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Madonna's look and style of dressing, her performances, and her music videos influenced young girls and women. Her style became one of the female fashion trends of the 1980s. Created by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol, the look consisted of lace tops, skirts over capri pants, fishnet stockings, jewelry bearing the crucifix, bracelets, and bleached hair. Madonna achieved global recognition after the release of her second studio album, Like a Virgin, in November 1984. It topped the charts in several countries and became her first number one album on the Billboard 200. The title track, "Like a Virgin", topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks. It attracted the attention of organizations who complained that the song and its accompanying video promoted premarital sex and undermined family values, and moralists sought to have the song and video banned.

Q1: Who did Madonna's look and style of dressing influence?
A1: young girls and women
Q2: When did Madonna's style become a fashion trend?
A2: 1980s
Q3: Who is the stylist and jewellery designer that created Madonna's look?
A3: Maripol
Q4: When did Madonna achieve global recognition?
A4: November 1984
Q5: How long did "Like a Virgin" stayed on the Billboard 100?
A5: six consecutive weeks
Madonna was criticized for her performance of "Like a Virgin" at the first 1984 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA). She appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake, wearing a wedding dress and white gloves. The performance is noted by MTV as an iconic moment in VMA history. In later years, Madonna commented that she was terrified of the performance. The next hit was "Material Girl" promoted by her video, a mimicry of Marilyn Monroe's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. While filming this video, Madonna started dating actor Sean Penn. They married on her birthday in 1985. Like a Virgin was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. In February 1984, according to the film director Sir Richard Attenborough, Madonna auditioned at the Royale Theatre on Broadway for a dance role in his movie version of A Chorus Line using her birth-name of Ciccone, but he rejected her.

Q1: Madonna was criticized for her performance of which song in the VMA?
A1: "Like a Virgin"
Q2: What was Madonna wearing during the performance of "Like A Virgin" at the VMA?
A2: a wedding dress
Q3: Her video of "Material Girl" was an imitation of which singer's song, "Diamonds are a girl's best friend?"
A3: Marilyn Monroe
Q4: When did Madonna married Sean Penn?
A4: on her birthday in 1985
Q5: When did Madonna audition for a dance role in the show "A Chorus Line?"
A5: February 1984
Madonna entered mainstream films in February 1985, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer in Vision Quest, a romantic drama film. Its soundtrack contained two new singles, her U.S. number-one single, "Crazy for You" and "Gambler". She also appeared in the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan in March 1985, a film which introduced the song "Into the Groove", her first number one single in the United Kingdom. Although Madonna was not the lead actress for the film, her profile was such that the movie widely became considered (and marketed) as a Madonna vehicle. The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby named it one of the ten best films of 1985.

Q1: When did Madonna enter mainstream films?
A1: February 1985
Q2: What is the name of the romantic drama film that Madonna starred in?
A2: Vision Quest
Q3: When did Madonna appear in the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan?
A3: March 1985
Q4: What is the name of Madonna's two new singles?
A4: "Crazy for You" and "Gambler"
Q5: What song did the comedy Desperately Seeking Susan promote?
A5: "Into the Groove"
Beginning in April 1985, Madonna embarked on her first concert tour in North America, The Virgin Tour, with the Beastie Boys as her opening act. She progressed from playing CBGB and the Mudd Club to playing large sporting arenas. At that time she released two more hit singles from the album, "Angel" and "Dress You Up". In July, Penthouse and Playboy magazines published a number of nude photos of Madonna, taken in New York in 1978. She had posed for the photographs as she needed money at the time, and was paid as little as $25 a session. The publication of the photos caused a media uproar, but Madonna remained "unapologetic and defiant". The photographs were ultimately sold for up to $100,000. She referred to these events at the 1985 outdoor Live Aid charity concert, saying that she would not take her jacket off because "[the media] might hold it against me ten years from now."

Q1: When was Madonna's first concert tour in North America?
A1: Beginning in April 1985
Q2: Who were the opening act for Madonna's concert The Virgin tour?
A2: Beastie Boys
Q3: When did Madonna have nude photos taken of her in New York?
A3: 1978
Q4: How much was Madonna's nude photos were finally sold for?
A4: up to $100,000
Q5: When was the Live Aid Charity Concert held?
A5: 1985
In June 1986, Madonna released her third studio album, True Blue, which was inspired by and dedicated to Sean Penn. Rolling Stone magazine was generally impressed with the effort, writing that the album "sound[s] as if it comes from the heart". It resulted in three singles making it to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart", and two more top-five singles: "True Blue" and "La Isla Bonita". The album topped the charts in over 28 countries worldwide, an unprecedented achievement at the time, and became her best-selling studio album of her career to this date with sales of 25 million. In the same year, Madonna starred in the critically panned film Shanghai Surprise, for which she was awarded the Golden Raspberry Award for "worst actress". She made her theatrical debut in a production of David Rabe's Goose and Tom-Tom; the film and play both co-starred Penn. The next year, Madonna was featured in the film Who's That Girl. She contributed four songs to its soundtrack, including the title track and "Causing a Commotion".

Q1: When was Madonna's third album released?
A1: June 1986
Q2: Who was the album True Blue dedicated to?
A2: Sean Penn
Q3: Madonna's album topped in how many countries chart worldwide?
A3: 28 countries
Q4: What award did Madonna receive for her role in the film Shanghai Surprise?
A4: Golden Raspberry Award
Q5: Name a soundtrack in the film Who's That Girl?
A5: Causing a Commotion
In January 1989, Madonna signed an endorsement deal with soft-drink manufacturer, Pepsi. In one of her Pepsi commercials, she debuted her song "Like a Prayer". The corresponding music video featured many Catholic symbols such as stigmata and cross burning, and a dream of making love to a saint, leading the Vatican to condemn the video. Religious groups sought to ban the commercial and boycott Pepsi products. Pepsi revoked the commercial and canceled her sponsorship contract. The song was included on Madonna's fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, which was co-written and co-produced by Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray. Madonna received positive feedback for the album, with Rolling Stone writing that it was "as close to art as pop music gets". Like a Prayer peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 15 million copies worldwide, with 4 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. Six singles were released from the album, including "Like a Prayer", which reached number one, and "Express Yourself" and "Cherish", both peaking at number two. By the end of the 1980s, Madonna was named as the "Artist of the Decade" by MTV, Billboard and Musician magazine.

Q1: When did Madonna sign an endorsement deal with Pepsi?
A1: January 1989
Q2: With Madonna's new video, Like A Prayer, the blasphemy that she portrayed in the video led to what consequences?
A2: canceled her sponsorship contract
Q3: Who co-written and co-produced the song, Like A Prayer?
A3: Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray.
Q4: How many copies did Like A Prayer sell worldwide?
A4: 15 million copies
Q5: When was Madonna named "Artist of the Decade" by MTV, Billboard and Musician Magazine?
A5: end of the 1980s
Madonna starred as Breathless Mahoney in the film Dick Tracy (1990), with Warren Beatty playing the title role. Her performance led to a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress. To accompany the film, she released the soundtrack album, I'm Breathless, which included songs inspired by the film's 1930s setting. It also featured the US number-one hit "Vogue" and "Sooner or Later", which earned songwriter Stephen Sondheim an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1991. While shooting the film, Madonna began a relationship with Beatty, which dissolved by the end of 1990. In April 1990, Madonna began her Blond Ambition World Tour, which was held until August. Rolling Stone called it an "elaborately choreographed, sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990". The tour generated strong negative reaction from religious groups for her performance of "Like a Virgin", during which two male dancers caressed her body before she simulated masturbation. In response, Madonna said, "The tour in no way hurts anybody's sentiments. It's for open minds and gets them to see sexuality in a different way. Their own and others". The Laserdisc release of the tour won Madonna a Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Long Form Music Video.

Q1: In the film Dick Tracy, who did Madonna starred as?
A1: Breathless Mahoney
Q2: Madonna's role in Dick Tracy led to which award nomination?
A2: Saturn Award
Q3: Who earned an Academy Award for the song "Vogue" and "Sooner or Later?"
A3: Stephen Sondheim
Q4: When did Madonna and Beatty's relationship end?
A4: end of 1990
Q5: Who did Madonna have a relationship with while shooting the film?
A5: Beatty
The Immaculate Collection, Madonna's first greatest-hits compilation album, was released in November 1990. It included two new songs, "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". The album was certified diamond by RIAA and sold over 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist in history. "Justify My Love" reached number one in the U.S. and top ten worldwide. Its music video featured scenes of sadomasochism, bondage, same-sex kissing, and brief nudity. The video was deemed too sexually explicit for MTV and was banned from the network. Madonna responded to the banning: "Why is it that people are willing to go and watch a movie about someone getting blown to bits for no reason at all, and nobody wants to see two girls kissing and two men snuggling?"

Q1: What is Madonna's compilation album called?
A1: The Immaculate Collection
Q2: How many albums did it sell worldwide?
A2: over 30 million copies
Q3: What is one of the title of the songs that was released in the Immaculate Collection?
A3: Justify My Love
Q4: Why did MTV ban the video for Justify My Love?
A4: too sexually explicit
Q5: Justify My Love reached which number in the US charts?
A5: number one
In 1992, Madonna had a role in A League of Their Own as Mae Mordabito, a baseball player on an all-women's team. She recorded the film's theme song, "This Used to Be My Playground", which became a Hot 100 number one hit. The same year, she founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, consisting of a record company (Maverick Records), a film production company (Maverick Films), and associated music publishing, television broadcasting, book publishing and merchandising divisions. The deal was a joint venture with Time Warner and paid Madonna an advance of $60 million. It gave her 20% royalties from the music proceedings, one of the highest rates in the industry, equaled at that time only by Michael Jackson's royalty rate established a year earlier with Sony. The first release from the venture was Madonna's book, titled Sex. It consisted of sexually provocative and explicit images, photographed by Steven Meisel. The book received strong negative reaction from the media and the general public, but sold 1.5 million copies at $50 each in a matter of days. At the same time she released her fifth studio album, Erotica, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its title track peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Erotica also produced five singles: "Deeper and Deeper", "Bad Girl", "Fever", "Rain" and "Bye Bye Baby". Madonna had provocative imagery featured in the erotic thriller, Body of Evidence, a film which contained scenes of sadomasochism and bondage. It was poorly received by critics. She also starred in the film Dangerous Game, which was released straight to video in North America. The New York Times described the film as "angry and painful, and the pain feels real."

Q1: Who did Madonna play in the role A League Of Their Own?
A1: Mae Mordabito
Q2: What is the film's theme song?
A2: This Used to Be My Playground
Q3: When did Madonna open her own entertainment company, Maverick?
A3: 1992
Q4: How much was the royalties paid to Madonna for the music proceedings?
A4: 20%
Q5: What was the name of the erotic thriller that shows scenes of sadomasochism and bondage?
A5: Body of Evidence
In September 1993, Madonna embarked on The Girlie Show World Tour, in which she dressed as a whip-cracking dominatrix surrounded by topless dancers. In Puerto Rico she rubbed the island's flag between her legs on stage, resulting in outrage among the audience. In March 1994, she appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, using profanity that required censorship on television, and handing Letterman a pair of her panties and asking him to smell it. The releases of her sexually explicit films, albums and book, and the aggressive appearance on Letterman all made critics question Madonna as a sexual renegade. Critics and fans reacted negatively, who commented that "she had gone too far" and that her career was over.

Q1: When was The Girlie Show World Tour?
A1: September 1993
Q2: What was Madonna dressed in for the tour?
A2: whip-cracking dominatrix
Q3: In which country did Madonna rubbed the country's flag between her thighs that anger the public?
A3: Puerto Rico
Q4: What did Madonna give to Letterman to smell in his late night show that created an uproar?
A4: a pair of her panties
Q5: What did the critics call Madonna after the Letterman show?
A5: a sexual renegade
Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli described her ballad "I'll Remember" (1994) as an attempt to tone down her provocative image. The song was recorded for Alek Keshishian's film With Honors. She made a subdued appearance with Letterman at an awards show and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after realizing that she needed to change her musical direction in order to sustain her popularity. With her sixth studio album, Bedtime Stories (1994), Madonna employed a softer image to try to improve the public perception. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and produced four singles, including "Secret" and "Take a Bow", the latter topping the Hot 100 for seven weeks, the longest period of any Madonna single. At the same time, she became romantically involved with fitness trainer Carlos Leon. Something to Remember, a collection of ballads, was released in November 1995. The album featured three new songs: "You'll See", "One More Chance", and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You".

Q1: Which biographer described her song "I'll Remember" as trying to clean up Madonna's image?
A1: J. Randy Taraborrelli
Q2: The song "I'll Remember" was recorded for which film?
A2: With Honors
Q3: What was Madonna's sixth album named?
A3: Bedtime Stories
Q4: The single "Take A Bow" was at the Hot 100 for how many weeks?
A4: seven weeks
Q5: Who was the fitness trainer that Madonna was involved with?
A5: Carlos Leon
In Evita (1996), Madonna played the title role of Eva Perón. For a long time, Madonna had desired to play Perón and wrote to director Alan Parker to explain why she would be perfect for the part. She said later, "This is the role I was born to play. I put everything of me into this because it was much more than a role in a movie. It was exhilarating and intimidating at the same time..... And I am prouder of Evita than anything else I have done." After securing the role, she had vocal training and learned about the history of Argentina and Perón. During shooting she became ill several times due to the intense emotional effort required. However, as she told Oprah, she was also pregnant during the filming: "I was winded after every take. I had to lie on the couch every ten minutes so I could recover from dizzy spells, I was worried that I was shaking the baby around too much and that would injure it in some way." Madonna wrote in her personal diary at the time: "Ironically, this feeling of vulnerability and weakness is helping me in the movie. I'm sure Evita felt this way every day of her life once she discovered she was ill."

Q1: In the film Evita, who did Madonna play?
A1: Eva Perón
Q2: Which director did Madonna write to saying that she was perfect for the part of Eva Peron?
A2: Alan Parker
Q3: When was Madonna pregnant?
A3: During shooting
Q4: After securing the role of Evita, what kind of training did Madonna have?
A4: vocal training
After its release, Evita garnered critical appreciation. Zach Conner from Time magazine commented, "It's a relief to say that Evita is pretty damn fine, well cast and handsomely visualized. Madonna once again confounds our expectations. She plays Evita with a poignant weariness and has more than just a bit of star quality. Love or hate Madonna-Eva, she is a magnet for all eyes." Madonna won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the role. She released three singles from the Evita soundtrack album, including "You Must Love Me" (which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997) and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". Madonna was later presented with the Artist Achievement Award by Tony Bennett at the 1996 Billboard Music Awards. On October 14, 1996, Madonna gave birth to Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, her daughter with Leon. Biographer Mary Cross writes that although Madonna was often ill during the filming and worried that her pregnancy would harm the film, she reached some important personal goals: "Now 38 years old, Madonna had at last triumphed on screen and achieved her dream of having a child, both in the same year. She had reached another turning point in her career, reinventing herself and her image with the public." Her relationship with Carlos Leon ended in May 1997; she declared that they were "better off as best friends." After Lourdes' birth, Madonna became involved in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah. She was introduced to Jewish mysticism by actress Sandra Bernhard in 1997.

Q1: Who from Times magazine gave an excellent critique of the film Evita?
A1: Zach Conner
Q2: What award did Madonna win for the film Evita?
A2: Golden Globe Award
Q3: When was Madonna's daughter born?
A3: October 14, 1996
Q4: What is the name of Madonna's daughter?
A4: Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon
Q5: When did Madonna's relationship with Carlos Leon ended?
A5: May 1997
Madonna's seventh studio album, Ray of Light, (1998) reflected a change in her image. She collaborated with electronica producer William Orbit and wanted to create a sound that could blend dance music with pop and British rock. American music critic Ann Powers explained that what Madonna searched for with Orbit "was a kind of a lushness that she wanted for this record. Techno and rave was happening in the 90's and had a lot of different forms. There was very experimental, more hard stuff like Aphex Twin. There was party stuff like Fatboy Slim. That's not what Madonna wanted for this. She wanted something more like a singer-songwriter, really. And William Orbit provided her with that."

Q1: What is the name of Madonna's seventh album?
A1: Ray of Light
Q2: What year was "Ray of Light" released?
A2: 1998
Q3: Which electronica producer did Madonna team up with for Ray of Light?
A3: William Orbit
Q4: Which type of music was popular during the 90s?
A4: Techno and rave
The album garnered critical acclaim. Ray of Light was honored with four Grammy Awards. In 2003, Slant Magazine called it "one of the great pop masterpieces of the '90s" and Rolling Stone listed it among "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Commercially, the album peaked at number one in numerous countries and sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. The album's first single, "Frozen", became Madonna's first single to debut at number one in the UK, while in the U.S. it became her sixth number-two single, setting another record for Madonna as the artist with the most number two hits. The second single, "Ray of Light", debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

Q1: How many Emmy awards did Ray of Light won?
A1: four
Q2: Who listed Ray of Light as "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time?"
A2: Rolling Stone
Q3: How many albums did Ray of Light sell worldwide?
A3: 16 million copies
Q4: Which single in the album made it to the UK number one?
A4: Frozen
Q5: The single Ray of Light debut at which number of the Billboard Hot 100?
A5: five
The 1998 edition of Guinness Book of World Records stated: "No female artist has sold more records than Madonna around the world". In 1999 Madonna signed to play a violin teacher in the film Music of the Heart but left the project, citing "creative differences" with director Wes Craven. She recorded the single "Beautiful Stranger" for the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It reached number 19 on the Hot 100 solely on radio airplay. Madonna won a Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media".

Q1: Which edition of the Guinness Book of World Record states that no female artist sold more records than Madonna?
A1: 1998
Q2: Which film project did Madonna leave because of differences with the director?
A2: Music of the Heart
Q3: Who was the director of Music of the Heart?
A3: Wes Craven
Q4: Which film did Madonna record the single Beautiful Stranger for?
A4: Beautiful Stranger
Q5: Which award did Madonna win for the single "Beautiful Stranger?"
A5: Grammy Award
In 2000, Madonna starred in the film The Next Best Thing, and contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack; "Time Stood Still" and a cover of Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie". She released her eighth studio album, Music, in September 2000. It featured elements from the electronica-inspired Ray of Light era, and like its predecessor, received acclaim from critics. Collaborating with French producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Madonna commented: "I love to work with the weirdos that no one knows about—the people who have raw talent and who are making music unlike anyone else out there. Music is the future of sound." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic felt that "Music blows by in a kaleidoscopic rush of color, technique, style and substance. It has so many depth and layers that it's easily as self-aware and earnest as Ray of Light." The album took the number-one position in more than 20 countries worldwide and sold four million copies in the first ten days. In the U.S., Music debuted at the top, and became her first number-one album in eleven years since Like a Prayer. It produced three singles: the Hot 100 number one "Music", "Don't Tell Me", and "What It Feels Like for a Girl". The music video of "What It Feels Like for a Girl" depicted Madonna committing acts of crime and vandalism, and was banned by MTV and VH1.

Q1: What was the film that Madonna starred in 2000?
A1: The Next Best Thing
Q2: What was the name of the film's soundtrack called?
A2: Time Stood Still
Q3: What was Madonna's eighth album called?
A3: Music
Q4: When was "Music" released?
A4: September 2000
Q5: How many albums did "Music" sell in the first 10 days?
A5: four million