True Blue - Madonna
True Blue is American singer-songwriter Madonna's third studio album, released on May 30, 1986 by Sire Records. With Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard, she co-wrote and produced the entire album. True Blue is about Madonna's visions of love, work, dreams, and disappointments, and was inspired by her then-husband Sean Penn, to whom she dedicated the album. Musically, the songs on the album deviated from her previous efforts, incorporating classical music in order to engage an older audience who had previously been skeptical of her music.
True Blue was an instant global success, debuting at number one in a record-breaking 28 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for 34 weeks in a row, the longest run of any album in history. It went on to become the world's best-selling album in 1986, as well as the best-selling album by a female artist in the 1980s. True Blue is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide.
Estimated sales: 25 million