40 Years Like a Virgin
When you think about Madonna and her major hits, one of the first songs to come to mind is Like A Virgin.
And in time of Celebration this year marks the 40th anniversary of these incredible song and album. Read More
Category: Time Machine
Happy Anniversary, The Immaculate Collection!
Thirty years ago today, on November 9, 1990, Sire Records released the first greatest hit album by Madonna: The Immaculate Collection. Read More
The Ciampino Speech
On July 10th, 1990 Madonna performed at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, the first of two concerts in Italy that Summer.
The show was welcomed by an extra dose of controversy in the country, with a criticism to which Madonna responded with the now-famous Vatican speech she addressed the press with when she had just landed in Rome’s Ciampino airport the day before. Read More
35 Years Like a Virgin
When you think about Madonna and her major hits, one of the first songs to come to mind is Like A Virgin.
And even if it’s hard to believe, this year marks the 35th anniversary of these incredible song and album. Read More
Bedtime Stories 25
Madonna‘s sixth studio album was released 25 years ago today on October 25, 1994, by Maverick and Sire Records. Read More
15 Years with American Life
Let’s celebrate Madonna releasing her ninth studio album, American Life 15 years ago today, April 22, 2003. Read More
Ray of Light (Sasha Remix) now on Madonna’s YouTube channel
New on Madonna‘s official YouTube channel, and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of Ray of Light is the video remix created by Dan-O-Rama to the Radio Edit of the fantastic Ultra Violet remix by Sasha. Read More
(Re)watch MTV Ultrasound Inside
Back in 1998 Madonna featured on an episode of MTV Ultrasound Inside devoted to the recording of the Ray of Light album. The TV special and interview by Kurt Loder also included rare footage from the album recording sessions as well as the making of the Frozen video. The special is now available on Madonna’s YouTube channel. Read More
Celebrating Madonna’s Psychedelic Masterwork
Rob Sheffield at RollingStone.com joins the Ray of Light celebrations discussion how Madonna, inspired by motherhood and yoga, reinvented herself on her most passionate album to date. Read More
“Ray of Light predicted our obsession with celebrity”
Sophie Wilkinson on Vice discusses how Ray of Light became Madonna‘s second most successful studio album, which, twenty years on, still sounds spectacular. Read More
“There’s quite a story around that”
In more Ray of Light turning 20 celebrations, Matthew Jacobs from the HuffPost discusses what Gianni Versace‘s death tells us about Madonna‘s 1998 renaissance, discussing her footpath from Bedtime Story to the Ray of Light era. Read More
William Orbit: Ray of Light “broke all the rules”
In 2015, on the 17th birthday of Madonna’s Ray of Light, Official Charts spoke to producer
William Orbit about working on the record. Read More
