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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.
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]
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 ...
"Material Girl" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her second studio album, Like a Virgin (1984). It was released on January 23, 1985, by the Sire label as the second single from Like a Virgin.
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.
"'Like a Prayer' is a very important song to me. I felt the impact that it was going to make. That song means a lot more to me than 'Like a Virgin'. I wrote it and it's from my heart. It's a very spiritual song. I think I was much more spiritually in touch with the power of words and music by the time I started recording the song and the album."
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]