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The Queen of Pop, Madonna, gets the ultimate in star treatment as MTV pimps her ride! Led by inimitable DJ Tim Westwood, the MTV crew return for a one off special to honour the show's number one celebrity fan with the ride of her life, exclusively on MTV, Sunday February 19th at 9.30pm.
Once she's received the Pimp My Ride UK treatment, Madonna's brand new ride will be paraded in the video for her latest single 'Sorry', which comes fresh from her sensational album 'Confessions on the Dancefloor.' She's been dubbed a human chameleon thanks to her numerous image revamps over the years, but which of her enigmatic styles will be the inspiration for her latest getaway accessory?
Having applied the finishing touches to Madonna's ride, Westwood and the whole crew will be back on MTV for a new series in April. Viewers have already contacted MTV in their tens of thousands hoping to be have their cars pimped.
Madonna is about to become the envy of the showbiz world thanks to Pimp Madonna's Ride. You've heard the rumours, now watch it happen for real in a totally unforgettable Pimp My Ride UK special - "˜Pimp Madonna's Ride' - a one off exclusive on Sunday 19th February at 9.30pm.
Tune into 'Pimp Madonna's Ride', Sunday 19th February at 9.30pm
source : mtv

Skype is following the mobile phone market in launching a ringtone service for it users following a deal signed with Warner Music.
The deal will see master recordings from WMG's roster of world-renowned recording artists as ringtones to the more than 74 million registered users of Skype.
According to the company, in the coming months consumers will be able to download master ringtones from WMG artists including Madonna, Green Day, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, D4L, and T.I.
Always at the forefront of musical trends, Madonna will be the sole artist to headline the "Featured Artist" section of the Skype online retail store upon its launch.
The store will feature ringtones of "Hung Up", "Push" and "Sorry" as well as past Madonna hits "Like A Virgin", "Vogue" and more.
The Skype retail store is expected to eventually expand to include ringback tones and other music-based personalization content from WMG artists.
source : skype

Singles Chart :
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12 (11) George Best - A Tribute - Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry
13 (14) Hung Up - Madonna
14 (12) My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
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Albums Chart :
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18 (-) The Very Best Of - Johnny Mathis
19 (13) Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna
20 (15) Piece By Piece - Katie Melua
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Download Chart :
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11 (05) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward
12 (08) Hung Up - Madonna
13 (11) I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
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Second single "Sorry" from the platinum No. 1 mix-style "Confessions on a Dancefloor" should keep fans hung up on Madonna's ability to create instant radio and club classics. She may sing, "I've heard it all before," but "Sorry" is neither a reinvention of her past hits nor of anything else on top 40 radio. A vigorous vocal and vivacious, swirling layers of addictive, arresting beats ensure that this is the right-on follow-up to Madonna's record-tying 36th top 10 Billboard Hot 100 single. Also give a listen to the smoothed-out remix with added vocals by Pet Shop Boys. Sounds like a smash no matter how you spin it; no need for apologies here.
source : drownedmadonna / billboard

Madonna has splashed out on a new home next door to her existing London mansion.
The pop tart has spent £900,000 on a house in Mayfair for her staff next door to her £7.5million Georgian Terrace.
Madonna has already bought a Mews property next to her mansion for her manager. She also owns homes in Miami, New York, Los Angeles and a country estate in Wiltshire.
According to the Sun a Neighbour of the singer said: "She loves her home in London but has always wanted more space. Properties here often aren't as big as the enormous places you can get in Los Angeles.
"She had been after the mews house next door for a couple of years. She asked the banking consultant neighbour who owned it if he was prepared to sell and eventually he agreed. Although I'm told she drove a hard bargain, both sides are happy with the deal.
"Madonna likes the added security she will have owning the house next door. She has had big security problems in the past.
"She plans to move in more of her staff next door now and she said she could do with the extra office space."
I wonder if she has any jobs going???
source : entertainmentwise

Hung Up was #4 on TRL today. Vote for Madonna at MTV.com or by phone 1-800-DIAL-MTV [1-800-342-5688].

An In-Line skater has been hand-picked to star in pop star Madonna's new music video.
Max Freeman, has already been filmed to accompany Sorry, the second single from her album, Confessions On A Dance Floor.
Former Ratton and Sussex Downs College student Max went to London to take part in the shoot.
It is the first time he's been involved in a music video, but he's hoping it won't be the last.
'I had an audition before Christmas and got a call back last week telling me that I needed to be in London the following day,' he said.
'I was very excited as it was my first appearance in a pop video and I'd not done anything like it before.
'I've been skating since I was 14 years old after becoming interested in it from going to the Skate on the seafront.
'Although I was skating before the event, it gave me new ideas about tricks and it continued from there.
'I've been lucky enough to take part in competitions around Europe and really enjoy it, but it's for pleasure and not to make money.'
The shooting of the video took place over two gruelling days of filming.
The first shoot started at 11am and finished at 1am, with the second starting at 8am and finishing at 1am.
The 20-year-old, of Shalfleet Close, also managed to speak to the normally very private superstar.
'Madonna was nice and we spoke for a bit,' he said. 'She was only on set for a fraction of the hours the rest of us were there for.
'They shot the bits she needed to be in and then she went home.
'The hours were long and it was hard work, but very enjoyable.'
Max hasn't yet seen the final version of the video and will be waiting like the rest of the pop star's fans for its release.
But he gave no secrets away about the theme.
He added, 'I know the lyrics off by heart now. I would love to do another video, but I'll have to wait and see what happens in the future.'
source : eastbournetoday.co.uk

Hot 100 Singles :
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44 (41) Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
45 (43) Hung Up - Madonna
46 (53) Nasty Girl - The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm
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Billboard 200 Albums :
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23 (39) The Way It Is - Keyshia Cole
24 (20) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
25 (27) Barrio Fino: En Directo - Daddy Yankee
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Hot Digital Singles :
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28 (26) Honky Tonk Badonkadonk - Trace Adkins
29 (22) Hung Up - Madonna
30 (21) Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia
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They are both normally pictures of perfection. But Madonna and Brad Pitt have been looking far from their glamorous selves.
At a Paris fashion show yesterday, all eyes were on Madonna's apparently receding hairline.
An audience member with a closeup view of the 47-year-old singer said: "The most striking thing was how unusually large her forehead was. Everyone was wondering if years of dying her hair meant it was receding.
"She was all in black which emphasised her recent weight loss. Her cheekbones looked razor-sharp while the skin round her neck and chin looked overly-taut and puckered."
Pitt, meanwhile, has dyed his famous locks dark brown, with a Fifties-style quiff and sideburns.
The 42-year-old actor's new look is for his role as 19th century outlaw Jesse James in a film, although some felt it owed more to Elvis Presley.
Pitt's hairstyle was revealed as he dined out in London on Tuesday night - with Madonna. They were with her husband Guy Ritchie and chef Jamie Oliver.

source : dailymail

Hung Up was #3 on TRL today. Keep on voting for Madonna at MTV.com or by phone 1-800-DIAL-MTV [1-800-342-5688].

Madonna, absent from fashion's front row for years, unleashed pandemonium at the couture shows here Wednesday afternoon when she arrived at Jean Paul Gaultier.
The paparazzi surged dangerously, with camera crews sneaking in between the rows to get footage of the pop superstar. Dressed all in black with wraparound sunglasses, Madonna told WWD, "Gaultier is going to design the costumes for my next show. We are going to discuss the details tomorrow."
Once her bodyguards cleared the runway, Madonna jumped from her seat to greet French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino before the show. As it turns out, the queen of pop is quite the polyglot, finding time to exchange a few words in Spanish with her front-row neighbor, flamenco dancer Joachim Cortez.
Gaultier is also designing costumes for Cortez and his 17 musicians for his upcoming Paris show dubbed "My Loneliness." After Gaultier's Greek-themed confections exited the runway, Madonna exited with her entourage, with camera crews trailing aggressively, getting into tussles with editors also eager for a look at the celebrity.
source : wwd.com

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier showered pop icon Madonna with white rose petals on Wednesday at the end of a spring-summer haute couture collection that was inspired by Greek mythology and culture.
Models wearing outfits named Poseidon, Athena and Midas weaved around chairs clustered as Greek islands. Glass lanterns hung overhead which Gaultier said resembled those of Orthodox churches. Hairstyles were piled high or fell almost to the floor.
Parthenon was a jacket cut away to look like a column, embroidered with antique wire over a tight silk skirt. Cyclops was a long tunic with trousers covered in black organza petals.
"It's a marvellous country with a big culture and I go there quite often and one day I knew would need to do a Greek collection," Gaultier said.
After the final wedding dress, a huge ruffle joined onto a skirt with strings of pearls, Gaultier came running out with rose petals for his old friend Madonna.
"I'm excited, I'm really in love more with her. I'm very happy that she came," he said.
Madonna was wearing a black jacket and skirt sat next to Spain's top flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes.
French actress Catherine Deneuve was also there.
"It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colours, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection," Deneuve told Reuters afterwards.
Gaultier's show was the penultimate one of three days of haute couture collections in Paris. The outfits are made-to-measure and cost thousands of dollars, so there are only estimated to be between 200 and 300 clients in the world.
The dresses can take weeks to make and Gaultier said some were finished only just in time.
"It was almost a Greek tragedy ... some arrived three minutes before," he said.
Lebanese designer Elie Saab was the last event on the official calendar.
His models walked out to the tune of Erotica, a song by Madonna, in romantic glittery gowns with bows and tulle skirts. The audience was filled with potential clients from the Middle East, including many princesses.
The final bride wore a bustier dress with a 3.5-metre tulle train with latticework embroidery of pearls, silk and organza flowers and iridescent sequins.
source : reuters

Hung Up was back to #1 on TRL today. Please keep on voting for Madonna at MTV.com or by phone 1-800-DIAL-MTV [1-800-342-5688].

The first details of Madonna's 2006 world tour have been leaked on the internet, with full confirmed dates expected to be announced this week.
According to unsubstantiated claims appearing online, the pop superstar will play shows throughout June and July in America, including five dates at Shea Stadium in New York City.
The news comes amid industry reports that promotional king-pin Arthur Fogel has been signed for the live follow-up to last year's "Re-Invention" tour.
Fogel, who put together the "Re-Invention" jaunt and the 2002 "Drowned World" tour, is said to be fronting the 2006 outing, which will promote last year's "Confessions On A Dancefloor" album, reports Billboard.
The tour, which is set to commence in America, apparently spans the globe, concluding with shows in Australia in mid to late September.
Meanwhile, Madonna's spokeswomen in the US and UK have dismissed claims that her marriage to film director Guy Ritchie is in trouble. Both have released statements following speculation in the UK press.
Speaking about the video shoot to Madonna's new video, "Sorry", her US spokeswoman commented: "Guy came to the set to visit - once with the children Rocco and Lourdes, and once without.
"Mr and Mrs Ritchie seemed perfectly comfortable and adoring of each other. My sense is that they're quite a happy, content couple."
Her UK spokeswoman added: "There have been a lot of silly stories which are all untrue."
source : yahoo

Madonna's massive hit single Hung Up has been nominated for a Danish Music Award for Best international Hit. The ceremony will take place in Copenhagen's Forum on March 11th.
source : drownedmadonna

Madonna has accepted Jon Bon Jovi's apology for criticising her parenting skills, but is still waiting for Sir Elton John to apologise for his regular attacks on her.
The Bon Jovi frontman slammed the Material Girl last year for bringing her children Lourdes and Rocco to public events.
After Madonna's spokeswoman denied the superstar had ever brought the kids to a film premiere, Bon Jovi apologised, saying, "Let me apologise because I don't know the woman."
In response to Bon Jovi's apology, Madonna's rep Liz Rosenberg tells the New York Daily News, "Now that is a gentleman - unlike Elton John, whose favourite hobby is trashing Madonna."
John hit the headlines in 2004 when he falsely accused Madonna of lip-syncing on her Drowned World tour and berated her for failing to attend his pre-'wedding' bash before his civil partnership ceremony to David Furnish last month.
source : contactmusic

Rumours of Madonna's second ever Australian tour are gathering momentum following dates expected to be announced for the US this week.
According to sources, the Madonna tour will end in Australia with mid to late September being the preferred dates.
A US tour is not far off being announced but leaked dates suggest the following venues and cities:
June 2,3 Dodger's Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
June 9,10 Soldier's Field, Chicago, IL
June 16,17: Fenway Park, Boston
June 22,23,25,27,29: Shea Stadium, NYC
July 3,4,7: Ford Field, Detroit
US ticket prices are expected to peak at $600 with the volume of tickets coming in between $150-$250.
Her new single "˜Sorry' will be released next month.
source : undercover.com.au

Meanwhile, a much thinner creature, Madonna, is doing the sure-to-be-awards-bound video for the fabulously catchy "Sorry," which I hear will involve her bouncing out of a Pimp-A-Ride van with tons of dancers and proceeding to roller skate into your mind. She's kabbalah on wheels!
source : village voice

Alison Goldfrapp has lashed out at her fans for dubbing her idol Madonna, 'Oldfrapp'.
The Number One hitmaker was thrilled when the 47-year-old superstar named the second Goldfrapp album Supernature as her favourite disc of 2005, but her delight quickly turned sour when fans pilloried the ageing singer.
She says, "It's nasty and unfair. It's great to see a woman of her age still performing and producing such fantastic work."
Of the queen of pop's comments, Goldfrapp says, "I take that as a real compliment."
source : contactmusic

from DrownedMadonna : The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) just released their updated figures. The top 20 is noted below. Note that Madonna is the highest selling female artist ever and also the only artist in the top 5 who didn't have a release prior to 1980.

01. The Beatles 400,000,000 (1962-1970)
02. Michael Jackson 350,000,000 (1979-)
03. Elvis Presley 300,000,000 (1956-1977)
04. Madonna 275,000,000 (1984-)
05. Nana Mouskouri 250,000,000 (1959-)
06. Cliff Richard 250,000,000 (1959-1969,1977-1979,1986-1999)
07. The Rolling Stones 250,000,000 (1964-1981)
08. Mariah Carey 230,000,000 (1990-)
09. Elton John 220,000,000 (1972-1976,1989-1991,1997-)
10. Celine Dion 220,000,000 (1990-)

Madonna continues to hold all competition at bay in the European singles chart as her smash hit Hung Up notches up a tenth consecutive week at number one.
Closing in on the Material Girl is Mattafix, whose Big City Life climbs a place to number two.
The Black Eyed Peas' My Humps drops a place to number three, while Juanes moves from last week's number five to number four with La Camisa Negra.
Rounding out the top five is UK TV talent show winner Shayne Ward's That's My Goal.
In the European albums chart, James Blunt's Back To Bedlam climbs back to the top spot, while Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor falls to number two.
Robbie Williams' Intensive Care remains at number three, and The Strokes sit at number four with First Impressions Of Earth.
Eminem's hits compilation Curtain Call also sits at number five.
source : contactmusic

Madonna fuelled reports she is suffering from exhaustion when she failed to perform at the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, France, on Saturday.
The Hung Up hitmaker, 47, withdrew from the prestigious awards ceremony on Friday - giving organisers an uncharacteristic one day's notice.
A source tells French publication Le Parisien, "She is exhausted. She rehearsed a lot of her routine for the video and she is on a strict diet to maintain her young and sexy image."
However, the singer's publicist Liz Rosenberg, insists Madonna is busy "filming her new video".
source : contactmusic

Rumours are abuzz that all is not well in the kingdom of the 'Queen of pop' Madonna and director hubby Guy Ritchie, and that the two are on the verge of putting an end to their five year old marriage.
An insider revealed that the singer had started concentrating more on her career than her marriage.
"She has been spending very little time with him. She is obsessed with everything related to her career at this point. The album ["Confessions on a Dance Floor"] is a hit, and that is all she seems to care about these days. A split? Not sure. Less time together? Most definitely," the New York Daily News quoted the source, as saying.
However, Madonna's rep Liz Rosenberg, rubbished rumours of a split, and said that all was well between the couple.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie seemed perfectly comfortable and adoring of each other. ... My sense is that they're quite a happy, content couple," she said.
source : ani

Singles Chart :
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13 (-) Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian
14 (07) Hung Up - Madonna
15 (06) Sleep - Texas
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Albums Chart :
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12 (07) Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall
13 (13) Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna
14 (12) X&Y - Coldplay
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Download Chart :
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02 (01) JCB - Nizlopi
03 (03) Hung Up - Madonna
04 (14) Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls Ft Busta Rhymes
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Jon Bon Jovi has apologised to Madonna after wrongly accusing her of exploiting her children by proudly displaying them at movie premieres.
The Livin' On A Prayer hitmaker berated the pop superstar for allowing Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, five, to attend public events, advising her to shield them from media intrusion.
But the 43-year-old soon realised his mistake after the Material Girl hit back, insisting her children had never attended a single film opening.
He says, "I put my foot in my mouth recently with a comment about Madonna. Let me apologise because I don't know the woman."
source : teenhollywood

Madonna's Top 40 Videos is tonight on VH-1 Europe 18-22 CET.
Thanks to warre1

Madonna won Best Single and Best Solo Artist Award and she was 2nd in Best Album Category.

Best Single :
WINNER: Madonna - Hung Up (66% of votes)
2nd: The White Stripes - My Doorbell (9%)
3rd: Gorillaz - Dare (5%)

Best Solo Artist
WINNER: Madonna (46%)
2nd: Will Young (28%)
3rd: Robbie Williams (14%)

Best Album
WINNER: The Subways - Young For Eternity (37%)
2nd: Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor (30%)
3rd: Will Young - Keep On (17%)

source : virgin.net

Madonna won the NRJ Music Award for Best International Female Artist Of The Year.

Arthur Fogel, president of TNA International, Live Nation's global touring division, has nailed down the promotion rights for the as-yet-unannounced 2006 tour by Madonna in support of her album "Confessions on the Dancefloor," according to sources.
Fogel, who produced Madonna's ReInvention tour in 2004 and Drowned World tour in 2002, which grossed a combined $200 million, got the nod from Madonna's camp despite what sources say was a concentrated effort from rival promoter AEG Live to promote the tour.
Fogel, who declined to comment, seems to be solidly in place in the Madonna touring business. "Arthur Fogel knows how to make the impossible possible," she was quoted as saying in Billboard last summer. "He's a touring genius."
source : billboard.biz

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Hot 100 Singles :
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42 (37) Fireman - Lil Wayne
43 (30) Hung Up - Madonna
44 (39) We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
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Billboard 200 Albums :
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19 (27) Kenny Chesney - The Road And The Radio
20 (15) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
21 (26) Rascal Flatts - Feels Like Today
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Hot Digital Singles :
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21 (23) Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia
22 (18) Hung Up - Madonna
23 (37) Pump It - The Black Eyed Peas
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Madonna is the celebrity mum who best manages to combine work and motherhood, according to a new survey.
A massive 36 percent of parents picked the queen of pop, while Kate Moss came bottom of the survey, with just 1.1 percent of the vote.
Jules Oliver was second best with mega-boobed Jordan a surprisingly close third.
Kerry Katona was voted second worst overall.
Over 3,000 working parents were interviewed online by Living TV to find out the UK's attitude towards maternity leave, childcare issues and new parent prejudices in the work place.
The study found 44 per cent of women have received a negative reaction from employers when needing time off.
Over 65 per cent of new mums feel that childcare costs today are overwhelmingly expensive and unaffordable, with only seven per cent experiencing subsidised crèche facilities at work.
Londoners took the least maternity leave with over a third of women in the capital finding it a daily uphill struggle to cope with motherhood and a career.
Today, new fathers are entitled to just two weeks paternity leave, but over half felt that paternity leave should be extended.
When it comes to family and childcare issues, the North-South divide is never more evident.
Hardworking Scots proved to be the most traditional with 48 per cent of Scottish mothers claiming they would never take the role of the family breadwinner.
This is reinforced with a third of all Scottish men returning to work immediately after becoming a dad with no additional days off.
Diana Wolfin, founder of www.changingdirection.com, an organisation dedicated to helping women return to work after motherhood, said: "The whole issue of working mums, especially those returning after maternity leave, needs a PR makeover.
"Women who want, or need, to work can still be effective in the workplace, and any help employers can give in the short-term will be needed less in the long-term.
"Mums have a lot to offer in terms of skills and commitment and even celebrity mums show us that there is not a "one size fits all" answer.
Some try to juggle it all and others stay at home. Wherever you live and work, don't have unrealistic expectations of yourself. Supermum does not exist!"
source : lifestyleextra

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Material Girl, indeed ! In order to commit to a tour this summer - a 12 week production that could earn her up to $150 million - Madonna has some specific demands, says a source close to the singer. On her wish list : a private jet for her family and entourage (including her kabbalah teachers, a personal chef and a masseuse). Plus she'll tour only from June through August, during her kids' school break. "Madonna has been driving concert promoters crazy," the source says. Meanwhile, the singer's longstanding feud with Mariah Carey continues ! Although both divas are set to appear at the upcoming Brit Awards and the French NRJ Music Awards, "Madonna wants the queen dressing room and her choice of when she will perform in the shows," says the source. Madonna's rep did not respond to a message.
source : usweekly

Madonna is nominated for Best International Act on 2005 Emma Awards in Finland. You can vote by sms here.
source : drownedmadonna

Friends are worried that the hardest-working woman in show business is whittling her body down to a stub.
"She looks way too thin," one insider tells us. "It's scary. Everyone around her is buzzing that she's working herself right into exhaustion."
Even after breaking her collarbone and fracturing three ribs in a horseback-riding accident, the 47-year-old singer has stuck to a strict exercise routine. She's said to do between two and three hours a day of Ashtanga yoga and Pilates, plus swimming, weight training and cycling.
She says her husband, Guy Ritchie, expects nothing less.
"I wish I were comfortable enough to look zaftig," Mrs. Ritchie recently told Elle magazine. "But I choose men who like carved-out women, the can-you-run-for-the-bus kind of guy. I'm naturally inclined toward men like that."
She's also been rehearsing like a dervish for the video for "Sorry," the second single off her hit album "Confessions on a Dance Floor."
Her tireless publicist, Liz Rosenberg, was in London yesterday for the video shoot.
"I'm about 40 feet away from her," she told us, "and she looks pretty hot to me."
Rosenberg acknowledged that some recent paparazzi photos show her client looking less than rested.
"How would you look with 10-hour dance rehearsals?" she added. "Maybe she's working harder than usual, but that's what you have to do before a video."
The mother of two, who last week became the oldest person ever nominated for a best pop act BRIT Award, doesn't look like she's about to let up. We hear she's in talks to do a show-stopping number at next month's Grammys.
Rosenberg would say only, "I've heard rumors to that effect."
source : nydailynews

Nine-year-old Lourdes wanted to join other youngsters in a bid to win the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix but Madge refused to let her go along.
The Queen of Pop apparently wants Lourdes to avoid the spotlight until she is older and can make her own decisions about life.
Lourdes, also known as Lola, was apparently left devastated after the banning as she was desperate to star opposite her idols Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Emma Watson (Hermione).
In November, avid fan Lourdes attended the Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire premiere with her mum. Madge later revealed her daughter was completely star struck when she bumped into actress Emma Watson in the ladies bathroom.
Before we all take a stab at Madge and think she's cruel, nine-year-old Lourdes in fact wouldn't have been applicable to apply anyway, the role was open to 13-16 year olds only.
It is not all bad news for the aspiring actress, stepdad Guy Ritchie has offered her a role in one of his movies, but only when she's old enough.
source : itn

Madonna is enjoying unprecedented success for her disco hit Hung Up , as thousands of fans in France have downloaded it.
Madonna's record label, Warner Music, decided to give the exclusive internet rights to the song to France Telecom, a decision that Madonna won't regret.
According to Figaro, in two months, France Telecom has logged 500,000 sales of the song and ringtones of the hit record. Even if these sales make up only 8% of the revenue for Warner, the operation is still a huge success.
With a sale price of .99 euros for the song and 2 euros for a ringtone, the record labels and artists are laughing all the way to the bank, as 40% of that price will come straight to them.
source : sofeminine.co.uk

She had given herself a rare night off for a restaurant date with her husband.
And if the hollows in her face were any indication, Madonna deserved it.
The 47-year-old singer, who has a punishing exercise schedule, seemed to have been pushing herself a little too hard lately.
In a severe black coat, she appeared pale and almost gaunt. And thanks to her apparent weight loss, those chiselled features seemed rather too chiselled.
"She looked almost like she was sucking her cheeks in," said an onlooker at the Japanese restaurant Nobu in Berkeley Street, Mayfair.
"She definitely did not look as healthy as she normally does."
Madonna, who last week became the oldest person ever nominated for a best pop act Brit, has been basking in plaudits for her latest album Confessions On A Dancefloor, one of her most popular for years.
But that doesn't mean she is taking it easy. She is in London to start filming the video for her latest single, Sorry, and is also busy making plans for a world tour.
She maintains a tough exercise schedule to keep her in shape, sticking to it even after breaking her collarbone and hand and cracking three ribs in a horseriding accident last year.
She does three hours of exercise a day, starting with Ashtanga yoga, followed by pilates, and then either swimming, weight training or cycling.
She recently revealed that her push for perfection was not solely her own doing.
It seems her husband Guy Ritchie also likes her athletic look. "I wish I were comfortable enough to look zaftig [a Yiddish word for a fuller-shaped woman]," she told Elle magazine.
"But I choose men who like carved-out women, the can-you-run-for-the-bus kind of guy. I'm naturally inclined toward men like that."

source : dailymail

Madonna continues her domination of the European charts - she remains on top of both the continent's singles and albums best-seller lists.
The Material Girl's Hung Up is spending its ninth successive week at number one on the singles chart, while its parent album Confessions On A Dance Floor climbs a place to put it back atop the albums chart.
Elsewhere in the singles chart, The Black Eyed Peas' My Humps sits at number two, while Mattafix's Big City Life climbs two places to number three.
Eminem's When I'm Gone falls a place to number four, and Juanes is at number five with La Camisa Negra.
In the albums chart, James Blunt moves up a place to number two with Back To Bedlam, while Robbie Williams' Intensive Care is at number three.
The Strokes' First Impressions Of Earth is at number four, and Eminem's hit compilation Curtain Call is at number five.
source : contactmusic

from DrownedMadonna : Madonna just won Rockbjörnen, which is an award that Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet is handing out as voted by their readers. It is the biggest music award in Sweden.
Madonna has won the "Best International Album" award.

Singles Chart :
01 (01) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward
02 (02) JCB Song - Nizlopi
03 (-) Break The Night With Colour - Richard Ashcroft
04 (-) I'll Be Ready - Sunblock
05 (04) George Best - A Tribute - Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry
06 (-) Sleep - Texas
07 (03) Hung Up - Madonna
08 (06) My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
09 (-) Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
10 (05) When I'm Gone - Eminem

Albums Chart :
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13 (11) Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna
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Download Chart :
01 (02) JCB - Nizlopi
02 (01) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward
03 (03) Hung Up - Madonna
04 (14) Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls Ft Busta Rhymes
05 (04) My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
06 (15) I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
07 (11) Push The Button - Sugababes
08 (08) Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
09 (06) Ugly - Sugababes
10 (10) You're Beautiful - James Blunt

Pop superstar Madonna is planning to build a three-day horse jumping course at her country estate in Wiltshire, England.
The Hung Up hitmaker, who broke her hand, ribs and collarbone after falling from her horse last year, decided to construct the eventing course after undergoing riding lessons with British Olympic silver medallist William Fox-Pitt.
A celebrity friend of Madonna's says, "She is enthralled with the idea of becoming a better horsewoman, and spending time with an Olympic champion is certainly going to give you the bug."
Fox-Pitt's club spokesman confirmed, 'He's definitely been giving Madonna lessons."
source : contactmusic

01 Sorry (Single Edit)
02 Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Mix)
03 Sorry (Man With Guitar Mix)

source : amazon.de

Hot 100 Singles :
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29 (31) Jesus, Take The Wheel - Carrie Underwood
30 (23) Hung Up - Madonna
31 (28) Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
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Billboard 200 Albums :
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14 (15) The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
15 (21) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
16 (30) Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
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Hot Digital Singles :
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17 (23) Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls
18 (18) Hung Up - Madonna
19 (32) L.O.V.E. - Ashlee Simpson
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Madonna is nominated for International Female Artist Of The Year on German Echo Awards. Other nominees in this category are Enya, Gwen Stefani, Katie Melua and Shakira. The show will be broadcasted on March 12 on RTL.

source : drownedmadonna / echo-deutscher-musikpreis.de

Madonna is still in negotiations with the show's producers over whether she will do a version of new single, Sorry.
She has agreed to attend the bash with hubby Guy Ritchie - and she is bound to win a gong or two after being nominated for her brilliant album Confessions On A Dancefloor.
source : thesun.co.uk

"Hung Up" was #3 on TRL today. Click here to vote for Madonna.

The remixers for "Sorry" have just been confirmed and include:
Pet Shop Boys
Man With Guitar
Paul Oakenfold
Green Velvet
source : icon

New photo by Steven Klein is published in January 2006 Issue of italian Vogue.

Picture courtesy of MadonnaTribe

Click here to register, then login here to vote for Madonna in Best Pop Act Category !

Madonna continues to sit atop the European singles chart for a staggering eighth successive week with her smash hit Hung up.
The Material Girl's dance track keeps The Black Eyed Peas' My Humps at number two, while Eminem track When I'm Gone is at number three.
At number four is UK TV talent show winner Shayne Ward's That's My Goal. Big City Life by Mattafix is at number five.
Robbie Williams remains at number one in the European albums chart, as does Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor at number two.
Also sitting at number three is James Blunt's Back To Bedlam, while Eminem hit compilation Curtain Call is at number four.
Closing the top five is Enya's Amarantine.
source : contactmusic

US distributor Alfred Haber Distribution has signed on as the exclusive distributor of Madonna film I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, just in time to tout the documentary at Natpe.
Featuring a mixed media format edited in a montage style, the doc is a behind-the-scenes portrait of Madonna while on her 2005 Re-Invention Tour.
source : c21media.com

Madonna's Official Store is back online with new design and content. Click here to check it out

Madonna is nominated in 3 categories for Brit Awards, for Best Pop Act, Best International Album and Best International Female Solo Artist.

Best Pop Act :
James Blunt Atlantic / Warner Music
Katie Melua Dramatico / Dramatico
Kelly Clarkson RCA / Sony BMG Music
Madonna Maverick / Warner Music
Mariah Carey S / BMG / Sony BMG Music

Best International Female Solo Artist :
Björk One Little Indian / One Little Indian
Kelly Clarkson RCA / Sony BMG Music
Madonna Maverick / Warner Music grin.gif
Mariah Carey Def Jam / Island / Universal Music
Missy Elliot Atlantic / Warner Music

Best International Album :
Arcade Fire Funeral Rough Trade / Sanctuary
Green Day American Idiot Reprise / Warner Music
Kanye West Late Registration Roc-A-Fella / Mercury / Universal Music
Madonna Confessions On A Dancefloor Maverick / Warner Music grin.gif
U2 How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Island / Universal Music

Awards show will be held at Earls Court on February 15 at 7.30 PM, TV Brodcast is next day (February 16) on ITV1 at 8 pm.

Thanks to True Hectic (MadonnaNation)

So what was the busiest online shopping day of 2005? According to Amazon, purchasing went into overload on Dec. 12 when shoppers ordered 3.6 million items - 41 every second. The hot sellers in books were: "Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 other Questions" followed by "The Da Vinci Code." After that "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." Then my personal favorite - "Schott's Miscellany."
source : nypost

Part of the reason Madonna keeps in such good shape is that she's afraid of getting fat, she reveals in the February issue of Elle, on stands Thursday. (Check out photos here.) "I wish I were comfortable enough to look zaftig," she told the mag, "but I choose men who like carved-out women, the can-you-run-for-the-bus kind of guy. I'm naturally inclined toward men like that." The singer traces her desire to win men over back to her relationship with her father, who she said doesn't get excited about much of anything. "A good part of my life was spent trying to wow him, to get his approval," she said. Even so, she doesn't think her fame will help any man in her life, especially the big guy upstairs. "In the big picture, it means very little," Madonna said. "At the end of my life, God doesn't give a sh--."

source : mtv

For the first time in 23 years Madonna is inviting a member of ICON, The Official Madonna Fan Club, to come to the set of her new video for SORRY. The contest begins today! Don't miss your chance to win this rare opportunity. For more details, go to iconmadonna.com and sign in using your username & password.

Madonna's video "Hung Up" was #5 on TRL today. Click here to vote for Madonna.

Gwyneth Paltrow's young daughter Apple is huge fan of her mother's celebrity pal Madonna.
The 20-month-old tot, whose father is Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, prefers the Material Girl's number one hit Hung Up to her dad's rock sounds.
Paltrow says, "Apple loves to dance. She absolutely loves Hung Up by 'Dadonna' - that's how she pronounces Madonna.
"We have it on repeat in our house. She demands to hear it over and over and over."
source : contactmusic

Singles Chart :
01 (01) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward
02 (02) JCB Song - Nizlopi
03 (03) Hung Up - Madonna
04 (11) George Best - Brian Kennedy
05 (04) When I'm Gone - Eminem
06 (07) My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
07 (08) Ugly - Sugababes
08 (06) Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls
09 (09) Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
10 (-) Munich - Editors

Albums Chart :
01 (-) First Impressions Of Earth - The Strokes
02 (02) Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
03 (07) Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
04 (01) Curtain Call (The Hits) - Eminem
05 (04) Stars Of CCTV - Hard-Fi
06 (17) Eye To The Telescope - KT Tunstall
07 (05) Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams
08 (03) Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
09 (11) Piece By Piece - Katie Melua
10 (06) Demon Days - Gorillaz
11 (09) Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna

Download Chart :
01 (-) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward
02 (01) JCB - Nizlopi
03 (04) Hung Up - Madonna
04 (10) My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
05 (03) Fairytale Of New York - Pogues
06 (07) Ugly - Sugababes
07 (09) Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls
08 (06) Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
09 (11) When I'm Gone - Eminem
10 (12) You're Beautiful - James Blunt

... The music doesn't sound like a 47-year-old woman. We think she'll be making records that sound fresh and exciting when she's in her nineties - good on her.
We also think Madonna has gone beyond that level. Age doesn't really necessarily matter any more.
She's a figure like Edith Piaf or Eartha Kitt who will be seen as a grand singer and an icon for the rest of her life.
source : sundaymail

from DrownedMadonna : NRJ has just announced that Madonna will perform at the NRJ Music Awards that will take place at Cannes on January 21st. It will be announced on radio Saturday. Madonna will arrive in Paris on the 20th and will go to Cannes on the 21st for the rehearsals at 1.00PM. She will probably open the show at 9.00 PM, performing her new hit, "Sorry".