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The next year Madonna and Maverick sued Warner Music Group and its former parent company Time Warner, claiming that mismanagement of resources and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars. In return, Warner filed a countersuit alleging that Maverick had lost tens of millions of dollars on its own. The dispute was resolved when the Maverick shares, owned by Madonna and Ronnie Dashev, were purchased by Warner. Madonna and Dashev's company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music, but Madonna was still signed to Warner under a separate recording contract.

Question: Madonna and Maverick sued which company for poor bookkeeping and mismanagement of resources?
Answer: Warner Music Group

Question: Warner filed a countersuit stating that who lost 10 of millions of dollars on its own?
Answer: Maverick

Question: Warner resolved the dispute by buying whose shares?
Answer: Madonna and Ronnie Dashev

Question: Maverick became a wholly owned  subsidiary of which company?
Answer: Warner Music
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In mid-2004 Madonna embarked on the Re-Invention World Tour in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. It became the highest-grossing tour of 2004, earning around $120 million and became the subject of her documentary I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. In November 2004, she was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as one of its five founding members, along with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and U2. In January 2005, Madonna performed a cover version of the John Lennon song "Imagine" at Tsunami Aid. She also performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in London in July 2005.

Question: When was the Re-Invention World Tour kick off?
Answer: mid-2004

Question: HOw much did the tour earn?
Answer: around $120 million

Question: What was Madonna's documentary called?
Answer: I'm Going to Tell You a Secret

Question: When was Madonna inducted into the UK Hall of Fame?
Answer: November 2004

Question: When did Madonna perform at the Live 8 benefit concert in the UK?
Answer: July 2005.
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Her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, was released in November 2005. Musically the album was structured like a club set composed by a DJ. It was acclaimed by critics, with Keith Caulfield from Billboard commenting that the album was a "welcome return to form for the Queen of Pop." The album won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Confessions on a Dance Floor and its lead single, "Hung Up", went on to reach number one in 40 and 41 countries respectively, earning a place in Guinness World Records. The song contained a sample of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", only the second time that ABBA has allowed their work to be used. ABBA songwriter Björn Ulvaeus remarked "It is a wonderful track—100 per cent solid pop music." "Sorry", the second single, became Madonna's twelfth number-one single in the UK.

Question: What was the name of Madonna's tenth studio album?
Answer: Confessions on a Dance Floor

Question: When was Confessions on a Dance Floor released?
Answer: November 2005

Question: Which award the the album win?
Answer: Grammy Award

Question: Which pop group allowed Madonna to sing a cover of their song Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Answer: ABBA

Question: What was the name of the single that was Madonna's twelfth number one hit in the UK?
Answer: Sorry
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Madonna embarked on the Confessions Tour in May 2006, which had a global audience of 1.2 million and grossed over $193.7 million, becoming the highest-grossing tour to that date for a female artist. Madonna used religious symbols, such as the crucifix and Crown of Thorns, in the performance of "Live to Tell". It caused the Russian Orthodox Church and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to urge all their members to boycott her concert. At the same time, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced officially that Madonna had sold over 200 million copies for her albums alone worldwide.

Question: When did the Confessions Tour start?
Answer: May 2006

Question: How much did the Confessions Tour make?
Answer: over $193.7 million

Question: Why did the Russian Orthodox Church and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russian asked members to boycott the concert?
Answer: used religious symbols

Question: It was confirmed by IFPI that Madonna officially sold how many albums worldwide?
Answer: over 200 million
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While on tour Madonna participated in the Raising Malawi initiative by partially funding an orphanage in and traveling to that country. While there, she decided to adopt a boy named David Banda in October 2006. The adoption raised strong public reaction, because Malawian law requires would-be parents to reside in Malawi for one year before adopting, which Madonna did not do. She addressed this on The Oprah Winfrey Show, saying that there were no written adoption laws in Malawi that regulated foreign adoption. She described how Banda had been suffering from pneumonia after surviving malaria and tuberculosis when she first met him. Banda's biological father, Yohane, commented, "These so-called human rights activists are harassing me every day, threatening me that I am not aware of what I am doing..... They want me to support their court case, a thing I cannot do for I know what I agreed with Madonna and her husband." The adoption was finalized in May 2008.

Question: What was the charity that Madonna was involved in when in Malawi?
Answer: Raising Malawi initiative

Question: When did Madonna adopt David Banda?
Answer: October 2006

Question: What was Banda suffering from when Madonna first met him?
Answer: pneumonia

Question: What was the name of Banda's biological father?
Answer: Yohane

Question: When was the adoption finalized?
Answer: May 2008
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Madonna released the song "Hey You" for the Live Earth series of concerts. The song was available as a free download during its first week of release. She also performed it at the London Live Earth concert. Madonna announced her departure from Warner Bros. Records, and a new $120 million, ten-year 360 deal with Live Nation. She produced and wrote I Am Because We Are, a documentary on the problems faced by Malawians. The documentary was directed by Nathan Rissman, who worked as Madonna's gardener. She also directed her first film Filth and Wisdom. The plot of the film revolved around three friends and their aspirations. The Times said she had "done herself proud" while The Daily Telegraph described the film as "not an entirely unpromising first effort [but] Madonna would do well to hang on to her day job." In December 2007, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Madonna as one of the five inductees of 2008. At the induction ceremony on March 10, 2008, Madonna did not sing but asked fellow Hall of Fame inductees and Michigan natives The Stooges to perform her songs "Burning Up" and "Ray of Light". She thanked Christopher Flynn, her dance teacher from 35 years earlier, for his encouragement to follow her dreams.

Question: What song did Madonna release for the Live Earth series of concerts?
Answer: Hey You

Question: Madonna had a new 10 year, $120 million record deal with which company?
Answer: Live Nation

Question: What was the documentary Madonna produced and wrote about the Malawis?
Answer: I Am Because We Are

Question: What is the name of the first film Madonna directed?
Answer: Filth and Wisdom

Question: Who was one of the five inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Answer: Madonna
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Madonna released her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy, in April 2008. Containing R&B and urban pop influences, the songs on Hard Candy were autobiographical in nature and saw Madonna collaborating with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Nate "Danja" Hills. The album debuted at number one in thirty seven countries and on the Billboard 200. Don Shewey from Rolling Stone complimented it as an "impressive taste of her upcoming tour." It received generally positive reviews worldwide though some critics panned it as "an attempt to harness the urban market".

Question: What was the name of Madonna's eleventh album?
Answer: Hard Candy

Question: When was Hard Candy released?
Answer: April 2008

Question: Hard Candy debuted at number one in how many countries?
Answer: thirty seven

Question: Madonna worked with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Nate Hills for which album?
Answer: Hard Candy
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"4 Minutes" was released as the album's lead single and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Madonna's 37th top-ten hit on the chart—it pushed Madonna past Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten hits. In the UK she retained her record for the most number-one singles for a female artist; "4 Minutes" becoming her thirteenth. At the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards, Madonna received her fifth Artist of the Year trophy from Recording Industry Association of Japan, the most for any artist. To further promote the album, Madonna embarked on the Sticky & Sweet Tour; her first major venture with Live Nation. With a gross of $280 million, it became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist then, surpassing the previous record Madonna set with the Confessions Tour; it was later surpassed by Roger Waters' The Wall Live. It was extended to the next year, adding new European dates, and after it ended, the total gross was $408 million.

Question: Which single was released as the album's lead single?
Answer: 4 Minutes

Question: Madonna surpassed which artist with the most top-ten hits?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: 4 minutes became Madonna's which number one single in the UK?
Answer: thirteenth

Question: What is the name of the first tour with Live Nation?
Answer: Sticky & Sweet Tour

Question: How much did Stick and Sweet Tour grossed?
Answer: $280 million,
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Life with My Sister Madonna, a book by Madonna's brother Christopher, debuted at number two on The New York Times bestseller list. The book caused some friction between Madonna and her brother, because of the unsolicited publication. Problems also arose between Madonna and Ritchie, with the media reporting that they were on the verge of separation. Ultimately, Madonna filed for divorce from Ritchie, citing irreconcilable differences, which was finalized in December 2008. She decided to adopt from Malawi. The country's High Court initially approved the adoption of Chifundo "Mercy" James; however, the application was rejected because Madonna was not a resident of the country. Madonna appealed, and on June 12, 2009, the Supreme Court of Malawi granted Madonna the right to adopt Mercy James. She also released Celebration, her third greatest-hits album and final release with Warner. It contained the new songs "Celebration" and "Revolver" along with 34 hits spanning her career. Celebration reached number one in the UK, tying her with Elvis Presley as the solo act with most number one albums in the British chart history. She appeared at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, to speak in tribute to deceased pop star Michael Jackson.

Question: What is the title of the book by Madonna's brother?
Answer: Life with My Sister Madonna

Question: The book debuted at number two on which best seller's list?
Answer: The New York Times

Question: When was the divorce finalized between Madonna and Ritchie?
Answer: December 2008

Question: When did the High Court of Malawi gave the right for Madonna to adopt her second son?
Answer: June 12, 2009

Question: When did Madonna appear in MTV for the tribute to Michael Jackson?
Answer: September 13, 2009
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Controversy erupted when Madonna decided to adopt from Malawi again. Chifundo "Mercy" James was finally adopted in June 2009. Madonna had known Mercy from the time she went to adopt David. Mercy's grandmother had initially protested the adoption, but later gave in, saying "At first I didn't want her to go but as a family we had to sit down and reach an agreement and we agreed that Mercy should go. The men insisted that Mercy be adopted and I won't resist anymore. I still love Mercy. She is my dearest." Mercy's father was still adamant saying that he could not support the adoption since he was alive.

Question: When was Mercy adopted?
Answer: June 2009

Question: Madonna known Mercy since going to adopt which child in Malawi?
Answer: David

Question: Who initially protested the adoption?
Answer: Mercy's grandmother

Question: Who insisted that Mercy should be adopted?
Answer: The men

Question: Who stated that he could not support the adoption since he was alive??
Answer: Mercy's father
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Madonna performed at the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief concert in January 2010. In April she released her third live album, Sticky & Sweet Tour. It was her first release under Live Nation, but was distributed by Warner Bros. Madonna granted American TV show Glee the rights to her entire catalogue of music, and the producers planned an episode featuring Madonna songs exclusively. Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna, an EP containing eight cover versions of Madonna songs featured in the episode, was released afterward and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Question: When did Madonna perform at the Hope for Haiti Now?
Answer: January 2010

Question: What album did Madonna released in April 2010?
Answer: Sticky & Sweet Tour

Question: Madonna granted which TV show the rights to her entire catalog of music?
Answer: Glee

Question: What is the name of the episode of Glee that featured Madonna's songs?
Answer: Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
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Madonna released the Material Girl clothing line, which she designed with her daughter, Lourdes. The 1980s inspired clothing line, borrowed from Madonna's punk-girl style when she rose to fame in the 1980s, was released under the Macy's label. Madonna also opened a series of fitness centers around the world named Hard Candy Fitness. In November 2011, Madonna and MG Icon announced the release of a second fashion brand called Truth or Dare by Madonna to include footwear, underclothing, and accessories. She also directed her second feature film, W.E., a biographic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson; it was co-written with Alek Keshishian. Critical and commercial response to the film was negative. Madonna contributed the ballad "Masterpiece" for the film's soundtrack, which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Question: What is the name of the clothing line Madonna released with her daughter?
Answer: Material Girl

Question: Material Girl clothing line is released under which brand?
Answer: Macy's

Question: What is the name of the fitness gyms that Madonna opened?
Answer: Hard Candy Fitness

Question: When did Madonna released her second clothing line?
Answer: November 2011

Question: What is the name of the second film that Madonna directed?
Answer: W.E.
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In 2012, Madonna performed at Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, visualized by Cirque Du Soleil and Jamie King and featured special guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green. It became the then most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history with 114 million viewers, higher than the game itself. It was also revealed that the singer had signed a three-album deal with Interscope Records, who would act as the distributor in partnership with her 360 deal with Live Nation. Her twelfth studio album, MDNA, was released in March 2012 and saw collaboration with various producers, most notably with William Orbit again and Martin Solveig. The album was well received by music critics, with Priya Elan from NME calling it "a ridiculously enjoyable romp", citing its "psychotic, soul-bearing stuff" as "some of the most visceral stuff she's ever done." MDNA debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and many other countries worldwide. Madonna surpassed Elvis Presley's record for the most number-one album by a solo artist in the UK. The lead single "Give Me All Your Luvin'", featuring guest vocals from Minaj and M.I.A., became Madonna's record-extending 38th top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Question: Which year did Madonna performed at the Super Bowl?
Answer: 2012

Question: How many viewers did the half-time show attract?
Answer: 114 million viewers

Question: Madonna signed a three album deal with which record company?
Answer: Interscope Records

Question: What was the name of Madonna's twelfth album?
Answer: MDNA

Question: When was MDNA released?
Answer: March 2012
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The MDNA Tour, which further promoted the album, began in May 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The tour has received positive critical reception, but featured controversial subjects such as violence, firearms, human rights, nudity and politics. Lawsuits threatened against Madonna have also been engaged from the tour. It was a box office success with a gross of $305.2 million from 88 sold-out shows, and became the highest-grossing tour of 2012 and the tenth highest-grossing tour of all time. At the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, Madonna won three trophies for Top Touring Artist, Top Dance Artist and Top Dance Album. Madonna was named the top-earning celebrity of the year by Forbes, earning an estimated $125 million, due to the success of the tour.

Question: Where did the MDNA Tour start?
Answer: Tel Aviv, Israel

Question: When did MDNA Tour begin?
Answer: May 2012

Question: How much did the Tour grossed?
Answer: $305.2 million

Question: How many shows were sold out?
Answer: 88

Question: Who named Madonna as the top-earning celebrity of the year?
Answer: Forbes
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By 2013, Madonna's Raising Malawi organization built ten schools to educate 4,000 children in Malawi at a value of $400,000. When Madonna visited the schools in April 2013, President of Malawi Joyce Banda expressed criticism of the star and her charity, accusing her of exaggerating her charity's contribution. Madonna responded by releasing a statement saying she was saddened that Banda had chosen to act negatively about her endeavors. "I have no intention of being distracted by these ridiculous allegations," she added. Later, it was confirmed that Banda had not approved the statement released written by her press team and was "incandescent with anger" over the mix-up.

Question: By 2013, how many did Madonna's Raising Malawi organization built?
Answer: ten schools

Question: When did Madonna visit Malawi's school?
Answer: April 2013

Question: Who criticized Madonna's charity efforts, stating that she exaggerated her contributions?
Answer: President of Malawi Joyce Banda
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From the beginning of 2014, Madonna began to make multiple media appearances. She appeared at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in January 2014, performing "Open Your Heart" alongside rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and singer Mary Lambert, who sang their single "Same Love", as 33 couples were wed onstage, officiated by Queen Latifah. Days later, she joined singer Miley Cyrus on her MTV Unplugged special, singing a mash-up of "Don't Tell Me" and Cyrus' single "We Can't Stop" (2013). She also extended her business ventures and in February 2014 the singer premiered MDNA Skin, a range of skin care products, in Tokyo, Japan. After visiting her hometown of Detroit during May 2014, Madonna decided to contribute funds to three of the city's organizations, to help eliminate poverty from there. The singer released a statement saying that she was inspired by their work, adding that "it was obvious to me that I had to get involved and be part of the solution to help Detroit recover".

Question: What award ceremony did Madonna appeared in?
Answer: 56th Annual Grammy Awards

Question: What song did Madonna sing at the ceremony?
Answer: Open Your Heart

Question: Which singer did she join on MTV Unplugged to sing?
Answer: Miley Cyrus

Question: When did Madonna premiered her MDNA skincare line?
Answer: February 2014

Question: Which city did Madonna contribute funds to help poverty?
Answer: Detroit
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Madonna also began work on her thirteenth studio album, with collaborators including Avicii, Diplo and Natalia Kills. In December 2014, thirteen demos recorded for the album leaked onto the Internet. She posted in response that half of the tracks would not be used on the final release, while the other half had "changed and evolved". The album, titled Rebel Heart, was released on March 10, 2015. From September 2015, she embarked on the Rebel Heart Tour to promote the album; the tour ended in March 2016 and traveled throughout North America, Europe and Asia and was the singer's first visit to Australia in 23 years, where she also performed a one-off show for her fans. It grossed a total of $169.8 million from the 82 shows, with over 1.045 million ticket sales. While on tour Madonna became embroiled in a legal battle with Ritchie, over the custody of her son Rocco. The dispute started when Rocco decided to continue living at England with Ritchie when the Rebel Heart Tour had visited there, while Madonna wanted him to return with her. Court hearings took place in both New York and London, and after multiple deliberations, Madonna decided to withdraw her application for custody, and appealed for a mutual discussion between herself and Ritchie about Rocco.

Question: When did Madonna's album demo leaked online?
Answer: December 2014

Question: What is Madonna's thirteenth album called?
Answer: Rebel Heart

Question: When was Rebel Heart released?
Answer: March 10, 2015

Question: When did Madonna embark on the Rebel Heart Tour?
Answer: September 2015

Question: How much did Rebel Heart Tour grossed?
Answer: $169.8 million
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Madonna's music has been the subject of much analysis and scrutiny. Robert M. Grant, author of Contemporary Strategy Analysis (2005), commented that what has brought Madonna success is "certainly not outstanding natural talent. As a vocalist, musician, dancer, songwriter, or actress, Madonna's talents seem modest." He asserts Madonna's success is in relying on the talents of others, and that her personal relationships have served as cornerstones to the numerous reinventions in the longevity of her career. Madonna's approach was far from the music industry wisdom of "Find a winning formula and stick to it." Her musical career has been a continuous experimentation with new musical ideas and new images and a constant quest for new heights of fame and acclaim. Grant concluded that "having established herself as the queen of popular music, Madonna did not stop there, but continued re-inventing." Musicologist Susan McClary wrote that "Madonna's art itself repeatedly deconstructs the traditional notion of the unified subject with finite ego boundaries. Her pieces explore various ways of constituting identities that refuse stability, that remain fluid, that resist definition."

Question: Whose music had been the subject of a lot of scrutiny?
Answer: Madonna's

Question: Who is the author of Contemporary Strategic Analysis?
Answer: Robert M. Grant

Question: Who has established herself as a Queen of Popular Music?
Answer: Madonna
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Throughout her career Madonna has been involved in writing and producing most of her own music. Madonna's early songwriting skill was developed during her time with the Breakfast Club in 1979. According to author Carol Gnojewski, her first attempts at songwriting are perceived as an important self-revelation, as Madonna said: "I don't know where [the songs] came from. It was like magic. I'd write a song every day. I said 'Wow, I was meant to do this'." Mark Kamins, her first producer, believed that Madonna is "a much underrated musician and lyricist." Rolling Stone has named her "an exemplary songwriter with a gift for hooks and indelible lyrics." According to Freya Jarman-Ivens, Madonna's talent for developing "incredible" hooks for her songs allows the lyrics to capture the attention of the audience, even without the influence of the music. As an example, Jarman-Ivens cites the 1985 single "Into the Groove" and its line "Live out your fantasy here with me, just let the music set you free; Touch my body, and move in time, now I know you're mine." Madonna's songwriting are often autobiographical over the years, dealing with various themes from love and relationships to self-respect and female empowerment. Her songs also speak about taboo and unconventional issues of their period, such as sexuality and AIDS on Erotica (1992). Many of her lyrics contain innuendos and double entendre, which lead to multiple interpretations among music critics and scholars. Madonna has been nominated for being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame twice, for 2014 and 2016 ceremony. Rolling Stone listed Madonna at number 56 on the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".

Question: Who writes and creates most of her own music?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Who was Madonna's first producer?
Answer: Mark Kamins

Question: Whose music speak about taboo and unconventional subjects?
Answer: Madonna's

Question: Madonna was nominated to be inducted twice which year to the Songwriter Hall of Fame?
Answer: 2014 and 2016

Question: Which magazine stated that Madonna was the greatest songwriter of all time?
Answer: Rolling Stone
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Before emerging as a pop star, Madonna has spent her early years in rock music alongside her bands, Breakfast Club and Emmy. While performing with Emmy, Madonna recorded about 12-14 songs which resemble the punk rock of that period. Her early rock roots also can be found on the demo album Pre-Madonna. Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that with her self-titled debut album, Madonna began her career as a disco diva, in an era that did not have any such divas to speak of. In the beginning of the '80's, disco was an anathema to the mainstream pop, and according to Erlewine, Madonna had a huge role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music. The album's songs reveal several key trends that have continued to define her success, including a strong dance-based idiom, catchy hooks, highly polished arrangements and Madonna's own vocal style. Her second album, Like a Virgin (1984), foreshadowed several trends in her later works. It contained references to classical works (pizzicato synthesizer line that opens "Angel"); potential negative reaction from social groups ("Dress You Up" was blacklisted by the Parents Music Resource Center); and retro styles ("Shoo-Bee-Doo", Madonna's homage to Motown).

Question: Which genre did Madonna started out in?
Answer: rock music

Question: When performing with Emmy, how many songs did Madonna produce?
Answer: 12-14

Question: Who popularize dance music as mainstream music?
Answer: Madonna

Question: What is Madonna's second album?
Answer: Like a Virgin
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Her mature artistic statement was visible in True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989). In True Blue, she incorporated classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music. Like a Prayer introduced live recorded songs and incorporated different genres of music, including dance, funk, R&B and gospel music. Her versatility was further shown on I'm Breathless, which consists predominantly of the 1940s Broadway showtune-flavoured jazz, swing and big band tracks. Madonna continued to compose ballads and uptempo dance songs for Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994). Both albums explored element of new jack swing, with Jim Farber from Entertainment Weekly saying that "she could actually be viewed as new jack swing's godmother." She tried to remain contemporary by incorporating samples, drum loops and hip hop into her music. With Ray of Light, Madonna brought electronic music from its underground status into massive popularity in mainstream music scene.

Question: Which 2 album show Madonna's artistic statement?
Answer: True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989)

Question: True Blue has what type of music Incorporated in it?
Answer: classical

Question: Which 2 albums explored the New Lack Swing?
Answer: Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994)

Question: Madonna brought which type of music to mainstream with Ray of Light?
Answer: electronic music
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Madonna experimented with more folk and acoustic music in Music (2000) and American Life (2003). A change was noted in the content of the songs in Music, with most of them being simple love songs, but with an underlying tone of melancholy. According to Q magazine, American Life was characterized by "a thumping techno rhythm, liquid keyboard lines, an acoustic chorus and a bizarre Madonna rap." The "conventional rock songs" of the album were suffused with dramatic lyrics about patriotism and composition, including the appearance of a gospel choir in the song "Nothing Fails". Madonna returned to pure dance songs with Confessions on a Dance Floor, infusing club beats and retro music with the lyrics about paradoxical metaphors and reference to her earlier works. Madonna moved to urban direction with Hard Candy (2008), mixing R&B and hip hop music with dance tunes. MDNA (2012) largely focused in electronic dance music, which she has embraced since Ray of Light.

Question: What type of music did Madonna experimented with in Music?
Answer: folk and acoustic

Question: Most of the songs in Music are what type of songs?
Answer: simple love songs,

Question: What type of songs are in Confessions of a Dance floor?
Answer: dance songs

Question: What type of songs does Hard Candy have?
Answer: urban direction

Question: MDNA focuses on which type of music?
Answer: electronic dance music
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Possessing a mezzo-soprano vocal range, Madonna has always been self-conscious about her voice, especially in comparison to her vocal idols such as Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, and Chaka Khan. Mark Bego, author of Madonna: Blonde Ambition, called her "the perfect vocalist for lighter-than-air songs", despite not being a "heavyweight talent." According to MSNBC critic Tony Sclafani, "Madonna's vocals are the key to her rock roots. Pop vocalists usually sing songs "straight," but Madonna employs subtext, irony, aggression and all sorts of vocal idiosyncrasies in the ways John Lennon and Bob Dylan did." Madonna used a bright, girlish vocal timbre in her early albums which became passé in her later works. The change was deliberate since she was constantly reminded of how the critics had once labelled her as "Minnie Mouse on helium". During the filming of Evita, Madonna had to take vocal lessons, which increased her range further. Of this experience she commented, "I studied with a vocal coach for Evita and I realized there was a whole piece of my voice I wasn't using. Before, I just believed I had a really limited range and was going to make the most of it."

Question: Madonna has which vocal range?
Answer: mezzo-soprano

Question: What was the title of Madonna's Book?
Answer: Blonde Ambition

Question: Who stated that Madonna's voice are key to her rock roots?
Answer: Tony Sclafani

Question: When did Madonna take voice lessons?
Answer: filming of Evita
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Besides singing Madonna has the ability to play several musical instruments. She learned to play drum and guitar from her then-boyfriend Dan Gilroy in the late 1970s before joining the Breakfast Club line-up as the drummer. This helped her to form the band Emmy, where she performed as the guitarist and lead vocalist. Madonna later played guitar on her demo recordings. On the liner notes of Pre-Madonna, Stephen Bray wrote: "I've always thought she passed up a brilliant career as a rhythm guitarist." After her career breakthrough, Madonna focused mainly in singing but was also credited for playing cowbell on Madonna (1983) and synthesizer on Like a Prayer (1989). In 1999, Madonna had studied for three months to play the violin for the role as a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart, before eventually leaving the project. After two decades, Madonna decided to perform with guitar again during the promotion of Music (2000). She took further lessons from guitarist Monte Pittman to improve her guitar skill. Since then Madonna has played guitar on every tour, as well as her studio albums. At the 2002 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards, she received nomination for Les Paul Horizon Award, which honors the most promising up-and-coming guitarist.

Question: Which instruments can Madonna play?
Answer: drum and guitar

Question: Who taught Madonna how to play the drum and guitar?
Answer: Dan Gilroy

Question: What instrument does Madonna play on her demo recordings?
Answer: guitar

Question: How long did Madonna spent learning to play the violin?
Answer: three months

Question: Who was the guitarist that Madonna learnt from to improve on her skills?
Answer: Monte Pittman
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According to Taraborrelli, the defining moment of Madonna's childhood was the tragic and untimely death of her beloved mother. Psychiatrist Keith Ablow suggests her mother's death would have had an immeasurable impact on the young Madonna at a time when her personality was still forming. According to Ablow, the younger a child is at the time of a serious loss, the more profound the influence and the longer lasting the impact. He concludes that "some people never reconcile themselves to such a loss at an early age, Madonna is not different than them." Conversely, author Lucy O'Brien feels the impact of the rape she suffered is, in fact, the motivating factor behind everything Madonna has done, more important even than the death of her mother: "It's not so much grief at her mother's death that drives her, as the sense of abandonment that left her unprotected. She encountered her own worst possible scenario, becoming a victim of male violence, and thereafter turned that full-tilt into her work, reversing the equation at every opportunity."

Question: According to who was the defining moment of Madonna's childhood with her mother's death?
Answer: Taraborrelli,

Question: Which psychiatrist said that when a parent dies when the child is young, it leaves a lasting impact?
Answer: Keith Ablow

Question: Who believes that the rape Madonna experienced is the driving force in life?
Answer: Lucy O'Brien
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As they grew older Madonna and her sisters would feel deep sadness as the vivid memory of their mother began drifting farther from them. They would study pictures of her and come to think that she resembled poet Anne Sexton and Hollywood actresses. This would later raise Madonna's interest in poetry, with Sylvia Plath being her favourite. Later, Madonna commented: "We were all wounded in one way or another by [her death], and then we spent the rest of our lives reacting to it or dealing with it or trying to turn into something else. The anguish of losing my mom left me with a certain kind of loneliness and an incredible longing for something. If I hadn't had that emptiness, I wouldn't have been so driven. Her death had a lot to do with me saying—after I got over my heartache—I'm going to be really strong if I can't have my mother. I'm going to take care of myself." Taraborrelli felt that in time, no doubt because of the devastation she felt, Madonna would never again allow herself, or even her daughter, to feel as abandoned as she had felt when her mother died. "Her death had taught [Madonna] a valuable lesson, that she would have to remain strong for herself because, she feared weakness—particularly her own—and wanted to be the queen of her own castle."

Question: Who felt deep sadness as the death of their mother fades away?
Answer: Madonna and her sisters

Question: Who does Madonna's mum resemble?
Answer: poet Anne Sexton

Question: Who is Madonna's favorite poet?
Answer: Sylvia Plath

Question: Who felt that her mother death was the driving force behind her success?
Answer: Madonna
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In 1985, Madonna commented that the first song to ever make a strong impression on her was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra; she said it summed up her own "take-charge attitude". As a young woman, she attempted to broaden her taste in literature, art, and music, and during this time became interested in classical music. She noted that her favorite style was baroque, and loved Mozart and Chopin because she liked their "feminine quality". Madonna's major influences include Karen Carpenter, The Supremes and Led Zeppelin, as well as dancers Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev. She also grew up listening to David Bowie, whose show was the first rock concert she ever attended.

Question: Which song made a strong impression on Madonna?
Answer: These Boots Are Made for Walkin

Question: Who sang the song these boots are made for walking?
Answer: Nancy Sinatra;

Question: Whose favorite style is baroque?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Who grew up listening to David Bowie?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Name one of Madonna's major influence?
Answer: Karen Carpenter
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Madonna's Italian-Catholic background and her relationship with her parents are reflected in the album Like a Prayer. It was an evocation of the impact religion had on her career. Her video for the title track contains Catholic symbolism, such as the stigmata. During The Virgin Tour, she wore a rosary and prayed with it in the music video for "La Isla Bonita". The "Open Your Heart" video sees her boss scolding her in the Italian language. On the Who's That Girl World Tour, she dedicated the song "Papa Don't Preach" to Pope John Paul II.

Question: What is Madonna's religious background?
Answer: Italian-Catholic

Question: Like a Prayer reflects Madonna's relationship with who?
Answer: her parents

Question: In which video did Madonna wear a rosary?
Answer: La Isla Bonita"

Question: In which video does it show Madonna being scolded by her boss in Italian?
Answer: Open Your Heart

Question: She dedicated Papa Don't Preach to whom?
Answer: Pope John Paul II.
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During her childhood, Madonna was inspired by actors, later saying, "I loved Carole Lombard and Judy Holliday and Marilyn Monroe. They were all incredibly funny ... and I saw myself in them ... my girlishness, my knowingness and my innocence." Her "Material Girl" music video recreated Monroe's look in the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). She studied the screwball comedies of the 1930s, particularly those of Lombard, in preparation for the film Who's That Girl. The video for "Express Yourself" (1989) was inspired by Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis (1927). The video for "Vogue" recreated the style of Hollywood glamour photographs, in particular those by Horst P. Horst, and imitated the poses of Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, and Rita Hayworth, while the lyrics referred to many of the stars who had inspired her, including Bette Davis, described by Madonna as an idol. However, Madonna's film career has been largely received negatively by the film critic community. Stephanie Zacharek, critic for Time magazine, stated that, "[Madonna] seems wooden and unnatural as an actress, and it's tough to watch, because she's clearly trying her damnedest." According to biographer Andrew Morton, "Madonna puts a brave face on the criticism, but privately she is deeply hurt." After the box office bomb Swept Away (2002), Madonna vowed that she would never again act in a film, hoping her repertoire as a bad actress would never be discussed again.

Question: Name one actor that Madonna was inspired by?
Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: Madonna's Material Girl recreated whose look?
Answer: Monroe's

Question: The video Express Yourself was inspired by which silent film?
Answer: Metropolis

Question: Who stated that Madonna was a bad actress to watch?
Answer: Stephanie Zacharek

Question: Which one of Madonna's movie is a box office bomb?
Answer: Swept Away
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Influences also came to her from the art world, most notably through the works of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The music video of the song "Bedtime Story" featured images inspired by the paintings of Kahlo and Remedios Varo. Madonna is also a collector of Tamara de Lempicka's Art Deco paintings and has included them in her music videos and tours. Her video for "Hollywood" (2003) was an homage to the work of photographer Guy Bourdin; Bourdin's son subsequently filed a lawsuit for unauthorised use of his father's work. Pop artist Andy Warhol's use of sadomasochistic imagery in his underground films were reflected in the music videos for "Erotica" and "Deeper and Deeper".

Question: Whose art influence Madonna?
Answer: Frida Kahlo

Question: Which video featured art from Kahlo and Remedios Varo?
Answer: Bedtime Story

Question: Madonna collects whose painting?
Answer: Tamara de Lempicka

Question: Her video Hollywood was a homage to which photographer?
Answer: Guy Bourdin
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Madonna is dedicated to Kabbalah, and in 2004 she adopted the name Esther which in Persian means "star". She has donated millions of dollars to New York and London schools teaching the subject. She faced opposition from rabbis who felt Madonna's adoption of the Kabbalah was sacrilegious and a case of celebrity dilettantism. Madonna defended her studies, saying: "It would be less controversial if I joined the Nazi Party", and that her involvement with the Kabbalah is "not hurting anybody". The influence of the Kabbalah was subsequently observed in Madonna's music, especially albums like Ray of Light and Music. During the Re-Invention World Tour, at one point in the show, Madonna and her dancers wore T-shirts that read "Kabbalists Do It Better". Her 2012 MDNA album has also drawn many influences from her Catholic upbringing, and since 2011 she has been attending meetings and services at an Opus Dei center, a Catholic institution that encourages spirituality through every day life.

Question: Which religion was Madonna dedicated to?
Answer: Kabbalah

Question: Which year did she adopt the name Esther?
Answer: 2004

Question: The influence of Kabbalah is seen in which album?
Answer: Ray of Light

Question: Where did Madonna attend Catholic services in 2011?
Answer: Opus Dei center
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In The Madonna Companion biographers Allen Metz and Carol Benson noted that more than any other recent pop artist, Madonna had used MTV and music videos to establish her popularity and enhance her recorded work. According to them, many of her songs have the imagery of the music video in strong context, while referring to the music. Cultural critic Mark C. Taylor in his book Nots (1993) felt that the postmodern art form par excellence is video and the reigning "queen of video" is Madonna. He further asserted that "the most remarkable creation of MTV is Madonna. The responses to Madonna's excessively provocative videos have been predictably contradictory." The media and public reaction towards her most-discussed songs such as "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", or "Justify My Love" had to do with the music videos created to promote the songs and their impact, rather than the songs themselves. Morton felt that "artistically, Madonna's songwriting is often overshadowed by her striking pop videos."

Question: Who are the Madonna Companion Biographers?
Answer: Allen Metz and Carol Benson

Question: Madonna used which TV company to help with her career?
Answer: MTV

Question: The most remarkable creation in MTV is whom?
Answer: Madonna
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Madonna's initial music videos reflected her American and Hispanic mixed street style combined with a flamboyant glamor. She was able to transmit her avant-garde downtown New York fashion sense to the American audience. The imagery and incorporation of Hispanic culture and Catholic symbolism continued with the music videos from the True Blue era. Author Douglas Kellner noted, "such 'multiculturalism' and her culturally transgressive moves turned out to be highly successful moves that endeared her to large and varied youth audiences." Madonna's Spanish look in the videos became the fashion trend of that time, in the form of boleros and layered skirts, accessorizing with rosary beads and a crucifix as in the video of "La Isla Bonita".

Question: What influence did Madonna music video reflects?
Answer: American and Hispanic mixed street style

Question: She transmit her avant garde style to which audience?
Answer: American audience

Question: Which look of Madonna became a fashion trend?
Answer: Spanish look

Question: What type of Spanish clothings were worn for the video La Ista Bonita?
Answer: boleros and layered skirts
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Academics noted that with her videos, Madonna was subtly reversing the usual role of male as the dominant sex. This symbolism and imagery was probably the most prevalent in the music video for "Like a Prayer". The video included scenes of an African-American church choir, Madonna being attracted to a statue of a black saint, and singing in front of burning crosses. This mix of the sacred and the profane upset the Vatican and resulted in the Pepsi commercial withdrawal. In 2003, MTV named her "The Greatest Music Video Star Ever" and said that "Madonna's innovation, creativity and contribution to the music video art form is what won her the award."

Question: Who noted that Madonna was reversing the gender role?
Answer: Academics

Question: In which video was it the most obvious?
Answer: "Like a Prayer

Question: Who named Madonna the Greatest Music Video star ever?
Answer: MTV

Question: When was Madonna awarded the accolade?
Answer: 2003
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Madonna's emergence occurred during the advent of MTV; Chris Nelson from The New York Times spoke of pop artists like Madonna saying, "MTV, with its almost exclusively lip-synched videos, ushered in an era in which average music fans might happily spend hours a day, every day, watching singers just mouth the words." The symbiotic relationship between the music video and lip-syncing led to a desire for the spectacle and imagery of the music video to be transferred to live stage shows. He added, "Artists like Madonna and Janet Jackson set new standards for showmanship, with concerts that included not only elaborate costumes and precision-timed pyrotechnics but also highly athletic dancing. These effects came at the expense of live singing." Thor Christensen of The Dallas Morning News commented that while Madonna earned a reputation for lip-syncing during her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, she has subsequently reorganized her performances by "stay[ing] mostly still during her toughest singing parts and [leaves] the dance routines to her backup troupe ... [r]ather than try to croon and dance up a storm at the same time."

Question: Who had new standards of showmanship?
Answer: Madonna and Janet Jackson

Question: Who earned a reputation of lip synching in the Blond Ambition Tour?
Answer: Madonna

Question: What came as an expense of live singing?
Answer: highly athletic dancing
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To allow for greater movement while dancing and singing, Madonna was one of the earliest adopters of hands-free radio-frequency headset microphones, with the headset fastened over the ears or the top of the head, and the microphone capsule on a boom arm that extended to the mouth. Because of her prominent usage, the microphone design came to be known as the "Madonna mic". Metz noted that Madonna represents a paradox as she is often perceived as living her whole life as a performance. While her big-screen performances are panned, her live performances are critical successes. Madonna was the first artist to have her concert tours as reenactment of her music videos. Author Elin Diamond explained that reciprocally, the fact that images from Madonna's videos can be recreated in a live setting enhances the realism of the original videos. Thus her live performances have become the means by which mediatized representations are naturalized. Taraborrelli said that encompassing multimedia, latest technology and sound systems, Madonna's concerts and live performances are deemed as "extravagant show piece, a walking art show."

Question: What did Madonna use in her concerts?
Answer: hands-free radio-frequency headset microphones

Question: What was the microphone coined as?
Answer: "Madonna mic"

Question: Who is first to have reenactment of her music videos in concerts?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Whose concerts are extravagant live shows?
Answer: Madonna's