Madonna: Official Topic

[VanMerlin]

not bad not bad fron a MALE point of view?

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Give up, Maz!

[mazceline]

not bad not bad fron a MALE point of view?

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Give up, Maz!

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cant blame a girl for trying

[SFchick]

She looks hot, although im not sure what the images are supposed to tell me.

[HelenCeline27]

lol lol

[Celine's Wife]

I still think Madonna needs to put it away

[justacliche]

I still heart Madge and her vag

[krazy_kool_dude]

Has anyone else noticed this:

 

1. ATW (November 16, 1999) - GHV2 (2001)

-Both Greatest Hits albums, show/focus on the right eye, covered up the shot of the left eye.

 

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2. LTAL (November 18, 1997) - ROL (March 3, 1998)

-Facing the camera at a side - the same side! Only shows the top half of their body.

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3. OH (March 25, 2003) - AL (April 22, 2003)

-Both in black and white but with some red bits.

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coincidence? or does Madonna look up to our Celine for inspiration!

Edited June 9, 2006 at 02:36 PM by krazy_kool_dude

[Bellamy]

I don't think Madonna even has one CD from Celine.

And I don't think those covers are similar, or thounsands other covers are similar too.

[krazy_kool_dude]

I don't think Madonna even has one CD from Celine.

And I don't think those covers are similar, or thounsands other covers are similar too. 

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he father has them though!

[Tugba]

i think only coincidence.if there were more examples then we would say Madonna is imitating...

[mazceline]

no Celine is her own person, would never dream of doing the same

[traceline]

I guess the CD haves many diferences

[Célinefull]

FYI..That last Madonna cover was copied straight off a tour poster of Kylie Minogue..totally exactly the same, down to the paint lines on the face..only Kylie's was more red.

[sayyed]

yeah I saw that too...

 

Madonna is sooo creative!

[Prima_Donna1]

I don't think that the album covers are that simular.

[Bellamy]

The top 10 North American concert grosses for the week of June 6 (as reported by Billboard Boxscore) have been released with Madonna leading with more than $7 million.

 

The top 10 North American concert grosses as of June 6:

 

1. $7,686,380. Madonna. The Forum. Inglewood, Calif. May 21, 23-24.

 

2. $7,257,750. Madonna. MGM Grand Garden. Las Vegas, Nev. May 27-28.

 

3. $4,761,555. Madonna. HP Pavilion. San Jose, Calif. May 30-31.

 

4. $2,915,056. Celine Dion. The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Las Vegas, Nev. May 3-7.

 

5. $2,804,583. Madonna. Staples Center. Los Angeles, Calif. June 3.

 

6. $2,100,954. Celine Dion. The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Las Vegas, Nev. May 25-28.

 

7. $1,780,531. Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Sugarland. Wachovia Center. Philadelphia, Pa. May 25-26.

 

8. $1,758,769. RBD. Allstate Arena. Rosemont, Ill. May 19-20.

 

9. $1,665,966. Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket. TD Banknorth Garden. Boston, Mass. May 24-25.

 

10. $1,548,695. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. St. Pete Times Forum. Tampa, Fla. June 2.

 

Source: http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/a...concert_grosses

[Prima_Donna1]

Wow that is some awesome info! Thanks for sharing. It's good to see Celine is still selling tickets.

[catwomanrrr]

Let's see how Mariah does

[Célinefull]

It just prooves that people still love her.

[traceline]

Wow!!!Celine selling many tickets!!!Amazing(K)Love it

[Bellamy]

Madonna Tours for the Money, Honey

 

Why, oh why, is Madonna on tour again? As Jim Farber pointed out yesterday in the Daily News, this is her third major show in six years.

 

The answer is easy: it’s the money, honey. Like Barbra Streisand, Madonna doesn’t write her own songs. If she had to depend on publishing royalties to keep up her extravagant lifestyle, she’d be broke.

 

(You can put Cher and Celine Dion in this category, too. Only Mariah Carey was smart enough to make sure her name was on every hit she ever warbled.)

 

Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard, Mirwais and William Orbit — those are the names of Madonna’s composers over the years. One of their names appears in every byline of a song that also contains Madonna’s credit, including hits like "Vogue," "Justify My Love," "Like a Prayer," "Express Yourself," "Open Your Heart," "Into the Groove," "Live to Tell" and "Causing a Commotion."

 

Some, such as the popular "Ray of Light," are not only written with a composer but also “adapted” from other material altogether. Any publishing from "Ray of Light" goes to its original writer, Clive Skinner and his daughter Christine Leach.

 

But the bulwark of Madonna’s popular numbers weren’t written by her at all. They include "Holiday," "Like a Virgin," "Material Girl," "Papa Don’t Preach," "Crazy for You" and of course, "Borderline" (for which writer Reggie Lucas famously reinvented his Grammy-winning Stephanie Mills hit, “Never Knew Love Like This Before”).

 

Madonna at least gets some publishing money twice a year. But Streisand is a different story. As a pure singer, she has to depend on record sales if she’s not on tour. The only hit song she’s ever had a credit on is "Evergreen" (she must have contributed this timeless lyric: “Love soft as an easy chair). The actual composer is the vertically-defeated '70s TV-staple Paul Williams, who’s written a countless number of hits.

 

If Streisand doesn’t go out and charge hundreds of bucks a head every few years, she will have trouble supporting her family. Like Madonna, she has a husband and child who’ve grown accustomed to their lifestyle.

 

Madonna, however, has two kids and a husband to think about. And the Madonna lifestyle is not simple: it’s first-class all the way, with no skimping or budgetary restrictions, which requires a lot of cash.

 

With her CD sales way past their peak years, Madonna is left with one scenario: tour. So we can expect to see her again in 2008, like clockwork, and every two years after that until she either can’t dance on stage or little Lourdes is ready to pick up mom’s platinum-studded cross.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201529,00.html

[Tal]

First of all, Fox News is absolute garbage. Second of all this article is ridiculous. Madonna is a performer....what the hell is she supposed to do? Just record an album and leave it at that? The whole fun of being a musician is being able to tour and sing yours songs to the millions of fans who love you. THAT is why she's touring.

[Céline's Blues]

This is the sad truth. Goes for Céline, Mariah, Madonna. None of them earns major money from album sales - look at this Long Island silicon hooker without any kind of voice (Mariah): Her album was mega-successful but did she make it to the Forbes list last year like Céline? Did she make it to the list of the richest Rock And Roll stars like Céline? She ain't got a dollar so she has to go touring.

[Bellamy]

I think it's true too. Nowadays, tour is the best way for singers to earn more money. Look at the top singlers incoming list, almost none of them rely on album sales.

I think the only untrue part in the article is it implies Mariah earn a lot from royalty. But we all know she doesn't.

[Céline's Blues]

Of course, she doesn, Bellamy! Look at her big puppies - they're both filled with tons of royalties, truly to the fullest extent.

[Tal]

I'm sorry but touring is their JOB. I'm not saying it isnt about making money, but I don't think Madonna decided to go on tour cause she needed a buck. Its a promotional tool, but I think mostly its fun to go out and sing your new songs and your old favorite and just connect with your fans.

 

And whats totally hypocritical is if a musician doesn't go on tour, the critics jump all over them and say its cause they can't sing live or some other reason.

[Bellamy]

I'm sorry but touring is their JOB.  I'm not saying it isnt about making money, but I don't think Madonna decided to go on tour cause she needed a buck.  Its a promotional tool, but I think mostly its fun to go out and sing your new songs and your old favorite and just connect with your fans.

 

And whats totally hypocritical  is if a musician doesn't go on tour, the critics jump all over them and say its cause they can't sing live or some other reason.

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no, it's quite obviously most tours are for make more money now. for example Madonna, Mariah's album won't sell much more by any kind of promo. They start touring when the album is already almost dead. and look at the ridiculors ticket price for Madonna's concert, everyone would agree it's for get more money from fans instead of promo album.

[Tal]

But its their job to perform.....thats what they do for a living.

[Bellamy]

But its their job to perform.....thats what they do for a living.

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I know it's their job, for money = for a living.

[Tal]

I know but that article was acting as if the tour's sole purpose was to make money and that its a bad thing. But thats a musicians job and a way to give back and interact with their fans.