Madonna :: Charts & Sales History

[Hex]

Just a side comment here--on charmasters, there are constant comments that Madonna's music is forgotten and they always bring up MJ and Queen's spotiy/youtube streams. Almost ALL legacy artists perform poorly compared to those two (especially Queen) and I wouldn't say Madonna's music is forgotten. With almost all pop artists--including the big four females (Madonna, Whitney, Celine and Mariah)--only a handful of their songs tend to be remembered while their albums do tend to be forgotten in the long run. Michael Jackson is a big exception to this. Even back in the day, people were buying Thriller, Off the Wall, Bad, etc.not just fo rthe singles but for the albums themselves. I don't think anyone was buying True Blue for, for instance, Jimmy Jimmy, Love Makes the World Go Round, etc.

[Hex]

Someone found Asian receipts for Like A Prayer and True Blue and added them on Wikipedia , these are from 1989 so not the total sales although i don't know how much they could increase thanks to catalog sales... :

Madonna, Tiffany, Local Star, & Catalog Fuel April Growth WEA Malaysia Posts Record Music Sales

BY Y.S. MING

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia WEA Malaysia hit an all -time sales record in April, at more than $600,000, the highest in the company's 11 years here. Executives attribute this new peak to strong international product, which traditionally accounts for nearly 50% of total sales, from Madonna, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany, plus a build -up of interest in back -catalog product. But local singer Ella's debut Malay release, which has sold more than 110,000 cassette units, matching sales of popular Taiwanese singer Wang Chieh's "I Who Have Nothing," was a strong contributor. On the international front, Madonna's "Like A Prayer" had sales of 23,000 units on the first day of re- lease , and another 7,000 in two weeks. Her "True Blue" has sold 22,000 units here over three years, notes Gunther Zitta, WEA Malaysia managing director.

page 67

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archiv...1989-06-03.pdf

Madonna's `Prayer' Selling Well In India

BOMBAY, India Magnasound India released Madonna's "Like A Prayer" album here in March, linking it with a Madonna look -alike contest. Sales neared the 25,000 unit mark in just 10 days and company executives are looking to double that tally in three months. The next biggest international seller here is Tracy Chapman, whose eponymous album has topped the 6,500 mark. JERRY DSOUZA

page 66

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archiv...1989-04-29.pdf

Wow, had no idea Madonna did well in India.

[raindrops]

Someone found Asian receipts for Like A Prayer and True Blue and added them on Wikipedia , these are from 1989 so not the total sales although i don't know how much they could increase thanks to catalog sales... :

Madonna, Tiffany, Local Star, & Catalog Fuel April Growth WEA Malaysia Posts Record Music Sales

BY Y.S. MING

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia WEA Malaysia hit an all -time sales record in April, at more than $600,000, the highest in the company's 11 years here. Executives attribute this new peak to strong international product, which traditionally accounts for nearly 50% of total sales, from Madonna, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany, plus a build -up of interest in back -catalog product. But local singer Ella's debut Malay release, which has sold more than 110,000 cassette units, matching sales of popular Taiwanese singer Wang Chieh's "I Who Have Nothing," was a strong contributor. On the international front, Madonna's "Like A Prayer" had sales of 23,000 units on the first day of re- lease , and another 7,000 in two weeks. Her "True Blue" has sold 22,000 units here over three years, notes Gunther Zitta, WEA Malaysia managing director.

page 67

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archiv...1989-06-03.pdf

Madonna's `Prayer' Selling Well In India

BOMBAY, India Magnasound India released Madonna's "Like A Prayer" album here in March, linking it with a Madonna look -alike contest. Sales neared the 25,000 unit mark in just 10 days and company executives are looking to double that tally in three months. The next biggest international seller here is Tracy Chapman, whose eponymous album has topped the 6,500 mark. JERRY DSOUZA

page 66

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archiv...1989-04-29.pdf

[upushme]

Most viewed videos in the past 24 hours:

37 NEW
Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) 1.625.481

367 +85
Madonna - La Isla Bonita (Official Music Video) 533.895

[upushme]

Spotify 14.08.2020

Madame X 156.418.705 +104.494
Rebel Heart 218.684.361 +63.300

If the albums keep having the same streams, Madame X will catch Rebel Heart in more than 4 years.

[music126]

Don't read this topic daily, so as no one mentioned the Vogue EP on the main thread, I just found out through this thread it was released last week. Finally, long time since I listened to the version radio played back in the day.

I heard that the Music and Hanky Panky remixes are coming also.

[RayRay]

Don't read this topic daily, so as no one mentioned the Vogue EP on the main thread, I just found out through this thread it was released last week. Finally, long time since I listened to the version radio played back in the day.

[jjavier1978]

[Shego]

Faz gostoso, which is weird cause Madame X streamings didn't decrease this week.

maybe another song got a small boost this week

[upushme]

Her followers
Youtube 4.16M (rounded +30.000 in a week)
Spotify 4.292.269 (+23.112 in a week)

[upushme]

Madame X remixes on Spotify

Medellín - Offer Nissim Madame X In The Sphinx 1,800,966
Medellín - Offer Nissim Set Me Free Remix 905,682
Medellín - John Christian & DJLW Remix 515,223
Medellín - LA95 Dancefloor Legend X Remix 216,425
Medellín - LA95 Remix 206,981
Medellín - Offer Nissim Madame X in the Sphinx With No Intro 896,828
Medellín - Sak Noel Remix 263,920
4,806,025

I Rise - Tracy Young's Pride Dub 33,525
I Rise - Tracy Young's Pride Extended Remix 264,846
I Rise - Tracy Young's Pride Intro Radio Remix 124,239
422,610

I Rise - DJ Irene & The Alliance Remix 30,072
I Rise - DJLW Remix 39,368
I Rise - Daybreakers Remix 26,122
I Rise - Kue Drops The Funk Remix 605,361
I Rise - Offer Nissim Remix 61,236
I Rise - Thomas Gold Remix 46,423
808,582

Crave - MNEK Remix 473,321

Crave - Benny Benassi & BB Team Extended Remix 54,450
Crave - Benny Benassi & BB Team Radio Edit 596,941
Crave - Dan De Leon & Anthony Griego Remix 22,211
Crave - Otto Benson Remix 20,787
Crave - RNG Club Remix 32,414
Crave - Tracy Young Dangerous Radio Edit 143,404
Crave - Tracy Young Dangerous Remix 674,49
Crave - Twisted Dee & Diego Fernandez Remix 24,178
Crave - Boris Remix 15,755
Crave - DJLW Remix 18,318
Crave - Joe Gauthreaux & Leanh Radio Edit 17,192
Crave - Mike Cruz Club Remix 13,549
Crave - Thomas Gold Extended Remix 166,823
1,800,512

I Don’t Search I Find - Honey Dijon CLUBMIX 106,873
I Don’t Search I Find - Honey Dijon RADIOMIX 144,605
I Don’t Search I Find - Honey Dijon Remix 755,554
I Don’t Search I Find - Chris Cox Remix 33,076
I Don’t Search I Find - DJLW Remix 342,526
I Don’t Search I Find - Endor Remix 48,800
I Don’t Search I Find - Kue Remix 64,455
I Don’t Search I Find - Offer Nissim Remix 42,459
1,538,348

TOTAL: 9,849,398

[flotando]

UnapologeticKenny which song did Take a Bow throw out of top 20 on Spotify?

Faz gostoso, which is weird cause Madame X streamings didn't decrease this week.

[thebigham]

I don't think so.

[jjavier1978]

.@DUALIPA, @Madonna and @MissyElliott’s "Levitating (Remix)" debuts at #58 on the global Spotify chart with 1.36 million streams.

@ChartData

[Shego]

UnapologeticKenny which song did Take a Bow throw out of top 20 on Spotify?

[flotando]

Do you think the Levitating remix can debut on the Hot 100? It'd sure be amazing to see Madonna have a Hot 100 hit in 5 different decades! How many artists have accomplished that?

It has entered at #81 on Spotify USA, and it's not selling that much, so without radio support, it's gonna be really tough. 'seven' by Taylor Swift is #98 on Billboard Hot 100 being #72 on the weekly chart. Considering it's gonna free fall after the hype... I don't think so, unfortunately :-(

On the other hand, it's #36 on Spotify UK. So if it doesn't fall completely, it may have a chance to debut inside the top 40, doesn't it?

[Angeman]

Its wrong though at least for the United States. It says the remix is at number 10 on itunes US when its actually at 6.

[Fajitas]

Kworb is never updating/fixing the glitch with “Levitating”, is it? Still not showing a lot of data for Madonna

It's so messy.
But at least there's this page for "Madonna & Missy Elliott" lol
https://kworb.net/itunes/artist/mado...syelliott.html

[madfan13]

Kworb is never updating/fixing the glitch with “Levitating”, is it? Still not showing a lot of data for Madonna

[GaGarazzi]

Shame to see Vogue's steams decrease. I thought there would have been an opposite effect given that the maxi single was just released to Spotify. Did you include the single edit streams? Not the remixes of course.

[Fajitas]

Do you think the Levitating remix can debut on the Hot 100? It'd sure be amazing to see Madonna have a Hot 100 hit in 5 different decades! How many artists have accomplished that?

[Covenant]

354.913 ww

[UnapologeticKenny]

SPOTIFY UPDATE - FROM 07/08 TO 13/08/2020
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#	ALBUM	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Like A Virgin	1.961.903	1,50%	340.841.475
02 (=)	True Blue	1.725.247	1,49%	246.502.123
03 (=)	Confessions on a Dance Floor	1.496.638	0,68%	222.615.774
04 (=)	Like A Prayer	1.348.769	-0,81%	246.571.293
05 (+1)	Madonna	840.915	2,19%	159.671.607
06 (-1)	Hard Candy	831.003	-0,55%	192.637.103
07 (=)	Madame X	702.688	0,12%	156.314.211
08 (=)	Ray of Light	672.669	-1,70%	133.857.534
09 (=)	I'm Breathless	632.870	-6,25%	120.924.669
10 (=)	Music	493.345	0,69%	96.281.244
11 (=)	Rebel Heart	421.686	2,80%	218.621.061
12 (=)	Bedtime Stories	281.385	0,91%	53.816.889
13 (=)	MDNA	278.833	0,76%	102.909.975
14 (=)	American Life	212.772	-0,25%	53.343.421
15 (=)	Erotica	175.389	0,40%	36.864.806

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#	SONG	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Like a Prayer	1.052.405	-0,64%	186.637.096
02 (=)	Material Girl	1.025.302	1,99%	171.199.618
03 (=)	Hung Up	987.060	-0,14%	129.860.888
04 (=)	La Isla Bonita	915.448	2,57%	116.478.025
05 (=)	Like a Virgin	793.974	1,20%	141.859.342
06 (+1)	4 Minutes	619.208	-0,85%	140.028.831
07 (-1)	Vogue	608.638	-6,34%	114.684.117
08 (=)	Holiday	513.540	3,66%	89.009.647
09 (+1)	Crazy for You	359.594	1,27%	45.190.775
10 (-1)	Papa Don't Preach	356.281	-0,45%	51.310.068
11 (=)	Into the Groove	283.797	-0,25%	52.732.834
12 (=)	Frozen	273.079	-0,10%	50.522.002
13 (=)	Sorry	194.262	1,56%	32.113.693
14 (=)	Medellín	184.327	-0,16%	51.609.123
15 (=)	Bitch I'm Madonna	182.499	2,64%	63.962.684
16 (=)	Music	177.065	0,37%	37.192.342
17 (=)	Ray of Light	168.156	-1,71%	32.799.223
18 (=)	Express Yourself	159.172	-2,86%	29.559.898
19 (+1)	American Pie	154.249	2,71%	23.162.136
20 (+1)	Take a Bow	151.306	0,88%	23.885.958

PS.: Streams from compilation versions and radio edits are merged with the original song's totals
PS2.: No remixes are counted for the songs' or album' totals, with the exception of the ones originally released in the album tracklisting (Madonna, LAV, TB, MDNA and RH).
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Some milestones:
*B-Day Song - 3 million

[thebigham]

I just remembered Me Against The Music. I'm using nichu94's estimates on page 1 of this thread. He has it at 365,000.

WBR would have to look at the figures for ~50 singles to do a RIAA catalog audit. It'll be a lot of work and mistakes will be made. Plus 22 albums...

[thebigham]

Celebration the album I meant