Like a Virgin

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According to Taraborrelli, "Madonna and Rodgers' collective energy—she wanting to score with a smash second album and he wanting to be the producer to give it to her—drove the production of Like a Virgin with great precision. Madonna's name and the album title are given exactly the same prominence and feature in exactly the same position on both sides of the cover.

Like a Virgin was ranked fifth in a Billboard poll of albums of the decade—the highest peak by a female performer.The month before Christmas, Madonna's second album, Like a Virgin sold more than two million copies.

I had to prove them wrong, which meant not only proving myself to my fans but to my record company as well.

In the United Kingdom, Like a Virgin debuted at number 74 on the UK Albums Chart, on January 12, 1985.

Following the success of her self-titled debut album, Madonna chose Nile Rodgers to produce the album due to his work with David Bowie. It also reached number one in Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with sales of over 21 million copies worldwide. Her songs became a lightning rod for both criticism by conservatives and imitation by the younger female population, especially "Material Girl" and "Like a Virgin".

I played a small theater in Seattle, and the girls had flap skirts on and the tights cut off below their knees and lace gloves and rosaries and bows in their hair and big hoop earrings. He added that the heavy make-up, pouting lips, and despoiled hair, along with the tight-fitting bustier and full-length gloves, turned Madonna's image into a figure not of virtue, but of desire. Madonna debuted the first single "Like a Virgin" at the first MTV Video Music Awards on September 14, 1984, where she appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake dressed in a wedding dress, adorned with the infamous "Boy Toy" belt buckle, and veil. Like A Virgin remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 20 million worldwide sales.

It was eventually certified ten times platinum (diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipment of ten million copies of the album.Costume designer Arianne Phillips commented of the Like a Virgin look: "This was one of the most shocking, liberating and influential moments in pop culture/fashion history . Discovering that, contrary to her song, the young woman was not impressed by money and expensive gifts, he pretended to be penniless and succeeded in taking her out on a date. Like A Virgin, Material Girl, Into The Groove, Dress You Up, Angel, Love Don't Live Here Anymore - we all knew all the words and played it constantly while wearing out our VHS Video copy of The Virgin Tour.