Madonna is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market and re-packaged as Madonna – The First Album. In 2001, Warner Bros. released a remastered version with two bonus remix tracks. The RIAA certified it Gold on May 31, 1984 and 5× Platinum on 3 October 2000, recognizing five million shipments throughout the United States. Worldwide, th...
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Madonna is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market and re-packaged as Madonna – The First Album. In 2001, Warner Bros. released a remastered version with two bonus remix tracks. The RIAA certified it Gold on May 31, 1984 and 5× Platinum on 3 October 2000, recognizing five million shipments throughout the United States. Worldwide, the album has sold 8 million copies.
After Madonna achieved success on the dance charts with two singles, "Everybody", and "Burning Up", Sire Records hired Madonna to record this full-length album. Though Madonna told New York DJ Mark Kamins she would let him produce the entire album if he got her a record deal (which he did), when it was time to record the full length album, she decided to go with the more experienced producer Reggie Lucas. Kamins was credited with producing one song, "Everybody". Madonna and Lucas disagreed about how the final...
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