STAR PROFILEMADONNA.

INTRODUCTION

• ARGUABLY THE MOST ENDURING FEMALE PERFORMER ON THE INTERNATIONAL POP SCENE FROM THE MID 80S TO THE EARLY 00S. ONE OF THE FEW ARTISTS TO MAINTAIN A PRESENCE IN THE YOUTH-DOMINATED CHARTS WELL INTO HER FIFTIES -- MADONNA CICCONE (KNOWN BY HER FIRST NAME) HAS SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED TO KEEP MEDIA ATTENTION ON HERSELF BY CONTINUALLY UPDATING HER SOUND TO FIT EMERGING MUSICAL TRENDS.

MUSIC VIDEOS.• MADONNA HAS HAD AN EXTREME IMAGE CHANGE OVER TIME. SHE FIRST

MADE IT ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE WITH ‘LIKE A VIRGIN.’ SHE’S DRESSED IN 80’S CLOTHES WITH A BIG PERM. SHE REMAINS FULLY CLOTHED THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO- 1984.

• THIS IS A COMPLETE CONTRAST TO HER VIDEO ‘FOUR MINUTE’S’ WHERE THE FIRST SHOT OF HER IS A BACK SHOT OF HER IN SUSPENDERS, A CORSET AND UNDERWEAR. -2008

• WE START TO SEE A CHANGE IN MADONNA IN HER 1990 SONG ‘VOGUE’ WHERE WE SEE MADONNA IN A LACE TOP WHERE MOST OF HER TOP HALF IS SHOWING. ALTHOUGH SHE REMAINS MORE COVERED UP IN THE REST OF THE VIDEO IN A BLACK SUIT WHICH GIVES HER A MORE MASCULINE LOOK.

IMAGE DEVELOPMENT

• MADONNA CAME ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE 80’S. SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE GIRL WITH THE CRAZY BIG PERM WHO WORE LEGWARMERS, TUTUS AND HEADBANDS. OVERTIME SHE HAS CHANGED HER IMAGE TO KEEP FANS. IN 1990 MADONNA CHANGED HER IMAGE TO A MORE UP TO DATE SEXY IMAGE IN WHICH SHE WORE LINGERIE ON STAGE. SHE ALSO BEGAN TO PORTRAY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS SUCH AS MARIE ANTOINETTE AND MARILYN MONROE. IN THE EARLY 2000’S MADONNA CHANGED TO A MORE PUNK AND MASCULINE IMAGE IN WHICH SHE WORE SUITS. 2004 MADONNA WENT BACK TO HER SEXY LOOK IN WHICH SHE WHERE'S TWO PIECES AND SKIMPY OUTFITS. 2008 MADONNA WENT GLAMOROUS, WHICH SHE WORE BALL GOWNS AND STUNNING DRESSES. NOW SHE MIXES UP ALL OF THE IMAGES, WITH ASPECTS OF BALL GOWNS, PUNK AND MASCULINITY.

CD COVERS

NAME: THE FIRST ALBUM. 1983THE ALBUM COVER DOES NOT SAY THE NAME JUST MADONNA TWICE MAKING SURE WE KNOW ITS ALL ABOUT HER.GENRE: DANCE POP. WE CAN TELL THAT MADONNA IS MOST LIKELY A POP STAR BECAUSE HER MAKEUP IS SOFT ALTHOUGH ALTERNATIVELY SHE IS DRESSED IN BLACK WEARING A LO OF CHAINS AND BRACELETS SUGGESTING A MORE ROCK GENRE.

NAME: LIKE A VIRGIN. 1984THE IMAGE REPRESENTS THE NAME OF THE ALBUM AS MADONNA IS DRESSED ALL IN WHITE MAKING HER APPEAR VERY ANGELLIC GENRE: POP. FROM MADONNAS DRESS YOU CAN TELL THE GENRE OF THE ALBUM IS MOST PROBABLY GOING TO BE POP AS SHE LOOKS SOFT AND GIRLY.

NAME: MUSIC. 2000THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE TEXT ON THE ALBUM IS MADONNA AS IT IS LARGER THAN ALL THE OTHER TEXT SO THE FOCUS IS ON HER.GENRE: DANCE POP. FROM WHAT MADONNA IS WEARING ON THE ALBUM COVER YOU WOULD PRESUME THAT THIS IS A COUNTRY ALBUM SO THE DRESS AND TEXT FEATURED ON THE ALBUM COVER IS NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE MUSIC.

NAME: HARD CANDY. 2008THE BACKGROUND OF THE ALBUM COVER IS A LOLLIPOP SO REPRESENTS THE NAME OF THE ALBUM. UNLIKE THE OTHER ALBUMS I’VE MENTIONED THIS ALBUM DOES NOT FEATURE MADONNA’S NAME ON IT.GENRE: DANCE POP. FROM WHAT MADONNA IS WEARING ON THE ALBUM COVER YOU WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A POP ALBUM AS SHE IS WEARING A SMALL LEOTARD AND SKIMPY CLOTHES IS ASSOCIATED WITH POP MUSIC.

CRITICIS OPINIONS & NEWS OVERTIME

CONCLUSION

• MADONNA IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME. SHE’S HAD A DRAMATIC IMAGE CHANGE FROM THE START OF HER CAREER TO NOW AS TRENDS ARE CHANGING AND SHE GROWS OLDER. STARTING AS AN INNOCENT YOUNG GIRL WHO WORE BIG TUTUS TO NOW A GROWN WOMAN WHO WHERE'S BALL GOWNS AND SUITS.

• WITH 25 ALBUMS INCLUDING LIVE ALBUMS SHE DEFINITELY HAS HAD HER FAIR SHARE OF SUCCESS.

• MADONNA HAS HAD HER FAIR SHARE OF CRITICISM OVER THE YEARS BUT HAS ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP.