Madonna's Debut Album Turns 40! Watch Throwback Moments From Her ‘80s Era
Madonna's Debut Album Turns 40! Watch Throwback Moments From Her ‘80s Era
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00:00 ♪ We need a holiday ♪
00:03 - I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
00:04 - Today's a milestone day for Madonna
00:06 and ET has the latest on her health.
00:08 Just 10 days ago, Madonna thanked fans
00:10 four weeks after being rushed to the ICU
00:12 for a bacterial infection.
00:14 Smelling the Roses, the singer, who turns 65 next month,
00:18 said she's hoping to get back to concert rehearsals
00:21 in the next couple of weeks.
00:22 But back to today's big celebration.
00:25 ♪ I'm running out the window for your love ♪
00:27 It's the 40th anniversary of her debut album, Madonna.
00:31 ♪ Everybody ♪
00:33 - I think I'm at the beginning of a very fruitful career.
00:38 - ET was behind the scenes with the then up and coming
00:40 artist in 1984 as she shot the music video for Borderline.
00:44 ♪ Borderline ♪
00:46 - Dancing is a really important part of my life.
00:48 - It was iconic Madonna, messy hair, gritty street fashion.
00:53 - It's escapist, it's a form of entertainment.
00:55 - Borderline was the fifth single from that self-titled
00:57 album following Holiday.
00:59 ♪ Holiday ♪
01:01 ♪ Come on people put your hands together ♪
01:03 - Madonna performed the hit at Live Aid in 1985.
01:07 ♪ We need a holiday ♪
01:10 - That performance was huge, about 40% of the world's
01:13 population watched.
01:14 - I think that I have more control over my career
01:16 and maybe that makes me more of a threat to people,
01:19 people in the industry.
01:21 - While her first album sold more than 10 million copies,
01:23 Madonna's come a long way since.
01:25 ♪ Oh ♪
01:26 - Seven Grammys, six kids.
01:28 - I feel very blessed and lucky to have a family.
01:31 - And sales of 300 million records.
01:34 ♪ And I feel ♪
01:36 - But what does she think of 26 year old Madonna?
01:38 - This is from 1984 on set of your video for Borderline.
01:41 - 31 years later we showed Madonna her first ET sit down.
01:45 - Where'd the name Madonna come from?
01:47 - I was born with it, I'm named after my mother.
01:49 - Why am I wearing purple lipstick?
01:52 It's really irritating.
01:53 - What do you think?
01:54 - I think I'm very young.
01:56 - Yeah? - Yeah.
01:57 - What would you say to yourself back then, now?
02:00 What advice would you give to yourself?
02:01 - It's good, you need confidence to survive in this business
02:04 so yeah.
02:06 I wanna be better than anybody.
02:07 (upbeat music)
02:10 ♪ La la la la la la la la la la la ♪