Madonna Case Study

 MADONNA CASE STUDY
Born August 16, 1958
She's a pop singer, song-writer, record producer and an actress
From Detroit, Michigan and then moved to New York to study ballet
Released her album in 1983
She's had three number one albums on the 'Billboard 300' in the 1980's
Seventh album 'Ray of light' and made four more consecutive albums
Had roles in twenty-two films
Won a Golden Globe award for role in the 1996 film 'Evita'
Recording Indusrty Association of America - Best selling female rock artist of 20th Century
Sixty-three million certified albums in the United States
She has two biological children and an adopted child

1982-Sire Records-'Everybody'

Directed by Ed Steinberg- first release

Budget of $1500 dollars

Clothing- Lace tops, capri pants and cross jewellery were her trade marks and copied by many people- looks like a boy (80's fashion), dramatic make-up (drag queen/hooker), glam earrings, it was a hard look.

1984-Sire Records-'Like a virgin'
Directed by Mary Lambert
Stayed at Number one U.S charts for six weeks
Fairytale, more feminine, white-pure and black-tainted, different images, venice is a very romantic city.

1985-'Desperately seeking susan'
Releasing tracks with her film work
First concert tour- Virgin tour with the Beastie Boys

Penthouse and Playboy magazines published black and white nude photos of her in the 1970's

1989-'Like a Prayer'

Directed by Mary Lambert
Winner People's choice MTV awards
Signed a deal with pepsi- there was angelic crosses but seen as disrespectful as she is dressed like a slag

1991-Sire Records-'Vogue'
Directed by David Fletcher who is a fashion photographer
When Madonna became blonde
Her eighth number one single
MTV wanted to cut scene out of the video of her showing the outline of her breasts but they failed
Marilyn Monroe style, classy, black and white, classic 50's.

1992-Maverick Records-'Erotica'

Directed by Fabien Baron

Maverick was her own company

Joint venture with Time Warner

$60 million recording and business deal
20% royalty- same as Michael Jackson
Sold 500,000 copies in the United States
MTV showed it three times before banning it
Explicit images, showed use of drugs and it contrasted with the use of crosses

1996-Evita-'You must love me'
1998-Maverick-'Ray of Light'
Album debuted at number two in the United States
Album produced three U.S top ten singles
Won three grammy awards
Ranked number 363 on Rolling Stones list of '500 Greatest albums'
Inspired by 'Royaanisqatsi'

Played a violin teacher in 'Music of the Heart' but left the project

Hippie clothes, club scene, looking younger, was bit of a time lapse

2001-Maverick-'What it feels like for a girl'

2002-'Die another day'

Starred in 'Swept Away' which was directed by Guy Richie

Failed and released to video in the U.K

20th James Bond film-she has cameo role

Mcfly Singles + Cover Lists 2003-2010 (courtesy of wikipedia)

2003–2004
McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of The Kinks' song "Lola" (which was a B-side on the "5 Colours in Her Hair" single) and a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations from Busted's "Crashed the Wedding" single. Their cover of "Help!", originally by The Beatles, was featured on the "Obviously" single while "She Loves You", also by The Beatles, was featured on the "That Girl" single. The New Years' carol "Deck the Halls", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", originally by Queen, were also featured on the "Room on the Third Floor" single. In December 2004, McFly performed "Little Saint Nick", originally by The Beach Boys, on the EastEnders Christmas Special.

 2005
McFly released "You've Got a Friend", originally by Carole King, which they recorded as part of the official 2005 Comic Relief song, along with "All About You", where the video sees the band visiting children in Uganda affected by AIDS.McFly also recorded the 2004 hit "Mr Brightside", originally by The Killers, which is featured on the "I Wanna Hold You" single, and "I Predict a Riot", originally by the Kaiser Chiefs, which they performed at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session and is featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly teamed up with Roger Daltrey of The Who in September, 2005 to re-record the 1965 hit, "My Generation" to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and to launch HMV Digital's new download service. They also released a cover of The Who's "Pinball Wizard" on the single "I'll Be OK" with a video. At a gig in manchester they also mixed a verse of American Idiot by Green Day, into their song 5 Colours In Her Hair.

2006

McFly perform at The Point, Dublin.McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" at The Prince's Trust on 20 May 2006. They released a cover of "Don't Stop Me Now", originally by Queen, which was recorded to raise money for Sport Relief 2006 as the official song along with "Please, Please". When performing this cover on their Motion in the Ocean tour, they were joined onstage by Queen guitarist Brian May at Wembley Arena, who also performed the opening riff to "5 Colours in Her Hair". Matt Willis also joined McFly to play "Don't Stop Me Now" at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Evening News Arena.Also on the tour, they performed "Fight for Your Right (To Party)", originally by the Beastie Boys and the "Ghostbusters" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr.A few weeks later, they opened Children in Need 2006 with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. They also covered "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.The song "Rockin' Robin", originally by Bobby Day, was performed at the Top of the Pops Christmas Special and was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" single.

2007
On 23 February 2007, McFly performed Primal Scream's "Rocks" with Charlotte Church on The Charlotte Church Show. They also covered "Baby's Coming Back", originally by Jellyfish, which they released as a double A-side to "Transylvania". McFly recorded the song "You're the One That I Want" from Grease for an album which was in aid of The Association of Children's Hospices and was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow. McFly were among a forty artists who recorded a track for Radio 1’s birthday celebrations, covering The Jam classic "Town Called Malice", to feature on the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967. The hit Rihanna song, "Umbrella", was also covered by McFly for the single, "The Heart Never Lies", and also had a video created for it.They also covered Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. And For the album All the Greatest Hits they also covered a song by small band called "Foolproof", titled "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Originally titled "Can't Stop Diggin'"), McFly also gave very small credit to the original band in the inlay of the album, and most believe the song was written by McFly themselves

2008
McFly at London 2012 Party in The Mall, London.McFly performed "The Winner Takes It All", originally by ABBA, at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party on 24 August 2008 and an acoustic version of the song was featured on the Lies single. The band also performed "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 10 September 2008. McFly also covered "Stay With Me", originally by Rod Stewart and The Faces as a double A side with "Do Ya" as the official 2008 Children in Need single. McFly also performed a cover of Michael Jackson's "Black or White" on their Radio:Active tour, which was sung just by Danny Jones.

 2009
In the UK McFly performed "Up Close...and This Time It's Personal" from 21 April to 10 May and covered Girls Aloud's' "The Promise". On their European tour they sang part of the Black Eyed Peas hit called I Gotta Feeling.




 2010
In BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge McFly performed a cover of Taio Cruz's UK No. 1 hit Dynamite.

Mcfly

McFly are a BRIT Award winning pop rock group who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd . They are managed by Prestige Management and were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records. The band rose to fame after fellow pop band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. The band's name originates from Marty McFly, the main character of the Back to the Future trilogy.

McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor, charted  at number 1 in the UK album chart and went double platinum; this led to the band becoming known as the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number 1 – this title was formally won by The Beatles. A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour.The band's second album, Wonderland, also charted at number 1 in the UK, and was released in 2005.Their third album, Motion in the Ocean, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number 6 in the UK. McFly released their All the Greatest Hits compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK. The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active, was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on 20 July 2008, being realsed as a proper album on 22 September 2008. As of December 2008, McFly have had sixteen consecutive top twenty singles, seven of which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and fifteen of which were top ten singles.

McFly appeared in the teen comedy film Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, in 2006. The band played themselves in the film and released a US album, Just My Luck, which was also used as the film's soundtrack.

Mcfly-Five Colours In Her Hair Video Analysis

This video was the first video the world ever saw of Mcfly, the video presents the band as young,fresh faced and most importantly different; at the time this video came out there were very few bands like Mcfly around and this video is them saying, its okay to like us, its okay to be different and who cares if your a weirdo we're weirdo's too. The majority of the video is shot in colour apart from the shots with the young girl and her family all of whom are in black and white and she is the only one in colour emphasising to the audience how different this girl is from her family. The shots of the band have been shot in a basic studio with an audience surrounding them whilst playing. I think this is a great first video because it shows the band doing what they do love whilst running with a simple narritive.