It became the world's top-selling album of 1986, as well as the best-selling album of the 1980s by a female artist. It spent 34 consecutive weeks at the top of the European Top 100 Albums chart, longer than any other album in history. True Blue was an immediate global success, reaching number one in then record-breaking 28 countries across the world, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. They also praised the fact that Madonna's voice sounded stronger than it did on her previous efforts, while commending Madonna's skills as a singer, songwriter and entertainer. After its release, True Blue received critical acclaim, with music critics who complimented the album as the archetype of the late 1980s and early 1990s pop albums. The topics for the songs range from love to freedom, and in some cases (for instance, " Papa Don't Preach") include social issues like teenage pregnancy. The album features instrumentation from acoustic guitars, drums, synthesizers and Cuban musical instruments. Musically, the songs on the album took a different direction from her previous endeavours, incorporating classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music. True Blue deals with her visions of love, work, dreams as well as disappointments, and was inspired by her then husband Sean Penn, to whom Madonna dedicated the album. She co-wrote and produced the entire album with Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard. True Blue is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on June 30, 1986, by Sire Records.
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