Mika has said that the first time he heard Madonna's "Gang Bang" was when the record was released.

The singer-songwriter penned the original version 'Bang Bang' with Priscilla Renea but the track ended up on Madonna's latest album MDNA. "Madonna heard the song because William Orbit presented it to her and I didn't know," Mika told wotyougot.

 

"As far as I was concerned it was just a song I was writing for myself. Madonna liked it and recorded her version and in the end she adapted it. I was never in the studio with Madonna. The song got changed countless times and in the end it was called 'Gang Bang' - probably because there were so many people who worked on it!"

 

He added: "It's kind of cool - It's my favourite thing off that last record. It's kind of grown up in a weird sort of way. It's got this bitterness about it, which is kind of cool to hear.

 

"I heard the finished product along with everyone else. She certainly wasn't asking for my opinion. I don't think she was interested!"

 

From DigitalSpy.

The standard version of MDNA is in HMV's 2 for £15 campaign.

French DJ Martin Solveig says that being Madonna’s latest musical boy toy has given him some welcome education and seasoning.

 

“It’s given me a bit more maturity and experience in the process of collaboration with an artist of that level,” Solveig, who produced six tracks on Madonna’s 2012 release “MDNA” — including “Beautiful Killer” and “Give Me All Your Luvin’ ” with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. — tells Billboard. He opened for the European leg of Madonna’s MDNA Tour and will be on 20 shows in North America.

 

“Before this I was very, very inexperienced in collaborating with that kind of artist. I realized I was in some ways a little naive. So on a personal level I learned how to make music, not just for myself but really how to work on a collaboration level.”

 

And he’s certainly not complaining about the raised profile that’s come from the Madonna association.

 

“It’s difficult to really say, but there’s a lot happening for me at the moment,” Solveig acknowledges. “Of course the fact I collaborated with Madonna is a big deal, but I don’t know how much of that is the main thing or the platinum record I had around the world with (2010′s) ‘Hello’ or just the sound I make. It’s probably a mix of different things, and I’m trying to stay balanced about everything.”

 

Solveig says the greatest surprise he had in working on “MDNA” was how hands-on Madonna was with the music.

 

“I had a lot of things in my head, but then I realized it was not going to happen the way I thought — meaning we were really going to be working together, which is quite unique,” he recalls. “A lot of times a singer will just say, ‘I like this instrumental’ or ‘I like this idea’ or take a top line and then go work with it. But with Madonna, we worked more old school, really sharing the experience of making music together in a room at the same time. So basically all the plans I had in the first place were gone and she took the lead — and it was an even better experience.”

 

Billboard

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Edited September 21, 201212 yr by SweetCandy

The deluxe version of MDNA is just £5 on the HMV site, this weekend only

 

Also, Beautiful Killer has grown on me massively :heart:

Cheers for that info!!.

 

Beautiful Killer should of been on the standard edition it's great.

The album passes 500,000 copies in the US. More information on the US billboard chart thread.

MDNA Deluxe edition is still £5 on HMV.com

Great to see! :D Doubt it will be able to re-enter the Top 200, but I hope that if it gets discounted in January, it re-enters then.

I agree it will give extra sales even if minimal. Does anyone know if it's £5 In store too?.

Are there any plans to re-release MDNA?

No. I haven't heard any. We had the deluxe edition back when it was released so I can't see another version released.

HMV Sale - Online & in store

Standard Version £3

Deluxe Version £5

 

Hard Candy is also £3.

MDNA officially goes platinum in France.

I don't know why MDNA flopped so badly, it's a really strong album in my opinion. Girl Gone Wild and Masterpiece could have been huge had they have been promoted correctly. It just sounds so summery, it's the album I listened to the most when I was on holiday.

Spin's Best Pop Albums of 2012:

#13 MDNA

3 NOMINATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS 2013

Madonna is nominated in 3 different categories at this year’s International Dance Music Awards.

 

Nominations are:

Best Pop Dance Track (Girl Gone Wild),

Best Music Video (Girl Gone Wild)

Best Solo Artist.

 

The ceremony will take place on March 21st in Miami.

MDNA Sales

MDNA has now sold 1.785m and is the 7th Biggest selling album for the universal album of 2012.

828,000 digital songs from the album were sold

 

Here's the top ten places MDNA sold the most:

 

01. America (556k) (no surprise!)

02. UK

03. Japan

04. France (100k)

05. Italy

06. Canada

07. Germany

08. Brazil

09. Russia

10. Mexico

 

Certs:

MDNA has already reached Platinum status in sixteen markets including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

 

The album has also been certified Gold in the United States and the United Kingdom, making a total of nineteen countries together with Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and Venezuela.

By far her lowest selling album ! Lets hope the next one is handled differently

I hope so but I can't see a change in promotion next time around hopefully I'm proven wrong.