Madonna 1984-1985: Like To Virgin And The Happened One In America
In the 1984 public Madonna its second Like album to Virgin. The album catch up the position number 1 of the “Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart”. Launch above all from the happened one of title track the Like to Virgin (to the first place for 6 weeks in America and many countries of the world), the disc becomes happened planetary single thanks also to the happened one of the Material Girl, Angel and Dress You Up. “Like to Virgin” enormous had happened in the United States, where it has sold beyond 10 million copies and has been certifyd like diamond disc. Until today “Like to Virgin” it has sold in the world beyond 28 million copies. These album represent the true point begin them of happened world-wide of Madonna and a miliare stone of the future strategy of image that the star will adopt in its career: the frequent change of image and style. The image of Madonna is transformed from provoking sensuale and in Like to Virgin, to ironic in the interpretation of a novel Marilyn Monroe in the video of Material Girl. For this song and this video for years (and tutt'ora) the average has nicknamed Madonna with this name. Thanks to these album, receive its first “MTV Video Music Award” like better feminine artist.
In the 1985 Madonna it tries again with the cinematographic career with a short apparition like singer of a club in the Crazy film for you, in which the homonymous song is contained, that it receives also a nomination to the Grammy Awards. Its first role from protagonist arrives little after, in the film Is attempted Susan disperatamente, that happening obtains a discreet one trades them in the United States and thanks to which Madonna receives good critics for the recitazione. The film is from remembering above all for the sonorous column that contains the song Into the Groove, that it gives to Madonna its first number 1 in it classifies English and it becomes a large one happening in many European countries. While, in the same year, Like to Virgin, own with the addition of Into the Groove come reprinted, and first the album of the star, river-published with the title it of The First Album and with a cover and a artwork various originate from it them of 1983.
In the same Madonna period it leave for its first one tour, the Virgin Tour that will touch only the main American and Canadian cities, finding an enormous one happening: in this tour it comes accompanied from a young group hip hop, Beastie Boys.
In the 1985 Madonna it will participate moreover with its performance to the Live Aid, beneficial concert in favor of Africa, interpreting Holiday, Into the Groove and introducing in preview the piece Love Makes the World Go Round, successively published in the album True Blue.
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