September 22, 201214 yr Author Billboard.biz: Madonna: The diva's MDNA album reenters the chart at No. 140, crosses the half-million mark this week and earns a 106% sales gain (4,000 sold for the week). Her MDNA tour started its U.S. and Canada leg recently, thus helping to spark the album to its best sales frame since May
September 22, 201214 yr Author Most Weeks Spent On The Billboard Album Top 200: Madonna: 168 weeks The Immaculate Collection: 141 weeks Like A Virgin: 108 weeks True Blue: 82 weeks Ray Of Light: 78 weeks Like A Prayer: 77 weeks Music: 55 weeks Erotica: 53 weeks Bedtime Stories: 48 weeks Confessions On A Dance Floor: 37 weeks Something To Remember: 34 weeks Hard Candy: 30 weeks Evita (2-disc): 30 weeks Who's That Girl: 28 weeks I'm Breathless: 25 weeks You Can Dance: 22 weeks GHV2: 18 weeks Celebration: 16 weeks American Life: 14 weeks MDNA: 10 weeks The Confessions Tour: 6 weeks I'm Going To Tell You A Secret: 4 weeks Evita (single disc) 4 weeks The Sticky & Sweet Tour: 4 weeks Remixed and Revisted: 1 week Edited September 22, 201214 yr by SweetCandy
September 24, 201214 yr Author According to the latest issue of Billboard magazine which covers the 20th anniversary of the Mainstream Top 40 chart, Madonna is the #10 artist of the last 20 years!. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvhWA4Jeqzg/UGB740ZkA5I/AAAAAAAABMg/N_Wrz4LFwQA/s1600/mainstream%20top%2040%20madonna.png Here is a quick recap of Madonna's entries on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart since its inception in 1992. This chart measures the airplay of songs on mainstream pop radio stations using the total number of detections. Her only #1 so far has been "Take A Bow"... Year Released / Title / Peak Position / Weeks On Chart 1992 Erotica #9 / 8w 1992 Deeper And Deeper #2 / 14w 1993 Bad Girl #26 / 5w 1993 Rain #7 / 18w 1994 I'll Remember #2 / 25w 1994 Secret #3 / 21w 1994 Take A Bow #1 (5w) / 25w 1995 Bedtime Story #38 / 1w 1995 Human Nature #30 / 6w 1995 You'll See #7 / 19w 1996 You Must Love Me #23 / 6w 1997 Don't Cry For Me Argentina #7 / 15w 1998 Frozen #4 / 17w 1998 Ray Of Light #13 / 13w 1998 The Power Of Good-bye / #18 / 17w 1999 Nothing Really Matters #25 / 7w 1999 Beautiful Stranger #8 / 17w 2000 American Pie #16 / 9w 2000 Music #2 / 26w 2000 Don't Tell Me #4 / 24w 2001 What It Feels Like For A Girl #14 / 8w 2002 Die Another Day #4 / 15w 2003 American Life #27 / 5w 2003 Me Against The Music #11 / 10w 2005 Hung Up #17 / 13w 2008 4 Minutes #5 / 20w 2012 Give Me All Your Luvin' #24 / 5w 2012 Girl Gone Wild #38 / 2w
September 26, 201214 yr Author Looks like MDNA should stay top 200 on the billboard album chart as it's improving on other billboard charts this week. 88 (128) Current Album Chart - a forty place jump!
October 1, 201214 yr Author From Billboard.biz Billboard.biz: Madonna: Her "MDNA" album continues to climb on the Billboard 200 after it reentered the tally a week ago, owed to sales generated by the buzz of her MDNA Tour reaching the U.S. This week "MDNA" rises 140-94 with 5,000 sold. The bulk of those sales came from CDs sold via either Internet retailers like Amazon.com, through mail order or at the venues where her MDNA concerts were held. Most of those sales seem to be sparked by her tour stops along the east coast, in cities like Boston, New York and Atlantic City. For example, while "MDNA" is the No. 94 selling album overall on the Billboard 200 (reflecting across the entire U.S.), it was actually the No. 21-selling set in Boston and the No. 29-seller in New York City.
October 16, 201214 yr Author After passing the 500,000 mark in sales a few weeks ago, MDNA has been officially certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America as of October 9, 2012.
October 22, 201214 yr Author Ask Billboard: Hi Gary, I'm an avid Madonna fan, have been since her debut. I've noticed that her latest album, "MDNA," has re-entered the Billboard 200 a couple of times recently, surely due to her touring the U.S. I'm curious to know exactly how many units it has sold and how it compares to her three prior albums: "American Life" (2003), "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005) and "Hard Candy" (2008). I truly believe that "MDNA" is a brilliant album and is suffering in sales due to poor singles choices and little radio airplay. I have not heard one track off the set on any top 40 radio station. Thanks, John O'Sullivan Sacramento, California Hi John, I agree that "MDNA" is likely underrated, with "Love Spent" a potential hit that, sadly, may never get its chance as a single. "Give Me All Your Luvin' " and "Girl Gone Wild" peaked at Nos. 24 and 38, respectively, on Pop Songs. Third single "Turn Up the Radio" looks unlikely to chart. (Perhaps "Superstar" might?) Madonna's current tour has seemingly spurred sales. Three weeks ago, as Madonna toured the East Coast, "MDNA" was No. 94 on the Billboard 200 - but No. 21 in Boston and No. 29 in New York, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This week, "MDNA" re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 181. The set has sold 512,000, trailing "Hard Candy" (744,000), "Confessions" (1.7 million) and "Life" (680,000). (Remember, though, that "MDNA" has been out for six months and sales were heftier earlier in the 2000s). Billboard.com
October 22, 201214 yr So MDNA isn't incredibly far behind Hard Candy, considering how it's been labelled a major flop.
November 7, 201213 yr Author Madonna celebrates 30th anniversary on Billboard charts From Billboard's Chart Beat. Who's that girl celebrating her 30th anniversary on Billboard charts today? Madonna. Thirty years ago today, on November 6, 1982, Madonna made her Billboard chart debut, entering the Dance/Club Play Songs tally at No. 40 with "Everybody." Since then, our charts and pop music have never been the same. "Everybody" was Madonna's first single for Sire/Warner Bros. and the first of an amazing 60 hits on the Dance/Club Play Songs chart (so far) for the diva. Here is a look at a few of the entertainer's amazing Billboard chart feats through the years: A record 156 No. 1s. Given her multi-format appeal, winning support at pop, dance and adult formats, Madonna leads all artists for the most No. 1s on all Billboard charts combined. When her latest single "Turn Up the Radio" ruled the Sept. 8 Dance/Club Play Songs chart, Madonna logged her record-extending 156th leader on an active, current-based domestic Billboard survey. A record 43 Dance/Club Play Songs No. 1s. Essentially, if Madonna releases a single and it charts on Dance/Club Play Songs, it's a safe bet to assume it'll go to No. 1. Since 2000, she's placed 26 hits on the survey. Of those, all but five have gone on to lead the list. Madonna is clearly the Queen of the Club. (Janet Jackson is next with 19 No. 1s.) Madonna is on the verge of tying George Strait's record for the most toppers on any single Billboard chart; the country legend has earned 44 No. 1s on Country Songs. A record 38 top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles. In the 54-year history of Billboard's signature songs chart, Madonna has earned a record 38 top 10 hits. With 34, the Beatles rank second. Madonna first reached the Hot 100's top 10 with 1984's No. 10 hit "Borderline," which began her streak of 17 consecutive top 10s through 1989's No. 2-peaking "Cherish." She most recently reached the region with 2012's No. 10 hit "Give Me All Your Luvin'," featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. 56 Hot 100 hits. Madonna first dented the Hot 100 almost a year to the day after she made her Dance/Club Play Songs arrival. "Holiday" was her first Hot 100 hit, partying its way onto the chart on Oct. 29, 1983 at No. 88. It eventually rose to No. 16, the first of 32 straight top 40 hits for Madonna. Among women, only Aretha Franklin (73) has made more Hot 100 visits than Madonna, while Taylor Swift ( as of last week) and Dionne Warwick have also tallied 56 entries. 12 Hot 100 No. 1s. Madonna's haul of chart-toppers is the fourth-best all-time. (The Supremes also boast 12 No. 1s). Only the Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18) and Michael Jackson (13) have earned more. Madonna first hit No. 1 with 1984's "Like a Virgin," which spent six weeks atop the list (her second-longest reign; only 1995's "Take a Bow" (seven frames) led longer.) Madonna has also ruled with "Crazy for You" (1985), "Live to Tell," "Papa Don't Preach" (1986), "Open Your Heart," "Who's That Girl" (1987), "Like a Prayer" (1989), "Vogue" (1990), "Justify My Love" (1991), "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) and "Music" (2000). 20 Billboard 200 top 10 albums. Madonna has rung up 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, the second-most among women after Barbra Streisand (32). Among all acts, Madonna and Bob Dylan are tied for the sixth-most top 10s, trailing only the Rolling Stones (36), Frank Sinatra (33), Streisand, the Beatles (30) and Elvis Presley (27). Among Madonna's 20 top 10 sets are eight No. 1s (also second only to Streisand, who's banked nine.) Madonna most recently topped the Billboard 200 with "MDNA" upon its April 14 debut. 5 Adult Contemporary No. 1s. After arriving as a dance diva, Madonna soon crossed to adult audiences, widening her appeal and helping to ensure that her catalog of hit singles scores daily airplay today. She's led AC with "Live to Tell" (1986), "La Isla Bonita" (1987), "Cherish" (1989), "I'll Remember" (1994) and "Take a Bow" (1995). A No. 1 even when she's not No. 1. Madonna's songs have found a place atop a Billboard ranking even when she's not singing them. The cast of Fox's "Glee" crowned the May 8, 2010, Billboard 200 with the "Glee: the Music, the Power of Madonna" EP. Four of the release's covers reached the Hot 100 - "Like a Prayer" (No. 27), the "Borderline"/"Open Your Heart" mash-up, "Like a Virgin," and "4 Minutes" - reinforcing that the Queen of Pop's music continues to reign among each new generation.
December 11, 201213 yr Author According to Billboard.biz, MDNA has sold at least 521,000 copies as of December 6th, 2012.
December 14, 201213 yr Author Billboard 2012 Year-End Charts Top Tours of 2012 No. 1 Top Artists No. 23 Billboard 200 No. 44, MDNA Billboard 200 Artists No. 42 Current Albums No. 42, MDNA Dance/Electronic Albums Artists No. 3 Dance/Electronic Albums No. 2, MDNA Dance/Club Artists No. 5 Dance/Club Songs No. 33, "Turn Up the Radio" No. 41, "Give Me All Your Luvin' " No. 44, "Girl Gone Wild" Canadian Albums No. 40, MDNA Canadian Hot 100 No. 76, "Give Me All Your Luvin'
