On July 14 1987, Madonna’s second studio album, Like a Virgin was certified 7x platinum (7 million units) in the USA.
According to author J. Randy Taraborrelli, “Every important artist has at least one album in his or her career whose critical and commercial success becomes the artist’s magic moment; for Madonna, Like a Virgin was just such a defining moment”.
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Denouement coda finale Stay ends Like a Virgin on a hopeful and brilliant note. At that point, Madonna was growing in confidence as a singer, writer and performer.