Kamins organized a meeting with Madonna and Seymour Stein, the president of Sire Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Shortly after assembly him, she successfully auditioned to perform in Paris with French disco artist Patrick Hernandez as his backup singer and dancer. During this interval, Madonna was in a relationship with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and dwelling at his loft in SoHo. The 2 began writing songs collectively they usually recorded a four-track demo tape in November 1980, however soon after, Madonna determined to promote herself as a solo artist. The tour noticed the peak of Madonna wannabe phenomenon, with many female attendees dressing like her. Like a Virgin turned the first album by a female to promote over 5 million copies in the US. At that time, she launched two more hits, "Angel" and "Dress You Up", making all four singles from the album peak inside the highest five on the new a hundred chart. The album's title track served as its first single, and topped the recent a hundred chart for six consecutive weeks.
