“Madonna, the first video superstar” In 1986, she received the Video Vanguard Award. She was the 1st woman to receive this award, and here’s the song that started it all…
So early Madonna was a little lost on me at the time, maybe I was too young. It wasn’t until Material Girl that she really got my attention, but now I really, really love her early material. Retro is cool and you don’t get more retro than her early material. Dress You Up would be my fav but Lucky Star, Into the Groove and Angel are up there too, and who doesn’t love a bit of Holiday..!
True Blue is Madonna’s 3rd album, and it is also the best-selling album of the 80’s by a female artist. What’s more, it became the best-selling album of all time by a woman, until Come On Over by Shania Twain surpassed it in 1997.
True Blue was the first album by an American artist to debut at No.1 in the UK Album Chart history, where it stayed for 6 weeks and spent a total of 85 weeks in the chart. She was really making her mark on the industry.
The song True Blue reminds me of seeing her live for the very first time. It was The Rebel Heart Tour, and yes, I was very late to the table in seeing her live, but I either couldn’t afford it or it wasn’t the right time. Anyway, she sang True Blue which was really unexpected, and I was sat watching with my fiancé and it was an emotional moment for me, as it’s been a favourite of mine for many years.
Another very strong run of singles, there isn’t a duff track amongst them, and to lead the album with a ballad, that takes balls, but we already knew she wasn’t lacking in that department, metaphorically speaking of course.
Open Your Heart was originally written for Cyndi Lauper but ended up receiving Madonna’s approval after a demo was recorded by Donna De Lory who went on to be a backing singer for Madonna, and featured on many tours including the iconic Blonde Ambition Tour.
Madonna released a remix album of You Can Dance in 1987. The album became the best-selling remix album by a female artist with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide.
like a prayer
Like a Prayer was the first Madonna album I owned. I had finally succumbed, and I have not looked back since. What a strong run of singles. My favourite track was always Til Death Do Us Part which I still love but Spanish Eyes really stands out to me now. I love the rawness in her vocals.
The Blonde Ambition Tour IMO is the most iconic concert of all time. It re-wrote the book on how it was done, and I believe changed the industry forever. I remember watching it for the first time on Sky Movies, and my best friend at the time Lee’s sister Kelly was a massive Madonna fan. It was around this time that I really started getting into her. This show is still incredible to this day. I remember inviting Kelly round to my flat many years later and we sat and watched it with a Chinese and wine after I’d found a copy of it on DVD. It was good to catch up over reliving the show. I have seen it many, many times. If I could go back in time and experience any concert, it would be this one. I would have loved to have been in the audience and felt it all physically.
the immaculate collection
Justify My Love was Madonna’s 1st VHS video single. It was also the 1st time an artist had released a single in this format in the US. Despite being banned on some networks (@MTV), it became the best-selling video single of all time with more than 1 million copies sold.
In 1990, Madonna released her greatest hits album called The Immaculate Collection. It is the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist with over 30 million copies sold worldwide. Rescue Me is another career high for me. It slams!
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