Happy 50th Birthday Madonna!: A Career In Pictures

Gigwise charts the music legend's life and career...

Friday, August 15, 2008
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To celebrate Madonna's 50th birthday on August 16, 2008, we at Gigwise present a look at her glittering career so far in pictures and text. From her humble beginnings in Michigan, to the release of her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. Click through and enjoy...

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Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan. Her mother, Madonna Louise, was of French Canadian descent, and her father, Silvio 'Tony' P. Ciccone was a first generation Italian-American whose parents were from Pacentro. She was the third of six children. Sadly her mother died of breast cancer when Madonna was just five-years old, her father then married their housekeeper. She has admitted in recent interviews that she was very hard on her stepmother.

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Makes me wonder when it’s the Beastie Boys 50th??
~ by Andy 8/16/2008
A true legend!
~ by Spoff 8/17/2008
Whatever! If they are anything, it’s not as good as Madonna! She’’s like my idol! So get over yourselfs losers
~ by i~cry~pain~not~tears 9/18/2008
She is looking a little haggard these days, but I would have totally put the hammer to her back in the day, especially the Dick Tracy/Vogue era.
~ by The Noodge 11/20/2008
just wonderfull .. oo love her !!
~ by lolaa 7/29/2009

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