Today in Madonna History

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April 19 1997, Madonna's "You Must Love Me" spent its final week on Billboard’s Hot 100 Single Sales chart

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April 19 1997, Madonna's "You Must Love Me" spent its final week on Billboard’s Hot 100 Single Sales chart

Such a beautiful song! I loved Evita! 

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Smash Hits UK Magazine  April 22 - May 05 1987

 

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Starting April 22 1989, and continuing for the weeks of April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20 and May 27, Madonna’s Like A Prayer album became and remained the number-one album in Canada. 

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Los Angeles Times USA April 22 1985 The Virgin Tour Review San Diego

 

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On April 22 2002, In Bed With Madonna (known as Truth Or Dare in North America) was released on DVD.

 

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On April 23 2013, Madonna was listed as a nominee in 3 different categories for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards:

Top Touring Artist (for MDNA World Tour)

Top Dance Artist

Top Dance Album (for MDNA)

The 2013 Billboard Music Awards were later held in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19 2013. Madonna won all 3 categories she was nominated in.

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Today in Madonna History: April 24, 2015

On April 24 2015, the second single from Madonna’s Rebel Heart album, Ghosttown, was released as a 2-track single in Germany.

Digital Spy had this to say about the single:

If anyone will prove themselves indestructible come the apocalypse, then surely it will be the enduring might of Madonna that survives? According to her latest single Ghosttown, that’s exactly the case. “When it all falls, when it all falls down/ I’ll be your fire when the lights go out,” Madge promises her love on the haunting pop serenade, which gradually builds into a suitably theatrical finale ready for the Queen of Pop’s forthcoming world tour. It hears Madonna significantly more subdued and reflective compared to her handbag bangers of recent years, but by doing so it makes the biggest possible impact.

 

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April 24 2019, Madonna's Medellin (Music Video) feat. Maluma was premiered during a live MTV and MTV special. It aired across numerous MTV networks and digital channels.
Diana Kunst and Mau Margo directed the video

 

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On April 25 2017, Madonna responded to reports of a new biopic being produced by Universal:

“Nobody knows what I know and what I have seen. Only I can tell my story. Anyone else who tries is a charlatan and a fool looking for instant gratification without doing the work. This is a disease in our society.”

According to Variety, Universal had no comment, but had this to say about the biopic:
The studio won an auction Monday for Elyse Hollander’s “Blonde Ambition” screenplay about Madonna’s first album.

“Blonde Ambition” led the 2016 version of the Black List — an annual ranking of the best un-produced screenplays in Hollywood. Hollander’s script received 49 votes among the 250 executives voting. The project details Madonna’s efforts in the early 1980s in New York City to get her first album released while navigating fame, romance, and the dismissive attitude of the music industry at the time.

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April 24, 2019 Madonna after live on MTV for Medellin video premiere

 

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On April 25 1988, Spotlight was released as a single by Warner-Pioneer. Issued exclusively in Japan, it was the only commercial single release from the remix album You Can Dance. 

The song was written by Curtis Hudson, Madonna and Stephen Bray and was produced by Stephen Bray. Madonna wasn’t given a co-producer’s credit on the track – odd considering it was a leftover from the True Blue album sessions, for which she co-produced every song. The track was remixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez for its inclusion on You Can Dance.

In a 2012 interview with blogcritics.com writer Justin Kantor, Curtis Hudson recalled the circumstances surrounding the creation and release of Spotlight:

“During the time right after Holiday, when we’d go to her place and write, I presented Spotlight. I gave her a complete song, Spotlight. I had actually written it in case Warner Bros. asked her for another Holiday. She said she loved it and felt spiritual about it. But she didn’t use it or contact me again about it. It sort of popped up out of nowhere when she was getting ready to do You Can Dance. Her lawyer contacted our manager and said we needed to talk. We went over and met with him. She and Stephen Bray had already done the song; but I hadn’t even heard the version they had done.They took the demo I had given her and worked it into a different song. They gave me credit since I had the original song copyrighted. I would’ve collaborated and made changes. But I was told, ‘Well, she’s too busy. She’s overseas doing a movie.’ I was okay with it, though, because they gave me credit. But the original song had a certain magic, and the changes took that essence away. The original Spotlight was another Holiday—the rhythm, the basic groove. I think they were trying to get away from that sound. Sometimes artists don’t want their sound to be identified with specific writers.”

32 years ago, Spotlight was released as a single in Japan on April 25th, 1988.

Here is the original video clip of the song from a promo WEA In-Store VHS, featuring images from the Who's That Girl Tour. 

Thanks MadonnaTV for the video.

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On April 26 1994, The Girlie Show – Live Down Under was released by Warner-Reprise Video on VHS and laserdisc.

The concert – recorded on November 19, 1993 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia – was a re-edited version of the concert special that had aired live on HBO. It was directed by Mark “Aldo” Miceli, who directed the live screens on Madonna’s 1990 and 1993 tours, as well as the Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90 VHS/laserdisc release. 

The Girlie Show – Live Down Under was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 for Best Long Form Music Video and was also one of the first concerts to be commercially issued on DVD in 1998.

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The broadcast was produced in association with HBO and was titled Madonna Live Down Under: The Girlie Show. Initially, the November 20 show, the second of two dates at the Sydney Cricket Ground, was to be filmed and aired. However, a massive storm forced the cancellation of the show, so the November 19 show, which had been filmed as a "safety show", was aired instead in USA (HBO) and Germany (Premiere). A month later an edited version of this original broadcast was shown on UK TV (Sky). A re-edited version of this concert was released worldwide on VHS and Laserdisc on April 26, 1994 as The Girlie Show: Live Down Under. It was nominated for the Grammy Award of Best Long Form Music Video in 1995.

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Madonna Today Show April 25, 2008

Pedro Zogbi -

> My reinventions are part of my evolution and my growth as a person. there are aspects of it that are frivolous and there's aspects of it that are real.

> Have you ever wished to be anonymous?

no. i mean yeah, i have moments of it, but I don't wanna wish that i'am not me , I don't wish i was someone else.

> What you want to feel about your life?

That my soul reached its true potential, and that i did everything I was put on this earth to do.

> Which is?

well who knows? we are about to find out.

 

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On April 26 1994, Madonna attended the Los Angeles premiere of the Alek Keshishian film, With Honors.

Madonna contributed I’ll Remember (the theme song) to the soundtrack which was distributed by Maverick Records.

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Bravo April 26, 1984 Issue Nr. 18

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On April 27 1985, Madonna’s Angel single was briefly reviewed in Billboard magazine as it entered the Hot 100 at #48.

The Angel 12-inch single, which included an extended dance mix of the track – plus Into The Groove on the b-side – would be issued commercially in North America in late May

On April 27 1985, Madonna’s Angel debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at 48, while her previous single Crazy for You was at number-two on the chart.

After ten weeks, Angel reached a peak position of five on the chart. The song tied Madonna with Olivia Newton-John, as the female artist with most top-five hits on the Hot 100 at that time.  It was ranked at 75 on the year end chart for 1985.

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On April 27 2010, Madonna’s greatest hits collection, Celebration, was released as a piano, vocal and chord songbook.  The book included all of the 37 songs featured on the original 2-CD release.

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Hits USA April 27 1987

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April 27, 1990 Madonna performs Holiday on the Blond Ambition World Tour in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Stadium. Her third night in Yokohama and 9th show on the tour . 

This was before Madonna started having major vocal problems, which plagued her for most of the later shows on the tour. She sports her original ponytail, the more iconic of the two hairstyles for the tour, and is full of boundless energy. This tour was extremely grueling for Madonna. Everything about the Blond Ambition tour was next level for it's time. A huge step up from her previous tour, it had more costumes, much more choreography and was darker and more complex. It sought to not just be a concert but tell a story theatrically as well. 

Everything from the lighting to the band was simply incredible. The tour was a landmark not just for Madonna but for pop music and the tremors of it's earthquake-like effect are still felt in every modern day pop show.

Info thanks to The Best Madonna Picture Collection

 

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April 27, 1990 Madonna performs Holiday on the Blond Ambition World Tour in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Stadium. Her third night in Yokohama and 9th show on the tour . 

This was before Madonna started having major vocal problems, which plagued her for most of the later shows on the tour. She sports her original ponytail, the more iconic of the two hairstyles for the tour, and is full of boundless energy. This tour was extremely grueling for Madonna. Everything about the Blond Ambition tour was next level for it's time. A huge step up from her previous tour, it had more costumes, much more choreography and was darker and more complex. It sought to not just be a concert but tell a story theatrically as well. 

Everything from the lighting to the band was simply incredible. The tour was a landmark not just for Madonna but for pop music and the tremors of it's earthquake-like effect are still felt in every modern day pop show.

Info thanks to The Best Madonna Picture Collection

 

One of the best Holiday performances ever. I think you just inspired a post.