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".
1980s in music
Madonna was the most successful female artist of the decade. Her third studio album, "True Blue", became the best-selling female album of the 1980s. Other Madonna albums from the decade include "Like a Virgin", which became one of the best selling albums of all-time, and "Like a Prayer", which was called "as close to art as pop music gets" by "Rolling Stone". Madonna made music videos a marketing tool and was among the first to make them an art form. Many of her songs topped the Charts around the world, such as: "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer". After her "Like a Prayer" album release in 1989, Madonna was named artist of the decade by a number of magazines and awards.