Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Madonna gbara egwu na ihe nkiri Shanghai Surprise na 1986, nke ọ natara Golden Raspberry Award mbụ ya maka onye omee kacha njọ. O mere ihe nkiri mbụ ya na mmepụta nke David Rabe's Goose na Tom-Tom; ihe nkiri ahụ na igwu egwu na-egwu Penn. N'afọ sochirinụ, Madonna pụtara na fim Who's That Girl. O tinyere abụ anọ na ụda egwu ya, gụnyere aha egwu na "Causing a Commotion". Madonna bidoro njem Who's That Girl World Tour na July 1987, nke gara n'ihu ruo Septemba. O mebiri ọtụtụ ndekọ ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị bịara ya, gụnyere ihe karịrị mmadụ 130,000 n'ihe ngosi dị nso na Paris, nke bụ mgbe ahụ ihe ndekọ maka egwu ụmụ nwanyị kachasị elu nke oge niile. Ka oge na-aga n'afọ ahụ, ọ wepụtara album remix nke ihe ndị gara aga, nke akpọrọ You Can Dance, nke ruru nọmba 14 na Billboard 200. Mgbe a kagbuchara alụmdi na nwunye na Disemba 1987, Madonna gbara akwụkwọ maka ịgba alụkwaghịm na Penn na Jenụwarị 1989, na-ekwu maka esemokwu na-enweghị mgbagha. Na Jenụwarị 1989, Madonna bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta nkwado na onye na-emepụta ihe ọ softụ softụ, Pepsi. N'otu n'ime mgbasa ozi Pepsi ya, ọ malitere "Dị ka Ekpere", onye isi otu si na album nke anọ ya nke otu aha. Vidio egwu kwekọrọ na ya gosipụtara ọtụtụ akara ndị Katọlik dịka stigmata na obe na-ere ọkụ, na nrọ nke iso onye nsọ na-enwe mmekọahụ, na-eduga Vatican ka ọ katọọ vidiyo ahụ. Òtù okpukpe dị iche iche gbalịrị igbochi azụmahịa ahụ ma kwụsị ngwaahịa Pepsi. Pepsi wepụrụ mgbasa ozi ahụ ma kagbuo nkwekọrịta nkwado ya. "Dị ka Ekpere" bu ụzọ n'ọtụtụ mba, na-aghọ nọmba nke asaa ya na Hot 100. Madonna dere ma mepụta Like a Prayer na Patrick Leonard, Stephen Bray, na Prince. Onye nkatọ egwu J. D. Considine si Rolling Stone toro album ahụ "dị nso na nka dị ka egwu egwu pop na-enweta... ihe akaebe ọ bụghị naanị na a ga-ewere Madonna dị ka onye na-ese ihe kama na nke ya bụ otu n'ime olu na-adọrọ adọrọ nke Eighties. " Like a Prayer ruru n'ọkwa mbụ na Billboard 200 ma ree nde 15 n'ụwa nile. Ndị ọzọ na-aga nke ọma site na...  Ajụjụ: N'oge okpomọkụ nke afọ 1987, ònye gara njem nlegharị anya n'ụwa nile nke a kpọrọ Who's That Girl World Tour?
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