''Madonna'' is the second Korean

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(EP) by South Korean girl group

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. It was released on August 12, 2010 through

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, and contains five tracks. The EP debuted at No. 5 on the Gaon Album Chart, while the album's lead single "Madonna" debuted at No. 1 on the Gaon Singles Chart and sold over 1,839,869 digital copies in South Korea throughout 2010. Kang Jiwon and Kim Kibum, the composers who wrote "Madonna" highlighted that the inspiration behind the song is about living with confidence by becoming an icon in this generation, like the American singer

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Promotion

"Madonna" was first used as a promotional track from the album. On August 5, 2010, a teaser video was released online. In the teaser, the girls were performing the album track "Empty Space". The final music video premiered on August 12, 2010 along with ''Madonna''s release. Secret had their debut performances of "Madonna" on Mnet's ''

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'', KBS's ''

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'', MBC's ''Show! Music Core'' and SBS's ''

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'' from August 12 to August 15.

Track listing

Charts

Album chart

Sales

Release history

Credits and personnel

These credits were adapted from the ''Madonna (EP)'' liner notes. *Kim Tae-sung –

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co-producing *Song Jieun -

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*Han Sunhwa -

*Jun Hyoseong -

*Jung Hana -

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*Kang Jiwon - co-producing, songwriting, arranger, music *Kim Kibum - co-producing, songwriting, music

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2010 EPs Secret (South Korean band) EPs Korean-language EPs Kakao M EPs TS Entertainment EPs Cultural depictions of Madonna