Like a Virgin
It's from 1984, before you were born.
- Artist
- Madonna
- Genre
- Pop
- Released
- 1984
- Note
- breakthrough album
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About
As of 2026, it's 42 years old.
Like a Virgin turned Madonna from a promising pop singer into a full-blown cultural phenomenon — and a magnet for controversy, thanks to a title that scandalized parents and a now-legendary MTV Awards performance in a wedding dress where she rolled around the stage to the horror of every network executive present. She knew exactly what she was doing.
The album made her the defining pop provocateur of the '80s, and the title track became one of the most recognizable songs of the decade.
Cheeky, provocative, and career-launching, Like a Virgin is the album that handed Madonna the keys to the decade and confirmed she'd cause delicious chaos with them.
