Madonna has performed on 10 concert tours and sold more than 300 million records, making her the best-selling female recording artist of all time.
Pursuing a music career, Madonna recorded demos with her boyfriend Stephen Bray. An early rejection letter from 1981 was auctioned in New York City in 2001, in which a music professional states: “I do not feel she is ready yet, but I do hear the basis of a strong artist.”
Holiday was Madonna’s first breakthrough hit in the US, entering the chart late in 1983 and climbing to number 16 in January 1984.
