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Madonna's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Chart
25 August 2018 | By Justin Myers

These are officially Madonna's biggest hits of all time.

There is no arguing with facts: Madonna is the most successful female chart act of all time.

Since her very first hit in 1984 (Holiday) she's notched up 71 Top 40 singles, of which 63 went Top 10, including a record-breaking 13 Number 1 hits, and has earned herself the title of Queen of Pop, and master of reinvention. Take a look at 60 incredible Madonna chart facts

Looking at Madonna's all-time Top 20, which takes into account physical sales, downloads, and streams, her oldest song to make the cut is her early signature song. Holiday, on 878,000 combined sales, was Madonna's first hit, reaching Number 6 in early 1984, and has outpeaked itself twice upon re-release – hitting Number 2 in 1985 and Number 5 in 1991.

Her most recent entry in the all-time chart is also her most recent Number 1. Justin Timberlake duet 4 Minutes, which was the first time Madonna had allowed a featured artist credit on one of her singles, hit the top in 2008, and has a tally of 597,000. Look back at Madonna's entire clutch of UK hit singles and albums

Top of the shop is Into The Groove, becoming another milestone hit for Madonna. Her first Number 1, Into The Groove was taken from Desperately Seeking Susan, which gave Madonna her first lead role in a movie, and has racked up 957,000 across physical, downloads and streaming equivalent sales.

One interesting fact about Madonna's all-time Top 20? Not one track charted lower than Number 3. Of the most famous, Like A Virgin started an unbeaten run of 36 consecutive Top 10s and has a total of 892,000, while infamous 1989 Number 1 Like A Prayer scores 792,000. And that huge disco comeback, the ABBA-sampling Hung Up, from 2005, has racked up 697,000.

As for her top ballad of all-time – it's the super-smoochy Crazy For You, which peaked at Number 2 twice, in 1985 and 1991, with 766,000.

Madonna's all-time Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Chart, as counted down by BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 25 August:

TITLE PEAK YEAR
1 Into The Groove 1 1985 957,000
2 Like A Virgin 3 1984 892,000
3 Holiday 2 1984/1985/1991 878,000
4 Like A Prayer 1 1989 792,000
5 Crazy For You 2 1985/1991 766,000
6 Papa Don't Preach 1 1986
7 Hung Up 1 2005 697,000
8 Vogue 1 1990
9 True Blue 1 1986
10 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake) 1 2008 597,000
11 Frozen 1 1998
12 Beautiful Stranger 2 1999
13 La Isla Bonita 1 1987
14 Material Girl 3 1985
15 Music 1 2000
16 American Pie 1 2000
17 Who's That Girl 1 1987
18 Don't Cry For Me Argentina 3 1996
19 Borderline 2 1984/1986
20 Ray Of Light 2 1998

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