Hard Candy (Madonna album)

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Hard Candy
Hard Candy cover
Studio album by Madonna
Released April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25)
(see release history)
Recorded 2007-2008
Genre Pop, dance, electropop, R&B, hip hop
Length 56:13 (Standard Edition)
63:28 (Special Edition)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Madonna, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja, Hannon Lane
Professional reviews
Madonna chronology
The Confessions Tour
(2007)		 Hard Candy
(2008)		 Untitled Greatest Hits
(2009)
Singles from Hard Candy
  1. "4 Minutes"
    Released: March 17, 2008
  2. "Give It 2 Me"
    Released: July 17, 2008
  3. "Miles Away"
    Released: November 24, 2008

Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25, 2008[1][2] by Warner Bros. Records. It was her final studio album with the record company before a Greatest Hits album,[3] marking the end of a 25 year recording history. The album debuted at #1 in 37 countries. The album was supported by the Sticky & Sweet Tour.

Contents

[edit] Release

Hard Candy was released towards the end of April following the full release of its lead single "4 Minutes". April 26 was the official release date in Australia but many retailers chose to sell the album two days prior to this, while a select few European countries saw the album's release on April 25, including Germany, Ireland, Austria and The Netherlands. On April 28, 2008[4] the album was released in the United Kingdom, Brazil and most other European countries, and on April 29, 2008 in the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Canada.[1]

[edit] Musical style

The album, overall, has an urban pop vibe, while remaining a dance-pop record at heart.[5] In the early stages of recording, Stuart Price, the producer of Confessions on a Dance Floor, described the new album as moving in an urban direction. It had initially been defined as having "a lot of producers from a lot of genres in there.", The Sun proclaiming that "it could be her most ambitious project yet.”[5]

Pet Shop Boys were originally asked by Warner to write for and produce some of the album. Neil Tennant revealed they were contacted again the same week and told Warner had changed their mind. "We got told to forget it as they decided to shove her down the R&B route." [6]

Timbaland, one of the featured producers of the record, referred to the album as being "like "Holiday" with an R&B groove."[7] Justin Timberlake also defined the album as being "an R&B/pop/dance record." Upon release, The New York Times reviewed the album as "a set of catchy, easily digestible, mass-appeal songs."[8]

The album features vocal appearances by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, along with production by Timbaland, Timberlake, The Neptunes, and Nate "Danja" Hills, as well as co-production from Madonna. Additionally, Hard Candy includes a guest appearance by American guitarist and singer-songwriter Wendy Melvoin, best known for her work as part of Prince's former band, The Revolution, contributing guitars on the song "She's Not Me", on which she is mentioned.

In promotional interviews Madonna explains the name of the album: "The title is a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness, kind of like I'm gonna kick your ass but it's going to make you feel good. And of course, I love candy." [9]

[edit] Promotion

Album cover made entirely of Jelly Beans at Madame Tussaud's in London.

Seven songs from the album were also made available during the week prior to the album's official release, a song a day downloadable via mobile phone.[10] Beginning on April 21 and ending on April 27, these songs were distributed in order as follows: "Candy Shop," "Miles Away," "Give It 2 Me," "Heartbeat," "Beat Goes On," "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and "She's Not Me". Additionally, Hard Candy and the "4 Minutes" music video were pre-loaded onto the Samsung F400 in France.[11] A similar deal was made with Sony Ericsson, who offered the album alongside or pre-loaded onto its phones in 27 different countries worldwide.[12]

Hard Candy was also streamed on MySpace four days before the United States release.[13] Furthermore, the season finale of Ugly Betty's second season, "Jump," solely featured Madonna's music, "Candy Shop," "Spanish Lesson," "She's Not Me" and "Miles Away" all played, as well as the 2006 single "Jump." The Japanese television drama Change also featured "Miles Away" during the closing credits.

A teaser website was created by Warner Bros. called tick-tock.tv displaying an animated clock with Madonna singing "Tick tock" continuously from the "4 Minutes" song.

[edit] Hard Candy Promo Tour

To promote the album, Madonna embarked on the Hard Candy Promo Tour, the first venture as part of Madonna's new contract with concert promoters Live Nation with media content provided by "Frank the Plumber LLC".[14] The show consisted of a 40 minute set featuring six songs, with dates in New York City, Paris and Maidstone. During the performance at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Justin Timberlake accompanied Madonna onstage for the performance of "4 Minutes" (he appeared on video screens for the further dates). Pharrell Williams also appeared on video during the performance of "Give It 2 Me." Alongside these and album tracks, "Miles Away" and "Candy Shop," Madonna performed a rock-infused version of "Hung Up," introduced by a few bars from "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". "Music," was also remixed using a sample of Fedde Le Grand's "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit."

In an interview with the BBC, Madonna stated:[15]

“ Obviously, I want to do new stuff because I'm very excited about it. I feel that's what people come to hear but I also want to do a few of my oldies but goodies. I chose "Hung Up" because that was the biggest hit from my last record and I chose "Music" because it's a crowd pleaser, it's anthemic and it brings people together. ”

The April 30 New York set was shown live via MSN in association with Control Room and Live Nation. The May 10 Maidstone concert was shown live on BBC Three and later a special program Madonna Live at Radio One's Big Weekend was shown on BBC One, both including interview footage with Jo Whiley. Highlights of the show were also shown all that week on BBC Interactive. The Maidstone show caused controversy with Madonna's use of swearing causing complaints to be made to the BBC.[16]

Setlist:

  1. "Candy Shop"
  2. "Miles Away"
  3. "4 Minutes"
  4. "Hung Up"
  5. "Give It 2 Me"
  6. "Music"

The album was further promoted by the 2008-2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour.

[edit] Singles

The lead single, "4 Minutes", was released digitally on March 18, 2008, worldwide, and was physically released on April 19, 2008. The single features Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. It is currently the most successful release from the album, reaching #1 in twenty-four countries. The song peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[17] The second single, "Give It 2 Me", was released to radio on June 4, 2008, in Europe and June 24, 2008, in the United States, where it peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has gone to #1 in the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and on the U.S. Dance and Airplay Chart. It also reached the top 5 in seven other countries, and the top 10 in eight other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Mexico. It had only moderate success in Australia, reaching #23, while in Japan, only the top 40.[18] The third single, "Miles Away" was released to US radio on October 13. It was released digitally in Europe on October 17 and worldwide on November 24 when it was also released in various physical formats. Many Canadian radio stations had already begun playing the song before that date and the song started moving up the Canadian Hot 100 chart and peaked at 23. On July 17, 2008, a promotional single of "Miles Away" was released in Japan, where the song had increased airplay and digital downloads. The song has failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, but it has topped the Hot 100 Single Sales and Hot Dance Airplay charts.[19] "Beat Goes On" peaked at #97 on U.S. Billboard Pop 100 despite the fact that the song was not released as a single. [20]

[edit] Reception

[edit] Critical reception

As with Madonna's 2005 effort Confessions on a Dancefloor,[21] the album received mostly positive reviews.[22] Reuters noted: "As parting gifts go, Madonna's 11th studio album — and her last before she exits long-term record label Warner Bros. — is unusually generous, if early reviews are to be believed. [...] Released internationally this week, and hitting U.S. stores on Tuesday, Hard Candy scored solidly among rock critics."[23] Rolling Stone said that Hard Candy is the work of "a songwriting team of American chart royalty" that help "revisit her roots as an urban-disco queen."[24] The Observer wrote that "whenever Hard Candy threatens to get boring, something always happens to recapture your interest."[25]

The album was however still criticized for being "an attempt to harness the urban market",[26] with Mark Savage, of BBC Music, writing that "Timbaland's tracks are frequently reminiscent of his (superior) work for Nelly Furtado" and later stated that "if a handful of the tracks had been delivered to more producers with a touch more subtlety, Hard Candy could have ranked alongside Madonna's best."[26] The Times felt similarly, noting that while "Hard Candy is no disaster", the album's producers have "already done the same thing with Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani."[27] The Independent said that the album reflects "how a once diverse talent has ossified into simply satisfying the sweet tooth of functional dance-pop."[28] PopMatters wrote that the album "is overpopulated with recycled pop that is indistinguishable and artificial, something Madonna’s soothing arpeggiating vocals cannot alleviate".[29]

[edit] Chart performance

The album debuted at number one in thirty-seven countries worldwide: Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders + Wallonia), Brazil (international), Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Denmark, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan (overall + international), Mexico (international), Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Taiwan, U.A.E., UK, USA[30]

During its first day of release in the Netherlands, Hard Candy sold over 60,000 copies, earning a platinum certification. The album also received a Gold certification on its first day of release, selling over 15,000 copies.[31] Furthermore, after only two days of release, Hard Candy debuted at number one on the French albums chart, selling 38.000 copies. It also debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly album chart in Japan, selling about 55,462 copies, retaining that position for a second week due to an increase of sales to almost 80.000 copies.[32]

Hard Candy also debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, where Madonna joined a select group of artists to achieve ten number one albums, behind Elvis Presley, with eleven, and The Beatles, with fifteen.[33] Madonna achieved a similar feat in Australia, where it became her seventh album to reach number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album was certified gold in its first week.[34] "4 Minutes" has also remained in the Australian Top Ten for over eleven weeks.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Hard Candy sold 100,000 copies in the United States upon its first day of release.[35] It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with over 280,000 copies sold. Hard Candy became her seventh number one album, making her the female artist with the second most number one albums, behind only Barbra Streisand.[35] It was certified Gold on June 4, 2008, a month after its release.[36] In Latin America the album was also well-received, reaching number nineteen on the Mexican Top 100 Albums chart based on three-day sales alone,[37] and after three weeks in the chart, the album had peaked at number three, it has been certified Platinum.[38] In Argentina, after debuting at number-four based on shipments, it climbed to number one.[39]

In New Zealand, Hard Candy debuted and peaked at number five on May 5, 2008, and stayed on the chart for just nine weeks.[40]

[edit] Formats

  • CD — containing the 12-track album.
  • CD Japanese Edition — 13-track edition including the bonus track "Ring My Bell".
  • CD Limited Collectors Edition Candy Box — 14-track edition containing the album, two exclusive "4 Minutes" remixes in a hinged DVD-sized "Candy" box with a 16-page booklet and approximately 35 Starlite Mint candies packaged in clear cello bag.[41]
  • CD Philippine Edition — Disc available in blue ripple and a rare pink ripple (first pressing only).
  • LP Limited Edition — full length 12-track album on two pink & white and blue & white "candy swirled" vinyl discs, plus a DJ Remix 12" (on black vinyl) with two exclusive-to-this set remixes of "4 Minutes" by Tracy Young and Peter Rauhofer, and a bonus CD of the album housed in a plain white cd sleeve, all housed in a three-pocket deluxe gatefold Stoughton jacket. A misprint was released in Europe mainly by the CD retailing store HMV. The misprint consisted of the original album (like the USA release) on 3 vinyl discs, but the colors of the vinyls themselves were plain pink and plain blue respectively. It is also said that en extremely scarce misprint of the plain blue and pink version exists of where side 1 of disc 1 plays the songs of an unknown rap artist instead of the Madonna songs that are supposed to be Candy Shop, Give it 2 Me and 4 Minutes.
  • iTunes Deluxe Pre-order version — 16-track edition containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes, bonus track "Ring My Bell", digital booklet and a "Give It 2 Me" remix.
  • iTunes Pre-order version — 13-track edition containing the album, digital booklet and bonus track "Ring My Bell".
  • Deluxe Digital version — 15-track edition containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes, digital booklet and a "Give It 2 Me" remix.
  • Digital version — 12-track edition containing the album and digital booklet.
  • Vodafone Exclusive — from April 21, 2008, seven tracks from the album were released at a rate of one a day counting down the week before the album was available. Each track remained live for 24 hours for download before being replaced by the next one.[42]

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Candy Shop"   Pharrell Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 4:15
2. "4 Minutes" (featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake, Nathaniel Hills Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja 4:04
3. "Give It 2 Me"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 4:48
4. "Heartbeat"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 4:04
5. "Miles Away"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja 4:49
6. "She's Not Me"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 6:05
7. "Incredible"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 6:20
8. "Beat Goes On" (featuring Kanye West) P. Williams, Madonna, Kanye West The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 4:26
9. "Dance 2night"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, Hannon Lane Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, co-producer: Hannon Lane 5:03
10. "Spanish Lesson"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 3:40
11. "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills, Joe Henry Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja 5:09
12. "Voices"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, H. Lane Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja, co-producer: Hannon Lane 3:39

Additional notes

  • Executive Producer: Madonna
  • "Dance 2night": additional production by Demacio "Demo" Castellon

[edit] Bonus tracks

iTunes Deluxe Pre-order, Digital Download Pre-order, iTunes, Digital download (bonus track version), Japanese CD bonus track

# Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
13. "Ring My Bell"   P. Williams, Madonna The Neptunes, co-producer: Madonna 3:58

Deluxe Digital Download, iTunes (Deluxe Version) 1

# Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
13. "4 Minutes (Peter Saves New York Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Peter Rauhofer 5:00
14. "4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Junkie XL 4:38
15. "Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Edit)"   P. Williams, Madonna Paul Oakenfold 4:59

iTunes (Deluxe Version) 2

# Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
13. "4 Minutes (Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Bob Sinclar 3:23
14. "4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Junkie XL 4:38
15. "Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Edit)"   P. Williams, Madonna Paul Oakenfold 4:59

iTunes (Deluxe Version) 3

# Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
13. "4 Minutes (Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Bob Sinclar 3:23
14. "Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Edit)"   P. Williams, Madonna Paul Oakenfold 4:59

CD Limited Collectors Edition Candy Box

# Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
13. "4 Minutes (Tracy Young House Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Tracy Young 3:33
14. "4 Minutes (Rebirth Remix Edit)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Demacio "Demo" Castellon 3:42

LP Limited Edition bonus tracks

# Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
13. "4 Minutes (Tracy Mixshow)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Tracy Young 6:19
14. "4 Minutes (Peter Saves New York)"   Madonna, T. Mosley, J. Timberlake, N. Hills Peter Rauhofer 10:52


Additional notes:

  • 1 available on iTunes in the United States, Australia, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Switzerland
  • 2 available on iTunes in New Zealand, Japan and in all European countries (note: some iTunes regions have both Deluxe versions available)
  • 3 iTunes Japan has a second Deluxe version containing two remixes
  • "4 Minutes (Peter Saves New York Edit)" and "4 Minutes (Peter Saves New York)": remix by Peter Rauhofer for Unique Productions, additional production by Eric Kupper
  • "4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix Edit)": produced, mIxed and mastered by Junkie XL in the Computer Hell Cabin, additional sound design by André Ettema and Sam Estes
  • "Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Edit)": remix by Paul Oakenfold, additional production by Ian Green
  • "4 Minutes (Tracy Young House Edit)" and "4 Minutes (Tracy Mixshow)": produced and remixed by Tracy Young, additional Production by Joseph Carrano
  • "4 Minutes (Rebirth Remix Edit)": produced by Demacio "Demo" Castellon, additional production and remixing by Vincent di Pasquale and Larry Grant

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Production

  • Executive Producer: Madonna
  • Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and "Ring My Bell": Produced by The Neptunes. Co-produced by Madonna.
  • Tracks 2, 5, 11, 12: Produced by Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Danja.
  • Track 9: Produced by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. Co-produced by Hannon Lane. Additional Production by Demacio "Demo" Castellon.
  • Track 12: Co-produced by Hannon Lane.

[edit] Personnel

  • Vocals: Madonna
  • Track 2: Vocals by Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland
  • Track 8: Rap by Kanye West
  • Additional Vocals: Pharrell Williams
  • Tracks 5, 9, 11, 12: Background Vocals: Justin Timberlake
  • Recorded by Spike Stent, Andrew Coleman and Alex Dromgoole at Sarm Studios, London
  • Recording Assistants: Graham Archer and Nate Herwick
  • Mixed by Spike Stent and Andrew Coleman at the Record Plant, CA
  • Engineered by Anthony Asher
  • Tracks 2, 5, 11, 12: Recorded by Marella "Ms. Lago" Araica and Demacio "Demo" Castellon
  • Programmed and Mixed by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
  • Assistant Engineers: Julian Vasquez, Vadim Chislov, Graham Archer and Fareed Salamah
  • SCE Assistants: José and Joseph Castellon
  • Track 9: Recorded by Demacio "Demo" Castellon
  • Guitars: Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Dan Warner, Wendy Melvoin, Darrell Pearson and Monte Pittman
  • Keyboards: Hannon Lane and Danja
  • Drums: Timbaland
  • Bass: Darrell Pearson
  • Scratching: DJ Remo
  • Protools Editing: Ron Taylor
  • Strings: Stevie Blacke
  • Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound
  • Photography by Steven Klein
  • Art Direction by Giovanni Blanco
  • Management: Guy Oseary

[edit] Certifications, peaks and sales

Country/Region Peak
position[43]		 Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina 1 Platinum[44] 60,000+
Australia 1 Platinum[45] 70,000+
Austria 1 Platinum[46] 20,000+
Belgium 2 Platinum[47] 30,000+
Canada 1 Platinum[48] 170,000+[49]
Czech Republic 1 Platinum[48] 11,000+
Denmark 1 Platinum[50] 30,000+
Finland 1 Platinum[48] 20,000+[51]
France 1 Platinum[48] 230,000+[48]
Germany 1 Platinum[52] 243,000+[48]
Greece 1 Platinum [53] 15.000+
Hungary 1 Gold[54] 3,000
Ireland 1 Platinum [55] 30,000+
Italy 1 3x Platinum[citation needed] 245,000+[citation needed]
Japan 1 Platinum[citation needed] 252,510+[citation needed]
Mexico 3 Platinum[56] 1,000,000+
New Zealand 5 - -
The Netherlands 1 Platinum[57] 90,000+[48]
Norway 2 - [58] -
Poland 1 Platinum[59] 20,000+
Portugal 1 Gold[citation needed] 10,000+[citation needed]
Russia 1 3x Platinum [60] 60,000+ [61]
Spain 1 Gold[62] 40,000+
Sweden 1 Gold[63] 20,000+
Switzerland 1 Platinum[64] 30,000+
Turkey Gold[65] 6,000+
United Kingdom 1 Platinum[citation needed] 340,000+[citation needed]
United States 1 Gold[36] 4,917,978+ [66]

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
E=MC² by Mariah Carey		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008		 Succeeded by
Home Before Dark by Neil Diamond
Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008
Preceded by
The Age of the Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets		 UK Album Chart number-one album
May 4, 2008 - May 11, 2008		 Succeeded by
Jumping All Over the World by Scooter
Preceded by
25 Years - 25 Songs by Mary Black		 Irish Album Chart number-one album
April 29, 2008		 Succeeded by
The Two of Us by Christie Hennessy
Preceded by
Dream"A"live by Arashi		 Japanese Oricon Weekly number-one album
May 12, 2008 - May 19, 2008		 Succeeded by
Superfly by Superfly
Preceded by
Rattlin' Bones by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
May 5, 2008 - May 12, 2008		 Succeeded by
Waltzing Matilda by André Rieu and Mirusia

[edit] Release history

Region Date Format
Mexico[67] April 18, 2008 CD, Digital Download
European Union[68] April 25, 2008 CD, Digital Download
Australia[69] April 26, 2008 CD, Digital Download
United Kingdom[70][71] April 28, 2008 CD, Digital download
May 12, 2008 Special Edition
May 19, 2008 3-LP & CD Set[72]
United States[73][74] April 29, 2008 CD, Special Edition, Digital download
June 10, 2008 3-LP & CD Set[75]
Japan[76] April 30, 2008 CD, Digital Download

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v • d • e
Madonna
Studio albums
Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989) · Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000) · American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) · Hard Candy (2008)
Compilations
Soundtracks
Vision Quest (1985) · Who's That Girl (1987) · I'm Breathless - Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy (1990)  · With Honors (1994) · Evita (1996) · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) · The Next Best Thing (2000) · Die Another Day (2002)
Music videos
Madonna (1984) · It's That Girl (1987) · She's Breathless (1990) · The Immaculate Collection (1990) · "Justify My Love" (1990) · "Ray of Light" (1998) · Rays of Light (1999) · The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) · "Music" (2000) · The Madonna Collection (2000) · The Ultimate Collection (2000) · "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (2001)
Live Music releases
Concert tours
The Virgin Tour (1985) · Who's That Girl (1987) · Blond Ambition (1990)  · The Girlie Show (1993) · Drowned World (2001) · Re-Invention (2004) · Confessions (2006) · Sticky & Sweet (2008·2009)
Promo tours
Motion pictures
A Certain Sacrifice (1980) · Vision Quest (1985) · Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) · Shanghai Surprise (1986) · Who's That Girl (1987) · Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) · Dick Tracy (1990) · Shadows and Fog (1992) · A League of Their Own (1992) · Body of Evidence (1993) · Dangerous Game (1993) · Blue in the Face (1995) · Four Rooms (1995) · Girl 6 (1996) · Evita (1996) · The Next Best Thing (2000) · Swept Away (2002) · Die Another Day (2002) · Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) · Filth and Wisdom (2008)
Documentaries
Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna) (1991) · Sex (Launch Party Exclusive) (1992) · I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005) · I Am Because We Are (2008)
Exhibitions
Related topics
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