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Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), known as Madonna, is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City for a career in modern dance. After performing as member of the pop musical groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and then produced three consecutive number-one studio albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1980s.
Madonna is known for her works that explore religious symbolism and sexual themes which also drew criticism from the Vatican in the late 1980s.
"American Life" is a pop song written by American singer-songwriter Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzai for Madonna's ninth studio album American Life (2003). The song's lyrics are a criticism to the American way of life.
"Music Video"- The song is also well known for its controversial music video which denounced President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.
While she made sexually and religiously explicit videos in the 1980s and 1990s, Madonna started incorporating violent images in the 2000s starting with "What It Feels Like for a Girl" and "Die Another Day". For "American Life", she took it to a new level by focusing on politics and attacking United States President George W. Bush's war on Iraq.
The video is built around Madonna, as an army sergeant major, with a female legion of troops at a fashion show. It ends with Madonna and the troops getting into a BMW MINI and crashing it into the catwalk. While the audience is watching in shock, Madonna hoses down the paparazzi with a water cannon, reaching a climax with fast-moving war images until Madonna throws a hand grenade which is caught by a President Bush lookalike, who transforms the grenade into a lighter to light his cigar.
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