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Like a Virgin had completed recording by April 1984, but the release of the album was held up, much to Madonna's frustration, by the continuing sales of her debut album, which had exceeded onemillion sales in the United States. [14] Like a Virgin debuted at number 70 on the Billboard 200 issued for December 1, 1984. [86] The album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 on December 8, 1984, [87] and after one month reached the top of the chart on February 9, 1985, where it stayed for three weeks. [88] It also reached a peak of ten on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [89] After 14 weeks, the album sold 3.5million copies. [90] By July 1985, Like a Virgin became the first album by a female artist to be certified for sales of five million units in the United States. [91] It was eventually certified ten times platinum (diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipment of ten million copies of the album. [92] It placed at three on the year-end chart for 1985, with Madonna becoming the top pop artist for the year. [93] After the advent of the Nielsen SoundScan era in 1991, the album sold a further 574,000copies. [94] It sold additional 882,000 units at the BMG Music Club, which are not counted by the Nielsen SoundScan. [95] In Canada, the album debuted at number 78 on the RPM Albums Chart, on November 10, 1984. [96] It reached a peak of number three, on February 16, 1985. [97] The album was present for a total of 74 weeks on the chart, and was certified diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), for shipment of one million copies of the album. [98] [99] Like a Virgin ranked sixth on the RPM Top 100 Albums for 1985. [100] As of June 1986, the album sold more than 750,000 units in Latin America. [101] Sullivan, Caroline (June 11, 2011). "Madonna releases Like a Virgin". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013 . Retrieved March 16, 2012.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): R/S Alsdorf 92910-7 A DK Δ7426 1-2 GER 7-29210-CNY-3336-S-SHI 80 MASTERDISK BK [Allied 'ɑ' logo] R-13191-SHI SLM Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p.326. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Lista prodaje 28. tjedan 2018. (9 July 2018. - 15 July 2018.)" (in Croatian). HDU. July 2018. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022 . Retrieved August 27, 2022.

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