Madonna Extreme

Madonna had a rough go of it in 1993. After a decade’s worth of pop dominance and tantalizing the country with her sexuality and gender/religious politics, it was time for the backlash, and what better occasion for it than with a coffee-table book about sex and an album called  Erotica  hitting the marketplace?  Erotica  ended up being Madonna’s first album that didn’t hit #1 since her debut, and  Sex  became an international punchline. America has always been weird about its relationship with sex in pop culture, and Madonna bore the brunt of that in 1993, and I don’t want to pile on when I think she’s gotten too much shit for this period in her career anyway. All that said: Madonna really showed her ass on  Saturday Night Live  in January of ’93, it just had nothing to do with sex (or  Sex ). Things started so well! She was phenomenal in the cold-open sketch about Bill Clinton’s inauguration, appearing as “herself,” but as a more sexualized, infantilized, Marilyn Monro

source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica_(Madonna_album)

Chart Title Act Weeks Hot 100 Like A Virgin Madonna 3 R & B Operator Midnight Star 3 Country Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? George Strait 1 Adult Contemporary Do What You Do Jermaine Jackson 3 Rock The Boys of Summer Don Henley 4 Album Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 23 This week sees the queen of the 1985 Hot 100 reign at the top of the charts. After a pretty good year in 1984, including three Top 20 hits making it into the year-end countdown ( Borderline  at #35,  Lucky Star  at #66, and  Holiday  at #79), Madonna wrapped up the year with her first #1 single. Like A Virgin  blasted onto the Hot 100 at #48 on November 17, 1984 while  Lucky Star  was at #30 on its way down. It zipped up the charts [38 – 21 – 11 – 3] before hopping over Duran Duran’s  The Wild Boys  to take the #1 spot on December 22. As 1985 dawns on the Hot 100, the Material Girl holds down the top spot for the third of an impressive six-week run. She charted four more hits during the y

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6—  Madonna has filed for divorce to end her turbulent three-year marriage to the actor Sean Penn, a spokesman for her record label said. Bob Merlis of Warner Brothers records did not specify when the actress and singer had filed for the divorce, but said he assumed the papers had been filed in Los Angeles. ''It is true,'' said John West, a spokesman for Mr. Penn. ''Sean and Madonna are separated. They plan to divorce and it's amicable.'' The announcement follows a nullified divorce filing in late 1987 and several well-publicized fights involving Mr. Penn, one of which led to a 60-day prison term. Divorce rumors have been swirling around the couple in recent months. Madonna rose to fame with her hits ''Borderline,'' ''Like a Virgin'' and ''Material Girl.'' She also acted in the movie ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' and in David Mamet's Broadway play '