Forever Your Girl is the debut studio album by American singer Paula Abdul . It was released on June 21, 1988 through Virgin Records . The album was Abdul's breakthrough into the music industry after being a choreographer for high-profile artists including George Michael , ZZ Top , Duran Duran and most notably Janet Jackson . At the time of the album's release it was the most successful debut album of all time and was the first time an artist scored four US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from a debut album.