Madonna Time Tunnel: First single Everybody released

Time Tunnel: First single Everybody released

In 1982, Madonna releases her first single Everybody, which is a big club hit but fails to sell big. Her next single is called Burning Up, which is again very popular but fails again to soar up the charts. Plans become more accurate for a first album.

Madonna's first album, simply called Madonna, is released in July 1983. It is produced by Reggie Lucas and contains several songs which are written by Madonna herself.

Several singles are released from the album of which Holiday [which is produced by her then-boyfriend Jellybean] goes to Number 1 in the Dance Charts and reaches Number 16 in the Pop Charts.

By the end of 1984, Madonna had completed work on her first major movie role as Susan in Susan Seidelman's New York comedy Desperately Seeking Susan. Madonna had been turned down a role in the film Footloose, but Desperately... proved to be ideal for her.

Desperately Seeking Susan gave her the opportunity to work alongside Rosanna Arquette while playing a role which not only echoed something from her own rootless lifystyle, but also gave her room to express her satirical sense of humour. Madonna also claimed: A few times I was so nervous I opened my mouth and nothing came out.

When Desperately Seeking Susan hit the screens in mid 1985 her career exploded in all directions at once.

Madonna's second album Like A Virgin, which is produced by Nile Rodgers, explodes in the charts and sells a flabbergasting 11 million copies worldwide. She's hiring Freddy DeMann as her personal manager - the former personal manager of Michael Jackson.

Playboy and Penthouse discover her early nude-photographies and publish them in early 1985. Many critics are saying this will ruin Madonna's career but the opposite is happening: Madonna's rise to stardom is unstoppable!!!

While shooting the video for her second single from Like A Virgin, the opening-title Material Girl, Madonna gets to know the young als already famous actor Sean Penn. They become a couple after some dates and are soon the most gossip-targeted people in show-business.

From April - June Madonna takes her Virgin Tour through the United States, playing thirty-eight concerts in twenty-eight cities. The tour is a tremendous success and shows Madonna's abilities on stage.

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