On June 21 1993, Madonna attended the New York premiere of Sleepless In Seattle. She was joined by her friends Jenny Shimizu, Rosie O’Donnell and her brother Christopher Ciccone.
Today in Madonna History: June 20, 2006
On June 20 2006, Madonna’s first live album, I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, containing songs from the documentary of the same name, was released.
The two-disc set included a CD with 14 songs (including a previously unreleased Demo Rock Version of I Love New York), and a DVD with the documentary film.
The documentary provided a behind-the-scenes look at Madonna’s 2004 Re-Invention Tour. The documentary was directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
Today in Madonna History: June 19, 2012
On June 18 and 19 2012, Madonna was in Florence, Italy, shooting the music video for Turn Up the Radio. The video was directed by Tom Munro. Tom had previously directed Madonna’s music video for Give It 2 Me in 2008.
The video was released on July 16, 2012.
Today in Madonna History: June 18, 1994
On June 18 1994, Madonna’s I’ll Remember spent a second week at #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. I’ll Remember spent a total of 4 weeks at the top of the chart, making it her longest running AC chart-topper to date at the time. This would be surpassed less than a year later when Take A Bow ended an incredible 9-week run at #1 on AC chart on February 18th, 1995 and remains her biggest AC hit in the U.S.
Today in Madonna History: June 17, 2008
On June 17 2008, Robyn announced that she would be opening for Madonna’s European Sticky & Sweet Tour.
“Having been a fan of Madonna since I was a little girl, I’m very excited about sharing a stage with her and playing to her audiences. I’m thrilled.”
Today in Madonna History: June 16, 1984
On June 16 1984, Borderline became Madonna’s first Top 10 hit when the single peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.
Thanks to Rex!
Today in Madonna History: June 15, 1994
On June 15 1994, Dangerous Game was released on home video. The film was directed by Abel Ferrara, and starred Madonna, Harvey Keitel and James Russo.
In 2007, Ferrara recalled,
It was just another one of our films that never came out. But on that one, the audience didn’t really like the film. Madonna killed it. The first impression people get on a movie is the one that never gets out of their mind. So after Madonna got so trashed for doing Body of Evidence, she thought she was going to beat the critics to the punch and badmouth the film. And she actually got good reviews. She never got a good review from the Voice or The New York Times in her life, but she got good reviews for this movie, which she came out and trashed. I’ll never forgive her for it.
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