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7 hours?! Is it looped?

Well I ended up buying the album after hearing the songs on streaming. The singles are some of the weakest tracks on the album. God control, I don’t search, come alive and extreme occident are strong tracks.

The album really is a lot more interesting and exciting than the tracks released suggest.

The biographer did state in her review that the best is yet to come . She was right !!

Faz Gostoso (feat. Anitta) is such a great track, best from the album, Madonna & Anita make this track awesome. I do hope that it will be a single and a kick ass video be created.

Currently it’s the most played song from the album in Spotify already +4 millions streams, someone needs to get hold of this and do the promo. The album is much more interesting than the singles + promo tracks prior to release.

Anitta is joining Madonna I think for her pride performance next week. Maybe a video will be shot at the same time?

 

I Rise and God Control to be released this week again in time for pride , oh and the remixes .

I hope so if it’s streaming well, why not try and push promo for the track. I think they’d be missing a trick not releasing a video for it and releasing it as a single.

We're #1 in the US!!!!

X marks the No. 1 spot.

 

Madonna lands her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Madame X enters atop the tally. The set, released via Interscope Records on June 14, launches with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 20, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were in album sales.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 29-dated chart, where Madame X bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on June 25.

 

Overall, Madame X’s debut sum of 95,000 equivalent album units is comprised of 90,000 in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 4,000 in SEA units.

 

Madame X grants Madonna her ninth leader on the Billboard 200. She last led the list in 2012, with MDNA. Here’s a look at all of Madonna’s No. 1 albums: Madame X, MDNA, Hard Candy (2008), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), American Life (2003), Music (2000), Like a Prayer (1989), True Blue (1986) and Like a Virgin (1985).

 

Madonna continues to have the second-most No. 1 albums among female artists, trailing only Barbra Streisand, who has 11. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1s, with 19. They are followed by Jay-Z (14), Streisand and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11), Elvis Presley (10), Eminem, Garth Brooks, Madonna and The Rolling Stones (all with nine).

 

Madonna is a frequent visitor to the top 10 of the Billboard 200, having notched at least four top 10 albums in each of the last four decades (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s). Madame X marks her 22nd top 10, and fourth of the ‘10s. Earlier in the decade, she reached the region with her last studio effort, Rebel Heart (No. 2 in 2015), MDNA (No. 1, 2012) and the live album Sticky & Sweet Tour (No. 10, 2010).

 

Madonna’s first top 10 came nearly 35 years ago, when her self-titled debut album climbed 12-10 on the Oct. 6, 1984-dated chart. It eventually peaked at No. 8 two weeks later (Oct. 20). The diva would place five top 10s in the ‘80s, seven in the ‘90s, six in the ‘00s and now four in the ‘10s.

 

The Rolling Stones have the most top 10s in the history of the Billboard 200, with 37. They are followed by Streisand (34), The Beatles (32), Frank Sinatra (32), Presley (27), Bob Dylan (22), Madonna (22), George Strait (21), Elton John (20), Paul McCartney/Wings (20) and Springsteen (20).

 

Madame X’s debut week was comprised of 90,000 in album sales, which is the fourth-largest sales week for an album in 2019 by a woman. The album’s sales were bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the Queen of Pop’s upcoming theater tour (starting on Sept. 12 in New York at Brooklyn's Howard Gilman Opera House), as well as an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via her official website.

 

Madame X was led by the track “Medellín,” with Maluma, which climbs 2-1 on the Dance Club Songs chart dated June 29, marking Madonna’s 47th leader on the tally. (The chart, like the Billboard 200, will refresh on Billboard’s website on Tuesday, June 25.) “Medellín” also reached the top 20 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

 

Before Madame X dropped, four more preview cuts were issued: “I Rise,” “Future,” with Quavo, “Crave,” with Swae Lee, and “Dark Ballet.” “Crave” recently debuted on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart, and holds at No. 15 on the most recently published list (dated June 22).

 

Fun fact for chart watchers: With Madonna and Springsteen at Nos. 1 and 2 on the new Billboard 200, it’s the first time the Queen of Pop and The Boss have been in the top two together since 1985. The last time they were buddies in the top two (and the only time before this week) was for four weeks in January and February that year. On the charts dated Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 1985, Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. and Madonna’s Like a Virgin were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. Then, the titles flipped ranks on Feb. 9 and Feb. 16. (Born spent a total of seven weeks at No. 1 and Virgin ruled for three weeks.)

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/...board-200-chart

Nice to see it confirmed she got that US #1!

That’s great to see her get a #1 there 😃

Down to #12 in the UK midweeks. 6 new entries ahead of her - I feel like a couple could fall behind her but just as easily a couple of albums could overtake her.

To be expected. I'm just glad we had a good first week!

Lots of new releases this week .

Hopefully the videos released this week will spark further interest .

#12, i expected the album top be positioned around here and think it will stay here for the week.

I'm thinking it will drop to low teens or even further..

#15 in the UK update today, nearly 2.7k sold so far. Think it could end the week on ~5k.

The albums chart has some life in it for a change the last few weeks !!

Faz Gostoso has nearly 5 million streams on Spotify in just over a week, slightly higher is Crave 5.3m after a few weeks, top is Medellin with 25.8m since mid April.

I believe her and Anitta are meeting this week !! Video and performance hopefully .