ties that connected the former couple who came together when they first popped onto the pop music scene, Spears has been in and out of the tabloid presses mostly because of her eccentric lifestyle after she married, then sequentially divorced, a former backup dancer. Timberlake, who has been in and out of Hollywood relationships since his “first” (aka Spears) continues to create questions about his openly seamless love adventures. Finally Madonna has as of recent been making headlines not because at 50 years old she is performing a worldwide tour, but rather due to her divorce with younger film director Guy Ritchie and public relationship with Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who also recently went through a divorce.

While fans may not have much trouble purchasing tickets for the show, true Madonna fans shouldn’t be too surprised to learn of the two pop stars guest appearances. Timberlake appeared on Madonna’s “4 Minutes” and performed with her during her New York City show. Spears and Madonna have an even longer history – that goes back to the seductive kiss from MTV’s Video Music Awards. “If Justin and Britney end up on that stage with her.. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before,” Seacrest added during his morning show with BoyToy Jesse. “Expect some real serious surprises.”

Madonna is currently touring the world with her “Sticky and Sweet” tour promoting her Hard Candy album, which premiered in April and debuted at number one in more than 30 countries. Throughout her extravagant world concert, which began in Cardiff, Wales in September, Madonna grooved to giant virtual Timberlake’s and sang duets with a recording of Spears, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. The queen of pop didn’t have to imagine anything on Thursday night when Timberlake and Spears actually arrived in person for a few songs. Her 11th studio album has several hit singles, including “Give it 2 Me” and “4 Minutes.”

Her concerts remained one of the highest rated, not only for its rich styles that is evident not only on the material girl but via the stage, but also because of the icon herself, who has been making musical headlines since the early ’80s with her singles “Like a Virgin,” “Lucky Star” and “Material Girl.”

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Madonna, the Queen of Pop, should perhaps also be crowned the Queen of Personal Reinvention, with a career spanning over two decades, studded with chart-topping hits and sold-out tours, and the ability to consistently wow fans the world over, she’s undoubtedly a pop-music icon. Madonna’s 2004 tour was even titled, “Re-Invention World Tour.”

Now she’s back again with her 11th studio album, “Hard Candy” and the first single from the album, “4 Minutes” is already topping charts. Madonna fans the world over are breathlessly awaiting official tour dates as her website announced three dates in April and May 2008. “Hard Candy” is unwrapped for the world on 28 April, and hits the US on 29 April.

On 30 April, Her Majesty takes to the stage at New York’s Roseland Ballroom. The “Hard Candy” kick off is presented by Verizon Wireless, Control Room and MSN and will be live broadcast in the US on MSN.com, followed by a 15 May broadcast outside the US. A show at the Olympia Hall in Paris is scheduled on 6 May and the Material Girl is headlining Radio 1′s Big Weekend on Saturday 10 May in Mote Park: Maidstone Kent.

Partial Discography

1983Madonna
1984Like a Virgin
1986True Blue
1989Like a Prayer
1992Erotica
1994Bedtime Stories
1998Ray of Light
2000Music
2003American Life
2005Confessions on a Dance Floor
2008Hard Candy

Tour List

1985 Virgin Tour
1987Who’s That Girl World Tour
1990Blond Ambition World Tour
1993The Girlie Show
2001Drowned World Tour
2004Re-Invention World Tour
2006Confessions Tour
2008Forthcoming “Hard Candy” Tour

“Hard Candy” features vocal collaborations between Madonna and guest artists Justin Timberlake and Kanye West among others with Pharrell Williams and Timbaland popping up as collaborators and producers. The first single from the album, “4 Minutes”-a flirty Madonna and Justin Timberlake duet-has already topped charts and critics have been praising the back-to-her-roots flavour of “Hard Candy.”

Strike a Pose-there’s nothing to it

Promo material for the album has everyone’s favourite Queen of the Dance Floor looking hotter than ever (how many near 50-year-old women could rock that hot cover shot like she does?) The mock wrestling champion belt seems incredibly apt after her March 2008 induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And if you’ve seen the “4 Minutes” video, you know she’s still got the moves.

Madonna’s no stranger to fame, and each time her star seems to be on the verge of waning, she’s proved everyone wrong and made a comeback with all new, all hot material. According to Billboard, her 2006 Confession tour holds the record as the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist. In the UK, she’s the most successful female artist in album and singles chart history, with over 61 Top Ten singles. The 2007 Guinness World Records and Forbes both list Queen Madge as the top earning female singer in the world. And her legions of loyal fans would all say, “Yeah. We’ve been telling you she’s great!”

Who’s That Girl?

Her career spans a wide range, from her early days of ’80′s pop, her appearance in some less than stellar films, the controversy of 1989′s “Like a Prayer,” publishing her book “SEX,” to her award winning performance singing and acting in “Evita,” and beyond, she’s proven critics wrong, and rewarded fans with a consistent flow of new material.

She’ can lay claim to titles like multi-Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, producer, cultural icon, world-renowned stage performer, video visionary, children’s book author, actor, director, documentary filmmaker and has sold over 200 million albums over the course of her career. That she is a savvy businesswoman, masterfully managing her career and taking advantage of the best and latest technology does not make her any less stellar an entertainer.

Judging by past history, the “Hard Candy” tour is going to be a serious and tasty treat. Early reviews of the album have been favorable, with critics apparently saying “mmm-mmm Good!” Rolling Stone said, “A songwriting team of American chart royalty helps Madonna revisit her roots as an urban-disco queen.” Brit mag Attitude gave the album a five out of five star rating and Entertainment Weekly praised it with a B+ rating. With 12 tracks, including titles like “Candy Shop,” “Give it 2 Me,” “Dance 2night,” “Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You” and “She’s Not Me”, it seems the world has a serious sweet tooth that only Madonna can satisfy. The ‘net is abuzz with talk and rumours of tour dates, and fans are on the edges of their seats, breathless and anxious for when they too can get a live taste of “Hard Candy.”

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