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Madonna :: The "Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones" Era
Sales were around 61,000 on Friday in the UK. They will be around 62,500 by next Friday.
As happy as I am for this silver certification, it is quite surreal. I don't get how charts work these days. People streaming these songs are not even aware this compilation exist and they are not streaming the versions on Finally Enough Love!
Streamings should go to Celebration. Not to Immaculate Collection, nor to Finally Enough Love. Celebration is the record everybody knows and the record everybody streams. Madonna is not the only artist with this issue, but charts on the new century are crap when they work like this.
Sales were around 61,000 on Friday in the UK. They will be around 62,500 by next Friday.
As happy as I am for this silver certification, it is quite surreal. I don't get how charts work these days. People streaming these songs are not even aware this compilation exist and they are not streaming the versions on Finally Enough Love!
Streamings should go to Celebration. Not to Immaculate Collection, nor to Finally Enough Love. Celebration is the record everybody knows and the record everybody streams. Madonna is not the only artist with this issue, but charts on the new century are crap when they work like this.
TIC is the best selling album by a non UK artist therefore it should gain units. But FEL will reach gold if nothing changes and maybe platinum far far away future
Sales were around 61,000 on Friday in the UK. They will be around 62,500 by next Friday.
As happy as I am for this silver certification, it is quite surreal. I don't get how charts work these days. People streaming these songs are not even aware this compilation exist and they are not streaming the versions on Finally Enough Love!
Streamings should go to Celebration. Not to Immaculate Collection, nor to Finally Enough Love. Celebration is the record everybody knows and the record everybody streams. Madonna is not the only artist with this issue, but charts on the new century are crap when they work like this.
The way I see it, those two (TIC and Celebration) already sold A LOT. It's fair that a new set of hits has a chance to shine.
Was going to post it here too but guess someone put my Tweet first
Pet Shop Boys "Disco" from 1986 (peaked #15) will be harder to break but with the Tour (if she returns to Europe in summer 2024) we never know.
It is the remix album with most weeks ever on UK Charts with 72 weeks (2nd is Jlo and 3rd is now Madonna tied with Gaga - hopefully just Madonna next week so keep streaming this album UK).
Last edited by MadNuno; Sat March 25, 2023, 11:47.
#01 - 72 weeks - Pet Shop Boys - "DISCO" (1986 - peak #15)
#02 - 27 weeks - Jeniffer Lopez - "J TO THA L-O - THE REMIXES" (2002 - peak #04) #03 - 23 weeks - Madonna - "FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE" (2022 - peak #03) *still charting*
#03 - 23 weeks - Lady Gaga - "THE REMIX" (2010 - peak #03)
#04 - 22 weeks - Puff Daddy - "WE INVENTED THE REMIX" (2002 - peak 17)
#06 - 18 weeks - The Beatles - "LOVE" (2006 - peak #03) #06 - 18 weeks - Madonna - "YOU CAN DANCE (1987 - peak #05)
#08 - 17 weeks - Michael Jackson - "BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR" (1997 - peak #01 for 2 weeks)
#09 - 10 weeks - Linkin Park - "REANIMATION" (2002 - peak #03)
#10 - 5 weeks - Elton John vs PNAU - "GOOD MORNING TO THE NIGHT" (2012 - peak #01)
#10 - 5 weeks - Pet Shop Boys - "DISCO 2" (1994 - peak #06)
#10 - 5 weeks - Bronski Beat - "HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS" (1985 - peak #24)
#10 - 5 weeks - Eurythmics - "TOUCH DANCE" (1984 - peak #31)
#14 - 4 weeks - Justin Bieber - "NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES" (2011 - peak 17)
Most remix albums only stay 1 or 2 weeks inside the charts (or don't even chart like Beyoncé "Above and Beyoncé").
Howard Jones 1985 THE 12" ALBUM was 33 weeks on the charts peaking at #15 but technically the 6 tracks compilation 38m50s long is considered an EP.
Soft Cell 82 "NON-STOP ECSTATIC DANCING" was 18 weeks on the charts peaking #06, technically the 6 tracks compilation 27m53s long is considered an EP.
Billy Idol 1985 "VITAL IDOL" is considered a remix album by some and a compilation GH by others and even an EP in Europe by others (have 7 tracks - US version have 8 and Japanese have 10). It was his first album to ever chart in UK and some remixes were actually the songs played on radio in UK. It was like his first albums (or EP) and stayed 33 weeks in the charts peaking at #07 (can't consider this a remix album in UK).
Some consider Go West first charting album from 1986 "BANGS AND CRASHES" a remix album but it's their first album ever having 12 tracks including some kind of radio remixes of 6 of their first album song, 2 live songs and 4 new songs (it stayed 83 weeks on the charts peaking at #08) - Again if we were to consider this (and Billy Idol) remix albums we would also have to consider "The Immaculate Collection" a remix album as well and we all know it clearly is a GH despite all songs are remixed as well.
Massive Attack "No Protection" remix CD was only sold togehter with "Protection" album so it never charted seperately.
"Finally Enough Love" have a strong possibility to keep breaking records in UK Charts!
How Madonna is still breaking chart records with releases 40 years into her career!
A "You Can Dance" deluxe edition (even only with another CD/Vinyl with the single edits) would certainly break the tie with The Beatles in UK (and possibly even gain more weeks if it also have any other unreleased track/remix from those sessions too).
I think I didnt miss any remix album but if you find any mistake please let me know!
Sales were around 61,000 on Friday in the UK. They will be around 62,500 by next Friday.
As happy as I am for this silver certification, it is quite surreal. I don't get how charts work these days. People streaming these songs are not even aware this compilation exist and they are not streaming the versions on Finally Enough Love!
Streamings should go to Celebration. Not to Immaculate Collection, nor to Finally Enough Love. Celebration is the record everybody knows and the record everybody streams. Madonna is not the only artist with this issue, but charts on the new century are crap when they work like this.
Streams of singles counting to compilations instead of the parent albums they're streamed from, so GHs are charting for years? Yes, dozens of examples.
A remix album charting and being certified because the regular versions' streams and not only that album's own remixes streams are counting for the album? I can't think of any other example...
In fact, for recent remixes albums it was the other way round... Dua Lipa's Club Future Nostalgia didn't even chart in UK, as all its streams counted for the studio album which had a boost that week.
Or Gaga's Dawn of Chromatica had its units split: downloads counted for the remix album the week it was released (digital only for months) but the streams counted for Chromatica... which caused DOC to have a low debut (#56) and Chromatica to have a re-entry in Top 40.
So, not only those other remixes albums she'll beat (J.Lo and Gaga) had its entire chart run based on pure sales (there weren't streams back then), but recent remixes albums are not even receiving the same treatment on charts.
Thus, to a point, she's not the only artist with that issue (=an album receiving the points from streaming that in reality come from another album).
But she's the only (or one of the few) having a remixes album receiving streaming points from the single's album/single versions.
It's not like SHE is the one responsible for it, of course... It's a mix of her team/label choosing it to be that way and the UK charts having very very relaxed rules about it so it's easy to cheat. (Unlike basically every other country, where FEL only charted based on its own streams and sales).
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