This is the song that got Madonna signed to Sire ... The opening track on her first album, written by Madonna, made it all the way to No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — her first Top 5 appearance!

Material Girl was released as a single on 23 January 1985 - 40 years ago to the day. But while this is one of her best-known and best-loved songs, Madonna has mixed feelings about it.

"Holiday" might have been the third single released from Madonna's self-titled, debut album in 1983, but it became her first song to crack the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thus, making it her ...

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But since 2010, global searches for Madonna reached their highest point in March 2012, when she was the Super Bowl's first female ... key Madonna's studio albums feature songs in 24 different ...

My first album… I bought it in 1984 when I was approximately a month old or so, thereabouts! It was Madonna’s self-titled debut album. And I remember bringing that record home, and I held it ...