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Though Madonna is half French Canadian , more often the influence of her Italian American heritage has been reflected in her work. Perhaps this is because Madonna's French Canadian mother died when Madonna was five and Madonna was subsequently raised by her Italian American father. (It has been claimed that Madonna shares a common French Canadian ancestor with Celine Dion .)
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Fellow Italian American pop singer Gwen Stefani has been quoted as saying that she and Madonna share a common relative. Stefani has claimed that her great aunt married a man from Detroit, Michigan (the area of Michigan that Madonna is from) with the last name "Ciccone."
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A criticism of the American lifestyle, it was largely panned by music critics due to a perceived lack of melody and Madonna's rap section. Its minimal electroclash arrangement with an additional acoustic guitar was ... different from most of the music being played on mainstream radios at the time.
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