Today in Madonna History: September 6, 1990

September 6, 2022 By sonicboy19 in 1990, September Tags: David Fincher, I'm Breathless, MTV Video Music Awards, Vogue 3 Comments

On September 6 1990, Madonna performed Vogue at the 7th annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California. Vogue won for Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it

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Today in Madonna History: September 5, 1986

September 5, 2022 By Jay in 1986, September Tags: Awards, Blue Dress-With-Pant, MTV Video Music Awards, Nikki Finn, Reductive, True Blue (Single), Video Vanguard Award 3 Comments

On September 5 1986, Madonna was honoured with the Video Vanguard Award for her visionary videos at the 3rd annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Palladium in New York City.

Madonna found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Her videos depicted controversial subjects such as teen pregnancy, racism, religion, sex and violence. She received the Video Vanguard Award for her contributions to the world of music video.

While there’s no denying Madonna was an early innovator in the art of music video, little did MTV – or those of us watching – know at the time that her most artistically groundbreaking work in the medium was yet to come.

Two things we did know at the time, however:

Madonna’s insistence on sending Nikki Finn to collect awards on her behalf during this period was cute and everything, but mostly it just seemed…well…reductive.
Madonna really liked that dress. But was it a dress?

Today in Madonna History: September 4, 2007

September 4, 2022 By Jay in 2007, September Tags: Angela Becker, David Collins, Elton John, GQ Men Of The Year Awards, Royal Opera House 1 Comment

On September 4 2007, Madonna attended the GQ Men Of The Year Awards, at the Royal Opera House in London with friend David Collins. Madonna also met up with and hugged Elton John at the event.

Today in Madonna History: September 3, 1983

September 3, 2022 By Jay in 1983, September Tags: Madonna, The First Album 1 Comment

On September 3 1983, Madonna’s first album debuted at #190 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in the USA.

The album had a slow and steady climb, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 on the week ending October 20 1984, more than a year after its release.

Madonna (the first album) would go on to sell 10 million copies worldwide.

Today in Madonna History: September 2, 1991

September 2, 2022 By Jay in 1991, September Tags: Canada, Ciao Italia, Justify My Love, The Immaculate Collection 3 Comments

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On September 2 1991, Madonna had three releases on the Canadian Top 10 Long Form Music Videos chart: Justify My Love (#1), Immaculate Collection (#2) and Ciao Italia (#8).

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Today in Madonna History: September 1, 1990

September 1, 2022 By Jay in 1990, September Tags: Blond Ambition World Tour, Carlton Wilborn, Charts, Donna De Lory, Gabriel Trupin, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Live Videos, Luis Camacho, Niki Haris, Oliver Crumes, Rehearsal footage, Salim Gauwloos, Single Sales, Vogue 3 Comments

On September 1 1990, Madonna’s Vogue spent its final week on Billboard’s Hot Singles Sales chart at #40. The massive hit was present on the U.S. sales chart for a total of twenty weeks, including two weeks at #1 in May of 1990.

Vogue has been certified double-platinum by the RIAA for physical sales of over two million units. In terms of physical sales alone, it remains Madonna’s best-selling single in the U.S.