Madonna :: Charts & Sales History

[DavieX]

You can thank the Trump Qanon supporters for watching the "witch" Madonnas videos

[Angeman]

Madonna’s average daily YouTube views is currently at 2.4+ mil

It was 1.8 - 1.9 mils a couple weeks ago

You can thank the Trump Qanon supporters for watching the "witch" Madonnas videos

[cindycgy]

Madonna’s average daily YouTube views is currently at 2.4+ mil

It was 1.8 - 1.9 mils a couple weeks ago

[UnapologeticKenny]

SPOTIFY UPDATE - FROM 27/03 TO 02/04/20
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#	ALBUM	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Like A Virgin	1.667.067	0,07%	303.070.204
02 (=)	True Blue	1.281.216	1,69%	210.920.473
03 (=)	Confessions on a Dance Floor	1.270.647	4,36%	194.975.604
04 (=)	Like A Prayer	1.157.903	1,19%	221.944.461
05 (=)	Madame X	811.209	-2,66%	141.452.907
06 (=)	Madonna	706.056	1,87%	142.226.147
07 (=)	Hard Candy	695.802	0,58%	177.325.915
08 (=)	Ray of Light	572.085	0,58%	121.111.585
09 (=)	I'm Breathless	515.772	-0,07%	108.915.177
10 (=)	Music	418.614	0,50%	87.238.801
11 (=)	Rebel Heart	368.038	-3,37%	210.225.075
12 (=)	MDNA	236.373	2,32%	86.301.978
13 (=)	Bedtime Stories	229.226	1,22%	48.323.053
14 (=)	American Life	207.434	2,28%	49.172.700
15 (=)	Erotica	145.800	0,88%	33.596.738

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#	SONG	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Material Girl	888.943	-0,43%	152.092.335
02 (=)	Like a Prayer	873.502	1,10%	167.616.937
03 (=)	Hung Up	817.536	1,50%	111.536.259
04 (=)	Like a Virgin	679.761	0,31%	128.109.694
05 (=)	La Isla Bonita	662.422	1,04%	100.951.807
06 (=)	4 Minutes	515.924	0,01%	128.587.026
07 (=)	Vogue	493.391	-0,30%	103.172.855
08 (=)	Holiday	411.502	1,05%	79.916.285
09 (=)	Crazy for You	315.725	2,89%	38.422.756
10 (=)	Papa Don't Preach	293.702	0,65%	44.789.164
11 (=)	Frozen	236.205	1,94%	45.442.979
12 (=)	Medellín	218.830	-1,93%	47.669.004
13 (=)	Into the Groove	205.207	2,35%	47.813.432
14 (=)	Faz Gostoso	167.921	3,46%	28.609.264
15 (=)	Sorry	164.995	6,62%	28.612.110

[madfan13]

BILLBOARD: THE GREATEST POP STAR BY YEAR (1981-2019)

https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...tar-every-year

1989: MADONNA

Thanks for this! Madonna is also the greatest pop star in 1985, the greatest comeback of 2012, rookie of the year in 1984, and has a few honourable mentions — 1990 (Immaculate Collection, Vogue & Dick Tracy), 1998 for Ray of Light.

[music126]

Yay! 661,606 needed views on YouTube for Papa Don't Preach to hit 100 million. Can it happen within the week!?

[thebigham]

BILLBOARD: THE GREATEST POP STAR BY YEAR (1981-2019)

https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...tar-every-year

1989: MADONNA

BY JOE LYNCH

With guitars starting to give ground and hip-hop not yet fully crossed over to a wider audience, the 1980s were the biggest decade for dance-based pop in the American mainstream. And as it came to a close, the era's biggest female pop star -- and arguably the biggest female pop star of all time -- reached a new apex in terms of artistry and impact.

The year 1989 didn't start out on a high note for Madonna: After three years of marriage to Sean Penn (and a nullified 1987 divorce filing), she again filed for divorce from the actor in early January citing irreconcilable differences. But no matter: Soon thereafter, Madonna was back to topping charts, rankling pearl-clutchers and raking in the dough. She signed a $5 million deal with Pepsi in January, culminating in a two-minute ad that would eventually get pulled due to a religious backlash to her latest music video. Released March 3, the day after the Pepsi ad first aired, the controversial clip featured cross-burning, stigmata and an erotic encounter with a saint. Regardless, Madge still pocketed the soda money, and the video became an MTV staple.

And oh, what was the name of that song again? "Like a Prayer"? Yes, this is the year where Madonna went from dance-pop purveyor with an iron-grip on American teens to a capital-A Artist, someone who could deliver an album every bit as geared toward the charts as to critics' tastes. Universally acclaimed, the song’s parent album (also called Like a Prayer) topped the Billboard 200 for six consecutive weeks and was eventually certified 4x platinum by the RIAA.

The title track brilliantly mixed the secular and the sacred both lyrically ("I'm down on my knees" works both ways) and musically (a transcendent gospel choir takes the hard-hitting pop-rock anthem into the heavens), and the result was a sing-along for the ages that even non-fans are likely to know damn near every word to. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, while follow-up singles "Cherish" and "Express Yourself" both reached No. 2 (as the David Fincher-directed video for the latter, inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis, became one of the most instantly iconic of the era). This was a release so stuffed with hits that Madonna could afford to not release a duet with Prince as a single.

Five years after her game-changing "Like a Virgin" at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna was courting controversy at the 1989 VMAs once again with a performance of the Motown-flavored "Express Yourself" that featured her simulating masturbation. That song's video would nab three VMAs and "Like a Prayer" the viewer's choice award, although inexplicably the latter lost video of the year to Neil Young's "This Note's For You" -- a decision that has not aged particularly well.

While Madonna would go on to notch bigger hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and reach more idiosyncratic artistic heights, Like a Prayer was the last proper studio album where she would enjoy such universal adoration. As the '90s set in, her detractors would get louder, but in 1989, Madonna was able to own the charts, charm the critics and – even though she released a video so controversial Pepsi decided to scrap something they paid $5 million for -- reign as the most celebrated female artist in pop.

[thebigham]

BILLBOARD: THE GREATEST POP STAR BY YEAR (1981-2019)

https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...tar-every-year

1985: Madonna

BY MAURA JOHNSTON

By the end of 1984, Madonna had already established herself as one of the MTV era’s brightest stars, with boundary-pushing videos, underground-nodding dance-pop hits, and a writhing Video Music Awards performance that turned the then-fledgling telecast into a must-watch event. But the year after Like a Virgin’s release was owned by Madonna from back to front -- the last four weeks of the title track’s run at No. 1 on the Hot 100 opened 1985, and she followed it up with smash singles like “Material Girl” and “Angel,” her feature-film debut and first silver-screen starring role, and yet more unavoidable music videos.

“Like a Virgin” hit No. 1 in December 1984 and stayed there until the end of January -- just as her Marilyn Monroe-saluting, Keith Carradine-starring video for “Material Girl” was being added to MTV’s rotation. The bouncy, sardonic track would go on to reach No. 2 and become one of Madonna’s career-defining songs, its video establishing Madonna’s blonde-ambition ideal while also showing off her more down-to-earth side. It also helped Like a Virgin reach the top of the Billboard 200 for three weeks in February,

Madonna racked up another career milestone that month, when the May-December drama Vision Quest was released. In the movie, Madonna played a singer at a Spokane bar, performing “Crazy For You,” a lush, Jellybean Benitez-produced ballad that showed off Madonna’s lower range. Madonna’s star power was so strong that in some countries the movie’s title was changed to Crazy For You -- although in America, she had to settle for the soundtrack single being No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a single week in May.

A month later, Madonna appeared in her first starring role in a movie, getting top billing alongside Rosanna Arquette in the hit mistaken-identity comedy Desperately Seeking Susan. The Susan Seidelman-directed ode to New York City’s bohemian enclaves featured the pop star’s “Into the Groove” in the background of a smoky club scene, although it wasn’t on the official soundtrack. At the time of Susan’s release, Madonna had two other videos still in regular rotation on MTV, and because Madonna’s label was worried about over-saturating the market, “Groove” was only released as the B-side to the glittery “Angel,” rendering it ineligible for the Hot 100. But the punchy, commanding song got an accompanying, movie-promoting visual, and became both a channel staple and a signature Madonna hit anyway -- while its “you can dance... for inspiration” koan would later inspire the title for her 1987 remix LP You Can Dance.


In April 1985, Madonna embarked on her first live trek: The Virgin Tour brought Madonna’s vision of pop into arenas around North America, kicking off in Seattle and wrapping up with five shows in New York City -- three at Radio City Music Hall and two at Madison Square Garden. The video for “Dress You Up,” the final single (and fourth straight top 5 hit) from Like a Virgin, used footage of the song’s live performance from the Cobo Center in Detroit, while the home video featuring the show in its entirety, Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour, came out in November.

Even while selling out arenas, Madonna remained a force in the clubs, with “Material Girl” and the double-A-sided “Into the Groove”/”Angel” single hitting No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart after “Like a Virgin” began the year at its summit. She was also a stealth (yet utterly unmistakable) presence on her frequent collaborator Jellybean Benitez’s blippy, freestyle-influenced “Sidewalk Talk,” a No. 1 dance hit and yet another crossover top 40 entry on the Hot 100 by year’s end -- a final testament to Madonna’s first year of true omnipresence

[jjavier1978]

[Shego]

DCFMA rising on youtube (finally)

[LostAvenger]

Fascinating! I've seen so many conflicting reports of her sales in Brazil, like I thought True Blue or TIC were closer to a million.

[88marcus88]

Madonna sales in Brazil (till 1993) and worldwide according to Jornal do Brasil.

Source: André Barcinski and Sérgio Garcia. (31 October 1993) No banco com Madonna. Jornal do Brasil.

Madonna
Brazil: 310k
World: 8kk

Like a Virgin
Brazil: 715k
World: 15kk

True Blue
Brazil: 818,600
World: 17kk

Who's that girl
Brazil: 250k
World: 5kk

You Can Dance
Brazil: 248,250
World: 5kk

Like a Prayer
Brazil: 710k
World: 10kk

I'm Breathless
Brazil: 182k
World: 5kk

The Immaculate Collection
Brazil: 310,700
World: 11kk

Erotica
Brazil: 180k
World: ?

Total: 3,724,550

[jjavier1978]

Madonna - Papa Don't Preach Total views: 99,033,600

Most recent data:

2020/03/18	75,904
2020/03/19	80,094
2020/03/20	102,397
2020/03/21	111,098
2020/03/22	97,165
2020/03/23	87,575
2020/03/24	88,725
2020/03/25	97,181
2020/03/26	87,438
2020/03/27	97,183
2020/03/28	121,785
2020/03/29	105,193

[UnapologeticKenny]

YOUTUBE UPDATE - MARCH

#	MUSIC VIDEO	MARCH VIEWS	CUMULATIVE VIEWS
01 (=)	La Isla Bonita*	10.004.773	391.054.492
02 (=)	Hung Up*	6.128.004	238.002.085
03 (=)	Like A Prayer*	5.091.924	113.929.915
04 (=)	4 Minutes*	3.302.670	138.265.819
05 (+1)	Papa Don't Preach*	2.737.019	127.333.041
06 (-1)	Frozen*	2.597.309	68.811.149
07 (+1)	Vogue	2.120.368	113.332.137
08 (+1)	Material Girl	1.937.458	46.521.203
09 (+3)	Sorry*	1.682.447	48.653.503
10 (+1)	Into The Groove	1.502.565	27.573.009
11 (-1)	Like A Virgin*	1.171.397	81.615.141
12 (-5)	Bitch I'm Madonna	1.119.304	315.723.890
13 (+4)	The Power Of Good-Bye	1.088.615	32.147.945
14 (=)	Crazy For You	954.892	26.025.750
15 (-2)	Express Yourself	791.947	26.899.804

* Combined views

NOTE: Two live performances recieved more views than her 15th most watched music video: LAP/Future at ESC (905.375 views) and Vogue at MTV Awards (859.266 views).

[thebigham]

Thanks to SoulSista!

Billboard Top 10 from 35 and 25 years ago:

April 6, 1985

01 01 One More Night - Phil Collins (2nd and final week at #1)
02 05 We Are The World - USA For Africa
03 02 Material Girl - Madonna
04 09 Crazy For You - Madonna
05 04 Lovergirl - Teena Marie
06 03 Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
07 10 Nightshift - The Commodores
08 14 I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
09 18 Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
10 06 Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon

Madonna was the first female artist to have 2 songs in the Top 5 since Donna Summer did it twice in 1979.


April 8, 1995

01 01 Take a Bow - Madonna (7th and final week at #1)
02 02 Candy Rain - Soul For Real
03 06 Run Away - Real McCoy
04 04 Red Light Special - TLC
05 05 Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
06 07 This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
07 03 Creep - TLC
08 08 Baby - Brandy
09 11 I Know - Dionne Farris
10 09 Big Poppa / Warning - The Notorious B.I.G.

[autumnwind]

M is the queen of pop. period

[jjavier1978]

[jjavier1978]

Congratulations!!! LAV

[UnapologeticKenny]

Hello. Welcome to the forum!

They have the same number of plays, so yes, they are the same version, as far as streams are concerned. And MJD's tool shows wrong numbers sometimes, especially if the streams are being updated on Spotify.

[UnapologeticKenny]

SPOTIFY UPDATE - FROM 20/03 TO 26/03/2020
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#	ALBUM	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Like A Virgin	1.665.888	-1,88%	301.403.137
02 (=)	True Blue	1.259.939	-2,05%	209.639.257
03 (=)	Confessions on a Dance Floor	1.217.619	-2,84%	193.704.957
04 (=)	Like A Prayer	1.144.286	-2,94%	220.786.558
05 (=)	Madame X	833.359	-9,23%	140.641.698
06 (+1)	Madonna	693.112	-0,22%	141.520.091
07 (-1)	Hard Candy	691.777	-3,62%	176.630.113
08 (=)	Ray of Light	568.761	-0,78%	120.539.500
09 (=)	I'm Breathless	516.146	-0,52%	108.399.405
10 (=)	Music	416.547	-2,08%	86.820.187
11 (=)	Rebel Heart	380.862	0,17%	209.857.037
12 (+1)	MDNA	231.008	0,83%	86.065.605
13 (-1)	Bedtime Stories	226.452	-2,32%	48.093.827
14 (=)	American Life	202.816	-0,88%	48.965.266
15 (=)	Erotica	144.522	-0,75%	33.450.938

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#	SONG	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Material Girl	892.767	-1,32%	151.203.392
02 (=)	Like a Prayer	863.957	-3,73%	166.743.435
03 (=)	Hung Up	805.427	-3,78%	110.718.723
04 (=)	Like a Virgin	677.651	-2,68%	127.429.933
05 (=)	La Isla Bonita	655.575	-2,31%	100.289.385
06 (=)	4 Minutes	515.885	-3,86%	128.071.102
07 (=)	Vogue	494.865	-0,65%	102.679.464
08 (=)	Holiday	407.216	-0,86%	79.504.783
09 (=)	Crazy for You	306.846	-1,22%	38.107.031
10 (=)	Papa Don't Preach	291.809	-2,48%	44.495.462
11 (+1)	Frozen	231.715	-3,16%	45.206.774
12 (-1)	Medellín	223.143	-11,51%	47.450.174
13 (=)	Into the Groove	200.503	-1,12%	47.608.225
14 (=)	Faz Gostoso	162.308	-15,78%	28.441.343
15 (=)	Sorry	154.754	-2,44%	28.447.115

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NOTES:
* Like a Virgin hit the 300 million streams, M's first album to reach this mark!

* La Isla Bonita - 100 million (TB + TIC versions - Her 7th song to reach this mark)

* Future - 9 million

[reyvn]

Hello guys, long time lurker and this is my 1st post!

I decided to look into Madonna's Spotify figures more closely and found that:

- It looks like there are 2 versions of "Celebration":
+ 1 version with gold cover - 38 songs (ID 3cc9LPeZ2WB7qtMuGbkwbG)
+ 1 version with black & white cover - 18 songs (ID 4kjimnl1CewIvZYYzh3leu)

- For the same song appearing in these 2 versions, they have different song ID:
+ Eg 1 - "Hung Up"

• Gold cover - "Hung Up" in this version has song ID 5pVUnPf7nEMbfBEype8XY8
• Black & white cover - "Hung Up" in this version has song ID 5pATTxf0b1HIbUbdGXmC6t

+ Eg 2 - "4 Minutes"

• Gold cover - "4 Minutes" in this version has song ID 1AL0StSc00aZBBd8Ggktgj
• Black & white cover - "4 Minutes" in this version has song ID 1ElWOZlFaqlwRMM8GZVVna

So my questions are:
- Are these 2 versions of Celebration the same? If they're the same, they must have same number of plays correct?
- What if these 2 versions of Celebration are different? And for so long we've only been collecting number from 1 version, omitting number from the other version?


Funny thing is I use MJD's tool and has Madonna's total Spotify figure at 4.2 billion! I forgot to screencap the results, but I remember very clearly - are there any chances that we haven't calculated correct M's Spotify figure?

[acrolyu]

Does anyone wonder why her Early Years album on Spotify has low streams? I mean her fanbase that streams her isn't THAT small, unless many of them haven't bother to listen her stuff before the debut.

I've been a fan since 1986 and I've never wanted to hear it

[jjavier1978]

Turkey

iTunes Album Charts:

#9 True Blue

[beredy]

Does anyone wonder why her Early Years album on Spotify has low streams? I mean her fanbase that streams her isn't THAT small, unless many of them haven't bother to listen her stuff before the debut.

Because it's not an official release but something that guy Otto has been using to make money using Madonna's popularity since the 80's. Madonna never wanted those songs out. The less streams that has, the better.

[MrLeonix]

Quite weak streams for such a brilliant album. COADF deserves better.