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FEBRUARY 19, 2007
More on M By Madonna
The new M By Madonna collection, which was designed by the Material Girl herself, will be available in H&M stores next month. Some publicity pictures from the Steven Klein photoshoot were released earlier in February. The whole collection including clothes and accessories can now be viewed on the website of Swedish magazine Detnye. Check it out by clicking here
Source: Madonna.com
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
Madonna Interviewed on Sirius Radio
Madonna speaks exclusively with Larry Flick of Sirius Radio about the release of her Confessions Tour DVD. Tune in on February 14 at 9:30AM EST to Sirius Radio to hear directly from Madonna! For more information, check out Sirius.com
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Madonna wins Elle Style Icon Award!
The Queen Of The Dance Floor has been crowned Top Style Icon during the 2007 Elle Style Awards ceremony, which was held in London last night. The Material Girl was honoured for her amazing career and the different looks she invented during the past two decades. Other winners include Stella Mc Cartney (Best International Designer), Naomi Campbell (Best Model) and Penelope Cruz (Best Film for Volver). Once again, Congratulations Madonna!
Source: Madonna.com
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
Exclusive Video of Madonna in Malawi on Amazon.com! Exclusive Video of Madonna in Malawi on Amazon.com!
In the fall of 2006, Madonna visited Malawi and brought her new children's book with her! The English Roses: To Good To Be True was translated to Chichewa, the national language of Malawi, and Madonna personally handed out 250 books. You can now see exclusive video of this heartwarming exchange on Amazon.com. Click here! to watch Madonna interacting with the children of Malawi.
Source: Amazon.com / Madonna.com
Madonna wins Best Dance Album at the 49th Annual Grammy's!
Last year Madonna made music history when she opened the Grammy's with an unprecedented and unexpected duet with the Gorillaz by singing Hung Up, the first single off of the Confessions On A Dance Floor album. On Sunday February 11th, the Recording Academy also confessed by awarding Madonna with a Grammy for Best Dance Album for Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna has won 8 Grammy's and been nominated 19 times! Congratulations to Madonna for the Grammy win!
Source: Madonna.com
FEBRUARY 10, 2007
Amazon.com Review of Confessions Tour DVD/CD!
The world can't get enough of Madonna, and with CD/DVD sets like The Confessions Tour dropping regularly, it's little wonder why. As a thrower of fantasy dance parties, she is peerless. As a physical role model for the 40-ish women who grew up on her music, she rules. And as an arbiter of what's going to sound shockingly original in any given decade--well, duh. The Confessions Tour rounds up songs from way back--"Ray of Light" and "La Isla Bonita" make the DVD, and "Lucky Star" and "Like a Virgin" are on the CD as well as the DVD--but this concert, filmed in 2006 at London's Wembley Arena, aims its sturdiest spotlight on Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madge's 2005 disco disc. You could argue, then, that unless you're in it for the sheer DVD spectacle (and what a spectacle it is), there's no sense in owning this package. Only you wouldn't be right. Because as any on-the-ball Madonna fan knows, what she's doing musically is telling a story--you may already know the characters, but that doesn't mean she hasn't completely reworked the plot. To that end, "I Love New York" gets its rock on, "Let It Will Be" has a musical temper tantrum, and "Hung Up" goes for the drama queen award. You've heard these songs before, but you've never heard them quite like this, to borrow a bad informercial phrase. As twisted and hopped-up as they've become, they're all worth getting to know again.
Source: Madonna.com
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
Madonna films new commercial for Ariake
Brilla Mare Ariake is bringing his exquisite new high rise to the Tokyo bay front and has asked Madonna to star in the advertising campaign! The commercial, which was directed by Madonna's friend & frequent photographer Steven Klein, was filmed last week in London. Keep checking Madonna.com for more information about the commercial.
Source: Madonna.com
HIGHLIGHTS
“I basically see no limits to what you can achieve,” Madonna told Sky News. “Why would I not want to make more music? I love it and so do my fans. I have more club music in mind. It’s where I started and funnily enough, it’s now huge again. I’m writing the new album now, while we're on tour.” - MADONNA
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2.11.07 The 49th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS at 8pm et
The Confessions Tour live from London (CD/DVD)
was released:
January 29, 2007 Internationally
January 30, 2007 in the US
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Confessions Tour CD Track Listings
Madonna will be releasing a live cd of her hits from the Confessions Tour. Madonna.com is thrilled to reveal the track listings:

01. Future Lovers / I Feel Love
02. Like A Virgin
03. Jump
04. Confessions
05. Isaac
06. Sorry
07. Sorry (Remix)
08. I Love New York
09. Let It Will Be
10. Music Inferno
11. Erotica
12. Lucky Star
13. Hung Up

Jump Maxi Single in stores!
Release date:
October 24, 2006 (iTune)
October 31, 2006 (CAN)
November 3, 2006 (EU)
November 6, 2006 (UK)
November 7, 2006 (US)

2-Track CD-Single:
1. Jump - Album Version 3:59
2. Jump - Extended Album Version 5:09
3-Track CD-Single:
1. Jump - Radio Edit 3:22
2. Jump - Junior Sanchez's Misshapes Mix 6:49
3. History - Non-Album Track 6:54
6-Track CD-Single:
1. Jump - Radio edit 3:22
2. Jump - Jacques Lu Cont Mix 7:47
3. Jump - Axwell Remix 6:38
4. Jump - Junior Sanchez Misshapes Mix 6:49
5. Jump - Extended Version 5:09
6. History - prev. unreleased 6:54


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7-Track 12" Maxi Cover
Release date:
November 6, 2006

7-Track 12" Maxi:
1. Jump - Jacques Lu Cont Mix 7:47
2. Jump - Album Version 3:59
3. Jump - Extended Album Version 5:09
4. Jump - Axwell Remix 6:38
5. Jump - Junior Sanchez's Misshapes Mix 6:49
6. History - Non-Album Track 6:54
7. Jump - Radio Edit 3:22

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Credits and personnel:
Lead vocals - Madonna
Written by Madonna, Joe Henry and Stuart Price
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price
Recorded by Stuart Price at Shirland Road
Assistant engineer - Alex Dromgode
Audio mixing - Mark "Spike" Stent
Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
Watch Jump VIdeo Here

ICON Exclusive! Jump Video Sneak Peek on ICON!

Delivered straight from the director Jonas Akerlund, the video for Madonna's fourth single off of Confessions on a Dancefloor is Jump. ICON gets a sneak peek! Click below to check it out and see the full video tomorrow Oct 4th on AOL Music! TO JOIN ICON - CLICK HERE

The English Roses, Too Good to be True by Madonna
Release date:
October 24, 2006

Book Description:
With a whirling dervish of a teacher and a sprinkle of magic fairy dust, the English Roses learn valuable lessons about friendship and surviving their first crush. Readers of all ages will delight in this much-awaited sequel to Madonna’s first children’s book, The English Roses.

Product Details:
Reading level: All Ages
Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Callaway; 1ST edition (October 24, 2006)
Language: English


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Watch 15 minute clip of making the video "SORRY"
New Photos added to Madonna's Confessions Tour - Tokyo 9.20.06 and Tokyo 9.21.06 - Thanks to Sandra Olivier from Australia
SORRY SINGLE
Release date:
Switzerland: February 17, 2006
UK: February 20, 2006
Europe: February 20, 2006
Japan: February 22, 2006
USA: February 28, 2006

Track Listings:
01. Sorry (Radio Version)
02. Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Vocal Edit)

Credits:
"Sorry" written and produced by: Madonna and Stuart Price

" Let It Will Be" written by: Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai and Stuart Price

Original production on 'Let It Will Be ' by: Madonna and Stuart Price
'Let It Will Be ' remixed by: Paper Faces

Cover Photography by: Marcin Kokowski
Art Direction & Graphic Design by: Giovanni Bianco

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Watch Sorry VIdeo Here
GET TOGETHER SINGLE
Releasedate:
USA: June 6, 2006
Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands: June 9, 2006
Germany, France: June 16, 2006
Scandinavia: June 21, 2006
UK: July 24, 2006

Track Listings:
01. Get Together (Radio Edit)
02. I Love New York (Thin White Duke Mix Edit)

Credits:
Written by: Madonna, S. Price, A. Bagge, P. Astrom
Produced by: Madonna, Stuart Price

Art Direction & Graphic Design by: Giovanni Bianco
Creative Direction of Photo by: Frank Maddocks
Cover Photography by: Guy Oseary

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Watch Get Together VIdeo Here
Check out Madonna's stunning 3rd video from Confessions From A Dance Floor for the hit single "Get Together" - available now in the videos section on Madonna.com or click here for Quicktime & Windows Media
HUNG UP SINGLE
Release date:
Europe: Nov. 07, 2005
Japan: Nov. 09, 2005
USA: Nov. 17, 2005


Track Listings:
01. Hung Up (Radio Version)
02. Hung Up (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance)

Credits:
Written by: Madonna, Stuart Price, B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus
Produced by: Madonna and Stuart Price

'Hung Up' contains a sample from the recording 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' by ABBA.

Photography: Steven Klein
Art Direction & Graphic Design by: Giovanni Bianco
Digital Imaging by: Lorenzo Irico (Pixelway Nyc)

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Watch Hung Up VIdeo Here
Check out Madonna's 1st video from Confessions From A Dance Floor for the hit single "Hung Up"
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I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
With I’m Going To Tell You A Secret, which documents her Re-Invention World Tour on CD and DVD, Madonna turns the world into one big dancefloor. With a staggering 35 #1 dance hits during her unparalleled career, Madonna is the Queen of the Dance Floor, with an unrivaled reputation for astonishing stage spectacles. I’m Going To Tell You A Secret reveals all.

Track Listings:
Disc: 1
01. The Beast Within
02. Vogue
03. Nobody Knows Me
04. American Life
05. Hollywood (Remix)
06. Die Another Day
07. Lament
08. Like A Prayer
09. Imagine
10. Mother And Father
11. Susan MacLeod/Into The Groove
12. Music
13. Holiday
14. I Love New York

Disc: 2
1. I'm Going To Tell You A Secret Documentary [DVD]

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Warner Brothers
A press release issued by Warner Brothers adds further information about the DVD release of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret.
The 12 bonus clips on the DVD are listed as:
01. Bike Ride
02. The Other Side
03. Steve/Stuart in L.A.
04. Vocal Coach
05. Chaos
06. Birthday Party
07. French Trilogy
08. Steve/Stuart in Paris
09. Monte's Guitar Faces
10. Fans Singing in Paris
11. After Show
12. Wailing Wall

The press release also says that the documentary will include ten full-length songs (as opposed to the edited versions that were included in the TV broadcast version of the film): The DVD is the brilliant documentary from the Re-Invention Tour which was broadcast last year in some territories but with 10 full-length songs.

The 10 full-length songs included on the DVD are listed as:
01. Vogue
02. American Life
03. Mother and Father
04. Nobody Knows Me
05. Music
06. Hollywood (remix)
07. Lament
08. Like A Prayer
09. Holiday
10. Imagine
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