History Trivia / Madonna

** ''[[Music/MadonnaAlbum Madonna]]'', but only because she didn't have enough creative input in the production. "Material Girl", for its MisaimedFandom.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The original music video for "American Life" was pulled at her request for this reason, following the US invasion of Iraq. It fell under KeepCirculatingTheTapes until 2005, when a director's cut was leaked online and since then both versions of the original video has been made available to watch online.

** Madonna and director Mark Romanek originally wanted either Creator/FedericoFellini or Creator/JeanLucGodard to play the film director in the "Rain" video. Neither was available, and musician Music/RyuichiSakamoto in the part was cast in the part instead.

** "Like A Virgin" was originally written as a ballad, but Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly couldn't make it work that way. [[ThrowItIn As a goof on afternoon, they played it slightly faster]].

* CreatorBacklash: ''[[Music/MadonnaAlbum Madonna]]'', but only because she didn't have enough creative input in the production. "Material Girl", for its MisaimedFandom.

* OldShame:
** While "Holiday" is a concert staple, Madonna has done her best to make sure the video for the song never sees the light of day.
** In the late '70s she starred in a zero budget, trashy film called ''A Certain Sacrifice''. It wasn't released at the time, but after she hit it big the director naturally tried to cash in, which she strongly objected to.
** In a 2015 interview with Andy Cohen, she revealed that she "sort of gags" when watching ''Truth or Dare'' because of some of her behavior.
** She was very disappointed by how ''Dangerous Game'' turned out and spent the entire marketing campaign warning people not to see it. Keep in mind this was the ''same year'' as ''Film/BodyOfEvidence''. She then revealed that it was out of her dissatisfaction with director Creator/AbelFerrara's final cut, which excised many scenes and focus she wanted it to have.

* NamesTheSame: Madonna has two totally different songs called "Forbidden Love".

** She was very disappointed by how ''Dangerous Game'' turned out and spent the entire marketing campaign warning people not to see it. Keep in mind this was the ''same year'' as ''Film/BodyOfEvidence''.

* OldShame

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

* ReferencedBy: British ice dancers Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson performed to a Madonna medley (although "Vogue" is the main song) for [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7n3qrp their free dance]] during the 2019-2020 competitive season.

** She was very disappointed by how ''Dangerous Game'' turned out and spent the entire marketing campaign warning people not to see it. Keep in mind this was the ''same year'' as ''Body of Evidence''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Ein Sof'' for ''American Life''.

* CareerResurrection: Three times. After her CreatorBreakdown album ''Music/{{Erotica}}'', ''Music/BedtimeStories'' proved to be a comeback for her but not a big one as ''Music/RayOfLight'' proved to be such, then after ''Music/AmericanLife'' divided critics and fans in addition to being her least successful album at the time, she bounced back again with the well received ''Music/ConfessionsOnADanceFloor''. ''Madame X'' is slowly becoming this, after the previous three albums (''Hard Candy'', ''MDNA'' and ''Rebel Heart'') had mixed reviews.

* OldShame: While "Holiday" is a concert staple, Madonna has done her best to make sure the video for the song never sees the light of day.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The ''Rebel Heart'' leaks were massive. At least 15 songs were leaked that Madonna has never released officially, and there's a mountain of demos and remixes for every track (including over ''100'' for "Living For Love"). Acoustic songs became dance tracks and vice-versa, and collaborations between Music/NataliaKills and Music/PharrellWilliams were canned.

* BannedInChina: More like Banned On Creator/{{MTV}} as four of her music videos were banned by the network.[[note]]"Justify My Love" and "Erotica" were banned due to sexual content with the former debuting on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' before being made available on VHS, which contributed to the song topping the Billboard Hot 100 and the latter only shown three times post-watershed on MTV before being banned outright, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" was banned due to depictions of violence and abuse and was only shown once on the network following an introduction from Kurt Loder and the original version of "American Life" was banned at her request after being shown on MTV's sister channel Creator/{{VH1}} only once and felt that due to its content of military violence, it was TooSoon, especially due to the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror US invasion of Iraq]] occuring after it came out, hence she replaced it with an edited version with her singing with flags appearing in the background.[[/note]] Seriously, what has she done that ''hasn't'' been challenged by some censor somewhere?

* TooSoon: The original music video for "American Life" was pulled at her request for this reason, following the US invasion of Iraq. It fell under KeepCirculatingTheTapes until 2005, when a director's cut was leaked online and since then both versions of the original video has been made available to watch online.

* BannedInChina: More like Banned On Creator/{{MTV}} as four of her music videos were banned by the network.[[note]]"Justify My Love" and "Erotica" were banned due to sexual content with the former debuting on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' before being made available on VHS, which contributed to the song topping the Billboard Hot 100 and the latter only shown three times post-watershed on MTV before being banned outright, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" was banned due to depictions of violence and abuse and was only shown once on the network following an introduction from Kurt Loder and the original version of "American Life" was banned at her request after being shown on MTV's sister channel Creator/{{VH1}} only once and felt that due to its content of military violence, it was TooSoon, especially due to the [[TheWarOnTerror US invasion of Iraq]] occuring after it came out, hence she replaced it with an edited version with her singing with flags appearing in the background.[[/note]] Seriously, what has she done that ''hasn't'' been challenged by some censor somewhere?

* GayBestFriend: Before she was famous, she was close friends with artist and makeup artist Martin Burgoyne, who helped her design her look and took many early photos of her. When she got famous and he was dying of AIDS, she rented him an apartment and saw to it he got the best of care. By all accounts, she was devastated by his death.

** "You Thrill Me" for "Erotica".

* CreatorsFavouriteEpisode: In a 2013 Reddit AMA, she [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/madonna-reddit-ama_n_3940717.html considered]] the "Justify My Love" music video as her favourite music video.

* CreatorsFavourite: In a 2013 Reddit AMA, she [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/madonna-reddit-ama_n_3940717.html considered]] the "Justify My Love" music video as her favourite music video.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The ''Rebel Heart'' leaks were massive. At least 15 songs were leaked that Madonna has never released officially, and there's a mountain of demos and remixes for every track (including over ''100'' for "Living For Love"). Acoustic songs became dance tracks and vice-versa, and collaborations between Music/NataliaKills and Music/{{Pharrell}} were canned.

** ''Black Madonna'' and ''Liquorice'' for ''Hard Candy''.

* GayBestFriend: Before she was famous, she was close friends with artist and makeup artist Martin Burgoyne, who helped her design her look and took many early photos of her. When she got famous and he was dying of AIDS, she rented him an apartment and saw to it he got the best of care. By all accounts, she was devastated by his death.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The ''Rebel Heart'' leaks were massive. At least 15 songs were leaked that Madonna has never released officially, and there's a mountain of demos and remixes for every track (including over ''100'' for "Living For Love"). Acoustic songs became dance tracks and vice-versa, and collaborations between Music/NataliaKills and Music/{{Pharrell}} were canned.

* BannedInChina: More like Banned On MTV as four of her music videos were banned by the network.[[note]]"Justify My Love" and "Erotica" were banned due to sexual content with the latter only shown three times post-watershed on MTV before being banned outright, "What It Feels Like for a Girl" was banned due to depictions of violence and abuse and was only shown once on the network following an introduction from Kurt Loder and the original version of "American Life" was banned at her request after being shown on MTV's sister channel VH1 only once and felt that due to its content of military violence, it was TooSoon, especially due to the [[TheWarOnTerror US invasion of Iraq]] occuring after it came out, hence she replaced it with an edited version with her singing with flags appearing in the background.[[/note]] Seriously, what has she done that ''hasn't'' been challenged by some censor somewhere?

* DyeHard: She's a natural brunette, but she has dyed her hair a variety of colors, most commonly blonde. She reverted to being a brunette during the ''Like a Prayer'', post-''Erotica''/pre-''Bedtime Stories'', late ''Ray of Light'' and ''American Life'' eras in addition to dying her hair black during the ''Ray of Light'' era and reddish blonde during the ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' era.

* BannedInChina: More like Banned On MTV. Seriously, what has she done that ''hasn't'' been challenged by some censor somewhere?

* CareerResurrection: Three times. After her CreatorBreakdown album ''Music/{{Erotica}}'', ''Music/BedtimeStories'' proved to be a comeback for her but not a big one as ''Music/RayOfLight'' proved to be such, then after ''Music/AmericanLife'' divided critics and fans in addition to being her least successful album at the time, she bounced back again with the well received ''Music/ConfessionsOnADanceFloor''. ''Madame X'' is slowly becoming this, after the previous two albums (''MDNA'' and ''Rebel Heart'') had mixed reviews.