Madonna :: Charts & Sales History

[maroon]

It's funny how many marketing "specialists" there are here yet Madonna doesn't seem to have any...
If singing songs on talk shows guaranteed these songs success, artists wouldn't even do interviews, they'd just perform, that's it.
The world is not so black and white. "Medellin" wouldn't have been a big hit regardless of the number of live performances. Nothing on "Madame X" had real hit potential.

[MadNuno]

In Italy Madonna always have many album entries!
Even without any new releases at the momment she have 6 albums inside the TOP 500 (more than any other artist)

Italy iTunes Albums: 87. Rebel Heart (Deluxe) 92. Celebration (Deluxe) 188. Confessions on a Dance Floor 253. MDNA 269. Hard Candy 403. Celebration

[MadNuno]

You're right! It shows the wonders promo can do.
When she performed at the iHeart Music Awards she got some airplay thanks to their deal. She should do that again.
International promo really helped too. Visiting France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and promoting several times there…

I wish she promoted Madame X more. Eurovision was not enough (especially with what happened…) I'm still convinced Medellin could have been a cute little hit in some European countries had it been promoted and performed there!

I agree with you! Just doing Eurovision (and singing "Future"? Common!) and Billboard Awards was not close enough to promote the songs and the album.
Even with what happened at Eurovision if "Medellin" had also been performed it would have been different - some european radios got confused - is she moving on to a new single? Some moved from Medellin to Future (and not that many were playing the first single).

If she had performed Medellin at Graham and Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show (instead just doing an interview) would already have done wonders.
In Italy "Medellin" was a TOP 40 (and gold) despite she was not there performing it. If she had gone to Spain to promote it I'm sure the song would have been also a TOP 40 in Spain instead peaked #67 (she was living in Lisbon that is just a 50 minutes flight to Madrid!).

So many promotion mistakes were made on the past decade. "Rebel Heart" should have been way bigger - she got very unlucky with that album being leaked.

[Fajitas]

"Rebel Heart" will have a long live as all 3 singles become hits in some countries. Sure they were not huge Hits but Madonna still scored a TOP 40 Hit in UK and a HOT 100 Hit from the album. Plus she promoted it a lot performing some of the songs in lots of countries (we must have over a dozen of performances from this album songs on TV or Award shows).

In 2020 "Rebel Heart" was Madonna best selling album on iTunes followed by "Celebration" and "The Immaculate Collection". Nice to see that in 2021 will probably continue on that place (unlesss "Madame X Tour" is released as an album and steps ahead")

You're right! It shows the wonders promo can do.
When she performed at the iHeart Music Awards she got some airplay thanks to their deal. She should do that again.
International promo really helped too. Visiting France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and promoting several times there…

I wish she promoted Madame X more. Eurovision was not enough (especially with what happened…) I'm still convinced Medellin could have been a cute little hit in some European countries had it been promoted and performed there!

[MadNuno]

"Rebel Heart" will have a long live as all 3 singles become hits in some countries. Sure they were not huge Hits but Madonna still scored a TOP 40 Hit in UK and a HOT 100 Hit from the album. Plus she promoted it a lot performing some of the songs in lots of countries (we must have over a dozen of performances from this album songs on TV or Award shows).

In 2020 "Rebel Heart" was Madonna best selling album on iTunes followed by "Celebration" and "The Immaculate Collection". Nice to see that in 2021 will probably continue on that place (unlesss "Madame X Tour" is released as an album and steps ahead")

[MusicLover88]

Album: Rebel Heart
iTunes:
#28 Hungary (+7)
#30 Greece (+9)
#31 Czech Republic (+21)
#37 Costa Rica (+1)
#40 Poland (+25)
#57 Brazil (+21)
#63 Spain (+60)
#69 Slovakia (+1)
#74 Israel (+8)
#81 Mexico (+36)
#99 Russia (+168)
#100 Turkey (+36)
#109 Singapore (+18)
#127 Colombia (+7)
#140 Peru (+4)
#143 Finland (+9)
#147 Ecuador (=)
#156 Philippines (+36)
#158 Malaysia (+10)
#173 Sweden (NE)
#186 Portugal (NE)
#200 Belgium (+106)
#217 Netherlands (+104)
#298 France (NE)
#317 Switzerland (+181)
#359 South Africa (+110)
#622 United Kingdom (NE)

Wow look at this all-time classic.

[upushme]

Madame X on Spotify

13.08.2021 184.785.472 +64.231
14.08.2021 184.849.465 +63.993
15.08.2021 184.905.206 +55.741
16.08.2021 184.973.984 +68.778
17.08.2021 185.043.797 +69.813
18.08.2021 185.110.533 +66.736
19.08.2021 185.176.741 +66.208

20.08.2021 185.244.379 +67.638
21.08.2021 185.310.290 +65.911
22.08.2021 185.367.146 +56.856
23.08.2021 185.424.715 +57.569
24.08.2021 185.484.405 +59.690
25.08.2021 185.545.653 +61.248
26.08.2021 185.607.310 +61.657

[AndiIversen]

YT stats

PDP HD

2021/08/23 74,439
2021/08/24 76,625
2021/08/25 87,769
2021/08/26 87,040

Cherish HD

2021/08/23 11,022
2021/08/24 11,214
2021/08/25 12,148
2021/08/26 12,063

Beautiful Stranger HD

2021/08/23 11,000
2021/08/24 10,370
2021/08/25 10,929
2021/08/26 11,169

[Lookingfornews81]

This weeks streaming is I'm Breathless!

Yes, already started!

[music126]

This weeks streaming is I'm Breathless!

[GaGarazzi]

I think it would be good to give I'm Breathless a go. I only discovered it a few weeks ago and it was better than I expected

[MadNuno]

I've been streaming I'm Breathless today, which is nice as I don't stream it that often lol

I was so inlove with that album when it was released. I put it on once in a while but not that often as It requires the right mood
"I'm Breathless" is on now too

[Jimshakes]

I've been streaming I'm Breathless today, which is nice as I don't stream it that often lol

[MadNuno]

So streaming party for Erotica ended... what's next? Are we doing "I'm Breathless" or is it "Like a Prayer"? (I do remember we don't do collections and we skipped "Evita" but "I'm Breathless only have 3 songs from the movie, all others are Madonna original new songs).

Let me know so I stop the 24/7 non-stop streaming of Erotica on my tabblet (that got the phones plugged but only here and there on my hears as I also use my phone too)

[upushme]

Madame X on Spotify

13.08.2021 184.785.472 +64.231
14.08.2021 184.849.465 +63.993
15.08.2021 184.905.206 +55.741
16.08.2021 184.973.984 +68.778
17.08.2021 185.043.797 +69.813
18.08.2021 185.110.533 +66.736
19.08.2021 185.176.741 +66.208

20.08.2021 185.244.379 +67.638
21.08.2021 185.310.290 +65.911
22.08.2021 185.367.146 +56.856
23.08.2021 185.424.715 +57.569
24.08.2021 185.484.405 +59.690
25.08.2021 185.545.653 +61.248

[MadNuno]

Is that list correct? Last time I saw one from the official chart company Madonna had yet to have a single over a million units?


Edit: I think this is their most recent million sellers list and no Madonna...
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart__21298/

Those numbers on that 2020 chart seems to be pure sales only - but even if they are not they are already over 1 year old.
Streaming numbers have been increasing a lot for everybody, but especially for Madonna that finally have a team doing something about her streams since 2018 (hopefully they will start working even better now that she is with Warner again).

In 2017 they published an article about Madonna pure sales ("Into The Groove" was at 878k sales):
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...singles__8266/

In 2018, about 3 years ago, they published another one with streaming included (and "Into The Groove" was at 957k sales units)
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart__23721/

Also in 2019 they published another one just about Madonna TOP 40 Most Streamed songs in UK:
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...d-songs__8646/

All numbers are available for Industry members and "Like A Prayer" besides being by far Madonna most streamed track in UK it also got a new BPI Certification Award earlier this year (as digital certifications are automatic in UK - meaning at least 600k sales equivalent from downloads and streaming alone in UK). As the song was already gold based on physical sales (so at least 400k) that means the song sold over 1 million in UK.

Remember that Official Charts make a lot of mistakes on their articles (unfortunally) especially about sales before 1994 as it was a different company that was tracking sales and making the charts.

[Choley]

Is that list correct? Last time I saw one from the official chart company Madonna had yet to have a single over a million units?


Edit: I think this is their most recent million sellers list and no Madonna...
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart__21298/

That's pure sales only

[Jimshakes]

Is that list correct? Last time I saw one from the official chart company Madonna had yet to have a single over a million units?


Edit: I think this is their most recent million sellers list and no Madonna...
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart__21298/

[MadNuno]

UK's Best Selling Female Singles in 80's -Thanks to AoN from Haven-

1.Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) (1987) 2,234,000
2.Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR (1988) 1,650,000
3.Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE (1985) 1,525,000
4.Bonnie Tyler - TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART (1983) 1,315,000
5.Dolly Parton – 9 TO 5 (1980) 1,200,000
6.Irene Cara - FAME (1982) 1,100,000
7.Cyndi Lauper - GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1983) 1,095,000
8.Madonna – INTO THE GROOVE (1985) 1,020,000
9.Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER (1989) 1,015,000
10.Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU (1988) 1,012,000
11.Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH (1987) 1,000,000
12.Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE (1987) 1,000,000
13.Cyndi Lauper - TIME AFTER TIME (1983) 1,000,000
14.Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I KNOW HIM SO WELL (1985) 1,000,000
15.Madonna – LIKE A VIRGIN (1984) 1,000,000
16.Madonna - HOLIDAY (1983) 1,000,000
17.Rufus & Chaka Khan - AINT NOBODY (1983) 1,000,000
18.Bonnie Tyler - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (1984) 985,000
19.Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION (1985) 910,000
20.Madonna - CRAZY FOR YOU (1985) 900,000

*includes streams

I Had no idea that Whitney Houston song was so big in UK! Her passing must have something to do with that song selling so much more or I am wrong?
I did bought the single back in 1987 too as I also got myself "La Isla Bonita" and "Who's That Girl" that year. Surprised to see Belinda Carlisle there (never thought the song have done so well to be TOP 20 Best Selling Single Units (including streaming and digital songs) of the 80's decade in UK.

Those 7 tracks with 1 million singles will certainly take different places soon. Hope Warner relase a 7" vinyl single for Record Day (I know it's always small limited editions of 5k units or so) for "Like a Virgin" and "Holiday" on the 40th anniversary of each single putting them clearly ahead of all the other ones having also 1 million on this list.

Nice to see that the only female artists with more than 1 song there are Madonna and Cindy Lauper but while Cindy have 2 songs Maodnna have 5 songs! Madonna really dominated the 80's like nobody else.

Do you have a TOP 40 for Female 80's? Would love to see that as probably more Madonna songs are there too. (If you don't have can you try to ask the guy for it please).

I really wished "La Isla Bonita" could someday also crack into that TOP 20 as it was the 4th most streamed Madonna song in UK according to Official Charts:
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...d-songs__8646/

I believe "Papa Don't Preach" is probably closer to do so. "Crazy For You" should overcome "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross in a couple of years (again a record day special edition will speed that from happening.

Is there any 90's chart like this also? Is any Madonna song in there? I'm affraid she probably failed to have a TOP 20 song there.
Her best selling 90's single are probably "Vogue" or "Frozen" and they sold a lot less than "Crazy For You" ("Vogue" gets more streams but "Frozen" sold more pure sales - both must be around 650k/750k at best.

[Choley]

UK's Best Selling Female Singles in 80's -Thanks to AoN from Haven-

1.Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) (1987) 2,234,000
2.Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR (1988) 1,650,000
3.Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE (1985) 1,525,000
4.Bonnie Tyler - TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART (1983) 1,315,000
5.Dolly Parton – 9 TO 5 (1980) 1,200,000
6.Irene Cara - FAME (1982) 1,100,000
7.Cyndi Lauper - GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1983) 1,095,000
8.Madonna – INTO THE GROOVE (1985) 1,020,000
9.Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER (1989) 1,015,000
10.Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU (1988) 1,012,000
11.Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH (1987) 1,000,000
12.Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE (1987) 1,000,000
13.Cyndi Lauper - TIME AFTER TIME (1983) 1,000,000
14.Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I KNOW HIM SO WELL (1985) 1,000,000
15.Madonna – LIKE A VIRGIN (1984) 1,000,000
16.Madonna - HOLIDAY (1983) 1,000,000
17.Rufus & Chaka Khan - AINT NOBODY (1983) 1,000,000
18.Bonnie Tyler - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (1984) 985,000
19.Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION (1985) 910,000
20.Madonna - CRAZY FOR YOU (1985) 900,000

includes streams

[Constantino]

Like a Virgin ( Like a Virgin Album ) hit 150M Spotify plays.

[music126]

Madonna's "Music" TV Edit becomes her 149th video to hit 1 million views.

1,000,003

[AndiIversen]

YT stats

PDP HD

2021/08/20 84,785
2021/08/21 92,060
2021/08/22 88,122
2021/08/23 74,439
2021/08/24 76,625

Beautiful Stranger HD

2021/08/20 12,996
2021/08/21 13,738
2021/08/22 12,440
2021/08/23 11,000
2021/08/24 10,370

Cherish HD

2021/08/20 12,705
2021/08/21 13,358
2021/08/22 12,776
2021/08/23 11,022
2021/08/24 11,214

[MadNuno]

"La Isla Bonita" got to 480 million on You Tube!
It should get to 500 million around 17 October.

[MadNuno]

Madame X on Spotify

20.08.2021 185.244.379 +67.638
21.08.2021 185.310.290 +65.911
22.08.2021 185.367.146 +56.856
23.08.2021 185.424.715 +57.569
24.08.2021 185.484.405 +59.690

So the album is now under 60k streams for 3 days in a row. Is that the first time it happens?