Like A Prayer  by Madonna

Madonna, with the release of her fourth studio album, is just a breath away from her thirties. Like A Prayer will become the album that will always remain in perfect balance between the youthful exuberance expressed by her three previous works and the maturity that would come in the years immediately following. It is not a transitional album; it 100% represents this specific moment of Madonna, who finds the strength to express herself regarding her relationship with her father, her mother, her Catholic upbringing, and her failed marriage to Sean Penn. It is the album with which she leaves her past behind and stands firmly on her feet, looking forward and upward.

Musically, the album is full of well-written pop music, and half of the songs were written to become hits, as they indeed did. Singles like Like A Prayer and Express Yourself would accompany Madonna through the many years to come. Great help was given to Madonna by composer Patrick Leonard, who musically dressed most of the artist's lyrics.

The commercial success of Like A Prayer has been sweeping. 15,000,000 copies worldwide and twenty No. 1 positions in respective countries. Madonna had shown that she had come to stay.