Why Madonna's Career At Dunkin' Donuts Only Lasted A Week

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Today, of course, Madonna is known around the world as one of the greatest and most influential artists ever. Speaking on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (via OWN on YouTube), her sister Paula Ciccone explained how alienating this level of fame can be in a sibling. "Whenever they come home there's always this barrier," Ciccone said. "You have to get through the barrier, then you can start talking to them."

Achieving 335 million album sales and being declared a best-selling female recording artist (via Guinness World Records in March of 2015) can, presumably, have that effect on people.There's something almost ethereal about Madonna, something that makes her spotlight dazzling even to those closest to her.

Her music career to date, certainly, has been nothing if not stellar. Her career with Dunkin' Donuts, however, was markedly less so. In a March 2015 interview with Howard Stern (via The Howard Stern Show on YouTube), Stern emphasizes that Madonna's rise to fame was a hard-fought battle. "So you get to New York ... I want to make this point, because people think this ... happens overnight and it ... it doesn't. It's hard" Stern says. This leads the conversation to the various jobs Madonna took while in the city prior to her fame. Dunkin' Donuts, in particular, sticks in the mind.

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