Forbes

Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ Jumps Nearly 450% In Sales In One Week

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: Madonna speaks onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Sales of Madonna's ...
Forbes

Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ Hits New Chart Heights Decades After Its Release

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 04: Madonna performs onstage during ...
American Songwriter

Remember When: Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ Album and Title Track Both Topped the ‘Billboard’ Charts 35 Years Ago

Initial pressings of Like a Prayer were scented with patchouli oil to reflect with the record’s religious themes and imagery. A fact sheet with information about safe sex and HIV/AIDS also was ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. What do you do ...
The Cheat Sheet

Why Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ Doesn’t Work in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

On one level, the Material Girl‘s “Like a Prayer” is a classic. On another level, it’s a naughty little novelty song in the vein of Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-Ling.” The track is supposed to sound like ...
The Cheat Sheet

A Choir Worked on Madonna’s Blasphemous ‘Like a Prayer’

Madonna‘s “Like a Prayer” is one of the most controversial songs of all time, with some Christians finding its music video offensive. That’s especially interesting, considering that a Christian choir ...
People

Madonna Celebrates 30 Years Since the Music Video for 'Like a Prayer' Was Released

The singer marked the 30th anniversary of her controversial hit song's music video on social media Monday Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with ...
Uproxx

Madonna’s 1989 Hit ‘Like A Prayer’ Returns To The ‘Billboard’ Charts Courtesy Of ‘Deadpool’ And TikTok

Madonna’s 1989 hit “Like A Prayer” has returned to the Billboard charts after thirty years thanks to some unlikely provenance. TikTok has played a role in returning a number of hits to the charts, ...
Uproxx

Thirty Years Ago, Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ Cemented Controversy As A Pop Star’s Greatest Weapon

If released in 2019, Madonna‘s “Like A Prayer” video would have ignited a different controversy than the one it stirred up in 1989. Throughout the clip, broadcast in advance of the album of the same ...
Yahoo

Fact Check: Video Allegedly Showing Church Choir Singing Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' Isn't What It Seems

The video captured a gathering of the Go Sing Choir — a secular, open pop choir based in Munich, Germany. A film crew recorded the choir singing "Like a Prayer" on Dec. 17, 2022, not at a church but ...
IGN

Ryan Reynolds Met With Madonna to Ask for Permission to Use 'Like a Prayer' for Deadpool & Wolverine

Stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, along with director Shawn Levy, met with Madonna to ask if they could use her song, 'Like a Prayer,' in Deadpool & Wolverine. The trio spoke about their Madonna ...
USA Today

Happy 30th birthday to 'Like a Prayer,' Madonna's controversial, landmark hit

Thirty years ago, on March 3, 1989, Madonna's landmark "Like a Prayer" single was released, the title track to her classic album of the same name. Back in 1989, USA TODAY had this to say about the ...