Madonna :: Charts & Sales History

[Nugs]

Australian singles chart runs from the 1980s:

- Pre-June 1988: taken from the Kent Music Report (re-named the Australian Music Report in 1987). ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of this chart, from mid-1983 until early June 1988.

- From June 1988: sourced from the ARIA charts.


Kent/Australian Music Report era:

Burning Up:
Released 25/7/1983 (12"); 24/10/1983 (7")

Debuted: 28/11/1983
(104*) 95

(*not literally #104, but ranked 4th on a list of 'singles receiving significant sales reports beyond the top 100' that week; similar to the concept of a 'bubbling under' chart)

Re-entered: 30/4/1984
59 44 33 37 24 15 15 15 13 14 15 25 28 27 39 39 46 42 51 62 75 76 85 100


Holiday:
Released: 13/2/1984 (7"); 26/3/1984 (12")
Debuted: 9/4/1984
(103) 48 20 18 9 7 4 6 6 9 11 16 22 26 40 47 48 54 72 63 81 77 88


Borderline:
Released 11/6/1984 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 2/7/1984
(102) 40 34 27 20 15 14 12 14 14 16 31 37 43 49 65 79 88 90 97


Lucky Star:
Released: 17/9/1984 (7")
Debuted: 8/10/1984
73 62 53 51 36 36 36 41 51 76 79


Like a Virgin:
Released: 29/10/1984 (7"); 26/11/1984 (12")
Debuted: 19/11/1984
34 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 15 19 27 29 32 38 46 51 56 73 92 85


Material Girl:
Released: 25/2/1985 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 11/3/1985
25 11 6 4 6 6 10 17 18 30 38 48 61 78 77 88


Angel/Into the Groove:
Released: 13/5/1985 (7")
Debuted: 27/5/1985
99 17 7 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 4 6 7 11 12 19 21 31 37 40 50 56 68 86 86


Crazy For You:
Released: 10/6/1985 (7")
Debuted: 24/6/1985
16 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 7 10 13 13 16 31 38 40 51 66 71 92


Dress You Up:
Released: 26/8/1985 (7"); 16/9/1985 (12")
Debuted: 16/9/1985
36 23 10 8 5 8 10 20 27 37 54 59 91 74


Gambler:
Released: 16/9/1985 (7")
Debuted: 30/9/1985
51 17 13 10 12 14 18 27 50 63 67


Live To Tell:
Released: 21/4/1986 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 5/5/1986
29 17 8 8 9 7 10 14 25 30 41 48 52 63 95 97


Sidewalk Talk (Jellybean featuring Madonna):
Released: 21/4/1986 (7")
Debuted: 5/5/1986
(107)


Papa Don't Preach:
Released: 30/6/1986 (7"); 21/7/1986 (12"); 4/8/1986 (maxi cassette single)
Debuted: 14/7/1986
24 7 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 9 15 24 29 46 61 71


True Blue:
Released: 6/10/1986 (7" and 12"); 20/10/1986 (maxi cassette single)
Debuted: 20/10/1986
45 14 9 5 5 5 5 8 11 14 14 14 24 27 34 41 56 67 82


Open Your Heart:
Released: 15/12/1986 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 29/12/1986
68 68 47 22 19 16 17 16 34 45 52 77 83


La Isla Bonita:
Released: 6/4/1987 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 20/4/1987
58 32 17 12 6 7 8 8 10 15 19 29 34 44 53 72 71 90


Who's That Girl:
Released: 20/7/1987 (7"); 10/8/1987 (12")
Debuted: 3/8/1987
17 11 9 14 7 7 12 15 18 23 37 50 53 71 93


Causing a Commotion:
Released: 28/9/1987 (7" and 12")
Debuted: 12/10/1987
21 15 11 10 9 7 11 12 16 20 21 21 21 29 43 64 65 73 85


ARIA-produced chart era:

? = week on chart outside top 150, position unknown

Like a Prayer:
Released: 6/3/1989* (7" and cassette single); 20/3/1989 (12"); 3/4/1989 (CD single)
Debuted: 6/3/1989
164-3-1-2-2-1-2-1-1-2-1-2-7-6-14-14-18-23-34-31-40-42-47-57-65-75-91-71-?-?-?

(*it had to have gone on sale a day or so earlier, in limited outlets, to have debuted on the same day it was meant to have been released)


Express Yourself:
Released: 29/5/1989* (7", 12" and cassette single - *there had to have either been an embargo broken for it to debut on the same date, or a mid-week release the previous week); 19/6/1989 (CD single)

Debuted: 29/5/1989
36-12-6-6-5-6-6-7-8-9-8-16-14-21-32-39-45-50-49-59-53-61-66-77-85-88-?-?-?


Cherish:
Released: 4/9/1989 (7", 12", cassette single, CD single)
Debuted: 11/9/1989
17-12-4-8-10-10-11-11-14-16-18-23-27-31-38-(2 week Xmas break)-50-66-91-81


Oh Father:
Released: 20/11/1989 (7" and cassette single)
Debuted: 27/11/1989
137-?-149-74-(2 week Xmas break)-59-102-92-84-109-114


edit: added 16/8/2020:


Dear Jessie:
5/3/1990
117-89-51-51-53-88-69-?-?-?

Vogue/Keep It Together:
23/4/1990
19-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-5-8-12-11-15-21-28-26-29-39-44-48-49-60-63-73-82-81-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?

Hanky Panky:
23/7/1990
18-14-7-6-6-9-10-11-14-17-24-31-40-50-49-63-77-71

Justify My Love:
26/11/1990
14-10-4-4-(2 week Xmas break)-7-7-11-15-26-34-41-46-80-82-?-?-?-?-?-?

Rescue Me:
25/2/1991
147-31-34-22-15-18-25-29-37-46-68-80-95-?-?

Holiday (1991 release):
15/7/1991
148-144-150-?-?-?

Keep It Together:
3/2/1992
164

peaked at 158 on 6/12/1993; 6 weeks spent on chart.


This Used To Be My Playground:
13/7/1992
50-13-12-9-10-11-13-14-20-19-27-31-37-39-51-70-84-?-?-?-?

[Nugs]

Some of the sales estimates for singles in Australia on page 1 of this thread are quite inflated, I think, e.g. 'Gambler' selling 30k. It only spent 7 weeks in the top 40. Also, for Australian sales figures over 140k from the 1980s - the biggest-selling single of the decade only has a 1x platinum certification.

[breatheonme]

According to Chartmasters, it's the opposite way, "MDNA" sold 95,000 (pure sales) in Germany while "Rebel Heart" sold 70,000 (pure sales) there.

Link: https://chartmasters.org/2017/08/csp...analysis-2/19/

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I'm inclined to believe the one that is closer to a certification (probably eligible by now) is "MDNA" and not "Rebel Heart", back in 2012 the music industry was healthier and her fanbase was larger too, so pure sales for "MDNA" were higher tan RH's in probably 90% of markets, Germany included IMO.

As the chartrun for Rebel Heart was better overall, spending lots of weeks in the Top 30, I'd tend to say that its sales could be overall better than MDNA's. Then again sales in 2012 were higher than in 2015 but MDNA's chartrun wasn't that good, compared to Rebel Heart. So I don't know.

[Artoo]

Does anyone have nay updates on ITG? Last I heard it was almost at the 1m sales in the UK, and would become her first million seller here?

[Jimshakes]

Is this the first year where Madonna's RSD releases have made no chart impact in the UK?

[madfan13]

Is this the first year where Madonna's RSD releases have made no chart impact in the UK?

I was about to ask about this as well. I do wonder if there was too much competition? Or if the release was way too limited? Strange, I was expecting a top 20 placing at least. Shame!

[beredy]

I was about to ask about this as well. I do wonder if there was too much competition? Or if the release was way too limited? Strange, I was expecting a top 20 placing at least. Shame!

How do they even count? They're basically EP's as they have multiple songs in the tracklist, but they're a re-release of Japanese single editions!?!?! Maybe they've fallen into some trick territory.

WW edition of TRUE BLUE (SUPER CLUB MIX) is 13,000 and LA ISLA BONITA (SUPER MIX) is 12,500. Maybe they've just been allocated in such a way they couldn't have made an impact. And at midnight remaining RSD titles were put online by stores. I just checked and both are available, so there seems to be a lot of them left.

[MrLeonix]

As the chartrun for Rebel Heart was better overall, spending lots of weeks in the Top 30, I'd tend to say that its sales could be overall better than MDNA's. Then again sales in 2012 were higher than in 2015 but MDNA's chartrun wasn't that good, compared to Rebel Heart. So I don't know.

MDNA chart-run in Germany: 3, 10, 12, 17, 32, 46, 38, 54, 73, 94, 95, 82, 98, out, 5 (Re), 80, out

- 3 weeks inside top 10
- 4 weeks inside top 20
- 7 weeks inside top 40
- 15 weeks on chart

Rebel Heart Chart-run in Germany: 1, 4, 13, 24, 25, 19, 28, 24, 31, 25, 44, 45, 70, 75, 92, out

- 2 weeks inside Top 10
- 3 weeks inside top 20
- 10 weeks inside top 30
- 15 weeks on chart

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Both albums spent the same amount of weeks on chart and even though "Rebel Heart" was more stable in the Top 40 than "MDNA" the industry was smaller than it was in 2012 (this means that one week of "MDNA" could have outsold two weeks of "RH" and we don't know that), also, while "RH" did spend 3 more weeks than "MDNA" inside the Top 40 "MDNA" spent 1 extra week inside the Top 10 and another one more week inside the top 20, this is also valuable because one extra week in the top 10 alone could be equal to 2 or 3 weeks inside the top 40.

RH was more stable and I don't think that can be put on doubt, but it doesn't necessarily mean that RH sold more, also it's not that weird to have an album with a "better" chart run selling less than a previous album with "weaker" chart-run, that kind of stuff has already happened.

[MrLeonix]

It's incredible that nearly every album she released (12/13) in a span of 29 years produced at least on Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.

1) Madonna = 2

- Lucky Star #4
- Borderline #10

2) Like A Virgin = 4

- Like A Virgin #1
- Material Girl #2
- Angel #5
- Dress You Up #5

3) True Blue = 5

- Live To Tell #1
- Papa Don't Preach #1
- True Blue #3
- Open Your Heart #1
- La Isla Bonita #4

4) Like A Prayer = 4

- Like A Prayer #1
- Express Yourself #1
- Cherish #2
- Keep It Together #8

5) Erotica = 2

- Erotica #3
- Deeper And Deeper #7

6) Bedtime Stories = 2

- Secret #3
- Take A Bow #1

7) Ray Of Light = 2

- Frozen #2
- Ray Of Light #5

8) Music = 2

- Music #1
- Don't Tell Me #4

9) American Life = 1

- Die Another Day #8

10) Confessions On A Dance Floor = 1

- Hung Up #7

11) Hard Candy = 1

- 4 Minutes #3

12) MDNA = 1

- Give Me All Your Luvin #10

[BodyShop]

[MENTION=35073]MrLeonix[/MENTION] I know you're talking studio albums but it becomes even more impressive when you include those from compilations and soundtracks as well.

[beredy]

DAD is a bit of a cheat though as it was made for a movie (even though it fits AL like a glove sound wise). But impressive nonetheless!

[maroon]

Madonna's Spotify top 40 as of March 31st

Like A Prayer 120,910,579
Material Girl 100,289,500
4 Minutes 99,106,201
Like a Virgin 88,425,231
Vogue 74,444,441
Hung Up 73,480,121
La Isla Bonita 68,095,866
Holiday 53,440,026
Bitch I'm Madonna 51,671,786
Into The Groove 35,954,064
Girl Gone Wild 33,526,970
Frozen 32,725,898
Papa Don't Preach 31,326,404
Gimme All Your Luvin' 30,098,639
Celebration 28,838,102
Crazy For You 26,373,489
Music 25,978,499
Living For Love 25,748,675
Ghosttown 23,488,926
Revolver 23,238,493
Ray Of Light 22,430,660
Sorry 20,427,260
Me Against The Music 19940714
Express Yourself 19,365,579
Borderline 19,346,859
Open Your Heart 17,708,159
Die Another Day 16,707,739
Lucky Star 16,567,247
Live To Tell 15,936,820
Take A Bow 15,492,946
Devil Pray 13,948,791
The Power Of Goodbye 13,717,708
Give It 2 Me 13,552,566
Unapologetic Bitch 13,389,558
American Pie 13,322,921
Don't Tell Me 12,594,737
Jump 11,136,141
Cherish 10,382,373
True Blue 10,372,570
Champagne Rose 9,871,179

I wonder how quickly Medellin will join this list but there is a slim chance that it will be close to 10 million in the first week of May, I reckon, depending on the video's and the live performance's effect of course.

By the way, how to get these figures? And are there similar totals available for other streaming sites (Apple Music or Deezer for example)?

[CandyShop]

La Isla Bonita has reached 100 milion views on YT, another video upload has over 163 mil views: amazing!!!

From “True Blue “ Papŕ Don’t Preach with 2 video combined has surpassed the 100 milion views as well !!!

[MrLeonix]

"Die Another Day" is indeed a cheat but it made the cut on AL album's tracklist since the begninning and unlike "American Pie" it was not an international bonus track, it was a main standard track, in consequence Her "American Life" album ended up with one of it's songs in the Top 10 thanks to this manipulation or move Madonna did.

It was fishy but since the song is there on the album I can't just remove it out.

Nonetheless impressive.

[BodyShop]

"Die Another Day" is indeed a cheat but it made the cut on AL album's tracklist since the begninning and unlike "American Pie" it was not an international bonus track, it was a main standard track, in consequence Her "American Life" album ended up with one of it's songs in the Top 10 thanks to this manipulation or move Madonna did

It was fishy but since the song is there on the album I can't just remove it out.

Nonetheless impressive.

Like American Pie on Music,Madonna didn't want DAD on American Life either.
It's Warner's "fault" .

[NoirPhoenix]

BIM was certainly a video sensation only because 294M views vs 51M streams on Spotify is like 1:6, anyway I’m sure that Medellín will pull through and finish between 40-50M and that MX will cross the 192M streams that has RH and with less songs, if the disco song and the other Maluma and Anitta song do good, this album could hit 300M in the end.

[Artoo]

Like American Pie on Music,Madonna didn't want DAD on American Life either.
It's Warner's "fault" .

I have to say, I’ve never heard this once about DAD.

[music126]

Assuming since she has more listeners now her streaming will increase slightly, average wise moving forward.

How does it work again...how many streams of an album is counted as one sold?

[thebigham]

Can someone compile a top plays on YouTube list for me?? Thanks!

EDIT:

278 videos in order by views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPM...yqIAhruZCGJNxc

[thebigham]

La Isla Bonita has reached 100 milion views on YT, another video upload has over 163 mil views: amazing!!!

From “True Blue “ Papŕ Don’t Preach with 2 video combined has surpassed the 100 milion views as well !!!

Thanks! Madonna's team said they were working to combine videos.

I wonder why PDP and LAB have not been done yet?

[CandyShop]

^ From a quick look there’s still plenty of videos with double upload

Looks like M team still hasn’t moved a finger to solve the issue

[upushme]

A lot of re-entries:

United Kingdom

iTunes:
34. Medellín
515. Like a Prayer
851. Medellín
1074. La Isla Bonita
1448. Vogue
1487. Crazy for You

iTunes Albums:
110. The Immaculate Collection
127. Celebration
312. Confessions on a Dance Floor
571. Ray of Light
1332. Rebel Heart

[jjavier1978]

Greece

28 (NEW) 01 La Isla Bonita Super-Mix

40 (NEW) True Blue

[upushme]

This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1989, Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' Lifted to No. 1 on the Billboard 200

April 22, 1989
30 years ago: Madonna's Like a Prayer ascended to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set spawned smashes in the title cut, "Express Yourself," "Cherish" (both reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Oh Father" (No. 20) and "Keep It Together" (No. 8).

The Material Girl has just announced new material: her album Madame X arrives June 14; first, she'll perform on the Billboard Music Awards on May 1, sharing the stage with Maluma on their duet first single from the set, "Medellín."

https://www.billboard.com/articles/c...t-history-1989

[LostAvenger]

Top Record Store Day Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores

Rank, Artist, Title

1. The Rolling Stones, She’s a Rainbow (4,000 copies)
2. Death Grips, Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)
3. Madonna, La Isla Bonita (Super Mix)
4. Cheech & Chong, Up In Smoke
5. Madonna, True Blue (Super Club Mix)

Source: Nielsen Music, for the week ending April 18, 2019

https://www.billboard.com/articles/c...yl-album-sales