Madonna Research Paper

Jennifer Lopez has released eight studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, three box sets, forty-nine singles, and nine promotional singles. Of these, her best selling albums included "On the 6", "J.Lo", "This Is Me...Then", and "Rebirth". Just like any free enterprise, not all of her albums or songs were successful.

So in 1987 she won the “Best Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Performer of the Year” and in 1990 her album called “Ven Conmigo” was the first Tejano record to achieve gold record status. That means that more than 500,000 copies were sold. All of this is according to biography.com She got married to Chris Perez in 1992 this is while she was on a break with her musical career. She won the Grammy Award in 1993 and in 1994 she released “Amor Prohibido” and it went gold that same year. You have probably heard this song because it is still popular today in the Spanish Community. Selena was shooting to the top. She had received so many awards in

She became success when her first English- language album Dreaming of you came out. The sad part is Selena wasn’t able to celebrate that. The reason why she couldn’t celebrate that is because she was murder. She died right before the album released. The album “Dreaming of You” came out in July 18,1995. Her music remains popular to this

On May 6 of that same year, Selena Quintanilla released a new album titled “Entre a Mi Mundo”. It ascended to the #1 spot on the U.S Billboard Regional Mexican albums chart! People started calling her the Queen of Tejano Music and many said that she was the Mexican Madonna because of her glamorous outfits. When Selena Quintanilla was finally nominated for a Grammy in 1994, she wore a gorgeous white beaded dress which in the end was donated to the Selena Museum.

In 2001, she was featured on the remix of "Lady Marmalade". The single sold over 5 million copies. It got to #1 on the Billboard 100. The single also won 2 MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy.

Micheal Jackson and Madonna were one of the best artists to take advantage of the emerging video age. Micheal Jackson’s music videos changed the dimenision of pop music in the 1980s and earned the title King of Pop. His energy and highly ambitious dance was the main aspect of his dance music videos. The first of his music videos was the extended twelve-minute video “Thriller” directed by Hollywood’s John Landies. Like Micheal Jackson, Madonna’s music is usually plays by dance beat. She has dance-club background. Her first recordings were success in New York dance-club scene.

Selena recorded her first LB record in 1984 with Los Dinos for Freddie Records. The name Tejano Madonna was because she started to sing English- language songs and she recorded Tejano music compositions.

In fact, Selena once broke Mariah Carey’s sales record. Selena’s “Dreaming of You” sold in one day, what Mariah’s CD sold in an entire week. She was the first Latin artist to get a #1 hit on the Billboard Pop Charts. Selena’s Grammy winning album “Live” has sold over 1,500,000 copies. In only six years, Selena sold approximately 20,000,000 albums making her the most popular Tex-Mex singer

Bray has written many songs for Madonna including some of the biggest hits of the 1980s and some of Madonna’s most popular songs as well. Songs such as Papa Don’t Preach and Express Yourself.

She recorded the song "Family First" with Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston for the soundtrack 'Daddy's Little Girls'. Houston divorced Bobby Brown and gained full parental custody of their daughter, Bobbi Kristina and began work on a new album. After almost a decade, the singer returned to the studio and released her comeback album, 'I Look To You', in 2009. It shot to the top of the charts, giving Houston her first number one album since 'The Bodyguard'. In 2010, the singer began a world tour - her first in more than ten years. However, Houston's sometimes shaky performances led to some negative reviews, with reports of fans walking out of some concerts. She was also forced to pull out of some appearances due to illness. In May 2011 Houston had returned to rehab for drug and alcohol treatment. In September 2011, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Houston would produce and star in a remake of the 1976 film 'Sparkle'. She first obtained the rights to the film in 2001. On 9 February, Houston attended a pre-Grammy party held by her mentor Clive Davis and was snapped looking the worst for wear after

Demi Lovato, the well known actress and singer, is a famous icon all around the world as she overcame her self harm, depression, and eating disorder. At only age seven, Demi was already under the spotlight when she featured on the barney and friends show, leading to her own show and starring in movies for disney. However, that was when she developed her health problems. At a very young age, Demi suffered from bulimia, which eventually led to cutting, and her diagnosis of being bipolar. The young star, now 23, hid her health issues for years as she was portrayed by the media as the happy it girl who has her own show. It wasn’t until she broke down in 2010, and seeked for help at age 18.

Shortly after performing at Lollapalooza, Vincent Herbert signed Gaga to (his at the time new record label) Streamline Records, which is an imprint with Interscope Records. There she was originally hired to write songs for artists like Britney Spears, and The Pussycat Dolls. She was able to convince the Vincent Herbert to sign her as artist. She later signed with Cherrytree Records and with the help of both labels she wrote, and

Although Jan Van Eyck was one of the most influential artists during his time period, his work, Lucca Madonna is fairly unknown. Whilst researching Jan Van Eyck the work rarely appeared unless one research specifically the name.

Thanks to this album, she gained international fame since her two first albums were just sold in Colombia. Later, after a year, she released her fourth album, “The Remixes,” which include some songs from “Pies Descalzos” in remix style. On 1998, she began to work with the Cuban producer, Emilio Estefan. While working with him, she recorded another album called “¿Donde Estan Los Ladrones?”(Where Are the Thieves?) Because of this album, she was called the “Latin Queen of Rock and Pop.” Later on 2000, she recorded the “Unplugged Album” which was a mix of songs (sung in a mini live concert) from “¿Donde estan Los Ladrones?” and “Pies Descalzos” And this is all the work she has done to become a star.

Portraits of the Madonna and Child depicting Mary holding the infant Christ provide a recurrent image in art throughout the ages. In prevalent portrayals over the span of centuries, artists reflect a wide diversity in their representations of the iconic duo. In particular, two works found in the National Gallery of Ireland in the early Italian Renaissance gallery, The Virgin and Child, Saint John the Baptist and Prophets by an unknown artist (1325-1450) and The Virgin and Child by Paolo Uccello (1435-1440), highlight the transition between Byzantine and early Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child, particularly in relation to subject matter, composition, material, style and meaning. Although each of these paintings of the Madonna and Child depicts the same Christian iconography of Mary and Jesus, their differences in composition and style influence their meaning, with each painting reflecting the individual artist who painted it and the different time period during which it was created.