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On December 15, following the release of the Like a Virgin album, the song reached the Dance chart's first position, giving Madonna her second number one there after the "Holiday"/"Lucky Star" release from October 1983. [39] Additionally, it was the sixth Dance Club number one produced by Nile Rodgers. [40]
Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records.Following the success of her 1983 eponymous debut album, Madonna was eager to start working on its follow-up.
Released on Nov. 12, 1984, “ ‘Like a Virgin’ was the title track of the album that made Madonna the first female artist in the U.S. to sell more than 5 million copies of an album,” Murph ...
The music video was shot January 10 and 11, 1985, at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood, California, and was directed by Mary Lambert; Lambert had previously directed the videos for "Borderline" and "Like a Virgin". It was produced by Simon Fields with principal photography by Peter Sinclair, editing by Glenn Morgan and choreography by Kenny Ortega ...
She made headlines around the world, "Like A Virgin" became a worldwide phenomenon, paving the way for the album of the same name that came out two months after the VMAs and went to number one ...
Madonna Louise Ciccone [a] (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ k oʊ n i / chih-KOH-nee; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress.Commonly known as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting and visual presentation.
"Angel" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second studio album Like a Virgin (1984). She co-wrote this song with Stephen Bray while Nile Rodgers produced it. The track was released on April 10, 1985, by Sire Records as the album's third single. It was inspired by a girl who is saved by an angel, and she falls in love with him.
19th-century English Italian-based writer Thomas Adolphus Trollope described the term "Madonna", as in extenso "appropriated exclusively to the Holy Virgin". [56] The in extenso association to Mary was affected after the advent of Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone, 1958), an American singer whose given name and middle name were taken from her mother, Madonna Louise (née Fortin). [57]