On January 6 1993, Madonna’s Erotica album was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 2 million units in the USA.
What is your favourite track from Erotica?
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Today in Madonna History: January 5, 1989
On January 5 1989, Madonna filed for divorce from Sean Penn citing “irreconcilable differences” at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, California.
Madonna’s publicist at the time, Liz Rosenberg, made this statement:
“I can only tell you that there will definitely be no further comment from either Mr. Penn or Madonna on this subject.”
Today in Madonna History: January 4, 2012
On January 4 2012, Kylie Minogue denied a rumour (via Twitter) that she and Madonna would be joining forces for a killer duet:
“It’s just a rumour, but of course it would be amazing!! maybe one day!”
Madonna demonstrated her admiration for Kylie by wearing a Kylie t-shirt during a performance at the November 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Today in Madonna History: January 2, 1999
On January 2 1999, Madonna’s The Power of Good-Bye peaked at #14 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in the USA. The single remained #14 for 6 non-consecutive weeks.
Today in Madonna History: January 1, 1983
On January 1 1983, Madonna’s first single, Everybody, climbed to #4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the USA after 9 weeks on the chart.
Madonna talking about hearing Everybody for the first time on radio:
“I was living on the Upper West Side, 99th and Riverside, and about 7:00 at night I had the radio on in my bedroom, on WKTU, and I heard ‘Everybody’. I said ‘Oh, my God, that’s me coming out of that box.’ It was an amazing feeling.”
Today in Madonna History: January 1, 2016
Justin and I would like to wish all of our readers at Today in Madonna History a Happy New Year!
We’d like to extend a special thanks to Madonna for giving us her brilliant Rebel Heart album, the Living For Love, Ghost Town and Bitch I’m Madonna singles, and the refreshingly brilliant Rebel Heart World Tour in 2015.
We’re very excited for all of our readers who will see the tour in the next few months – you’re in for a treat!
Cheers to Madonna and cheers to all of us – we’re very happy to be healthy and alive and celebrating this fantastic living legend!
Today in Madonna History: December 31, 2014
On December 31 2014, Madonna tweeted:
Bitches i’m looking to the future and the future looks good! #rebelheart #unapologeticbitch
Today Justin and I are also looking to the future and the future does look good!
We would both like to thank all of our readers for supporting us over the last (almost) two years at Today in Madonna History.
We’re having a lot of fun putting this page together, and we hope you’re enjoying it as much as we are.
Please share it with your friends if you haven’t already – thanks!
We would also like to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year!
From both of us, Jay and Justin (Toronto, Canada)
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