How Madonna became the biggest pop star on the planet

[@trueblue-blackout9900]

True blue album was the first album by an American artist ever to debut at #1 in the UK and True blue sold over 10M copies in Europe . It spent 34 weeks at #1 on the European album sales chart , no artist has beat this

[@jonnyharvey]

thanks for this. Amazing stats

[@dominiquepowell3158]

Her best work along with Ray of light

[@tobiasreeks5613]

Whilst the album isn’t my favourite, the album cover is simply iconic.

[@jonnyharvey]

Damn right - I would need to do a separate video on the album visuals

[@alexanderthegreat7213]

@@jonnyharvey you really should, to this day I'm still obsessed with the blue, silver hues used for this album concept. The photo-shoot was clearly a throwback to Marilyn Monroe iconic photo shoot. Also the 50s look with songs like White Heat with James Cagney and True Blue with the 50's song style. It's clearly a 50's homage album, which I love.

[@Patrick3183]

The extra bass she put on her records gave her a leg up. A lot of 80s pop lacks bass - records couldn’t handle much bass, it would shake the needle off the record. But Madonna’s records boom with bass - especially papa don’t preach and open your heart. The audience must’ve been blown away by the sonic landscape of those songs.

[@CraigsListM4M]

I’m a pretty big fan of her bedtime story work onward, very ahead of her time with sounds and meanings. I’m 25 and people just don’t get it

[@Patrick3183]

@@CraigsListM4M they will get it eventually.

[@ginaonyemaechi]

Yeah, today a lot of 80s pop sounds echoey and empty to me. I totally LOVED it at the time, though, haha!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thanks for this. One of the reasons why so much of her music has stood the test of time.

[@appleclaws9653]

True Blue is my all time favorite Madonna album, I've listened to it thousands of times by now. It truly was the album where she the most optimistic as you said and felt like it the era where she truly was elevated above the rest and was solidified as a true icon ❤

[@jonnyharvey]

🤔

[@wahoo4uva]

The optimism might be because she was in love. She was dating and/or married to Sean Penn during the True Blue era. As the video states. She’s said Sean was the love of her life.

[@CraigsListM4M]

Thank you so much for your Madonna content. I’m fairly new to her but I understand the impact she has had in music and pop culture. I love her and she has moved to the top of my pyramid of pop queens.

[@Patrick3183]

Never too late to become a Madonna fan ;)

[@duane_313]

I’ve been a fan since 2006 in high school and there’s STILL so much I’ve yet to discover. She’s my favorite artist of all time. My life inspiration. Enjoy the ride!

[@elm1230]

She should be at the top of everyones pyramid, she’s literally one of the best pop artists alive. It’s criminal how underrated she is, and I’m not being facetious. When she passes her accolades will be thru the roof. Her ideas, her collabs, her ability to catch early trends, her artistic integrity and fearlessness, the beguiling power to capture the publics attention at every step of her career be it artistically or individually. There hasn’t been a pop girlie yet that can come close to the work she’s created, they’d be too scared lol

[@ankitapandey3703]

@elm1230 Not really. Everybody has different music tastes. And the fact that Madonna is more of an entertainer than a singer makes a valid reason for many to not have her as their top fav artist.

[@duane_313]

@@ankitapandey3703 I would say she’s an artist first and foremost who happens to sing and entertain 💯

[@richardjamesrochardt7573]

I'm lucky enough to say I was alive and remember every madonna album come out. This was epic!!

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@richardjamesrochardt7573]

@Here's Jonny the scandal!! Teen pregnancy sent the world off its face when papa don't preach came out

[@sashabertold3731]

You live to tell😊

[@richardjamesrochardt7573]

@@sashabertold3731 touche babe! TOTALLY! So proud to Live to Tell how this all went down. Controversy from the syart

[@danzel8604]

One of Madonna's best albums along with bedtime stories and Ray of light era's

[@jonnyharvey]

Agreed 😀

[@danzel8604]

Not keen on her new stuff at all, she needs to just enjoy her millions she earned it...

[@Nabhan82]

@@danzel8604 She still puts out great content if you're open minded enough to appreciate it. I personally love that she's still making music and still really enjoy her output.

[@danzel8604]

@@Nabhan82 good for you & believe me my mind is fully open.....to good music that I appreciate..

[@xtradelite903]

Madonna’s musical journey throughout the decades has been one that changes from album to album, and song to song. I’ve always loved her references in both her music and fashion/style.

[@zafnatpaneaj4992]

You did it again Jonny. Just awesome...! Thank you God for allow me to live in the 80's. I was a little kid at that time and everybody was obsessed with Madonna. No internet, no streaming, only pure hard work and talent. She is a genious...! Greetings from Buenos Aires...!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you for your comments 😀🙏 You couldn’t stream or download a single, you had to go a record store & actually pay money to get. IMHO it was a different kind of success

[@anonnymous4684]

I remember when Papa Don't Preach came out and radio DJ's would often start their show with it, or play it straight after news bulletins as those strings provide an arresting opener that would catch the ear. Very different to anything else that was on the radio time at the time. Madonna and her producers skill is to make simple pop songs sound unusual and interesting. On paper, Live to Tell is quite straightforward but they manage to build it into something that ends up being beautifully majestic and powerful.

[@jonnyharvey]

thanks for this - really interesting insight 😀I love the opening strings to Papa Don't Preach. Yes Steven Bray, Patrick Leonard and Madonna are all such talented producers.

[@senorgato70]

Yes! That opening to PDP is absolute brilliance. So beautifully done, then the driving beats of the song follow right after. It really deserved to be critically recognized so much more than it was.

[@hussainaziz9646]

Best Madonna content ever. And your voice really is captivating to hear lol

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏 I’m always in such a rush to get it done, I thought it sounds can shouty at times 😂

[@raulsanchez9795]

True Blue deserve more praise than it gets. Almost like a thriller or bad album, just because she is a woman, it gets less attention.

[@innerpeace88627]

Another fantastic video. You are my favourite KZbinr. I find your work fascinating. I would love to see you interviewing artists one day, I think you would be very good at that because you do such a great job of researching and understanding the craft of songwriting and all the behind the scenes work that goes into making an album. Love your work!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you so much 😀🙏

[@jonnyharvey]

I would love to interview artists about their songwriting & creative process. That would be so cool.

[@innerpeace88627]

@@jonnyharvey I hope this happens! You’d do such a great job. In the meantime, keep up the amazing work with these clips, they are fantastic!!!

[@explorewithefrain7305]

I love White Heat! It should have been released as a single!

[@jonnyharvey]

I do too - I don’t get people being so negative about it. I think it’s a great pop song.

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

Where's The Party is one of my faves from True Blue that should've gotten a single treatment.

[@explorewithefrain7305]

@@Gobble_de_Goop Yes. That 1 also. Even Causing a Commotion was released as a single!

[@marcelonascimento8400]

I absolutely love your channel! Thank you for always posting videos about Queen Madonna! ❤️👑

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏

[@alemonteiro9888]

The best selling international album here in Brazil! ❤️

[@jonnyharvey]

Brazilians have great taste 😀

[@Bernhard2024]

Wow! I can´t thank you enough for this video. The True Blue-Madonna is my personal ULTIMATE Madonna. I became fan of hers in Summer of 1986. I was a tiny 11 year old boy then and I fell in love with this 28-year-old pop-lady when I saw "Papa don`t preach" musicvideo. What a Blast! I remember hanging Madonna posters on my walls and started collecting clippings and merchandise stuff. Now, 48 years old I have to say, that I still love listening to True Blue. It´s still a great poprecord. And the picture of the cover ist the best photo ever taken by her. Herb Ritts did an awesome job with that cover.

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏

[@ddjr6673]

Thank you again for another amazing Madonna video. As a fan of Madonna I always look forward to you your research and insight. This is going to be a long post from me. I still have the original vinyl of True Blue and the original 12" picture disc of True Blue single. Live Aid: Love Makes the World Go Round and Where's the Party - red hair, beginning to change her look, original unreleased songs in front of the biggest audience ever, while others were doing their current hits or greatest hits? WOW. Live to Tell: say what? A ballad showcasing Madonna's lower register as the *lead* single? Yes, she made it work (and she kept her clothes very much on in the video). Papa Don't Preach - a classical string intro? Confusing on pop radio. Madonna (unmarried in the song) singing "I'm gonna keep my baby" - confusing the Catholic Church and Christian right no end - and a woman called Madonna who is a Catholic singing about having a baby out of wedlock...perfect pop tune, genius marketing and the iconic "Italians Do it Better" T-shirt. The absolute obsession with Madonna's physique, from soft/curvy to taught and muscled. True Blue - innocence and love - in retrospect - despite all the rumours of Sean Penn being abusive at the time, he still seems to be the love of her life, even more than Guy Ritchie. Open Your Heart video yet again, controversy - the prototype for the conical bra/corset - the tassels on the outfit, not just set at a peep show, not just with homoerotic imagery but with a young underage boy in the video watching her- she nearly didn't get away with that but for the end when she ruffles his hair. I am sure Felix's part would not be in that video if it was made today. La Isla Bonita - gorgeous track - she plays two types of Spanish girl - every Spanish stereotype in the video - but it works. Jimmy Jimmy and White Heat - fantastic album tracks A perfect pop album - each track a gem.... not a concept album - and ironically, given how commercially successful the album was it seems to be overlooked by many, including Madonna fans. As said, by others the Grammys were ignoring her in favour of Cyndi Lauper (who I also love), Madonna was just "too much" for them. PS - Ain't No Big Deal - the B side to Papa Don't Preach and Each Time You Break My Heart - the song she wrote/gave to Nick Kamen (RIP) amazing songs from this era too

[@jonnyharvey]

thank you 😀🙏

[@saadsaud55]

The album that changed my life

[@julianmartinez3015]

Madonna was just everywhere. I learned English because of her.

[@jonnyharvey]

Oh that's nice to hear. Entertaining, inspiring AND educational 😂

[@irina1296]

I heard the song 'Spotlight' was supposed to be on this album too but Madonna found it too similar to 'Holiday'. Sad because I adore Spotlight too

[@jonnyharvey]

Yes me too - love Spotlight ❤️

[@JulianMichaelHoldcroft]

Madonna will forever be my fantasy!! Her face is perfect and she is utterly spellbinding. Have had the pleasure of being front row of some of her best performances and there's no other like her. True Blue id brilliant and I love driving on the coast with the top down & full blast. The greatest artist of many generations.

[@twink3448]

True Blue is the blueprint pop albums like the fame, teenage dream, 1989 etc

[@rvegas81]

This video is really good! Over the years, True Blue has become my favorite Madonna. Over the years, it's message video and lyrics have aged quite well. It's also tightly rapped like Janet's control. Both ladies earlier work seemed a lot different.

[@jonnyharvey]

thank you 😀

[@cooluser5288]

Loved this. Do one on the videos for this album!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you😀🙏

[@FerKzrs]

Last week I watched her live for the very first time. The crowd went wild when "La Isla Bonita" came out. I wasn't alive when "True Blue" was released but I'm old enough to remember watching videos from this era on VH1.

[@jonnyharvey]

I'm so jealous - I would've loved to have seen the Celebration tour (it didn't come to Ireland). Looking forward to seeing the official edited version.

[@thebeardedseeker5633]

When the video for Papa Don't Preach dropped on MTV it was an instant classic. I think it was that point where we all knew she was serious, and would be around for a while.

[@jonnyharvey]

Yep when she was able to follow up LAV you knew she meant business

[@JP-vf2mo]

loving this series! I am a SUPERFAN and highly enjoy your videos! thank you SO MUCH for making these!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏

[@purplelightwolf741]

A lot of the younger crowd today truly don't appreciate that most of their favorite artists are walking the road that Madonna paved.

[@jonnyharvey]

She was the blueprint for the modern female pop star

[@senorgato70]

I'm watching this video again a year after I first watched it. I can't say this enough. Madonna was "robbed" of so much critical recognition in the early part of her career. Papa Don't Preach, Live to Tell, and Like A Prayer should have been up for every critical award for Song and Record of the Year and the albums should have nominated for Album of the Year. But, back then, everyone but the buying public shied away from the controversies. It wasn't until Ray of LIght and Music did she get this critical recognition. While, yes, Madonna conquered the world with her songs, albums, and tours, I can only hope that one day, her complete body of work will get the appreciation that she deserves as a songwriter and producer. She truly has some of the most iconic and legendary pop songs that forever live in so many people's minds.

[@jonnyharvey]

I agree. Completely ridiculous Like A Prayer didn’t get at least one Grammy - for Song of the Year anyway. Live to Tell should also have been recognised for its quality songwriting. But the Grammys was (and still is) dominated by white straight blokes and they prefer rock, acoustic, folk. And Madonna wasn’t taken seriously for years.

[@jamesr2164]

The best selling female musical recording artist in history (still) 🙌

[@tadeoz1980]

Love love love this video!! ❤❤❤ finally Madonna content here in KZbin..., enjoying this longer video with my night coffee ❤️❤️❤️ keep up icon

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏

[@hidiyakikliuka2792]

She knows how to make things happen. 🎉

[@jonnyharvey]

So true - a force of nature

[@bentoth6377]

Legendary album and era....Live to tell is so amazing, however I find some of the album alittle middle of the road and safe. Imo she has made so many more creative and innovative albums. Still it's very important to her growth

[@jonnyharvey]

No it’s not her most musically adventurous album but the songs are really solid on it.

[@Reign_of_Conno]

Amazing work Jonny- keep going with it! Your KZbin videos are so thorough and well researched. Bonus that you’re from Ireland too! 🇮🇪 Can’t wait for the next instalments 🤩

[@jonnyharvey]

Thanks Brian 😀

[@pipsqueak677]

your best video yet!!!!!!!! keep them coming!!! I love your dedication

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀🙏

[@drewdolce]

These are like mini documentaries I love these vids keep up the stellar work!!

[@jonnyharvey]

thank you 😀😀

[@jackiesmith7845]

This is amazing. Can you please do "Like a Prayer" next? Keep up the fantastic work.

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀Yes I’ve got ideas and research collected for ‘like a prayer’. But Madonna videos take me a really long time to do. It’s so hard to do her ‘eras’ justice in a ten minute video. She’s done so much work so there’s always a lot of information to work through.

[@jackiesmith7845]

@@jonnyharvey Your "Like a Prayer" video sounds like it will be worth the wait! You are doing an incredible job of covering her albums and eras.

[@oceanlover3530]

Great job! Thank you for putting this together! ✌🏻❤️✌🏻

[@jonnyharvey]

Thanks 😀🙏

[@vishambarchauhan5622]

Hey, your channel is soo underrated. You deserve more subscribers. Nice video. Please do one on katy perry also

[@jonnyharvey]

Thanks so much 😀🙏 I did a Katy Perry video about why she hasn’t won any Grammys kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2mTYoegdqiHfbs

[@user-sf5fk6ox4c]

Love this album..and the concert wowed me ! I was smitten ! Loved the remix to Open Your Heart played in clubs...I danced my ass off !

[@jonnyharvey]

it's such a classic 😀

[@Chirpy85]

Madonna = icon

[@RogueWJL]

Phenomenal video. Truly an amazing era-every single release was a major event-even LA ISLA BONITA on its release ten months after the album came out was a massive thing. Every track on that album could have been a top 5 hit. Was always amazed that Where's the Party was never released but I have read before that there was plans to release it along with White Heat?

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀 I didn’t read about ‘White Heat’ bring a single but I’m sure you’re right.

[@RogueWJL]

@@jonnyharvey don't count on that....I read in a forum years ago Digital Spy (when people where still polite to one another 😱)

[@winston1319]

From hit to hit in that era . True Blue is legend album . White Heat is neglected as a single.

[@jonnyharvey]

I know - I love White Heat

[@MR-fx9gg]

I am so excited for her new tour

[@jonnyharvey]

I’m not going but looking forward to watching it on TV

[@WasWasLo]

shes forever the queen

[@jonnyharvey]

Agreed 😀

[@jamesalex5051]

Love it Madonna is my favorite you described Perfect, M deserving the title and holding it "Queen of Pop"

[@jonnyharvey]

Thanks 😀🙏

[@DevaNeeramanii]

Love this! Can we please have that videologue of the videos for True Blue? As well as all the other albums?

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀 I’m doing a Like Prayer next and I think I will do more 80s Madonna videos. I’d love to do videologues but it’s harder getting info on the videos than the music so I will see.

[@JordanjamesX]

This is so good. Well researched you get so much detail.

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀

[@RVS-fq4wh]

And don't forget, True Blue was #1, in the European charts for 30+ weeks!!

[@jonnyharvey]

good point - thanks for adding that.

[@RVS-fq4wh]

@@jonnyharvey I think it made history in all charts worldwide

[@garycambridge5513]

This is still my favourite album from her - perfect ❤ it’s because of this album ( my brother gave it to me on cassette) and it began my decades long love affair with her ❤

[@jonnyharvey]

It's a really solid record 😀

[@Rossion64]

Really enjoying your channel!❤

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀😀

[@samguppy1130]

I love this series! please keep it going!

[@jonnyharvey]

Thank you 😀

[@davidthesong]

Amazing Album.

[@jonnyharvey]

a classic

[@senorgato70]

True Blue and Like A Prayer should be considered THE most iconic 1-2 punch in pop music. But LAP was so underrated, it was a crime. True Blue is definitely one of the greatest and significant pop albums by any artist, much less female pop artists.

[@jonnyharvey]

two classic albums

[@noemistephanie93]

Man what I would’ve given to live during Madonna’s peak. Too bad I was born in the 90s 😩

[@wahoo4uva]

i get it! i was there. it was good times!

[@yussepig6629]

Madonna completely changed pop Music. Before her, women were always considered lesser stars and couldn’t keep up with men in either sales or tours. After her there are now countless females who are equal billing or more to men. And both male and female stars copy her template of reinvention and showmanship.

[@shaunhoward3166]

A follow up Kylie Minogue video when u get time please mate 👌🤟💯🎤

[@jonnyharvey]

Yes working on it atm 😀

[@shaunhoward3166]

@@jonnyharvey oh nice one bruv will keep an eye out 👌💯😜🤟

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Great album. My favorite after The Immaculate Collection

[@jonnyharvey]

So it’s your favourite Madonna studio album then 😀

[@tadeoz1980]

Our Madge ❤️❤️❤️

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@Planetcharr]

Well, another pressure Madge had on her shoulder was to push Cyndi out of the way. Before True Blue both Madonna and Cyndi were the top female solo artist. With She's So Unusual, Cyndi had already toured (successfully) the entire world, placed 5 songs into the top 40 and competed in major Grammy categories. But Cyndi's label and management took too long between Unusual and True Colors ... perfect opportunity for Madonna to enjoy the success of Like a Virgin and have the label market her everywhere and churn out True Blue soon afterwards. Cyndi's True Colors could have been managed better and could have stayed the course alongside True Blue. It shouldn't be a shock that Madonna knew how to use T&A to her advantage and sell it as an empowering tool and add that she was controversial. Cyndi was neither ... and that doesn't sell as well in the video era. Cyndi still broke barriers and raised the bar just as heavy as Madonna did; Madonna just sold it better.

[@jonnyharvey]

What’s T&A? Yes Madonna & Cyndi are quite different really. Cyndi didn’t want to be immortal.

[@Planetcharr]

@@jonnyharvey I know it's crude, but T&A = tits and ass.

[@JC-yy8iv]

@@jonnyharvey literally “t!ts and ass” but the expression means marketing using sex

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

Reality is Cindy didn't evolve and True Colors is less quality than she so unusual. when will the tired Lauper fans stop crying over a could've that NEVER COULD. Madonna kept evolving while Lauper kept giving less and less quality. END OF STORY

[@Fritha71]

According to Danny Aiello the video for Papa Don't Preach is a piece of crap?? Hardly, it's a true classic; the song and filmed scenes go together perfectly and Madonna is very believable as a young girl who accidentally gets pregnant. Aiello himself plays his role as her dad really well, it's all so authentic. And I love the outdoor scenes, shot in New Jersey I think. One of my (many) absolute favorite videos by Madonna since I first saw it in 1986!

[@jonnyharvey]

Oh I think he was wrong on that one - it’s a classic

[@TB-om4dd]

3 of 5 singles hits #1 on hot 100. All 5 singles from album hits top 10.

[@jonnyharvey]

thanks for this 😀

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

ALL HIT TOP 5

[@cesarcamacho2643]

Actually all singles hit top 5.

[@pashalisavramikos9942]

All of her albums are unique!!! She is the only one big super star

[@jonnyharvey]

she is a bonafide legend.

[@joecapel6745]

She got where she is because she's so clever. There are better singers and musicians but she is so damn clever. You see it more in her tours than her albums, no one puts on a show even close to Madonna and she's always miles ahead. No wonder Celebration tour has sold so well, Madonna dominates with her wit and intelligence.

[@jonnyharvey]

So true - Madonna outsmarted everyone

[@anthonysmith7804]

I love the 80s and 90s Madonna, but Madonna didn’t have to experience with the Racism that other black artists had to deal with from MTV in the early 80s. MTV was a major endorsement of Madonna and her music back in the day when they really weren’t promoting black music on an all rock station. Nevertheless, Madonna’s catalog is really sick: Crazy for you, Borderline, Angel, La Isla Bonita, Cherish, Like a Virgin, Causing a Commotion, Holiday, Get into the groove, Lucky Star are just a few of my favorites from her.

[@jonnyharvey]

That’s true - that’s a good point. She had other challenges though - being a woman in such male dominated industry was tough

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

yet Madonna unlike Michael or Janet or Whiney addressed racism, teenage pregnancy, religion, female empowerment. if your fave black artist didn't step her pvssy up has nothing to do with RACE. FOH

[@ikexbankai]

That guy definitely lied about being happy Michael Jackson didn’t take his song. Michael was the biggest star the world had ever seen and everything he did sold millions upon millions. Any songwriter that got song with him knew they life would be changed almost overnight

[@blachubear]

Well fuck that songwriter dissing Michael like that. I wonder if he wrote any other songs that became a hit?

[@jonnyharvey]

well you could say the same about getting your song placed with Madonna - you were still going to earn millions.

[@svveetalina]

Моя ты курочка, моя ты нежная💜

[@ankitapandey3703]

The way you said "small time singer you may have heard of" lol. Loved the sarcasm

[@jonnyharvey]

Oh good - as long as people detect the sarcasm. Phew!

[@rsswd]

So informative! Thank you.

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@renevaltier1650]

I've heard that she's been quite cruel in working with others on various projects? I think that the "industry" has heard & knows what has happened behind close doors? She lost quite a bit of film projects due to her behavior? I've also heard the Hollywood has turned their back on her & that the reasons behind radio stations since American Life, Hard Candy, MDNA, & Rebel Heart, is because influential music producers like Jimmy Iovine over at Interscope, have contacted radio stations not to play her songs/music? How much is fact & how much is fiction can only be determined as to why her songs/music are no longer playing on radio stations, except the early albums & that's because she's with Warner again now & they have super great influence. Nonetheless, she is still is a world renknowed superstar & I still do believe that she is one of the most underrated/undermined songwriters ever in the music industry.

[@jonnyharvey]

I don't know about that. American radio doesn't tend to play many artists once they're over a certain age. Usually artists after the age of 40 are shunned by pop radio. I think Hollywood turned their back on her because of all the movie flops. When it comes to movies and acting her reputation is really damaged. The music industry was and still is run by chauvinistic men - Madonna had to be really tough to deal with them and to survive that long. The hard exterior was probably necessary just to survive - I would imagine.

[@madonnamatt73mlvc16]

Can’t wait to watch this. Just curious but are the the guy from Graham Norton’s red chair that told the story about In bed with Madonna back in 2012? It sounds like you but I could be wrong.

[@jonnyharvey]

😂😂😂 that’s not me but I remember him. I met him years ago in Dublin. Ireland is so small 😂😂

[@cleberdesouzabezerra5085]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@cruelsummerangel2092]

True blue was a great era for the queen, but ray of light reigns in my mind and my heart.

[@EclecticBarbie]

i hope this channel becomes the Madonna version of the detail 😩

[@jonnyharvey]

Is that the channel that does all the Michael Jackson videos?

[@ankitapandey3703]

@@jonnyharvey Yes

[@EclecticBarbie]

@@jonnyharvey yes, it is

[@Patrick3183]

11:10 her name is actually pronounced “Sharday” !

[@jonnyharvey]

okay sorry - I always say sa-day

[@maurice1263]

Can you do a video on Mariah Carey rainbow era. Feel like not many people talk enough about that era

[@jonnyharvey]

I would love to but the three Mariah videos I did, didn’t do well, so I will see. But I love that album & Mariah 😀

[@tedwatson9929]

that was great

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@andrewpodolio59]

I was literally about half-way through the video until I realized "Madge' wasn't another person but a nickname for Madonna. You gotta let the young ones know that at the beginning of the video 😂

[@jonnyharvey]

Maybe I should do? It’s a more of 90s thing, I think

[@natsohigh5552]

I'm not a Madonna fan. But there are so many of her songs that I like 🤣🥴

[@jonnyharvey]

sounds like you could be a Madonna fan, you just don't know it 😂

[@ginaonyemaechi]

So all the time my friends & I were dancing to True Blue and La Isla Bonita (and Who's That Girl and Get into the Groove) in the playground - and complaining that Open Your Heart was her WORST song ever - THIS was going on in the background? Well, I never...🤣 Best regards.

[@jonnyharvey]

I love Open Your Heart- it’s in my top 10 favourite Madonna songs ever.

[@ginaonyemaechi]

@@jonnyharvey You're lucky you didn't go to my junior school, then. We'd NEVER have let you join in our dance 🕺 routines at playtime... 🤣

[@oceanlover3530]

@@jonnyharvey Open Your Heart! One of my all time favorites too! ✌🏻

[@quanashiab.9620]

How did Madonna ask Jean to direct Open your Heart?

[@jonnyharvey]

What did I say in the video? Jeff Ayeroff at Warner introduced them

[@maokimohr3801]

The names match up to Rock n Roll

[@gabrielecatullo7439]

TRUE BLUE is not her best album, but an album with all 5 successful singles. I think Madonna's best albums are LIKE A PRAYER, BEDTIME STORIES and her masterpiece RAY OF LIGHT.

[@jonnyharvey]

Strangely they're my three favourite Madonna albums also. I listen to BS nearly everyday.

[@Marcossilva-cd2io]

Tenho os discos de Madonna em vinil, todos anos 80 vinil adoro ouvir live to Tell em vinil, eroctica em vinil.tenho esses discos maravilhosos todos sem um arranhão .linda demais madonna.sou do Brasil tudo de bommmmmmm.vc faz a diferença,linda.

[@mannygecko9596]

🔥🔥🤸🏽‍♂️

[@DionneEguono]

Great stuff. However Michael Jackson was far from a 'small time' singer in the 80s though as he had already released Off the Wall at that time and had the success of The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons behind him.

[@jonnyharvey]

I was being sarcastic

[@DionneEguono]

@@jonnyharvey my bad😆

[@jonnyharvey]

@@DionneEguono it's okay. Don't worry

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

I was 9 in 86

[@jonnyharvey]

80s kid 😀

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

@@jonnyharvey yeah lucky I lived through 80s 90s two of the best decades

[@GabrielFerreira-ue8hs]

that lucky star truly got the spotlight

[@jonnyharvey]

😀

[@maxgain4611]

shocking that her biggest song La Isla Bonita did not earn her number one spot in USA

[@jonnyharvey]

Yeah should’ve been a dead cert for no. 1. But it has definitely stood the test of time which is arguably a greater prize

[@TherealIketurner]

Aunt flows in town ☺️

[@jonnyharvey]

?

[@norijean3279]

In the 80s and 90s, Madonna had the best collaborators like Patrick Leonard, Stephen Bray, Jellybean, Shep Pettibone, William Orbit, Babyface, Dallas Austin, Nelle Hooper. With such team she could go no wrong. Plus she was hard working and interested in making great concept albums. Ever since 2010's, she had mediocre collaborators, and been making records like "business as usual". Madame X was her last concept album, but it failed to recapture the magic of her best. Some great moments among general dullness. She can't even pronounce words with her grillz on. She kind of lost it.

[@jonnyharvey]

She has nothing left to prove - she's a trailblazer. She was at the top of her game for 25 years - nothing is forever.

[@adam17ification]

Can you make ray of light/erotica album ..please 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jonnyharvey]

Hello - I did one on Ray of light kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvZqZyEeZiKeJI

[@bjorkgaines]

Quincy working with Michael just after she worked with Donna Summer omg ❤

[@fabricioojeda7999]

BELLA

[@amiramir-qg7xv]

correct me if i’m wrong but this woman was around her peak during michael jackson’s career so how could she be the biggest when he’s around

[@jonnyharvey]

well True Blue was released in 1986 and MJ was relatively quiet that year until 1987 when he released bad. So Madonna kinda was the biggest popstar for a short while. It's not meant to be taken all that seriously - its just a title for a video.

[@ericpantalone5229]

Madonna was never bigger than Michael Jackson in the 80s or early 90s. By the time she surpassed him - I'd say Ray of Light era - he already had a 30 year career....

[@jonnyharvey]

Well Michael didn’t have an album out in 86 so you could say Madonna was bigger for a short while. Overall Michael was bigger though

[@ericpantalone5229]

@@jonnyharvey Good point.

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

@@ericpantalone5229 by 1989 Madonna was bigger than Michael

[@itssomarkness]

I remember Ron Weisner. It seems he doesn't like a woman who asserts herself like how men do. Madonna knew what she wanted and she wasn't taking no for an answer. She has seen what women are relegated to and she would not have it. Which is why Freddie was perfect for her. It seems like Ron was threatened by a woman who stands up on her own. The artists he managed seemed more demanding and had more dirty baggage than Madonna and he was ok with that. It's more of his misogynistic take, honestly.

[@adiawasthi4589]

Pls make video on Mariah's "Music box" Mariah was biggest in that

[@jonnyharvey]

Oh that’s a good idea

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

YAWN

[@AndrewLoganJameson]

“Feel-um” = Film??

[@jonnyharvey]

Irish people tend to pronounce ‘film’ as two syllables ‘fil-um’. I know it’s not technically correct but that’s how I’ve always said it- hard habit to break now.

[@loveisthekey7]

2nd biggest. She wasn't bigger than Michael nor was Prince. But Madonna was my fav but she wasn't as big as Michael

[@jonnyharvey]

Well Michael didn’t have an album out in 86, the year of True Blue so technically you could say Madonna was the biggest popstar for a short while.

[@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC]

by 1989 Madonna surpassed Michael , MTV chose her as Artist of the decade . and Michael had to approach her to do a collab. GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME