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   I N T E R V  I E W S  


Patrick Hernandez: "Madonna did not want to sing"

Interview with Madonna's personnal trainer: Tracy Anderson

Thandie Newton: ''Madonna's marriage not in trouble''

Karen Cheryl confirms on French TV today: ''Madonna was Patrick Hernandez's girlfriend''

Madonna's movie was directed by her gardener

Why the Stooges performed for Madonna at the Rock Hall: interview with Ron Asheton, the guitarist from ''The Stooges''

Bay City holds fond memories for Madonna: interview with Martin Ciccone, Madonna's brother

Madonna's grandmother, Elise Fortin, talks about Madonna and Bay City

French singer Alizée reveals that one of her dreams is to sing a duet with Madonna

Alizée: ''My stage costumes have to be assiocated with a period as Madonna's costumes were''

Madonna explains why she schnubbed the Chupi

Madonna's interview with Spiegel: Madonna denies rumours about Central Park Concert

Janet Jackson: ''I've never met Madonna''

Madonna explains why she decided to co-host a charity party

Boy George would most like to say sorry to Madonna

Gwyneth Paltrow: ''Madonna is so generous!''

Roberto Cavelli: ''I admire Madonna''

Madonna asked for invitation to come to Berlin Film Festival to Dieter Kosslick

Madonna at ''Star Academy'' again ?

''Where is she, Madonna ?'': interview with Jean-Paul Gaultier

Rupert Everett: ''You don't call Madonna, you write to her''

Mika denies Madonna snub

Joe Henry, Madonna's brother-in-law

Madonna and Guy took a two-hour dance lesson in cha cha and salsa from Bollywood choreographer Sandip Soparrkar

Christian Lacroix about the 'Red Dress': it's a Wedding Dress!

Donatella Versace: ''Madonna is a symbol of 'modern womanhood' ''

Madonna saddles up for 2012 Games

Etienne Daho: ''I have the same age as Madonna, I feel young''

On the album:

Madonna talks about her life, her new album ''Hard Candy'', her music and Rock Hall

Pharrell Williams about Timbaland tracks for Madonna's new album: ''His tracks [for Hard Candy] are crazy''

Video of Madonna's interview about ''Hard Candy'' for TV in Spain

New album, new tour, new kids: interview with Madonna in ''The Sunday Telegraph''

Madonna going strong at 50: interview with Madonna by Sun Media

Rapper Ludacris on Madonna's visits to hubby Guy Ritchie's 'RocknRolla' film set

New Madonna album has hip-hop feel: interview with Nate 'Danja' Hills  

Danja again about Madonna's new album and producers  

Danja about Madonna's new album: ''upbeat and urban'', ''It'll be a classic album''

Jamie King has choreographed ''4 Minutes To Save The World'' video  

Justin Timberlake talks about Madonna's new album and sound  

Justin Timberlake going to London to film the video with Madonna

Madonna's stylist, named ''B'': "Madonna's look is going to be more edgy, more fresh -- with no more disco"


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   A L B U M  


"Hard Candy" album available at Fnac in France on April 25

Vodafone customers can get 7 tracks from Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' a week earlier!

Madonna's Hard Candy album cover revealed!

New promotional photo by Steven Klein for ''Hard Candy''

Madonna's "Candy" clock at tick-tock.tv

''Miles Away'': Madonna sings about marriage woes

Warner Music to sabotage Madonna's new album ?

''Hard Candy'': album track listing revealed

Official: Madonna's new album named ''Hard Candy'' on April 29th, First single ''Four Minutes'' at the end of March

Madonna's new album title: ''Hard Candy''

Release date for Madonna's new album: April 29th

Madonna's new album listening party at Warner Brothers offices

Even Little Kids Listen To Madonna!


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   A U C T I O N S  

The wedding dress worn by Madonna in ''Like a Virgin'' video on sale


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   A W A R D S   

Madonna's induction into the 'Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'

Iggy & The Stooges to perform for Madonna at Rock Hall Ceremony

The Confessions Tour DVD wins a Grammy Award

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   B O O K S  

Madonna in the French book ''People 2007''


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   C H A R I T Y   

Photos from Madonna and Gucci charity event


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   C H A R T S   

Forbes: The Top-Earning Women In Music


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   C O M M E R C I A L S   

New Sunsilk Commercial with Madonna featuring ''Four Minutes''

Picture and video from the Sunsilk ad for ''Life Can't Wait'' Campaign

Madonna, Shakira and Marilyn Monroe in the Sunsilk "Life Can’t Wait" Campaign

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   D V D   

DVD ''Shadows and Fog'' available with French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' on March 8, 2008


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   E V E N T S   

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   F A S H I O N   

Madonna's "Give It To Me" belt designed by Rico Mann, Reggie Parks and Dave Millican

Madonna and her Jimmy Choo bag

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   K A B B A L A H   

Madonna spends $10,000 on Kabbalah water

Mick Jagger and Gwyneth Paltrow to join Kabbalah?

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   L I F E   

Madonna suggested Justin Timberlake to buy his girlfriend an expensive gift

Madonna as French singer Edith Piaf and Guy as Asterix at this year's Purim party

Take a "Madonna Tour" through Bay City

Bay City home where Madonna stayed as a child still attracts visitors

From the Oscars to the court room: Madonna reports for jury service

Madonna ends apartment dispute

Madonna, Demi, others urged to get Hep A shot

Malawi minister says Madonna adoption should not be denied

Madonna sang Happy Birthday to Ashton Kutcher for his 30th birthday

Madonna joins drinkers at Battersea's beer festival

Madonna turns £6 million home into gym

Oxygen therapy keeps Madonna looking young

Madonna at the 'Spice Girls' show

Whozzat guy with Madonna?

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   L I V E     PERFORMANCES   


Madonna possibly to do a concert at ''L'Olympia'' in Paris, France on May 6th!

U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin in talks for World Peace One gigs

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   L O O K   

Madonna and her Gucci pants

Madonna and her cardigan

Madonna and Lindsay Lohan in US newspaper

Madonna and Lindsay Lohan in French magazine

Madonna and her nose

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   L O O K - A - L I K E S   


Madonna's Look-a-likes in French magazines

Magazine from France: Guy Ritchie looking like Brad Pitt's driver!

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   M A G A Z I  N E S  

Madonna in US magazine ''Gloss'', out on 2008, April 4th

More from the US magazine ''Interview'': Madonna on why we must be free

Madonna on the cover of UK magazine ''Q'', May 2008

''Dazed and Confused'': Madonna Speaks

New photo from ''Interview'' magazine shown on US TV show ''EXTRA''

Madonna on the cover of US magazine ''Interview'', April 2008

Madonna talks collaborating with Justin Timberlake and Kanye West in ''Interview'' magazine: ''Working with Justin Like 'Psychoanalytic Sessions' ''

Madonna's new interview and photo in next month's US magazine ''Interview''

Madonna previews from the interview and new shoot in UK magazine ''Dazed & Confused''

Madonna on the cover of US ELLE magazine for the May 2008 issue

Madonna Worldwide Exclusive in Dazed & Confused

Magazine from the UK: Madonna on the cover of ''Dazed and Confused''

Magazines from France: Madonna and London

Madonna has reteamed with Steven Meisel for Vanity Fair magazine

Madonna in a French magazine celebrating its 20 years

Madonna in the latest issues of French magazine ''STAR Club''

Madonna and her iPod and Madonna in iTunes

Magazine from France: Madonna Wine and Best of 2007

The censored videos: ''Erotica''

Magazine from France: My guy is younger

At the Revolver party in New York with Dolce & Gabbana

Magazine from France: TV series wanting guest stars

Madonna and Kylie Minogue

Madonna and her mythical watch: ''Tank'' by Cartier

French magazine on Christian Lacroix's exhibition

Florence Foresti searching for Madonna's news on the internet

Madonna, the most awaited album possibly named ''Give It To Me''

Justin Timberlake and Madonna in French magazine

Timbaland in French magazine

Prince at one of his shows: ''I got more hits than Madonna's got kids''

Mika and Madonna

Magazine from France on the aggressiveness of the press

Magazine from France: Madonna and the Porridge diet

Magazine from France: Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Magazine from France: The Most Crazy Heads in 2007

Magazine from France: Madonna's Yoga Bikram

Madonna's Success Stories in French magazine

Magazines from France on Madonna's black eyes

Magazine from France about Madonna cancelling Christmas

Madonna with Steven Klein at ''Revolver'' after party in New York

Madonna and Britney Spears

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   M U S I C   

Sopranos star Dominic Chianese has set his sights on a duet with Madonna

Download new Madonna cover: ''Stay'' by Malcolm Middleton

Madonna may be planning own take of 'Nimbura' song

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   M O V I E S   

Warner Bros. confirmed that ''4 Minutes'' will be used in ''Get Smart''

''4 Minutes'' maybe for the movie ''Get Smart'' and with a second video!

Madonna puts 'Filth' up for download and already writes a second movie

''I Am Because We Are'' to premiere at Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival

Madonna's director statement for ''Filth and Wisdom''

No Kofi Annan in ''I Am Because We Are''

''Filth and Wisdom'' synopsis

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   N E W S P A P E R S   


French newspaper on Warner Music

A perfume for Madonna in 2008-2009

Newspaper from the UK: Why life's too short to be a size zero

Newspaper from France: Madonna and the Power Plate

Newspaper from France on Linda Stein

Newspaper from the UK: BBC rebuked for swearing at concert before 9pm

Newspaper fom the UK: Feeling hormonal ?

Newspaper from the UK about Madonna cancelling Christmas

Newspaper from the UK: Be J-Lo or Madonna

Old concert halls in UK to reopen amid live music boom

Madonna at a house sale

Madonna's black eyes sparks plastic surgery rumors

Madonna dyed her sheeps different colours for the book ''Vogue Living: Houses, Garden, People''

Madonna's flat fight

Madonna sends team to find Malawi sis for tot

''Oui, oui'' for David

Madonna's message to Victoria Newton from ''THE SUN''

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   P A R T I E S  


Orlando Bloom's steamy dance session with Madonna

Oscar parties truly awesome: Madonna, Prince & Elton John's Oscars after-parties

Madonna shoot for Vanity Fair and then attended a pre-Oscars party last night in Los Angeles

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   P H O T O S   

Photo of Madonna with Philippe Manoeuvre on French TV tonight

Madonna shot fools Monroe expert

Madonna Gets Into the Workout Groove

Madonna at a Radio Times party in London yesterday

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   P R E S S     R E L E A S E S   


Madonna's New Single '4 Minutes' to Debut in New Sunsilk commercial

Hard Candy: Official Press Release

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   R A D I O   

From Australia: Download the first part of Sonia Kruger's exclusive interview with Madonna

March 17: ''Four Minutes'' hits the airwaves today, NRJ interview with Madonna in France

French radio NRJ to air an interview with Madonna on Monday 17 March

Madonna's ''4 Minutes'' already on UK BBC Radio 1's A-List

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   S I N G L E S  

Madonna dressed in Roberto Cavalli in the video and on the single cover of ''Four Minutes''

''4 Minutes'' on US radios and remixes by Tracy Young, Bob Sinclar and Junkie XL

''Four Minutes'' single cover and 30'' to listen at Amazon

Release date for Madonna's new single ''4 Minutes'': Digital single on March 26 and CD single on April 21

World Premiere of ''4 Minutes'' on French radio FG

Timbaland debuts Madonna single ''4 Minutes To Save The World''

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   S U R V E Y   

Madonna named Hello Magazine's Most Elegant Woman of 2007


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   T O U R S   

Madonna to tour in United Arab Emirates at Dubai?

Madonna wants intimate theatre tour

Madonna desperate to downsize shows

Madonna secret hunt for 'hot' dancers

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   T V   

Madonna's song ''Miles Away'' used for Japanese TV drama ''Change''

Watch Celine Dion and more singing Madonna's ''Like A Prayer'' at ''Les Enfoirés''

From The Netherlands: RTL Boulevard interview with Madonna now online

From Japan: Watch Madonna premiering ''Miles Away'' as a theme song on Japanese TV

''Like A Prayer'' sung in today's French TV show ''Les Enfoirés''

Madonna in India on French TV in ''50mn inside'' on TF1

Madonna appeared in ''Sacrée Soirée'' Special 20 years

''Miss France'' on ''Like A Prayer''

Alizée reprises ''Music'' in her song ''Lolita'' at Star Academy

Madonna and Tecktonik dance?

The ''Confessions Tour'' on TV tonight in France, Canada, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

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   V I D E O S   


First images from ''4 Minutes'' video

1986 Cadillac soon to be seen in the next Madonna video ''4 Minutes To Save The World'' auctioned on eBay!

More on French directors Jonas and Francois

''4 Minutes To Save The World'' directed by Jonas and Francois

Justin Timberlake, Timbaland to appear in new Madonna video

Cover of ''Dress You Up'' by Darren Hayes

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Album

Samedi 31 octobre 2009
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My Baby Loves…Madonna: Versions Lullaby de Tous Les Grands Hits.

My Baby Loves…Madonna
Interprète: My Baby Loves

Editeur: My Baby Loves
Date de sortie: septembre 2009

Album (10 titres) - Durée totale : 45:55

01- Borderline
02- Crazy For
03- True Blue
04- Papa Don't Preach
05- La Isla Bonita
06- Cherish
07- Material Girl
08- Holiday
09- Into the Groove
10- Little Star



My Baby Loves…Madonna: Lullaby Versions Of All The Big Hits

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Vendredi 9 octobre 2009
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L'album de Susan Boyle avec "You'll See" de Madonna sort le 24 novembre.


Susan Boyle Debut To Feature Covers Of Madonna, Monkees, Rolling Stones
Thu. October 08.2009 12:57 PM EDT
'Silent Night' and 'Amazing Grace' also on I Dreamed a Dream, due out November 24.
by Gil Kaufman

It's one of the most eagerly anticipated cover albums in years. On November 24, "Britain's Got Talent" phenom Susan Boyle will drop her debut effort, I Dreamed a Dream, featuring the songs that made her an Internet sensation earlier this year, as well as some takes on tunes by the Rolling Stones, Madonna and the Monkees.

After more than 300 million people checked her out on YouTube following her run on "Talent" — where she eventually came in second to dance crew Diversity — Boyle got to work on the album, which has already hit #1 on Amazon.com preorder chart months before its release.

In addition to the Stones cover "Wild Horses," which Boyle recently performed on "America's Got Talent," the album will reprise her heart-stirring cover of the "Les Misérables" song "I Dreamed a Dream," as well as such inspirational standards as "How Great Thou Art," "Amazing Grace" and "Silent Night."

Boyle will also tackle the jazz standard "Cry Me a River," Madonna's 1995 song "You'll See," the Monkees' "Daydream Believer," the contemporary folk tune "Up to the Mountain," the 1960s pop song "The End of the World" and a song called "Proud."

Also included is one original track written for Boyle, called "Who I Was Born to Be." One of Boyle's other beloved covers, "Memory" from the musical "Cats," however, is not included in the collection.

Though Boyle struggled with the spotlight during her run on "Talent," in a statement, the 48-year-old singer said she's excited about the album's release. "It was my greatest ambition to release an album, and I have finally achieved it," she said. "This amazing journey has helped me find my own identity and fulfill my wish. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares to dream."
Source: VH1/MTV News.


Susan Boyle's album with Madonna's ''You'll See'' out on November 24

Susan Boyle

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Samedi 19 septembre 2009
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Madonna ''Celebration'' covers: CD
Madonna ''Celebration'' covers: CD
Madonna ''Celebration'' covers: 2 CD
Madonna ''Celebration'' covers: 'The Video Collection' in 2 DVD

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Dimanche 2 août 2009
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Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Regardez la pub officielle.


Click the pic below to watch the official teaser. Cliquez sur l'image ci-dessous pour regarder la pub officielle.


Source: Madonna.com.


  Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Watch the Official Teaser


 

Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Official Teaser

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Samedi 1 août 2009
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Madonna - Greatest Hits "Celebration": 34 chansons qui ont changé le monde!


Madonna - Greatest Hits ''Celebration'': 34 Songs That Changed The World!

Source: Madonna.com.

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Jeudi 23 juillet 2009
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Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Couverture de l'Album.


The cover for “Celebration” was created by street pop artist “Mr. Brainwash” who is best known for “throwing modern cultural icons into a blender and turning it up to eleven.”
Source: Madonna.com.



Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Album Cover

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Jeudi 23 juillet 2009
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Madonna - Greatest Hits Collection ''Celebration'': Communiqué Officiel de Presse.


July 22, 2009

A “Celebration” Of Madonna Music - The Definitive Greatest Hits Collection September 28/29 Release


July 23, 2009 - For Immediate Release (Burbank, California) - Madonna, who has racked up a record 37 top 10 hits as well as seven No. 1 albums (including her last four) on the Billboard Pop Charts, has given her fans yet another opportunity to “celebrate” her musical achievements. Today, Warner Bros. Records officially confirmed the September 28th release in the U.S. (September 29 outside U.S.) of “CELEBRATION” – the ultimate compilation of Madonna songs. The songs on “Celebration” have all been remastered and selected by Madonna and her fans. They cover the expanse of the Material Girl’s extraordinary career of hits including “Everybody,” “Express Yourself,” “Vogue” and “4 Minutes.” “Celebration” will be available in a two-CD set as well as a single CD. There will also be a “CelebrationDVD released simultaneously which includes the video visionary’s best videos including several that have never before been available on DVD.

Celebration,” the CD will also include two new songs that were recently recorded in New York City. The first single, also titled, “Celebration,” co-produced by Madonna and Paul Oakenfold, will be released August 3rd. A video for the single, which will be included on the “CelebrationDVD was just filmed in Milan, Italy and was directed by long time Madonna collaborator Jonas (“Ray of Light”) Akerlund. Several dance club remixes of “Celebration” are already headed to the clubs. The song will also be available on CD and vinyl maxi. Radio will receive the “Celebration” single on August 3rd.

The cover for “Celebration” was created by street pop artist “Mr. Brainwash” who is best known for “throwing modern cultural icons into a blender and turning it up to eleven.”

Madonna, a multi Grammy award winning singer, writer and producer has had over 12 No. 1 singles and has a record-smashing 39 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs Chart – by far the most of any artist in the over 30 year history of the list.

Source: Madonna.com.

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Vendredi 28 novembre 2008
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La voix traitée de Madonna fait une apparition dans le nouvel album de Britney.

Washington, November 28 : Britney Spears' new album 'Circus' has a song that contains Madonna's processed voice.
The Material Girl's trademark voice can be heard for about 50 seconds in the song titled 'Kill the Lights'.
A whole verse has been sung in Madge's voice, including the line: "There's more to me than what you see."
The song is about paparazzi, one of the least interesting subjects known to man.
Britney even makes a throwaway reference to Madonna in later in the song, which is suggested to eligible to become a big dance hit in clubs.
"Is Madonna gonna get the best of you?" Fox News quoted her as teasing.
Circus is scheduled for release on December 2, but it is all over the internet in different forms.
It is said to be a well-produced album with lots of catchy dance tracks.

Source: NewKerala/ANI.

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Vendredi 10 octobre 2008
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Le Greatest Hits de Madonna repoussé début 2009 par Warner.


Friday, October 10, 2008
Why Duffy will be stuffing more stockings than Dido or Metallica
Brian Boyd on music


Welcome to Q4, the three busiest retail months of the year. Not only are more albums sold in October, November and December than in the other nine months put together, but sales in December alone can be bigger than the previous 11 months put together.
Little surprise, then, that you won't be able to move over the next few months without some mega-act releasing a new "must have" album. The TV and radio ads for these blockbusters are already in full swing, as are print and online media - not to mention the bus shelter and the whole length of the bus itself.
To give you some idea of how strong the marketplace will now become, consider that the Warner label was preparing a Madonna Greatest Hits collection, which would surely sell in the millions.
Madonna's contract with Warner is now up (she's moving to Live Nation), and it's traditional that labels cash in on such a departure by releasing a Greatest Hits. But Warner took one look at the release schedules for the next few months and cautiously chose to put Madonna back to NYQ1 (that's January/February/March 2009 to you).
What was Warner so scared of?
New albums by Oasis, Metallica, AC/DC, Razorlight, Beyoncé, Dido, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Pink, Take That, Sugababes and Girls Aloud. Also huge-selling best ofs from Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy, as well as a slew of re-mastered/ repackaged/previously unreleased material works from The Clash and The Smiths.

Source: The Irish Times.

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Jeudi 26 juin 2008
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''Hard Candy'': Edition Deluxe avec des titres bonus le 14 juillet en France.


Sortie physique de Give It 2 Me et édition Deluxe
25/06/2008 - 15h00


Après le succès de son single 4 minutes avec en featuring Justin Timberlake, Madonna ne perd pas de temps pour dévoiler son deuxième tube Give It 2 Me, extrait de son dernier album Hard Candy.
La reine de la pop sortira son nouveau single le 7 juillet prochain. Dans le clip on retrouve Pharell Williams, producteur de ce titre.
Par ailleurs, une édition Deluxe comportant un nombre de titres plus important sera disponible le 14 juillet prochain.

Source: NRJ.


Madonna : son nouveau single pour juillet.
Le 24/06/2008


Après le titre 4 Minutes en featuring avec Justin Timberlake, le prochain single de Madonna, extrait de l'album Hard Candy, sortira dans les bacs le 7 juillet prochain. La sortie d'une édition contenant plus de chansons devrait suivre pour le 14 juillet. Parallèlement, le clip de cette chanson produite par Pharrell Williams a été dévoilé. Il a été tourné à Londres et réalisé par le photographe de mode Tom Munro. Dans un décor coloré, Madonna se trouve tour à tour dans une salle de danse, puis dans des scènes en noir et blanc.
Par ailleurs, le frère de l'artiste, Christopher Ciccone, s'est lancé dans l'écriture des mémoires de sa soeur. L'information a été révélée par la maison d'édition Simon & Schuster, qui éditera cet ouvrage à la mi-juillet avec un tirage à 350 000 exemplaires. Christopher Ciccone avait laissé planer le doute sur l'identité de la célébrité sur laquelle il était en train d'écrire, incitant même les librairies à commander son futur livre sans en connaître le sujet.

Source: Virgin 17.


News sorties-albums : Madonna : un nouveau single pour le 7 juillet
24/06/2008


Ca vient de tomber ! Après le succès interplanétaire de 4 Minutes To Save The World, en duo avec Justin Timberlake, Madonna compterait bel et bien sortir un nouvel extrait d' Hard Candy  le 7 juillet prochain !
D'ailleurs, le clip a été produit par Pharrell Williams (Nerd) et a été réalisé par le photographe de mode Tom Munro, à Londres.
Par ailleurs, une nouvelle édition de l'album (contenant plus de titres) devrait voir le jour le 14 juillet prochain.

Source: TeeMix.

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Lundi 16 juin 2008
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Gagnez le nouveau Samsung F400 avec "Hard Candy" de Madonna avec NRJ radio.


Click the pic below. Cliquez sur l'image ci-dessous.
 

Win the new Samsung F400 with Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' with NRJ radio


Win the new Samsung F400 with Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' with NRJ radio

Win the new Samsung F400 with Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' with NRJ radio

Previously on Madonna Fans' World:


Samsung mobile phones with Madonna available now


Newspaper from France: Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' album offered with Samsung mobile phones in May

 

Précédemment sur Madonna Fans' World:


Mobiles de Samsung avec Madonna disponibles maintenant.


Journal de France: L'album "Hard Candy" de Madonna offert avec des mobiles Samsung.

 

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Jeudi 5 juin 2008
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By Robert Andrews - Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:47 AM PST

You’re reading it here first… Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) and Warner Music International are partnering to bundle Madonna’s latest album, Hard Candy, on handsets in 27 countries. Starting this month, the bundles will come in two versions - one with five tracks from the album, another with the full release plus extra wallpapers and ringtones.
SonyEricsson already started offering vouchers with its W890 Walkman, allowing those in Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to buy the album later, and those in Belgium and Czech Republic get a CD with their W380i handsets. Now the handset maker is bundling the album digitally also in south and central America and the Caribbean.
Samsung had already struck a deal to pre-bundle Hard Candy on its F400. Sony Ericsson said it hoped its move would drive up mobile music adoption, which still languishes behind expectations. SonyEricsson has previously pre-loaded Def Jam artists on to another of its handsets and SonyBMG has stated its intention to make a bigger splash in all-you-can-eat mobile music downloads. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) got the exclusive on the Madonna album but staggered track releases by the week. A special remix of the 4 Minutes single has also been doing the rounds as a mobile offering, also used by Verizon.

Source: mocoNews.


Madonna Songs to Be Bundled With Sony Ericsson Phones
Posted on 5th June 2008


Sony Ericsson and Warner Music International (WMI) have announced an agreement enabling new music and mobile content from Madonna’s new album, HARD CANDY, to be sold with selected Sony Ericsson mobile devices in twenty seven countries. High profile marketing campaigns in each country will promote the availability of the phones and Madonna’s eleventh studio album for Warner Bros. Records. HARD CANDY has debuted at number one in thirty seven countries, with “4 Minutes”, the first single from the album, also hitting the top spot across the world.
From this month, a range of Sony Ericsson phones pre-loaded with HARD CANDY will be sold in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The phones will retail in two packages, one with five tracks from the album, the other with the full album and both with extra content such as wallpapers and ringtones. In a staggered roll-out that began in May, a download voucher for HARD CANDY and an array of additional content including an exclusive4 Minutesremix is being ‘bundled’ with purchases of the Sony Ericsson W890 Walkman phone in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Sony Ericsson W380i Walkman mobiles in Belgium and Czech Republic are already available with a HARD CANDY CD.
John Reid, Vice Chairman WMI and President, Warner Music Europe, said, “The evolution of mobile handsets along with technological convergence continues to open up new ways for us to distribute and market our artists’ music. This partnership with Sony Ericsson further expands HARD CANDY’s global promotional reach and puts exciting content from the album direct into the hands of Madonna fans all over the world. Not only that, packaging music from a global megastar with new Sony Ericsson phones will help drive sales of music-enabled devices and contribute to the uptake of mobile music”.
In January, Sony Ericsson unveiled the next stage in the evolution of their PlayNow platform, the popular over-the-air download service. It was announced that Warner Music Group was amongst the companies partnering with Sony Ericsson to add over 5 million new tracks to the platform.

Source: cellular-news.


Le nouvel album de Madonna sur les téléphones Sony Ericsson.

Commençant ce mois-ci, les téléphones seront disponibles dans 27 pays en deux versions - une avec cinq morceaux de l'album, une autre avec l'album complet plus des papiers peints et des sonneries.
 

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Mercredi 4 juin 2008
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New Samsung F400 mobile phone with Madonna's "Hard Candy" album in it and also Samsung mobile phones with a Madonna Pack (a best of and some goodies from "Hard Candy") are available from June 2 to 30.

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Newspaper from France: Madonna's ''Hard Candy'' album offered with Samsung mobile phones in May



Mobiles de Samsung avec Madonna disponibles maintenant.

Le nouveau mobile Samsung F400 avec l'album "Hard Candy" de Madonna à l'intérieur et aussi les mobiles Samsung avec un Pack Madonna (un best of et des goodies de "Hard Candy") sont disponibles du 2 au 30 juin.

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Journal de France: L'album "Hard Candy" de Madonna offert avec des mobiles Samsung.

  

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Revue: "Hard Candy" de Madonna par San Jose Mercury News.


MADONNA: A LOOK BACK
WITH 'HARD CANDY,' MADONNA FIGHTS HARD TO KEEP HER SEX-POP TITLE
By Ann Powers
Los Angeles Times
Article Launched: 05/04/2008 01:40:04 AM PDT


Before "Hard Candy" - her 11th studio album released earlier this week - Madonna had never before opened her legs for an album cover.
Two decades ago, her patchouli-scented belly adorned the sleeve of the intimate "Like a Prayer," and in 2005 she showed a bit of derriere for the disco-nostalgic "Confessions on a Dance Floor." She's played with self-exposure in her scandalous 1992 book, "Sex," and in plenty of videos. But now the mistress of organized fantasy has put out, front and center.
Taken by her frequent collaborator Steven Klein (whose spread-eagle shots of Madge have appeared in magazines, including this month's "Interview," and art galleries), the photograph shows its subject sitting back like a fighter in a corner. She's corset-clad, wrestling belt around her waist, binding her hands with black tape. Her tongue registers more strongly than her half-closed eyes; her hair is styled in an androgynous pompadour. The background looks like cracked peppermint. She is Venus and Mars, the embodiment of sex as war.
"Hard Candy" is a coldly effective show of prowess that should yield several hit singles beyond the irresistible, nonsensical "4 Minutes," which has already topped charts internationally and inspired a viral video from upstart Miley Cyrus.
Madonna's pugilistic mood extended to her choice of collaborators - the album's 12 cuts unfold as a battle between rival production teams the Neptunes and Timbaland-Timberlake, who established their reps (in part) by updating Madonna's style to suit Britney Spears and Nelly Furtado, and now have a field day trying similar tricks at the source.
As a lesson in the contemporary deployment of female allure - and a survey of Madonna's career as an exhibitionist - "Hard Candy" is powerful, precise and coldly revelatory. As an exploration of female sexuality at midlife, it's depressing.
Throughout her career, Madonna has explored the two poles of sex - its transformation into a product and its potential to become the opposite, a liberating force beyond laws. "Hard Candy" comes down firmly on the side of the marketplace.
It opens with "Candy Shop," a Neptunes track that pops along on a conga beat and some double-time heavy breathing - and where better to situate our predatory guide (go ahead, call her a "cougar," everyone else does) than in a store full of tempting treats?
Right away, Madonna tinges her sweetness with menace and the will to win.
This ambivalence about desire extends throughout the disc, along with the distinct message that, when it comes to hotness, there's no extra room at the top. There are a few contemplative moments, notably the Tim-team produced ballads "Miles Away" and "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You," which set their meditations about troubled long-term relationships against thick layers of instrumentation and effects.
"She's Not Me," the album's midpoint centerpiece, mixes a Rick James bass line and melody with the hand-clap beats of Prince's "Kiss," but it turns those excited expressions of male desire into a tale of women battling over a man.
"She doesn't have my name," says Madonna of her replacement - an interesting choice, given the sacred connotations of her famous moniker. Yet Madonna doesn't take this comparison further; she misses the chance to suggest that sexual connection might be a matter of soulfulness as well as long legs and perfect hair.
Instead, she offers a warning: Watch out for admirers who try to pimp your style.
These assertions of ownership counter the problem Madonna caused herself by choosing her producers this time out: They can't help but reference their work with younger female artists, since it followed Madonna's lead in the first place. It's incontestable, however, that artists like Furtado, Spears and Gwen Stefani wouldn't even own a map if not for their spiritual mother's years of intrepid journeying.
Perhaps "Hard Candy" is simply one last roar before Madonna mellows into the autumn of her years, reflecting upon all she's accomplished and throwing down wisdom instead of a gauntlet.
But even if she gets this latest fight out of her system, Madonna already might be done with nostalgia. Her previous album, the house-music-warmed "Confessions," was as sweet as "Hard Candy" is lip-puckering.
Madonna knows better than anyone that looking backward is dangerous for pop stars, especially women. It can lead them into the most vicious competition of all - with their younger selves.
Given this compulsion to keep moving, "Voices," the ballad that closes "Hard Candy," feels genuinely heartfelt. Intoning lyrics about dominance and submission over a Timbaland, slinky, movie-soundtrack groove, Madonna revisits the sexual underworld where she first daringly ventured more than a decade ago.
She drags Timberlake along, which had to be fun for her - imagine that alpha male under a whip! But the song's hard questions about commerce and control seem meant for the diva herself.
And who can blame her for getting a bit wistful, invoking the now somewhat dated language of master and servant? At least in that black leather underworld, it's always clear who's on top.

Source: San Jose Mercury News.

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Douces revues pour "Hard Candy" de Madonna.


Wednesday April 30, 07:19 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - As parting gifts go, Madonna's 11th studio album and her last before she leaves long-term record label Warner Brothers is unusually generous, if early reviews are to be believed.
Released internationally this week, and hitting U.S. stores on Tuesday, "Hard Candy" scored solidly among rock critics, although much of the credit and blame, they said, should go to the established hit makers with whom she collaborates.
The dance sounds, with hip-hop influence, see Madonna return to her roots and shed the weighty issues for which she regularly campaigns. And by working with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, she puts safety first.

"It's surprising that her 11th studio album ... is an act of submission," wrote Caryn Ganz of the Rolling Stone music magazine, giving "Hard Candy" four stars out of a possible five. "For 'Hard Candy', Madonna's midlife meditation on her own relevance, she lets top-shelf producers make her their plaything."

The Independent newspaper's Andy Gill, in a three-star review, argues that Madonna, who turns 50 this year, aims to satisfy "the sweet tooth of functional dance-pop.
"Why else would she turn to off-the-peg hit-machines The Neptunes, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, after such success with more adventurous producers like Mirwais, William Orbit and Stuart Price?"

TIMBERLAKE, "MIXED BLESSING"

Alexis Petridis
, in a three-star rating for the Guardian, calls Timberlake's involvement in "Hard Candy" a "mixed blessing," with the familiar sounds from his last album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" "less startling (the) second time around."
He also slammed Madonna's lyrics, including a line from "Dance 2night": "You don't have to be rich and famous to be good."
But Petridis argued that production duo The Neptunes, including Williams, "ride to 'Hard Candy's rescue'," highlighting songs such as "Incredible," "Give It 2 Me" and "She's Not Me."

Jon Pareles of the New York Times believed Warner, with which Madonna has worked for 25 years, would be more than happy with the record. "It doesn't burn bridges with her major label -- just the opposite," he wrote. "It's the kind of album a record company longs for in the current embattled market: a set of catchy, easily digestible, mass-appeal songs by a star who's not taking chances."

Madonna, one of the world's biggest-selling artists, ditched Warner Brothers last year and signed a 10-year deal including a three-album commitment with concert touring company Live Nation believed to be worth $120 million.
The agreement was an example of the so-called "360-degree deal" which is increasingly popular in a music business struggling to make money just from selling records.
The "360-degree" deals typically involve publishing, touring, merchandising, digital rights as well as recording.
The first single from Madonna's album, "4 Minutes" (featuring Justin Timberlake), went to No. 1 in the British singles charts and peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 listing.

Source: Reuters/Nielsen.

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Revue: "Hard Candy" de Madonna par The Washington Post.


Madonna Gives Hip-Hop Fans Some Sugar 
By J. Freedom du Lac
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 29, 2008; Page C01

It is not yet time to stick a fork in Madonna. The grande dame of pop isn't done just yet.
Pop music is supposed to be a young person's game, but Madonna, as she's done so often throughout her quarter-century career, ignores the rules by sounding vital and relevant, even as she approaches her 50th birthday.
"They say that a good thing never lasts, and then it has to fall," she sings on her new album, "Hard Candy."
"Those are the people that didn't amount to much at all."
The 11th studio set of her career -- and her last for Warner Bros. Records, the longtime label that she's leaving for a wide-ranging deal with concert promoter Live Nation -- "Hard Candy" is a heady, frisky sugar rush of urban dance-pop come-ons in which Madge finally gets into the hip-hop groove.
"See which flavor you like/And I'll have it for you," she coos in album opener, "Candy Shop," a hooky song driven by a twitchy, syncopated drum pattern. "Come on into my store/I've got candy galore." Advertising herself as "your one-stop candy store," she purrs: "Sticky and sweet/My sugar is raw."
The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has succeeded for so long, with more than 200 million records sold worldwide since 1982, in large measure because she's always had a knack for identifying interesting trends and adopting them as her own. (Well, that, along with self-promotional genius and sheer personality.) Though lust is hardly a new addition to the "Sex" author's repertoire, the sound on "Hard Candy" represents a welcome new twist for Madonna: It's dance-pop pressed through a hip-hop filter with the help of several urban-music studio heavies -- namely Pharrell Williams, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills. (It's another signature Madonna move, as she's been collaborating with hot producers since the early days of her career, when she teamed with the likes of Jellybean Benitez and Niles Rodgers.)
Given hip-hop's long-standing ubiquity, Madonna is arriving late to this particular party, suggesting that she might be slowing down in her advanced age. But even if she's not starting any new trends in following the lead of Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani and such, Madge still manages to sound perfectly at home in the hip-hop world, where her sharp pop sensibilities -- particularly her ability to craft killer hooks -- are given a mostly fresh rhythmic framework.
If it's not the boldest move of her career, it's still a successful gambit from one of the great all-time shape-shifters.
It works best when Madonna isn't trying to act like she's down with the hip-hop kids, which just sounds weird. In "Heartbeat," for instance, over a stuttering beat accented by a cowbell, we find Madonna quasi-rapping the line "see my booty get down" over and over as Pharrell eggs her on: "A little lower, baby." Awk-ward!
More cowbell, less of Madonna's booty raps, please. (She should leave that to the pros, as with Kanye West, who cameos on "Beat Goes On.")
Much better is the album's lead single, "4 Minutes," which Madonna co-wrote with Timbaland, Hills and Justin Timberlake, who also makes a vocal cameo. It's a busy, brassy song propelled by a detonative marching-band beat, and it's one of the most thrilling things Madonna has done in this decade.
"Give It 2 Me" is also a highlight, a thumping, super-sexualized banger in which Madonna demands "it" over lurching synth stabs and a rump-shaking rhythm. "Don't stop me now, don't need to catch my breath/I can go on and on and on," she sings convincingly. Maybe 50 is the new 25.
And, in fact, it's easy to forget that Madonna is just months removed from the half-century mark and that Timberlake wasn't yet 2 years old when her first single, "Everybody," was released in 1982.
This is not the soundtrack to "The Cougar Den," though, as Madonna wears her youthful sexuality well, managing to avoid sounding creepy during her multiple come-ons.
Pop music's Everlasting Gobstopper, she keeps on ticking -- and, um, licking -- as time and trends march on.
DOWNLOAD THESE:"4 Minutes," "Incredible," "Give It 2 Me".

Source: The Washington Post.

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Le concert de Madonna disponible sur les mobiles.


Madonna concert available on mobile
(Monday April 28, 2008 05:13 PM)

Madonna fans in the UK and 13 other countries will be able to watch her perform live in in New York - on their mobile phone.
Streamed live from the Roseland Ballroom, exclusively outside the US to Vodafone customers, the concert celebrates the release of the pop queen's new album, Hard Candy.
Wednesday's performance will be the first time Madonna plays live songs from her new album. Vodafone customers in Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain and the UK will have access to the show via their mobile phones on Vodafone live! and streamed via their PCs at www.vodafone.com/music. They will also be able to interact with other online show-goers and select camera angles to move around the stage to get the best view.
"Offering millions of fans around the world live, interactive access to a unique, intimate Madonna show is a powerful way to showcase a new album," said John Reid of Warner Music Europe.
Madonna's latest hit, 4 Minutes, featuring Justin Timberlake, stayed at the top spot in The Official UK Charts Company's singles chart this week.

Source: Yahoo! Music News.

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Les dossiers Madonna.


Posted on Mon, Apr. 28, 2008
The Material Girl turns 50 this year and celebrates with a new CD and groundbreaking record deal. We look at how the pop icon has reinvented herself during the last 25 years.
By PRESTON JONES
Star-Telegram staff writer
 

Madonna's Hard Candy, in stores Tuesday, is the latest sonic and stylistic reinvention from a woman who's made a very lucrative career out of being a savvy musical chameleon. From her 1983 self-titled debut (has it really been that long?) through Candy, the self-proclaimed Material Girl has been at pop music's bleeding edge, influencing the next generation while simultaneously stirring up headline-grabbing controversies.
The Detroit native turns 50 this year, a milestone augmented by the end of her major label recording career.
Hard Candy is Madonna's 11th studio album and one that completes her contract with longtime industry home Warner Bros. (she still owes the label a final greatest hits collection, due out later this year). But moving forward, Madonna's breaking ground again: She's one of the first superstar acts to sign a "360 deal," reportedly worth $120 million over 10 years, with concert promoter Live Nation. The revolutionary deal encompasses all of the pop icon's touring, recording and merchandise for the next decade, handing her more of the profits.
From her tunes and her threads to the next wave of would-be Madonnas, here's a look at the Queen of Pop's reign.

Sounds
The singles from her 1983 debut (Lucky Star, Borderline, Holiday) sound paradoxically quaint and timeless when held up against, say, the club-ready thump of 2000's Music. For most of the '80s, Madonna was content to spin out one monster hit after another, even dabbling in soundtrack work as the '90s got under way. She has changed her approach to music-making with almost every album, moving from innocent pop to sex-drenched meditations to elegant, austere anthems. With Hard Candy, Madonna's embracing a fusion of hip-hop and pop to a degree that she hasn't previously.

Styles
The phrase "Madonna wannabe" entered the lexicon early in her career, thanks to John Skow's May 1985 article in Time magazine. As Skow wrote, "hundreds of thousands of young blossoms whose actual ages run from a low of about eight to a high of perhaps 25, are saving up their baby-sitting money to buy cross-shaped earrings and fluorescent rubber bracelets like Madonna's." That particular look fell out of favor in the mid-'80s, as Madonna moved into a more sexualized period (pointy cone-shaped bras, anyone?) and eventually, embraced the retro, disco-chic look she favors today.

A NEW GENERATION OF SINGERS OWES A DEBT TO MADONNA

Avril Lavigne
A seeming devotee of Borderline-era Madonna, this Canadian pop-punker was the subject of an amusing YouTube mash-up involving Lavigne's Girlfriend and Madge's Material Girl. What's scary is that it wasn't as jarring as you'd expect -- if the three-chord lovesick rock song ever peters out for Lavigne, maybe she'll bust out a cover of Justify My Love.

Britney Spears
Perhaps the most visible Madonna acolyte in pop music today. Ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake famously referred to Spears as a "Madonna wannabe" a couple months back when inducting the Material Girl into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Spears and Madonna also collaborated on Me Against the Music on Spears' 2003 record In the Zone. Oh, and there's that business about her making out with Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards ...

Bjork
An artist you wouldn't think to connect with Madonna but, in a lot of ways, the Iceland native has a viable career thanks to Madonna's willingness to explore pop music's boundaries, artistically, commercially and sartorially. Both women have collaborated with super-hot producer Timbaland (albeit with drastically different results) and they've both worn infamous outfits in public that have haunted them (that cone bra and that swan dress, respectively).

Gwen Stefani
Perky No Doubt frontwoman and successful solo artist whose fashion sense and not a little bit of her polyglot sound is owed to Madonna. As Stefani told Elle magazine in 2007: "A lot of my influence came from her early work, like directly, like a Xerox." Figures, since way back in 2001, it came to light via an interview with Launch.com that Stefani and Madonna (whose surname is Ciccone) are relatives. "We really are related because, just pay attention closely: My grandma's sister's husband's mother is a Ciccone from Detroit," Stefani told Launch.com.

Rihanna
Call her the 21st century Material Girl. The Umbrella star was unabashed in a July 2007 interview with Paper magazine: "The other stuff I did was easy breezy -- a lot of [it] I felt was stuff that any artist could have done. [My new album Good Girl Gone Bad] only a certain artist can do. ... I want to be the black Madonna." It's probably a bit early yet to see if Rihanna will take as many chances as Madonna -- does anyone want to see Rihanna's Truth or Dare? -- but the potential is certainly there.

Preston Jones is the Star-Telegram pop music critic, 817-390-7713

Source: Star-Telegram.

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Madonna: Reine de la réinvention.


Page last updated at 10:46 GMT, Monday, 28 April 2008 11:46 UK

Twenty-five years after her career began, Madonna has reasserted her position as the queen of pop with Monday's release of her 11th album Hard Candy.
Since she exploded into the charts in the early 1980s, Madonna has been pop's most enduring star, an icon of music and style and a shrewd businesswoman.
She has consistently come up with hit after hit, harnessing the prevailing musical trends of the time - from the fantastic pop of Like A Virgin to the futuristic sounds of her latest number one, 4 Minutes.
She has scored 44 UK top five singles, with tracks like Into The Groove, Like A Prayer, Vogue, Ray Of Light and Hung Up keeping her at the top of the pop pile.
Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in Michigan, US, on 16 August 1958, she and her five siblings were raised by her car engineer father after her mother died of breast cancer.
A strict Catholic disciplinarian, he reportedly refused even to let his children watch TV.
Mr Ciccone famously disapproved of Madonna's later reinventions, particularly when her 1989 Like A Prayer video, with its burning crosses, brought condemnation from the Vatican.
Dance music was Madonna's first love and she went to New York to study with choreographer Alvin Ailey in 1978, taking risque modelling jobs to pay the bills.
After a spell in France with disco star Patrick Hernandez, she played drums and sang with two bands called Breakfast Club and Emmy.
She began to bleach her dark hair and modelled herself on sirens like Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich at their most provocative.
The material girl was born - and she had her first mainstream pop success with Holiday in 1984.
A stream of catchy hits like Crazy For You, Into The Groove and Dress You Up, all coupled with headline-grabbing videos, marked her out as not just a star, but one with a brilliant knack for publicity.
She also tried her hand at acting too, co-starring with Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985.
She then made Shanghai Surprise with her former husband, actor Sean Penn. The couple married amid a media frenzy in 1985, but divorced four years later.
Later, her portrayal of Argentine heroine Eva Peron in 1996 won her a Golden Globe.
By the 1990s, Madonna's reputation as a strong businesswoman, in control of her own career, was firmly established.
She deftly managed the release of yet more hits like Vogue and Justify My Love, but also produced books like the erotic photo book Sex, as well as the controversial documentary In Bed With Madonna.
After the relative disappointment of 1992's Erotica album, she took a turn towards R&B with Bedtime Stories two years later.
But she really rediscovered her magic touch when she returned to club sounds by enlisting dance boffin William Orbit to produce Ray of Light in 1998.
It earned her three Grammy Awards, including best pop album and best dance recording.
Her personal life was also not standing still. She had her first child, Lourdes, with fitness trainer Carlos Leon in 1996.
Four years later, she married British film director Guy Ritchie - famous for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch - and their son, Rocco, was born in August 2000.
The relationship rekindled Madonna's interest in acting, and Ritchie directed her in the 2002 romance Swept Away - which was savaged by critics and fans alike.
The film earned five Razzies, the Hollywood "awards" for the worst in film.
She also appeared on stage in West End play Up For Grabs in 2002, but that received a lukewarm reception.
She has since largely steered clear of acting, but has made two more films - including her directorial debut
with London-set comedy Filth and Wisdom, which failed to impress most reviewers.
She has also written and produced documentary I Am Because We Are, about the plight of orphans in Malawi.
That followed her adoption, still to be finalised, of two-year-old David Banda, which drew criticism from some who claimed she used her celebrity status to "fast-track" the process and get around Malawian laws.
Her interest in Kabbalah, a type of Jewish mysticism, has also put the spotlight on her personal life.
Meanwhile, Madonna was inducted into the US Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in March, and her tours, album sales and varied projects have amassed a fortune of £300m, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
At the end of her record deal with Warner, Madonna showed her business acumen by signing a groundbreaking, wide-ranging contract with concert promoter Live Nation to cover all of her musical activities, including tours, albums, merchandise and DVDs.
She has also been quick to sign sponsorship deals for songs from Hard Candy, licensing them to be used on TV adverts, in mobile phone exclusives and on TV shows.
But it all comes down to the quality of her music, and Hard Candy has been hailed as her best album since Ray of Light.
With her 50th birthday approaching, Madonna shows few signs of relinquishing her pop crown.

Source: BBC News.

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Revue: "Hard Candy" de Madonna par The Sunday Times.


Madonna: Hard Candy - the Sunday Times review
From The Sunday Times
April 27, 2008
Mark Edwards

3 stars / 5

If I had a pound for every Madonna album that has been hailed as a “return to form”, I’d have, ooh, five or six quid by now. Undoubtedly, you will hear - if you haven’t already - that Hard Candy is a return to form.
The question is, what form? The form of Like a Virgin? Don’t be silly. Like a Prayer? Nope. Ray of Light?
Well, no, not quite, but Hard Candy does feature the best songs Madonna has come up with in the decade since Ray of Light, a stunning trio packed right in the middle of Hard Candy: Beat Goes On, the collaboration with Kanye West; the fizzing, rattling Incredible; and She’s Not Me, a song in which Madonna reminds herself how good she can be, and which contains the most gorgeous breakdown you’ve heard in years.
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Source: Times Online.

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Oct 06 - New York, US
Oct 07 - New York, US
Oct 11 - New York, US
Oct 12 - New York, US
Oct 15 - Boston, US
Oct 16 - Boston, US
Oct 18 - Toronto, Canada
Oct 19 - Toronto, Canada
Oct 22 - Montreal, Canada
Oct 23 - Montreal, Canada
Oct 26 - Chicago, US
Oct 27 - Chicago, US
Oct 30 - Vancouver, Canada
Nov 01 - Oakland, US
Nov 02 - Oakland, US
Nov 04 - San Diego, US
Nov 06 - Los Angeles, US
Nov 08 - Las Vegas, US
Nov 09 - Las Vegas, US
Nov 11 - Denver, US
Nov 12 - Denver, US
Nov 16 - Houston, US
Nov 18 - Detroit, US
Nov 20 - Philadelphia, US
Nov 22 - Atlantic City, US
Nov 24 - Atlanta, US
Nov 26 - Miami, US
Nov 29 - Mexico City, Mexico
Nov 30 - Mexico City, Mexico
Dec 03 - Buenos Aires, AR
Dec 04 - Buenos Aires, AR
Dec 06 - Buenos Aires, AR
Dec 07 - Buenos Aires, AR
Dec 10 - Santiago, Chile
Dec 11 - Santiago, Chile
Dec 14 - Rio De Janeiro, BR
Dec 15 - Rio De Janeiro, BR
Dec 18 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dec 20 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dec 21 - Sao Paulo, Brazil

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