Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom

Today (October 12th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Big Bam Boom, the twelfth studio album from Daryl Hall and John Oates. This multi-platinum seller went to number 28 in the UK and number 20 in Australia. It also spent fifty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart where it peaked at number 5.

Madonna - Madonna

Today (July 27th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the self-titled debut album from Madonna. In the early 80’s, the Detroit-born singer-dancer was living in New York City with her boyfriend Steve Bray (of the Breakfast Club) and working on demos. She convinced a local DJ to play one of her songs and that started her on the road to her record deal and a notable career.

The multi-Platinum selling Madonna, co-produced by her then boyfriend John “Jellybean” Benitez, charted at number 28 in Germany, number 20 in Japan, number 16 in Canada, number 15 in Austria, number 10 in Australia, number 8 in France and on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 7 in the Netherlands, number 6 in New Zealand and the UK and number 2 in Sweden.