Madonna –
Born August 16, 1958, Louise Veronica Ciccone the Guinness
World Records listed Madonna as the most successful female
recording artist of all time, with estimated worldwide sales
of 120 million albums. in 2005, her record company credited
her as having sold over 200 million albums worldwide. She
also has released what is probable one of the largest ranges
of picture discs with most of her Lp’s and quite a few
of her singles being released on this format, along with some
very interesting interviews with her also being released on
picture disc, some of them often revealing in more ways than
one. For someone who arrived in New York when she was 20 years
old of which she said “ It was the first time I'd ever
taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab,
the first time for everything. And I came here with $35 in
my pocket, It was the bravest thing I'd ever done", and
then ended up working at Dunkin' Donuts, she certainly has
come along way since then. Her debut album, Madonna released
on July 27, 1983 produced three successful Hot 100 singles,
"Holiday", "Borderline", and "Lucky
Star". Her follow up album, Like a Virgin, was an international
success, and became her first number one album on the U.S.
albums chart. Madonna's 1986 album True Blue presented a more
musically and thematically mature album than its predecessors
and the following tracks were all released as limited edition
picture discs “Papa Don't Preach,” “Open
Your Heart,” “True Blue” and “La Isla
Bonita.” Other Madonna picture discs include;
“EXPRESS YOURSELF” –
“HANKY PANKY” – “DEEPER AND DEEPER”
– “CONFESSIONE DE MILANO” – “BEDTIME
STORIES” – “CAUSING A COMMOTION” -
CHERISH – “WOMAN IN RED” – “LIKE
A PRAYER” – “JUSTIFY MY LOVE” –
“RAY OF LIGHT” – “THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION”
– “THE LOOK OF LOVE” – “WHO'S
THAT GIRL” – “YOU CAN DANCE”
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