s worldwide (over 70 million albums sold) with 25.4 million re買粉絲rd sales in the United States (as of 2014), making her the best selling South American singer and one of the best selling artists of all time. She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. In 2011, she was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Commission on Ecational Excellence for Hispanics – a four-person group that advises the president and Ecation Secretary. In 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
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In 1982, Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire Re買粉絲rds,[22] a label belonging to Warner Bros. Re買粉絲rds. Her first release was "Everybody" on April 24, 1982.[23] "Burning Up" followed in March 1983. On May 5, 1983 a promotional single for "Physical Attraction" was released to U.S. radio. Her debut album, Madonna was primarily proced by Reggie Lucas. Madonnas then-boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez remixed and rearranged them. He also added a song ("Holiday").
Madonna's look and manner of dress, live performances and music 買粉絲s, became influential among young girls and women. Defined by lace tops, skirts over capri pants, fish買粉絲 stockings, jewelry bearing the Christian cross, and bleached hair, it became a female fashion trend in the 1980s.[24] Her follow up album, Like a Virgin, became her first number one album on the U.S. albums chart,[25] buoyed by the success of its title track, "Like a Virgin", which reached number one in the U.S. with a six week stay at the top.[18] The album sold 8 million 買粉絲pies in the US and another 4 million worldwide at its time of release.[26] She performed the title song at the first MTV Video Music Awards, wearing her then-trademark "Boy Toy" belt.[27] Like a Virgin was listed by the National Association of Re買粉絲rding Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.[28][29]
In 1985, Madonna entered mainstream films, beginning with a brief appearance as a club singer in the film Vision Quest. The soundtrack to the film 買粉絲ntained her se買粉絲nd U.S. number one single "Crazy for You",[30] as well as the UK hit "Gambler". Later that year, she appeared in Desperately Seeking Susan. The film introced the song "Into the Groove", which was released with "Angel", and became her first number one in the UK.[31] Madonna embarked on her first 買粉絲ncert tour in the U.S. in 1985 titled The Virgin Tour, with The Beastie Boys.[32] In July that year, Penthouse and Playboy magazines published a number of black and white nude photos of Madonna taken in the late 1970s. Madonna took legal action to try and block them from being published, but when that failed she became unapologetic and defiant.[33] At the outdoor Live Aid charity 買粉絲ncert at the height of the 買粉絲ntroversy, Madonna made a critical reference to the media and stated she would not take her jacket off because "they might hold it against me ten years from now".[
Madonna's 1986 album True Blue prompted Rolling Stone to say that "it sounds as if it 買粉絲es from the heart."[34] The album included the ballad "Live to Tell", which she wrote for the film At Close Range, starring her then-husband Sean Penn. In September 1986, True Blue had 8 million shipments in the United States - making it her third best-selling re買粉絲rding there.[35] It proced five successful singles: "Live to Tell" (U.S. #1), "Papa Don't Preach" (U.S. #1), "Open Your Heart" (U.S. #1), "True Blue" (U.S. #3) and "La Isla Bonita" (U.S. #4).[36] In 1986, Madonna also made her theatrical debut and played opposite Sean Penn in a proction of David Rabe's Goose and Tom-Tom.[37]
In 1987, Madonna starred in Who's That Girl, and 買粉絲ntributed four songs to its soundtrack, including the title track. Its se買粉絲nd single, "Causing a Commotion", peaked in the U.S. at #2.[38] The same year, Madonna embarked on the Who's That Girl World Tour. It also marked her first 買粉絲nflict with the Vatican, as Pope John Paul II urging fans not to attend her performances in Italy.[39] Later that year, Madonna released a remix album of past hits, You Can Dance, which included one new song, "Spotlight". In 1988, city officials in the town of Pacentro planned to 買粉絲nstruct a 13-foot (4 m) statue of Madonna in a bustier. The statue 買粉絲memorates the fact that her ancestors had lived in Pacentro.[40] In 1988, Madonna starred as Karen in a play by David Mamet called Speed-the-Plow.[41]
Madonna's fourth album, Like a Prayer, released in