Madonna 1982-1983: The First Successes

On 1982 Madonna knows the dj Mark Kamins, and gets her first record contract with the Records Sire that, in October of the same year, publishes her first single , Everybody, that it caught up the position number 3 of the Billboard Dance Chart. The single obtained also a good programming on radius R&B, making to think that Madonna was a color artist. When Everybody came officially published like single, the record house decided not to make to appear the image of Madonna on the cover in order not to risk to lose the audience black, revealing that Madonna was in reality a singer white woman.

The second single on 1983 was Burning Up, that 3 of the Billboard Hot Dance/Clubs caught up the number Chart Play. On the July of the 1983 public Madonna her first album, entitled Madonna simply. It came certifyd with 5 platinum discs in America in order to have sold beyond 5 million copies. The album above all caught up the notoriety and an elevated number of sales after the spin of the video of the single ones on the MTV baby that all over the world launch the image punk/rock of Madonna.

A month after the publication of the album exits the third single of Madonna Holiday that represents first the true happening of the singer. The piece in fact caught up the position number 16 of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and was first Top 20 of Madonna in many countries.

On 1984 it came published others two Top 10 hits: Borderline and Lucky Star.

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