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Second album smash: 7 acts who topped their debut
Second Album Syndrome: it's the term every breakthrough act dreads. It's when an artist shoots to the highest of highs with their first collection, but hurtles to Earth with a bang by the time their second doesn't chart.
 
However, while some acts wobble and fall with their follow-up (we're looking at you The Darkness, Duffy and Kate Nash), others manage to nail the second album and their place in the music history books.
 
We've listed seven albums that smashed the glass ceiling set by their predecessors and will remain fan favorites for decades to come.
 
4. Madonna: Like a Virgin (1984)
How many artists can sell over 10 million albums with their debut and then go and double those figures with their second album just 18 months later? That's exactly what Madonna did with Like a Virgin. The blonde popstar teamed up with Nile Rodgers for the set, which went on to sell over 21 million copies worldwide. Its title track remains an iconic pop number, while 'Material Girl' became the zeitgeist of a booming commercial market of the '80s. What's more, when you've got a song as amazing as 'Into the Groove' as a bonus track (or a B-side in some countries), you know you're on to a classic record.
 
Like a Virgin was the first instance where Madonna demanded creative control. She wasn't given it completely by her label Warner Bros, but she had enough to deliver an album that would cement herself as the future Queen of Pop. The album's aesthetic of Marilyn Monroe-meets-Saint Mary was provocative, radical and exciting in mainstream music. Madonna performed lead single 'Like a Virgin' for the very first time at the very first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, and like her peers such as Michael Jackson, positioned herself and the record as pioneers in a music visual revolution that would turn her into an icon. Oh, and Madonna's label allegedly pushed back the release of Like a Virgin because they thought it wasn't going to work... It's still Madonna's only album to be certified Diamond in the US.
 
 
 
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http://www.fastcompany.com/3045999/like-a-boss-how-madonna-became-the-biggest-pop-brand-on-the-planet

HOW MADONNA BECAME THE BIGGEST POP BRAND ON THE PLANET

THREE DECADES AFTER EXPLODING ON THE SCENE, MADGE'S STAR CONTINUES TO SHINE BRIGHT—AND BEING LUCKY IS ONLY PART OF THE REASON WHY.

BY FASTCO STUDIOS

She went from wide-eyed new New Yorker with only $35 in her pocket to the biggest pop star on the planet. Along the way, she pissed off everyone from Sean Penn to the Pope. There is and always will be only one Madonna. Here's how she got into her career groove—and why she's staying there forever.

 

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