It just shows that everyone has varying idea as to what is the "most iconic performance of all time" some say this... some say gagas paparazzi at the vmas. It just shows its subjective to each person
Vogue is arguably her most iconic VMA performance. However, this set the bar. It was the first ever MTV Awards show and it showed that performances could here be irreverent and controversial…not like the stuffy performances of the Grammys.
When she finished this performance, Her manager told her she had ruined her career. What Madonna didn't know was that this would only make her more recognized and in the future, the queen of pop! ❤️😎
Everyone was expecting for her to perform her known hits at the time like "Borderline" & "holiday" and she came out with this debut of Like a Virgin and she was told her career was over after it and the rest was history. queen of pop for a reason!!
@@ginasousabranco5637 Madonna always having the best choices. If she had sung Lucky Star (a song I love soooo much) we wouldnt have this today. Moreover she was the very first one to sing dressed like a bridge and at the end we've got a surprise... She shows her lingerie, it was shocking back then.
No dancers. No special effects. No moving props or elaborate lighting. Just a singer singing a song. Yet sent shockwaves across the industry and beyond, changing the way artists and audiences viewed stage performances, fashion, etc. - a cultural reset in the truest sense of the word. Just MADONNA.
There’s literally lights, a cake prop, and a rising set piece. Madonna IS the Queen, but let’s not act like there isn’t stuff going on in the performance
@@jlo2715 You miss the point, I'm afraid. The cake is stagnant and the rising set piece is the MTV logo which does nothing for M's performance. Don't think she said "Annnddd, I wan't the MTV logo to rise up from behind me" - that's probably a MTV production decision. For 97% of the act, it's just Madonna on stage - the only thing that is literally moving. There is lights, thank gawd, coz who can perform in the dark, right? Is it elaborate? Subjective. My point is - let's take a look at the other nominated performances. and let's not act like there's more going on in Madonna's number than any of the other nominated performances. BUT!!!! You got one thing right though, Madonna IS the queen. So congrats.
Yet because she did that performance in sexuality while wearing a white laced wedding dress is the reason MTV Video Music Awards was known for! Causing a Commotion like one of her songs! @@christianceltics#Madonna!❤❤❤
Its been 40 years this week since this legendary performance. MTV did nothing to honor Like A Virgin at VMAs, they didn’t even mention it with one word. Madonna literally made you MTV, her videos supported your new station on market back than. Madonna also defended videos as new way of artistic expression. MTV you own her a LOT, shame on you for not celebrating this legendary moment! Give Madonna her flowers!
Thee most iconic artist on MTV! Thee most iconic performance at the VMAs of all time!! The woman that started all! The alfa and the omega, the Queen of Pop.
Finally after alk these years, the official video of the performance uncropped and in HD!! Please MTV give us all the other unforgettable performances at the VMAs like Vogue at 1990, Express Yourself at 1989 and Hollywood in 2003!!
People use "cultural reset" for a lot of things now, but THIS is the definition of cultural reset, this performance not only birthed a mega star but also a shift in culture
@@markoonimooniThis performance is a cultural reset because Madonna is part of the reason why female artists are able to sing about the things they do today.
@@markoonimooni Madonna's arrival marked and changed everything in the industry and pop culture. Madonna was the first independent woman in music, the others just followed and copied the recipe. Gaga brought costumes from old artists and made them current.
@@YoWCosmo and Gaga have strong and powerfull voice... Madonna don't have that. She can only wish that. Madonna is narcissistic and too full of herself. I don't like that....
It’s unbelievable what this woman did for Mtv and for pop music and pop bitches. This is the first ceremony ever, she dared everyone singing a still unreleased song, she was bold and sexy, this performance is 100% Madonna, 100% MTV, 100% pop culture and a F-ing milestone of world music. She deserves to win the Best Performance award, she deserve it also because MTV did not nominated the REAL best performance EVER: Vogue. Shame on you MTV, now let’s give Madonna what she deserves
this was the FIRST EVER vma performance and the beginning of a legend.there is no popstar today that will ever out do what madonna did and the boundaries she pushed.
@@AlexeBriand2002 meat dress,vmas 2009,alejandro MV,born this way era songs like judas and BTW,2011 she is dressing as a drag king, her naked at artpop era she is the contemporary madonna
Genuine bravado, confidence, brazenness, sheer beauty and utter uniqueness that the world had never seen, combined with a banger of a song. The world's biggest superstar met her moment in this performance and never looked back. She set the standard for pop superstardom that countless wannabes have tried to meet but never fully could because there's only one original - and that's Madonna. She was completely organic and original, following no one else's example but her own astounding instincts. She's the one and only Queen and will always be relevant.
This performance took Madonna's career to the next level and completely set the tone for the VMA's of the future. This is in the league with Elvis on Ed Sullivan, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and MJ at the Motown 25th anniversary special in terms of how it would impact not just the music world but popular culture in general going forward. Not a single one of the other nominees for this "Iconic Performance" award did anything remotely close to that. For that reason alone this should be the winner.
I was 11 years old and remember watching this IRT with my mom. She was phenomenal and just like that the Queen of Pop was born. The 80s were awesome. Wish I could go back and do it all over again.
So glad that MTV uploaded the unedited video unlike the ones uploaded on Madonna's channel where it zooms out in the middle of the first verse. Love this 💙
The disrespect from younger generation called this Madonna performance is tacky. So I googled this was MTV VMAs 1st anniversary so basically Madonna paved the way for all your faves
No offense to Katy Perry, but this is far and away the most iconic performance in the history of the VMAs. For anyone who isn't familiar with pop music history, this was a _literal_ cultural reset. It completely changed the rules of how women could express themselves on stage-- effectively inventing the modern definition of a female pop star-- and sparked a movement of female autonomy in society. No other performance has had such a huge impact.
Madonna The Queen of Pop No.1 singles as of Sep 2024 13 UK (record) 8 Ireland 4 Germany 10 Switzerland (record) 11 Australia (record) 25 Canada (record) 21 Spain (record) 3 France 23 Italy (record) 12 USA 22 United world chart (record) 17 Euro hot 100 (record) Highest grossing tour $411 million (15 year record) Instagram followers - 19.8 million Spotify 40 million monthly listeners 400 million+ records sold (Guinness record) Largest concert attendance by a solo artist 1.6 million+ (Rio 2024) The solo act with the most charted number ones singles worldwide.
I remember getting the album for Xmas and feeling on top of the world!! I was 14. Wow she was special! Soooo special and I worshipped her lol xx 52 now haha x
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she knew she was gonna make history that day
And piss off thousands. 😂 Which makes it even more iconic!
@@jungkooksrealgf she risked it all and it paid off in the most extreme way possible
She changed female music as a whole, we love Madonna ❤
Lol maybe a few weeks after, but definitely not that night after her manager Liz laid her out about her panties showing.
@@UnboxianNot for the better…look at how vile it is now.
The First Lady to put a theatrical context to the music video format that reflects in her performance art
…was actually kate bush but yeah!
@@samuelthiex True, that was actually Kate Bush. Madonna simply did it on the mainstream after Kate did it. Love them both.
Amen
most iconic performance of all time, at very first VMAs - set the bar for iconic performances
"Long live to the real 👑🎶✌🗽
PERIOD
it’s mid
It just shows that everyone has varying idea as to what is the "most iconic performance of all time" some say this... some say gagas paparazzi at the vmas. It just shows its subjective to each person
Vogue is arguably her most iconic VMA performance. However, this set the bar. It was the first ever MTV Awards show and it showed that performances could here be irreverent and controversial…not like the stuffy performances of the Grammys.
When she finished this performance, Her manager told her she had ruined her career. What Madonna didn't know was that this would only make her more recognized and in the future, the queen of pop! ❤️😎
Oh she knew, she did performance at big award show the way no one dared to do before her ❤️🔥
One reviewer also said she'd last for "about another year" as a pop star. 😂
@@dieterdelange9488😂😂I hope they are still regretting their words today if not dead.
Me hipnotiza al día de hoy , son solo una torta detrás... y los de este año 2024 no ternine de ver ninguna presentación... q aburrido todo...
I legitimately don't see what's wrong with this performance, maybe because I'm young so this type of stuff is more normalized? It's has fun visuals.
Everyone was expecting for her to perform her known hits at the time like "Borderline" & "holiday" and she came out with this debut of Like a Virgin and she was told her career was over after it and the rest was history. queen of pop for a reason!!
Freddie DeMann wanted Lucky Star
@@ginasousabranco5637 Madonna always having the best choices. If she had sung Lucky Star (a song I love soooo much) we wouldnt have this today. Moreover she was the very first one to sing dressed like a bridge and at the end we've got a surprise... She shows her lingerie, it was shocking back then.
Back when MTV was Music Television
Looks like a time machine the mtv Channel on TH-cam actually 🫶 love it!
Now it’s about about being loose
@@jazzxb9996 Like A Ratchet (Hee), smashed for the 100th time.
I’m actually surprised they were still doing the VMA's. I thought that was gone now.
Madonna Television
HERstory was made that day! If there's any kind of justice in this world this performance should win the award this year. It literally made M+TV!
Louder 👏👏👏
It should be named after her!!!
history*
The way she looked at the camera like : YOU KNOW IM GONNA BE THAT QUEEN IN POP CULTURE 🔥☇... ugh legend if u ask me 😩😄😊🤗
She knew what she was about to do 😭 be the Queen of pop
❤😂
Queen Mother
THE MOST DARING WOMAN OF ALL TIME. SHE DIDN'T OPEN THE DOOR SHE KNOCKED IT DOWN AND MADE IT BIGGER🎉🎉🎉
Yeah !
No dancers. No special effects. No moving props or elaborate lighting. Just a singer singing a song. Yet sent shockwaves across the industry and beyond, changing the way artists and audiences viewed stage performances, fashion, etc. - a cultural reset in the truest sense of the word. Just MADONNA.
There’s literally lights, a cake prop, and a rising set piece. Madonna IS the Queen, but let’s not act like there isn’t stuff going on in the performance
@@jlo2715 You miss the point, I'm afraid. The cake is stagnant and the rising set piece is the MTV logo which does nothing for M's performance. Don't think she said "Annnddd, I wan't the MTV logo to rise up from behind me" - that's probably a MTV production decision. For 97% of the act, it's just Madonna on stage - the only thing that is literally moving. There is lights, thank gawd, coz who can perform in the dark, right? Is it elaborate? Subjective. My point is - let's take a look at the other nominated performances. and let's not act like there's more going on in Madonna's number than any of the other nominated performances. BUT!!!! You got one thing right though, Madonna IS the queen. So congrats.
@@christianceltics She's the one who put the VMAs on the map
Yet because she did that performance in sexuality while wearing a white laced wedding dress is the reason MTV Video Music Awards was known for! Causing a Commotion like one of her songs! @@christianceltics#Madonna!❤❤❤
Madonna put M in MTV, give her award for most Iconic performance, she’s the MOTHER ❤️🔥
Lizzo already copied at the 2019 BET Awards
Its been 40 years this week since this legendary performance. MTV did nothing to honor Like A Virgin at VMAs, they didn’t even mention it with one word. Madonna literally made you MTV, her videos supported your new station on market back than. Madonna also defended videos as new way of artistic expression. MTV you own her a LOT, shame on you for not celebrating this legendary moment! Give Madonna her flowers!
Human forget very quickly though
Shame shame shame
Thee most iconic artist on MTV! Thee most iconic performance at the VMAs of all time!! The woman that started all! The alfa and the omega, the Queen of Pop.
Finally after alk these years, the official video of the performance uncropped and in HD!! Please MTV give us all the other unforgettable performances at the VMAs like Vogue at 1990, Express Yourself at 1989 and Hollywood in 2003!!
vogue is on madonnas channel, i would like madonnas team to make it HD at least 😭
Even madonna's had clearer audio than this 😂@@hjm9115
People use "cultural reset" for a lot of things now, but THIS is the definition of cultural reset, this performance not only birthed a mega star but also a shift in culture
You mean Lady Gaga Paparazzi, yeah that's the REAL cultural reset!!!
@@markoonimooniThis performance is a cultural reset because Madonna is part of the reason why female artists are able to sing about the things they do today.
@@markoonimooni Madonna's arrival marked and changed everything in the industry and pop culture. Madonna was the first independent woman in music, the others just followed and copied the recipe. Gaga brought costumes from old artists and made them current.
@@YoWCosmo and Gaga have strong and powerfull voice... Madonna don't have that. She can only wish that. Madonna is narcissistic and too full of herself. I don't like that....
@@emptyteardrops Madonna's ideal is Marilyn Monroe.🤣🤣 ques what... Madonna isn't the first one to...
2:15 That look! That confidence! 🤩
It’s unbelievable what this woman did for Mtv and for pop music and pop bitches.
This is the first ceremony ever, she dared everyone singing a still unreleased song, she was bold and sexy, this performance is 100% Madonna, 100% MTV, 100% pop culture and a F-ing milestone of world music.
She deserves to win the Best Performance award, she deserve it also because MTV did not nominated the REAL best performance EVER: Vogue. Shame on you MTV, now let’s give Madonna what she deserves
Totally!!! 100% agree
this was the FIRST EVER vma performance and the beginning of a legend.there is no popstar today that will ever out do what madonna did and the boundaries she pushed.
With an unreleased song at the time.
Like a Virgin album was released 2 months later
Gaga did back then
@@Starlie_1not even close darling
@@ginasousabranco5637this was on September 14, 1984 - the single didn’t come out until October 31! that’s insane haha
@@AlexeBriand2002 meat dress,vmas 2009,alejandro MV,born this way era songs like judas and BTW,2011 she is dressing as a drag king, her naked at artpop era she is the contemporary madonna
She literally started EVERYTHING. ❤
Indeed
This is the moment Madonna would become a superstar!
Genuine bravado, confidence, brazenness, sheer beauty and utter uniqueness that the world had never seen, combined with a banger of a song. The world's biggest superstar met her moment in this performance and never looked back. She set the standard for pop superstardom that countless wannabes have tried to meet but never fully could because there's only one original - and that's Madonna. She was completely organic and original, following no one else's example but her own astounding instincts. She's the one and only Queen and will always be relevant.
This performance took Madonna's career to the next level and completely set the tone for the VMA's of the future. This is in the league with Elvis on Ed Sullivan, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and MJ at the Motown 25th anniversary special in terms of how it would impact not just the music world but popular culture in general going forward. Not a single one of the other nominees for this "Iconic Performance" award did anything remotely close to that. For that reason alone this should be the winner.
BEST PERFORMANCE OF MTV EVER
ALL of Madonna's VMA performances are Iconic
The ending is everything. The world and the audience had no idea they had just witnessed the birth of the biggest pop star that ever was.
MTV will never have one of these moments again.😢😢😢
Facts!!!
I think Miley Cyrus did it in 2013
@@RihannaChristina that girl is a rip off version 😂
wait for it... ;)
yes it did 2003 vmas
The most iconic performance of all time. Madonna, queen of pop and MTV! ❤️
Living legend Queen of Pop MADONNA!!! ❤️🔥
I was 11 years old and remember watching this IRT with my mom. She was phenomenal and just like that the Queen of Pop was born. The 80s were awesome. Wish I could go back and do it all over again.
The most iconic perfomance of MTV . This Womans make the MTV famous with this . A legend
The most iconic performance ever!!!
And the rest was history!! It's been forty years and NO one can beat Madonna's artistic ingenuity!!
MTV VMAs exist thanks to Madonna and this performance!
THE ONE AND ONLY QUEEN!! MADONNA 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Blueprint ❤Queen of queens
THE QUEEN OF EVERYTHANG! That started it allllllllllllll for MTV! Broke all the barriers and continues to do so 40+ years onward
I luv the way she moves her hair when she taking off the wedding veil.
This is the Vmas most iconic performance ever.
0:50 I can see it in her eyes,
full of wonder & surprise!
and just now I realize…
SHE’S AN ANGEL (in disguise).
Most iconic MTV performance of all time
The Best performance of all time ❤🎉
Slow Down. Ever heard of Michael Jackson??
@@Fleezy81 Yes, we heard.
MJ coud never make something provocative as this (unreleased song at the time) AND artistic as Madonna's VMAs 1990 Vogue
@@Fleezy81 whos that
The first and most iconic VMAs performance ever
So proud of this living legend: all my 🩷 for the one and only Queen of MTV! 👏🏻
The way she puts her shoes back on...most impressive.
The Mother of Them All. Long Live Queen Mom...
So glad that MTV uploaded the unedited video unlike the ones uploaded on Madonna's channel where it zooms out in the middle of the first verse. Love this 💙
ICONIC!
She set the standard for what a truly iconic performance should be at the VMAs.
The best mtv performance… She start everything ❤
40 years later and STILL the blueprint, the gold standard all pop girlies are compared to (and can’t even come close).
Trailblazer. Period.
Singlehandedly created the iconic performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
this deserves to win. 40 damn years ago!
The MOST ICONIC Performance of All Time!
she paved the way for others ... THE ONLY AND ONE QUEEN
MTV and Madonna an iconic alliance
OMG the real performance ♥ I love it ♥Madonna the Queen of Pop ♥
Y'all better give her something on this year's vmas because she made the award shows interesting
Classic. Beautiful. Unforgettable.
¡Ícono mundial!
VMAS have the most spectacular and iconic performances in the music, you are a treasure for the music industry 👏👏👏💛❤🔥💛
Queen of Pop FOREVER
The disrespect from younger generation called this Madonna performance is tacky. So I googled this was MTV VMAs 1st anniversary so basically Madonna paved the way for all your faves
spontaneity and authenticity
And they thought it would never last. MTV please pay hommage to 40 years Queen mother Madonna, you owe her!
essa performance é 1 patrimônio da cultura pop
The woman is ICONIC! The Queen fasho! No contest...ever.
40 years ago today !!
Madonna made MTV.
Long live the Queen of Pop.
Iconic
Thats why shes the Queen of Pop
40 Years ago. That's crazy!
Queen Madonna ❤
No offense to Katy Perry, but this is far and away the most iconic performance in the history of the VMAs. For anyone who isn't familiar with pop music history, this was a _literal_ cultural reset. It completely changed the rules of how women could express themselves on stage-- effectively inventing the modern definition of a female pop star-- and sparked a movement of female autonomy in society. No other performance has had such a huge impact.
Or sex object
This is both Historic and Legendary! 👑
The Queen is born 👑🩷
Iconic performance!
MTV blueprint!
The way she was looking at the audience and camera was like "I'm here to stay bitches so get used to it" ❤
Thanks for posting in the original aspect ratio!!!
Most iconic VMA performance ever.
While I agree this is super iconic....her Vogue performance was honestly the most iconic.
Queen of pop 👑
HER IMPERIAL MAGNIFICENCE
She's the best... Still ruling after 41 years in the business... No one will ever match her. No one can.
Madonna The Queen of Pop
No.1 singles as of Sep 2024
13 UK (record)
8 Ireland
4 Germany
10 Switzerland (record)
11 Australia (record)
25 Canada (record)
21 Spain (record)
3 France
23 Italy (record)
12 USA
22 United world chart (record)
17 Euro hot 100 (record)
Highest grossing tour $411 million (15 year record)
Instagram followers - 19.8 million
Spotify 40 million monthly listeners
400 million+ records sold (Guinness record)
Largest concert attendance by a solo artist 1.6 million+ (Rio 2024)
The solo act with the most charted number ones singles worldwide.
the most iconic performance ever
I remember getting the album for Xmas and feeling on top of the world!! I was 14. Wow she was special! Soooo special and I worshipped her lol xx 52 now haha x
Madonna at her finest!!
No one else compares!!
Love from London 🇬🇧♥️
Iconic performance!!! The queen 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
If she doesn't win the award then ppl doesn't know what an iconic performace is.
I wonder if people who watched it live could come to the comments and say what was it like to see a legend be born...
MADONNA ♥️♥️♥️ QUEEN
still amazing❤
This is how history was written
The Queen of pop, Madonna Ciconne
great, but only Madonna is ok
No one like Madonna with a historic moment in pop music 💖 she is a queen 👑
Madonna deserves all the awards.
Queen of pop
Rainha do Pop
They said her career was over. She left this stage and became the greatest female artist in the history of music.
Madonna: Hello world
This is what an iconic performance is.
Now...this defined the word ICONIC 👑