September 12, 200618 yr Author #11 LIKE A VIRGIN 309 Pts (13 votes) http://eil.com/newgallery/Madonna-Like-A-Virgin-5349.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K8ogVmnk24.swf LIKE A VIRGIN video (1984 US#1, UK#3, EURO#1, CAN#1, JPN#1, OZ#1, GER#4, SWI#9, AUT#8, FRA#8, IRE#1 from Like A Virgin)
September 12, 200618 yr I can't think of ten songs left. Most of the classics were 11-20. I'm really enjoying this. Keep up the good work.
September 12, 200618 yr Author The Top10 songs left are: Beautiful Stranger (1999) Frozen (1998) Holiday (1983) Hung Up (2005) Into The Groove (1985) La Isla Bonita (1987) Like A Prayer (1989) Ray Of Light (1998) Sorry (2006) Vogue (1990) Do any of you want to predict the final Top10 results which I will post tomorrow?
September 12, 200618 yr Thanks. I will 1. Like A Prayer (1989) 2. Vogue (1990) 3. Into The Groove (1985) 4. Ray Of Light (1998) 5. Frozen (1998) 6. Hung Up (2005) 7. Beautiful Stranger (1999) 8. Holiday (1983) 9. La Isla Bonita (1987) 10. Sorry (2006) [At least I hope it's only #10. I've no idea how it beat so many better songs]
September 12, 200618 yr Author This is a list of Madonna's Top30 Best selling singles in the World: 1. Hung Up 8.6 million 2. Music 7.4m 3. Vogue 6.0m 4. American Pie 5.7m 5. Sorry 5.1m 6. Like A Prayer 4.4m 7. Like A Virgin 4.0m 8. Justify My Love 3.1m 9. This Used To Be My Playground 3.1m 10. Frozen 3.0m 11. Papa Don't Preach 2.9m 12. La Isla Bonita 2.9m 13. Crazy For You 2.7m 14. Into The Groove 2.4m 15. Don't Tell Me 2.3m 16. Who's That Girl 2.2m 17. Holiday 2.1m 18. Don't Cry For Me Argentina 2.1m 19. Me Against The Music 2.1m 20. Angel 2.1m 21. True Blue 2.0m 22. Secret 1.9m 23. I'll Remember 1.8m 24. Beautiful Stranger 1.8m 25. Live To Tell 1.7m 26. Express Yourself 1.7m 27. Ray Of Light 1.7m 28. Die Another Day 1.7m 29. Material Girl 1.6m 30. You'll See 1.6m
September 12, 200618 yr 5. Sorry 5.1m 6. Like A Prayer 4.4m I would never have guessed those songs would be that way round. I'd have predicted 'Prayer' top 3 and 'Sorry' way at the bottom. Singles are sales have declined so much this decade yet Madonna's newest singles are her biggest yet. I don't get it.
September 12, 200618 yr No offense but those figures look like absolute rubbish! I'm sorry but how the hell has Hung Up sold over 8 million copies?!! I mean duh..!! Vogue is Madonna's biggest selling single worldwide with something like 5.8 million; Hung Up has sold 4 million with Music at around 3.5 million! That list is well n' truly incorrect and especially with no verifying source!! Trust me, i've been a Madonna fan since 1991, i know my $h!t!
September 13, 200618 yr Author No offense but those figures look like absolute rubbish! I'm sorry but how the hell has Hung Up sold over 8 million copies?!! I mean duh..!! Vogue is Madonna's biggest selling single worldwide with something like 5.8 million; Hung Up has sold 4 million with Music at around 3.5 million! That list is well n' truly incorrect and especially with no verifying source!! Trust me, i've been a Madonna fan since 1991, i know my $h!t! No offense, but you are completely & utterly wrong! My source is the United World Charts federation which was set up at the beginning of 1998 & compiles the charts of 48 nations. It's data is used on Wikipedia. Incredibly, 2005 was the first time in Madonna's career when she had the World's biggest selling single of the Year with Hung Up. Hung up topped the charts in a record 41 out of the 48 country charts available. Here are the stats of Madonna's #1 hit singles in 15 of the biggest countries for sales markets that are ratified. Madonna's US Number Ones (12) "Like A Virgin" (1984) - 6 weeks "Crazy For You" (1985) - 1 week "Live To Tell" (1986) - 1 week "Papa Don't Preach" (1986) - 2 weeks "Open Your Heart" (1987) - 1 week "Who's That Girl" (1987) - 1 week "Like A Prayer" (1989) - 3 weeks "Vogue" (1990) - 3 weeks "Justify My Love" (1991) - 2 weeks "This Used To Be My Playground" (1992) - 1 week "Take A Bow" (1995) - 7 weeks "Music" (2000) - 4 weeks Madonna's UK Number Ones (12) "Into The Groove" (1985) - 4 weeks "Papa Don't Preach" (1986)- 3 weeks "True Blue" (1986) - 1 week "La Isla Bonita" (1987) - 2 weeks "Who's That Girl" (1987) - 1 week "Like a Prayer" (1989) - 3 weeks "Vogue" (1990) - 4 weeks "Frozen" (1998) - 1 week "American Pie" (2000) - 1 week "Music" (2000) - 1 week "Hung Up" (2005) - 3 weeks "Sorry" (2006) - 1 week Number One Singles in Europe (16) "Like a Virgin" - 5 weeks "Into the Groove" - 1 week "Live to Tell" - 8 weeks "Papa Don't Preach" - 8 weeks "True Blue" - 1 week "La Isla Bonita" - 4 weeks "Like a Prayer" - 12 weeks "Express Yourself" - 3 weeks "Vogue" - 8 weeks "Erotica" - 3 weeks "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"- 2 weeks "American Pie" - 7 weeks "Music" - 6 weeks "Me Against The Music" - 3 weeks "Hung Up" - 12 weeks "Sorry" - 7 weeks Number One Singles in Canada (19) "Like a Virgin" "Live to Tell" "Papa Don't Peach" "La Isla Bonita" "Who's That Girl" "Like a Prayer" "Vogue" "This Used to be My Playground" "Deeper and Deeper" "Rain" "Secret" - 10 weeks "Take a Bow - 1 week "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" - 6 weeks "American Pie" - 7 weeks "Music" - 7 weeks "Don't Tell Me" - 1 week "Die Another Day" - 8 weeks "American Life" - 2 weeks "Hung Up" - 15 weeks Number One Singles in Japan's International Charts (21) "Like a Virgin" x4 "Material Girl" x2 "Crazy For You: x3 "Into The Groove" x3 "Live to Tell" x3 "True Blue" x2 "Open Your Heart" x1 "Who's That Girl" x2 "Causing a Commotion" x1 "Like a Prayer" x2 "Vogue" x5 "This Used to be My Playground" x3 "I'll Remember" x2 "Take a Bow" x3 "You'll See" x2 "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" x3 "Frozen" x1 "Ray of Light" x2 "Beautiful Stranger" x1 American Pie x1 "Music" x3 "Die Another Day" x1 "American Life" x3 "Me Against The Music" x3 "Hung Up" x7 Number One Singles in Australia (10) "Like A Virgin" "Crazy For You" "Into The Groove" "Angel" "Papa Don't Preach" "Like A Prayer" "Vogue" "American Pie" "Music" "Me Against The Music" "Hung Up" Number Ones Singles in Germany (3) "La Isla Bonita" "American Pie" "Hung Up" Number One Singles in Switzerland (8) "La Isla Bonita - 1 week "Like a Prayer" - 4 weeks "Express Yourself" - 1 week "Secret" - 1 week "American Pie" - 3 weeks "Music" - 5 weeks "American Life" - 1 week "Hung Up" - 8 weeks Number One Singles in Austria (2) "La Isla Bonita" "Hung Up" Number One Singles in France (3) "La Isla Bonita" "Don't Cry for me Argentina" "Hung Up" Number One Singles in Ireland (11) "Like A Virgin" "Papa Don´t Preach" "Like A Prayer" "Vogue" "Don´t Cry For Me Argentina" "Frozen" "Ray Of Light" "American Pie" "Music" "Don't Tell Me" "American Life" Number One Singles in Italy (18) "Into the Groove" "Papa Don't Peach" "Live to Tell" "Who's That Girl?" "Like a Prayer" "Express Yourself" "Vogue" "This Used to be my Playground" "Erotica" "I'll Remember" "Frozen" "American Pie" "Music" "Don't Tell Me" "Die Another Day" "American Life" "Hung Up" "Sorry" Number One Singles in Spain (17) "Like a Prayer" "Vogue" "You'll See" "Don't Cry for me Argentina" "Ray of Light" "Drowned World / Substitute For Love" "Nothing Really Matters" "American Pie" "Music" "What it Feels Like For a Girl" "Die Another Day" "Me Against The Music" "Nothing Fails" "Love Profusion" "Hung Up" "Sorry" "Get Together" Number One Singles in Mexico (19) "Live To Tell" "La Isla Bonita" "Who's That Girl" "Like A Prayer" "Express Yourself" "Vogue" "This Used To Be My Playground" "Secret" "Take A Bow" "You'll See" "Frozen" "Ray Of Light" "The Power of Goodbye" "Nothing Really Matters" "American Pie" "Music" "American Life" "Me Against The Music" "Hung Up" Number One Singles in Brazil (22) "Like A Virgin" "Material Girl" "Crazy For You" "Live To Tell" "Papa Don´t Preach" "La Isla Bonita" "Who's That Girl" "Like A Prayer" "Express Yourself" "Cherish" "Vogue" "Justify My Love" "This Used To Be My Playground" "Erotica" "Deeper And Deeper" "Secret" "Take A Bow" "You´ll See" "Don´t Cry For Me Argentina" "Frozen" "Music" "Hung Up" Out of those 15 territories (songs which topped the charts in 5 or more countries) 13 Hung Up 12 Like A Prayer 12 Music 11 Vogue 11 American Pie 09 La Isla Bonita 08 Papa Don't Preach 07 Like A Virgin 07 Live To Tell 07 Who's That Girl? 07 Don't Cry For Me Argentina 06 This Used To Be My Playground 06 Frozen 06 American Life 05 Into The Groove 05 Express Yourself 05 Me Against The Music
September 13, 200618 yr Impressive list there but there are some extreme mistakes! For example 'Sorry' has sold about 1.2 million worldwide, no way has it sold over 5 million!! And sorry but Wikipedia is not a 100% accurate source!! And still, Hung up has sold 4 million, no way over 8!! As much as i'd like for it to be true, it just isn't! :( Thats source is well n' truly wrong, go to any Madonna fansite/website and i garuntee you...fans who are 'in the know' will thoroughly questions those figures to the max!!
September 13, 200618 yr Author I'm pretty certain you are the one who is incorrect regarding recent single sales, unless you are one of those purists who disregards legal downloads as record sales: Here is one of many posts that I could have made: Coldplay's X&Y best selling album in world BreakingNews.com 31/03/2006 - 19:22:39 British band Coldplay had the world’s best-selling album of 2005, according to figures out today show. The band’s third album X&Y sold 8.3 million copies around the globe. Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi sold 7.7 million copies, and rapper 50 Cent’s The Massacre shifted 7.5 million. Overall global music sales of physical and digital music combined were down 3%, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) report. But revenues from digital music sales almost tripled last year, from $400m in 2004 to $1.1bn in 2005. Single sales – digital and physical – increased by more than 75% globally. Singles are now largely a digital format, with digital sales accounting for three quarters of total single sales, compared to 45% in 2004. CD album sales dropped by 6% in value, according to today’s report. The total number of digital single tracks downloaded online, or on to mobile phones, rose to 470 million units, up from 160 million in 2004. Madonna had the world's best selling single of 2005 with her Abba sampled Hung Up selling 6.7 million copies before the end of the year. The Black Eyed Peas album Monkey Business is fourth in the worldwide album chart, followed by American Idiot by Green Day. Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor is next, ahead of American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In short Worldwide sales of singles have increased by 250-300% thanks to the long overdue inclusion of legal digital downloads.
September 13, 200618 yr Ok well fair enough but you didn't state 'legal downloads' in your list of the best-selling Madonna singles which is why i was so confused as i'm sure many more would've been and yes i do regard d/l's as official record sales :)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #10 BEAUTIFUL STRANGER 311 Pts (12 votes) http://www.musicsquare.net/images/c/000086_170x170.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TozyduiT5WA.swf BEAUTIFUL STRANGER video (1999 UWC#4, US#19, UK#2, EURO#2, CAN#4, JPN#5, OZ#6, GER#13, SWI#8, AUT#4, FRA#17, IRE#5 taken from The Spy Who Shagged Me OST)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #09 LA ISLA BONITA 320 Pts (13 votes) http://eil.com/newgallery/Madonna-La-Isla-Bonita-50253.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buufYezNfPc.swf LA ISLA BONITA video (1987 US#4, UK#1, EURO#1, CAN#1, JPN#5, OZ#6, GER#1, SWI#1, AUT#1, FRA#1, IRE#3 taken from True Blue)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #08 HOLIDAY 367 Pts (13 votes) http://www.dance80.com/copertina/madonna_holiday.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nAxBouvIc4.swf HOLIDAY video (1983 US#16, UK#6 & UK#2 in 85, EURO#13, CAN#34, JPN#10, OZ#4, GER#9, AUT#8, FRA#8, IRE#1, 1991 Remix UK#5, FRA#37 taken from Madonna)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #7 SORRY 374 Pts (14 votes) http://mtvchina.com/images/upload/2006/02/030194316.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yN5b9Yrz-g.swf SORRY video (2006 UWC#1, US#58, UK#1, EURO#1, CAN#53, JPN#2, OZ#4, GER#5, SWI#4, AUT#8, FRA#5, IRE#5 taken from Confessions On A Dancefloor)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #6 RAY OF LIGHT 376 Pts (14 votes) http://eil.com/newgallery/Madonna-Ray-Of-Light-Remi-116516.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HHvybKXjt8.swf RAY OF LIGHT video (1998 UWC#2, US#5, UK#2, EURO#9, CAN#7, JPN#5, OZ#6, GER#28, SWI#32, AUT#31, FRA#18, IRE#1 from Ray Of Light)
September 13, 200618 yr Author #5 INTO THE GROOVE 383 Pts (13votes) http://eil.com/newgallery/Madonna-Into-The-Groove-40384.jpg [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwHPKPecUx8.swf INTO THE GROOVE video (1985 UK#1, EURO#1, JPN#1, OZ#1, GER#3, SWI#2, AUT#6, FRA#2, IRE#8 taken from Like A Virgin (Special Edition))
