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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 14:10:45 GMT -5
Love that she can still grab headlines like this. very classy shots and she looks beautiful, not slutty at all. still blazing a trail!
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Post by Nick on Dec 2, 2014 18:14:45 GMT -5
Grandma needs to release a new single and stop with these pathetic pics. Nobody want to see her 60 year old snatch. Im not sure what one has to do with the other…and you diminish your point when you use ageism. Sweetheart, nothing is diminished. Sorry you couldn't follow. I am here for her new music only, these pics don't do much for me. In fact this whole year the only "news" posted in this section are her latest FB snapshots.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 2, 2014 18:29:28 GMT -5
Madonna Bests Paul McCartney As World's Richest Recording ArtistBy Joe Lynch | December 02, 2014 1:43 PM ESTMadonna tops a new list of the world's wealthiest recording artists, besting fellow 1 percenters Paul McCartney and Dr. Dre. According to Wealth-X's net worth valuation of the pop queen, Madge is worth a staggering $800 million. That's significantly less than the one billion the New York Post valued her at in 2013, but it's far ahead of Sir Paul, whose net worth Wealth-X places at $660. For those of you who thought Macca had more scratch, keep in mind that his wife, Nancy Shevell, is worth a reported $300 million. So although the McCartney couple is worth more than Madge, the former Beatle isn't richer than her on his own. Following McCartney comes Dr. Dre who -- despite that massive Beats deal with Apple -- is at No. 3 on the list with $650 million. Speaking of rap moguls, Diddy is the fourth-wealthiest recording artist in 2014 -- although at this point, both Dr. Dre and Diddy are more businessmen than active recording artists. But keep in mind that this is a list of the world's wealthiest recording artists. When you include musicians as a whole, you open the list up to composers and theater moguls like Andrew Lloyd Webber -- a man worth around $1.2 billion. So clearly, Cats pays better than Beatles. Here's Wealth-X's full list of 10 Richest Recording Artists. Amounts are in U.S. dollars. 1) Madonna $800 million 2) Paul McCartney $660 million 3) Dr. Dre $650 million 4) Diddy $640 million 5) Celine Dion $630 million 6) Bono $590 million 7) Mariah Carey $520 million 8) Jay Z $510 million 9) Elton John $450 million 10) Beyonce $440 million www.billboard.com/articles/news/6334796/madonna-paul-mccartney-worlds-richest-list?facebook_20141202Some rich folks up there. lol
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Post by PopLuva on Dec 2, 2014 18:35:39 GMT -5
Rebelheart is pure heart. I seriously cannot get enough of the new songs especially RB!!! its like she picked right up after confessions this is where she needs to be. Not chasing stupid trends.
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Post by seaguy27 on Dec 2, 2014 18:37:56 GMT -5
Im not sure what one has to do with the other…and you diminish your point when you use ageism. Sweetheart, nothing is diminished. Sorry you couldn't follow. I am here for her new music only, these pics don't do much for me. In fact this whole year the only "news" posted in this section are her latest FB snapshots. I can follow and if your point is that you do not care about pics etc and just the new music…then the grandma comment and stating 60yo snatch( even though she is 56 and not a grandma yet) is irrelevant and does come across ageist.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 2, 2014 18:47:24 GMT -5
Sweetheart, nothing is diminished. Sorry you couldn't follow. I am here for her new music only, these pics don't do much for me. In fact this whole year the only "news" posted in this section are her latest FB snapshots. I can follow and if your point is that you do not care about pics etc and just the new music…then the grandma comment and stating 60yo snatch( even though she is 56 and not a grandma yet) is irrelevant and does come across ageist. Why bother, Seaguy? I mean, really!!
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Post by Nick on Dec 2, 2014 18:48:33 GMT -5
^The grandma thing was a joke. Lighten up. In fact I'm more of a fan of veteran artists any day of the week.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:56:59 GMT -5
^The grandma thing was a joke. Lighten up. In fact I'm more of a fan of veteran artists any day of the week. shouldn't you be in a Taylor Swift thread creating drama?
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Post by Nick on Dec 2, 2014 19:02:26 GMT -5
^The grandma thing was a joke. Lighten up. In fact I'm more of a fan of veteran artists any day of the week. shouldn't you be in a Taylor Swift thread creating drama? Huh? Get lost. If drama is giving my opinion, so be it. You need to deal. Maybe you like Taylor, I definitely don't.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 19:27:44 GMT -5
shouldn't you be in a Taylor Swift thread creating drama? Huh? Get lost. If drama is giving my opinion, so be it. You need to deal. Maybe you like Taylor, I definitely don't. awww... hugz :)
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Post by seaguy27 on Dec 2, 2014 20:49:06 GMT -5
I can follow and if your point is that you do not care about pics etc and just the new music…then the grandma comment and stating 60yo snatch( even though she is 56 and not a grandma yet) is irrelevant and does come across ageist. Why bother, Seaguy? I mean, really!! Because that is why we are all here…to state are opinion and react to other comments if we feel the need. :) :)
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 2, 2014 21:34:15 GMT -5
A small but poignant moment. Interview magazine Madonna sings this to David Blaine in the Interview with him. As a child her mother sang it to her. [singing] I know a place where no one ever goes / There's peace and quiet, beauty and repose / It's hidden in a valley, behind a mountain stream / and lying there beside the stream I find that I can dream / Only of things, of beauty to the eye, snowflakes and mountains towering in the sky / Now I know that God made this world for me.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 3, 2014 0:46:24 GMT -5
It really is crazy how Madonna keeps going and going and keeping the spotlight on her when needs be. There really is no one like her!
It's a shame how the young people of today perceive things. To us old folks, we appreciate the music of today and yesterday. To the young, they only appreciate Ariana Grande and Britney is their savior. It's so sad.
But I have a feeling, whether radio shuns her or not, that this album will change things towards people's perspective. It's already happening.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 3, 2014 7:42:26 GMT -5
florida- yes, I think I noted as much last year. That's a big reason why "Santa Baby" wasn't on the Holiday Hot 100 last year. :) Ah, okay. I guess I didn't remember that from a year ago. LOL. I guess they just don't want Santa Baby selling and the rest of the album to sit there. Ho hum!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 3, 2014 9:42:25 GMT -5
^A few of the tracks are available via other means to buy individually (i.e. "Do You Hear What I Hear" is on a three-track-or-so digital single), but, yeah, most of the songs on the album are only available buy purchasing the album.
We should be getting some official news of the album release, I'd think, in January.
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Post by kmbgs on Dec 3, 2014 9:59:45 GMT -5
^A few of the tracks are available via other means to buy individually (i.e. "Do You Hear What I Hear" is on a three-track-or-so digital single), but, yeah, most of the songs on the album are only available buy purchasing the album. We should be getting some official news of the album release, I'd think, in January. That version of DYHWIH is THE VERSION of that song. If anything that should be unavailable elsewhere if they want the album to sell (although lets be honest we're talking marginal amounts at best)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 3, 2014 10:10:53 GMT -5
Yes, but that track, for whatever reason, is also available to buy individually on the Whitney Houston "Exhale" five-track digital single. Odd, since it wasn't allowed to be on her holiday album.
Not sure how iTunes is measuring current popularity, but U2's track looks to be most popular on A Very Special Christmas, followed by "Santa Baby" and "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
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Post by think pink. on Dec 3, 2014 20:30:00 GMT -5
Slay a bit.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 3, 2014 21:34:50 GMT -5
Woman ain't playing this time around- she's going to make sure everyone knows she's the Queen, charts and sales be damned.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 3, 2014 23:02:25 GMT -5
Slay a bit. OMG!! So stunning. She is definitely giving us the goodies.
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Post by Juanca on Dec 3, 2014 23:04:36 GMT -5
The first Versace picture reminded me of Courtney Love Lol Love her pics overall Hope her new era imagery is top notch!
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 4, 2014 8:04:42 GMT -5
This era is going to be massive! Donatella: "Madonna is the Greatest Icon in the World" "It's always such a thrill wearing Versace and living the creativity and passion that Donatella has put into this collection" Madonna commented. "Madonna is one of the true Versace icons. I am so excited to have her as the face of Versace S/S 2015. Not only she's a dear friend but also today's strongest artist and symbol. This is the fourth time she appears in a Versace promotional campaign. The campaigns embrace three decades and saw their beginnings in 1995, testifying to Madonna's identity as the greatest icon in the world."
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Post by August on Dec 4, 2014 8:12:57 GMT -5
I am totally digging this new haircut...it was getting far too long before and lacked a definite shape and style. She looks so glamorous now.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 4, 2014 10:00:11 GMT -5
The Queen is more than ready for her close-up.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 4, 2014 19:49:02 GMT -5
:) relived and happy From Drownedmadonna.com: Madonna's first single will be Living For Love Are you ready for Madonna new single? Find out what we heard from reliable insiders. It’s a little bit unexpected, especially after what Diplo said, we heard that the first single from Madonna‘s new album will be Living For Love. Madonna really loves this track. Living For Love will feature Alicia Keys at the piano. We also heard that the video for Madonna‘s Living For Love will be filmed in New York next January. Recap on LFL/Co Living For Love/Carry on : an incredible mid-tempo ballad with gospel parts. In this one, Madonna talks to the Lord. Ariel Rechtstaid (who worked previously with Charli XCX and other underground acts) collaborated on the track. Descriptuon by MRama: “Living for love, I’m gonna carry on, love’s gonna lift me up”, goes this snappy track about the sanctity of survival, using a luminescent collection of escalating 90s influenced tempos. Madonna recorded a few “I survived a hard breakup and am stronger for it” anthems, but “Living for Love/Carry on” is probably the most accessible and club friendly one. She assures her audience that her past flame is in the past, and that she’s ready to move on, with a little help from God. Madonna talks about how allowing herself to love made her strong and feel reborn, but by letting down her guard, she forgot who she was and didn’t hear the alarm. Now that the love is over, she says she’s willing to forgive but will never forget. With the help of a choir, Madonna addresses a kinda odd sounding prayer to God to help her heal fast and allow her to love again. With an undeniable, instantly catchy hook, in typical Madonna fashion, she’s telling off her ex-boyfriend, but there’s a festive flair that makes the whole break-up seem rather uplifting than dour. Although the unfinished version of the song lacks a little originality in its production, Living for Love translates the soulful optimism of Madonna. It’s all about empowering yourself after a breakup, getting back on your feet and giving a chance to new love. Video Clip: Madonna recorded with the London Community Gospel Choir for Living for Love http://instagram.com/p/q2LZUAGESs
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 4, 2014 20:07:18 GMT -5
"This broken ipod is a symbol of my broken heart! That my music has been stolen and leaked! I have been violated as a human and an artist! #fuckedupshit" -Madonna That's messed up. I refuse to listen to the leaks.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Dec 4, 2014 20:27:29 GMT -5
She looks a little scary in those pics but I like it!
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Post by Keelzit on Dec 4, 2014 21:02:17 GMT -5
The one and only Queen of everything! :'( Can't wait for the new album and the visual stuff it's going to bring.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 4, 2014 22:01:29 GMT -5
Another great article on the Interview photo shoot, courtesy of SF Weekly : www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2014/12/03/madonna-named-richest-musician-on-earthMadonna Named Richest Musician on Earth; Earth More Concerned With Madonna's BreastsPosted By Rae Alexandra on Wed, Dec 3, 2014 In future generations, humans will look back on this time in popular culture and be confused about a multitude of things. Like the ongoing popularity of TV singing competitions, or the fact that rock musicians willingly take part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (thanks for the laughs, Kiss and the Madden Brothers!), or finally — and this one is most baffling of all — that we, as a society, have been talking about Madonna's breasts now for literally three decades. Obviously, everybody likes boobs — but, c'mon now, 30 years seems like kind of a lot for anyone. In case you were asleep for the last 36 hours, Madonna just did a rather exquisite photo shoot for the art issue of Interview Magazine. She posed in high-necked, long-sleeved latex, like a badass. She wore studded corsetry and lace petticoats, like a boss. She hung around on couches wearing rubber underwear and leather coats, like a sexpot. She wore some kind of crazy face contraption that was halfway bondage contraption and halfway gas mask. She posed with a snake. And yes, at one point, she reclined wearing lingerie and an open pink sweater, and both of her perfect, 56-year-old breasts happened to be visible. Accompanying this (seriously stunning) set of photographs is an interview by Madonna's friend, magician and all-around scary person, David Blaine. They discuss art, film, life, death, philosophy, the importance of silence and performance, Madonna's belief in angels and prayer, the creative process, success, failure, and even her days in 1980s New York City with Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat. The thing, however, that most people seem to have latched onto are the naked breasts. Which is even more remarkable when you consider that the same day the photos came out, Wealth-X named Madonna as the wealthiest recording artist in the world, with a net worth of $800 million. $800 million! But no, forget about that because her tits are RIGHT OVER THERE. Twitter lit up with a pile of remarkably positive commentary, with only a few smatterings of negative nonsense from ageist, sexist dudes saying things like: "At this point in Madonna's life the only time she should be getting pictures of her breasts taken is during a mammogram..." Even the ladies of daytime TV were mostly nice, with Wendy Williams asserting "I think she looks terrific, haters!"; Sharon Osbourne of The Talk countered "If you are beautiful and you want to share your body, we all have the freedom to do that. However, I do think that she must be very insecure as a woman... She constantly has to keep showing it." Rosie O'Donnell of The View disagreed, saying "If my titties looked like that, I'd be nude right now... The thing is, she's beautiful and proud of her body and always has been.” It's Rosie here that gets closest to the heart of the matter. Madonna has been posing topless since before she was famous. Pre-fame photos of Madonna showed up in a 1985 issue of Playboy. In 1990, the only thing shielding our eyes from her breasts in the "Vogue" video was a thin layer of lace that left little to the imagination. And once her controversial Sex book came out in 1992, none of us ever had to wonder what Madonna's naked body looked like ever again. Now that we live in the age of Google, you can find photos of Madonna topless, all the way back to 1977. So why is everyone still so obsessed with a new photo of Madonna's breasts? Probably because Madonna does naked better than any other pop star in history. Madonna is so incredibly smart about how she presents her sexuality when she goes nude, it has always been somehow intrinsically linked with her own power. This woman has been stomping on the traditional notion that men are naturally sexually driven and women are naturally passive objects to be controlled in the bedroom, and she's been doing so since the mid-1980s. Madonna — and this is incredibly unusual if you look closely at the history of pop — has never seemed more submissive or less intelligent for exposing her body. Madonna never gives up her agency just because she's being provocative. It's an extraordinarily difficult thing to pull off. The greatest triumph for Madonna here, though, is forcing the world to see a 56-year-old woman as an attractive, powerful, and sexual being — a concept that the movie, media and music industry has repeatedly tried to squash for decades now. Every other pop artist on earth could take lessons from Madonna on how to do naked in a manner that's both classy and meaningful. She didn't always get it right throughout her career, but she definitely got it right this time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 22:09:51 GMT -5
She looks incredible for 69 or for any age for that matter. Her breasts are sitting right and even her hands are looking great! I'm excited for this era she will be serving us trendy, of the moment songs with some of the hottest young pop acts.
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