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For the Record: "The Look of Love" was the third and final single from the 'Who's That Girl' soundtrack, to be released.

On November 25, 1987 the third and final single from the   'Who's That Girl' soundtrack, "The Look of Love" was released.    While shooting for the film, then called Slammer, Madonna had requested that producer Patrick Leonard develop a downtempo song that captured the nature of her film persona. She later added the lyrics and vocals to the demo tape developed by Leonard, and the song was "The Look of Love". Madonna was inspired by the 1954 film 'Rear Window' and the look that actor James Stewart gave actress Grace Kelly. She said: "I can't describe it, but that is the way I want someone to look at me when he loves me. It's the most pure look of love and adoration. Like surrender. It's devastating." "The Look of Love" was released in the United Kingdom, some European countries and Japan. "I Know It", a track from Madonna's self-titled debut album, appeared as the B-side.  In 1989, the so...

November 24, 1990 - Madonna Hits #1 with "The Immaculate Collection"

Before the days of a CD Burner, you couldn't put together a better album than Madonna's greatest hits compilation, "The Immaculate Collection". The album featured all of her best singles from the years 1982-1990, which included "Holiday", "Vogue", "Like a Prayer", and several other iconic songs. The album would spend 9 weeks atop the charts and went multi-platinum in 12 countries (including 12x platinum in the UK). "The Immaculate Collection" also featured two new singles by Madonna: "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". "Justify My Love" became a number 1 single and got it's music video banned by MTV for sexual and explicit content. The album is widely regarded as one of the best solo artist compilation albums ever, as it's sold over 30 million copies worldwide. It is also the highest selling album by a female artist in British history. Source:  http://onthisday.goodnewsw...

November 24, 2003 // Madonna's "Remixed & Revisited" album was released by Maverick Records.

Remixed & Revisited  is a  remix album  by singer-songwriter  Madonna . It was released on November 24, 2003 by  Maverick Records  and distributed by  Warner Bros. Records . The album contains four songs, in remixed form, from her 2003 ninth studio album  American Life  and a previously unreleased song, "Your Honesty," originally written for her 1994 sixth studio album  Bedtime Stories . The other tracks included are the live performance of " Like a Virgin " and " Hollywood " on the  2003 MTV Video Music Awards —which ended with Madonna kissing co-performers  Britney Spears  and  Christina Aguilera —and a remix of 1985 single " Into the Groove ". The release peaked at number 115 on the  Billboard  200  in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics; "Your Honesty" was generally the only song to receive praise. The remix album also marked the closing release under her contract with...

Week of November 23, 1996: "You must love me" peaks at #18 in the Billboard Hot 100

Week of  November 23, 1996: “You must love me” peaks at #18 in the Billboard Hot 100 BILLBOARD HOT 100: “You must love me”  #18 (2 weeks) BILLBOARD COMPREHENSIVE CHARTS: HOT 100 SINGLE SALES: “You must love me”  #18 (2 weeks) HOT 100 AIRPLAY: “You must love me”  #27 (5 weeks) ADULT CONTEMPORARY: “You must love me”  #16 (3 weeks) TOP 40 MAINSTREAM: “You must love me”  #23 (4 weeks) ADULT TOP 40: “You must love me”  #24 (4 weeks)  OFFICIAL UK SINGLES TOP 100:  “You must love me”  #61   (FINAL WEEK/4 weeks) OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS TOP 100:  #31  ”Evita OST” MADONNA  (3 weeks)

On [November 20, 1993] The Girlie Show: Live Down Under was filmed and released on April 25, 1994.

The broadcast was produced in association with  HBO  and was titled  Madonna Live Down Under: The Girlie Show . Initially, the November 20 show, the second of two dates at the  Sydney Cricket Ground , was to be filmed and aired. However, a massive storm forced the cancellation of the show, so the November 19 show, which had been filmed as a "safety show", was aired instead in USA (HBO) and Germany (Premiere). A month later an edited version of this original broadcast was shown on UK TV (Sky). A re-edited version of this concert was released worldwide on  VHS  and  Laserdisc  on April 26, 1994 as  The Girlie Show: Live Down Under . It was nominated for the  Grammy Award  of  Best Long Form Music Video  in 1995. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girlie_Show:_Live_Down_Under

November 18, 2006 // "Jump" became Madonna's 37th number-one single

After its release to the iTunes Store, the song climbed up the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and peaked at five, failing to progress further and chart on the Hot 100. It became Madonna's 37th number-one single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart reaching the top on the issue dated November 18, 2006 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_(Madonna_song)

"Sticky & Sweet Tour" - [16 November 2008] Minute Maid Arena, Houston, USA + soundcheck photo's

Madonna's back in Texas, for the first time since the  Blond Ambition Tour ! For some weird reason, Madonna couldn't recall that in  Houston  and told the crowd she had never been there (even though she opened the US leg of the 1990 tour in Houston). During the request section, she urged people to keep clapping as an exercise, because in the front rows she saw people who needed some exercise. She then introduced her guitar player & teacher Monte Pittman to the audience, since he's from Texas. For the request song, she let a front row fan, Tommy, to decide. The choice was  Secret , the first single of the 1994 album  Bedtime Stories . Madonna has not performed it since 2001, but surprisingly she knew the words very well and she did most of the song, not just a small snippet. She was satisfied with the participation of the Texas fans and even thanked them for reminding her of the track, because she forgot it (watch  here ) ...