It’s almost impossible, given everything that came after, to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted "Like a Virgin" ...

When many people think of Madonna, they picture her in a deconstructed wedding dress, rolling around on the MTV stage, and simulating sex in front of the masses. It was a world-altering moment in ...

Madonna was once told that "Like a Virgin" would not make her, but break her. While appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, the Queen of Pop, 63, remembered the harsh words her then ...

Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” was a little edgy in its day, but the controversy didn’t stop it from becoming a major hit for the Material Girl. If a song with a similar sentiment came out today, it would ...

The Queen of Pop sat down with producer Nile Rodgers for a Paper magazine interview about their work together early in her career Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

One writer compared Madonna’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September of 1984 to iconic music moments like Elvis Presley causing jaws to drop in living rooms across America with his ...

The video to “Like A Virgin” – and her live performance of the song on the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards - helped create Madonna’s first No. 1 single. Screengrab from the official video for 'Like A ...

In the hours that directly followed the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28 in New York City, Madonna was on a plane to Scotland. Earlier in the evening, she had opened the show with a performance ...

"Like a Virgin" went on to become Madonna's first of 12 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Madonna was once told that "Like a Virgin" would not make her, but break her. While appearing on The Tonight ...

We all know it like an anthem: that prowling bassline, the peek-a-boo synth and Madonna’s girl-like voice wafting in on the fourth measure. It’s been 39 years since “Like a Virgin” hit the top of the ...