Madonna (Madonna album)
Madonna (retitled Madonna: The First Album for the 1985 re-release) is the debut album by American singer Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. After having established herself as a singer in downtown New York City, Madonna was signed by Sire president Seymour Stein, due to the success of her debut single, "Everybody" (1982). She became the sole writer for most of the album's tracks, and chose Reggie Lucas as its primary producer. Unhappy with Lucas's production outputs, she invited John "Jellybean" Benitez to complete the album, who remixed three tracks and produced "Holiday".
Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour
Madonna's first concert tour, The Virgin Tour, promoted her first two studio albums, "Madonna" and "Like a Virgin". The tour was a commercial success, with "Billboard" Boxscore reporting a gross of US $3.3 million. After the tour was over, Madonna started recording her third studio album, "True Blue". Film director Daniel Kleinman, who presided over the shooting of the tour on video, submitted the footage to Warner Bros. Records, who decided to release it as a video album. "Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour" chronicled The Virgin Tour as shot at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 25, 1985.