Chart News: Week of 4/14/2012 (UPDATED)

Hey everyone. I'm currently out of town for a few days but I just wanted to make a quick post regarding next week's Club Play chart. Girl Gone Wild moves up 3 spots from #7 to #4 and is also the Greatest Gainer. Meanwhile Give Me All Your Luvin' only slips 2 spots from #6 to #8. Enjoy the weekend!

Click 'Read More' to see the Top 20 portion of the chart...

MDNA Billboard Magazine Review

Chart News: Week of 4/7/2012 (UPDATED)

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT SINGLES SALES: #13 (Down From #8)
DANCE SINGLES SALES: #7 (Down From #4)
LATIN POP SONGS: #38 (Down from #31)

MDNA
TASTEMAKER ALBUMS: #20 (Debut) *

* The Tastemaker Albums chart ranks albums based on "an influential panel of indie stores and small regional chains." MDNA most likely charted here because of street-date violation sales.


This is in addition to the previously reported Club Play positions.

Billboard: Madonna Set For Big Top 200 Debut

Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," is on course to easily debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry sources suggest the set could sell between 300,000 to 350,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, April 1.

If "MDNA" lands atop the list, it will mark the queen of pop's eighth No. 1 album and her fifth consecutive studio set to debut in the penthouse. Her last studio album, 2008's "Hard Candy," started at No. 1 with 280,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, April 4.

Madonna's first No. 1 came on the Billboard 200 chart dated Feb. 9, 1985, when her second album, "Like a Virgin," began a three-week run at the top.

"MDNA's" first week will be bolstered by a successful album sales promotion involving Madonna's upcoming world tour. U.S. customers who bought a concert ticket also had the option of also receiving "MDNA" as part of their purchase. The only sales that will count towards Billboard's charts are those where the customer opted to receive the album.

This sort of ticket/album promotion has been used in the recent past by such acts as Bon Jovi and Tom Petty. The latter's "Mojo" album saw a No. 2 debut on July 3, 2010 -- thanks to a fair number of customers who got the album via a ticket purchase. The same goes for Bon Jovi's 2007 No. 1 album "Lost Highway."

Source: Billboard.com 

Hits Daily Double: MDNA To Debut At #1

"Madonna's Material Gains"


New MDNA Album Debuts on Top

March 28, 2012

She’s no longer “Like a Virgin,” or even the Material Girl, for that matter, but Madonna is still a pop diva superstar.

Madge’s Interscope debut, MDNA, her 12th studio album and first under a recently inked deal with Live Nation, is her first new collection in four years, since 2008’s Hard Candy. It’s a lock for #1 on next week’s HITS Album sales chart, with between 325-350k, beating that album’s 280k opening.

Source: Hits Daily Double

Year-End Charts

Billboard's Year-End Chart positions for Madonna have now been added courtesy of contributor Maurice Gravelle. He notes that 2005 and 2011 are absent as they were the only years that Madonna did not appear on the tallies. Check 'em out!

Madonna's 40 Biggest Billboard Hits

Here is a great write-up from Billboard.com 

She's the Queen of Pop and royalty on the Billboard charts. To celebrate the release of Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," we've compiled an exclusive ranking of the diva's 40 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit singles.

HAPPY MDNA DAY!

Turn up the volume, pump up your stereo, put on your headphones and enjoy the day! MDNA is finally here! :)

USA fans, don't forget to get your Smirnoff Remix Edition as well!

Chart News: Week of March 24, 2012

Thanks to Maurice G. for submitting this little bit of belated info for March 24th that we missed:

Girl Gone Wild
Dance / Electronic Digital Songs: #14 (Debut)

It has since fallen off the chart.

Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)

Remixed And Revisited (EP) (2003)

Billboard.com: Madonna has 151 #1's

Click Here to read the full article on Billboard.com

41, Dance/Club Play Songs

33, Hot Dance Singles Sales

15, Hot Singles Sales

12, Billboard Hot 100

9, Radio Songs

9, Music Video Sales

7, Billboard 200

7, Dance/Mix Show Airplay

5, Adult Contemporary

3, Internet Albums

2, Digital Albums

2, Digital Songs

2, Hot Digital Tracks

2, Pop Songs

1, Dance/Electronic Albums

1, Tastemaker Albums

Flashback: On The Cover Of Billboard Magazine

Chart News: Week of 4/7/2012 (UPDATED)

Early news on next week's charts, Give Me All Your Luvin' drops from #1 on the Club Play chart (after 1 week) to #6 and Girl Gone Wild shoots up to #7. Two songs in the Top 10! Let's hope for her 42nd #1 hit in the next couple of weeks!

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #6 (Down from #1)

Girl Gone Wild
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #7 (Up from #20)

UPDATE: Girl Gone Wild is listed as the week's Greatest Gainer for the second week in a row!

Click 'Read More' to see the Top 10 portion of the Club Play chart...

Chart News: Week of 3/31/2012

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT SINGLES SALES: #8 (From #3)
LATIN POP SONGS: #31 (From #29)
HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES: #4 (From #2)
DANCE / MIX SHOW AIRPLAY: OFF (From #23)

Girl Gone Wild
BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100: OFF (From #25)

This is in addition to the previously reported Club Play positions.

Special thanks to contributor: Maurice G.

Chart News: Week of 3/24/2012 (UPDATED)

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES: #2 (Debut)
POP SONGS: OFF (From #36)

Special thanks to contributor: Maurice G.

Billboard Write-Up On 41st Dance #1

MADONNA TO SCORE 41st No. 1 ON 
DANCE / CLUB PLAY SONGS

- Crowning of "Give Me All Your Luvin' Will Mark Fourth Decade of No. 1 Singles.

Madonna will achieve a record-extending 41st No. 1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs chart next week, as "Give Me All Your Luvin' " will jump 2-1 on the tally.

 "Luvin' " will be No. 1 on the upcoming chart dated March 31 (posted to Billboard.com on Thursday, March 22). The achievement also gives Madonna No. 1 Billboard singles in four consecutive decades: the '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.

Madonna extends her lead for most No. 1s in the chart's history, pulling further ahead of runner-up Janet Jackson, who has 19.

"Luvin' " (featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) is the first single from Madonna's "MDNA" album, due March 26. It reaches the top of the chart courtesy of remixes by the likes of LMFAO , Nicky Romero and Laidback Luke.

Meanwhile, "MDNA"'s second single, "Girl Gone Wild," is already off to a fast start on Dance/Club Play Songs: it will charge 46-20 next week.

Madonna's first Billboard chart hit came 30 years ago this year, when her debut single for Sire/Warner Bros., "Everybody," bowed on Dance/Club Play Songs on Nov. 6, 1982. It went on to peak at No. 3.

Here, in chronological order, are Madonna's 41 No. 1s on Dance/Club Play Songs. For titles that spent multiple weeks at No. 1, total frames in the lead are noted in parentheses.

Chart News: Week of 3/31/2012

It's OFFICIAL! Give Me All Your Luvin' has extended Madonna's reign on the Club chart by scoring her a 41st NUMBER ONE hit! Girl Gone Wild has also made a really big jump to #20 from #46. Congrats Madonna!

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #1 (Up from #2)

Girl Gone Wild
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #20 (Up from #46)

Click 'Read More' to see the Top 20 portion of the Hot Dance Club Play Chart...

Rumor: GMAYL 41st Club Play #1!

I've yet to see the official chart, but word has it that Give Me All Your Luvin' has reached the top spot on the Dance Club Play chart for the issue dated March 31! This would be Madonna's 41st Number One on that chart, an all-time record. Girl Gone Wild is also reported to have leaped onto the #20 spot!

Chart News: Week Of 3/24/12 (UPDATED)

Girl Gone Wild
Sales: 20,858
BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100: #25 (Down from #6)

Give Me All Your Luvin'
Sales: 20,731
HOT 100: OFF (From #86)
HOT SINGLES SALES: #3 (Debut)
HOT DIGITAL SONGS: OFF (From #74)
HOT LATIN POP SONGS: #29 (Down from #26)

This is in addition to the previously reported Club Play positions.

Special thanks to contributor: Maurice G.

Chart News: Week Of 3/17/2012

Thanks to Maurice G. for submitting this bit of info from the March 17th chart:

Give Me All Your Luvin'
DANCE / MIX SHOW AIRPLAY #12 (Falls down from #11)

Madonna's 20 Biggest Radio Hits

Plays / Title / Billboard Hot 100 Peak Year
308,000, Music, 2000
296,000, Take A Bow, 1995
294,000, Into The Groove, 1985
269,000, Don't Tell Me, 2001
162,000, Holiday, 1984

253,000, Like A Prayer, 1989
237,000, Borderline, 1984
223,000, Crazy For You, 1985
180,000, Vogue, 1990
158,000, Lucky Star, 1984

156,000, I'll Remember, 994
152,000, Open Your Heart, 1987
137,000, Secret, 1994
128,000, 4 Minutes, 2008
108,000, La Isla Bonita, 1987

101,000, Live To Tell, 1986
99,000, Frozen, 1998
98,000, Beautiful Stranger, 1999
85,000, Santa Baby, 1987
76,000, Die Another Day, 2002

Source: Billboard

GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001)

Flashback: Billboard Magazine 1992 (Erotica Album)

From the issue dated October 24, 1992, here is Billboard's original review of the Erotica album as it appeared in the magazine, as well as two advertisements that appeared in the same issue. The first is for Winterland Merchandisers, which was Madonna's merchandise company at the time; the second is a general ad for the Erotica album and the SEX book, prompting retailers to contact their Warner representative. The text reads: "Assume The (price and) Position"

As a bonus, here is a t.v. commercial for the album from 1992:

Chart News: Week of 3/24/2012

This just in, GGW debuts at #46 on next week's Club Play Chart, while Give Me All Your Luvin' moves up to #2 (and is also the week's Greatest Gainer)! GMAYL should be #1 the following week, unless something goes horribly wrong. If it does reach the top spot, it will mark Madonna's 41st #1 hit on the Club Play Chart!

Girl Gone Wild
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY #46 (Debut)

Give Me All Your Luvin'
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY #2 (Greatest Gainer)

Girl Gone Wild Remixes

The following remixes of GGW have been digitally serviced to DJ's:

-Dave Aude Club Remix (8:07)

-Dave Aude Dub (6:54)

-Kim Fai Club Remix (6:34)

-Lucky Date Club Remix (5:06)

-Offer Nissim Club Remix (6:50)

These are in addition to the Justin Cognito mixes that surfaced recently.

This should start propelling GGW up the Club Chart pretty soon. Let's hope Interscope doesn't screw it up like they did with GMAYL and release these to iTunes too late. If it were up to me, they'd be up on iTunes on Tuesday!

EDIT: Listen to the remixes HERE

Flashback: Billboard Music Awards, Artist Achievement Award 1996

You Can Dance (1987)

Quote, Unquote / Billboard 'MDNA' Review

"Nearly 30 years after first hitting the Billboard charts in late 1982 with her debut single "Everybody", Madonna is still showing the pop world how it's done."

Billboard Magazine
March 9, 2012

Billboard 'MDNA' Review

Flashback: Madonna's Top Singles

(From Billboard Magazine, 2009)

Chart News: Week of 3/17/2012

Girl Gone Wild

BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100 #6 (#106 Hot 100 equivalent) (Debut)

So Girl Gone Wild falls short of debuting on this week's Billboard Hot 100 but slides into the Bubbling Under chart at #6 (The equivalent of #106 if the Hot 100 were extended). The single is currently at #67 on iTunes as I type. We'll have to wait and see if a full week of sales will allow it onto next week's Hot 100, so hopefully the video preview tomorrow will spark some interest.  Not sure yet if GGW has debuted on any other charts this week, if I find anything out I will post it here.

Give Me All Your Luvin'

HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY #5
HOT 100 #86
POP SONGS #36
DIGITAL SONGS #74
LATIN POP SONGS #26

Meanwhile GMAYL continues to fall on the Hot 100, but rises on the Club Play chart to #5. Hopefully it can muster up at least a week at #1 next week or the week after before the clubs lose interest in it in favor of Girl Gone Wild.

Digital Sales News

Girl Gone Wild

21,903 Digital Downloads

Will this be enough to allow GGW to scrape the bottom of the Hot 100 or make an appearance on the Bubbling Under chart? We will find out soon!

Give Me All Your Luvin'

25,426 Digital Downloads

Girl Gone Wild (2012)

Quote, Unquote

"I've never been a good judge of what things are going to be huge or not. The songs that I think are the most retarded songs I've written, like 'Cherish' and 'Sorry,' a pretty big hit off my last album, end up being the biggest hits. 'Into the Groove' is another song I feel retarded singing, but everybody seems to like it."

-Madonna to Rolling Stone in 2009 about her hit songs.

"Give Me All Your Luvin' " On The Dance / Mix Show Airplay Chart

Thanks to Maurice G. for providing the following info:

DANCE/MIX SHOW AIRPLAY
Debut Date: February 18, 2012
Week-by-week Rundown: 20-15-12-11-

This info has now been added to the GMAYL page. Thanks Maurice!

"Give Me All Your Luvin' " Remixes Now Available

Finally available on amazon.com. They should be available on iTunes as well pretty soon. Not the best of remixes, but at least we got something. My personal favorite of the bunch is the Nicky Romero Remix. The remixes are available as an EP, and also separately.

Buy On Amazon

Here is the tracklist:
1. Laidback Luke Remix
2. Nicky Romero Remix
3. Party Rock Remix
4. Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix
5. Oliver Twizt Remix
6. Demolition Crew Remix

EDIT: The remix bundle is now available on iTunes as well.

Buy On iTunes

Rumor: "Give Me All Your Luvin' " Remixes On iTunes This Week

According to Madonnatribe, the remixes for GMAYL will finally be released to iTunes this week, which in my opinion is about 3 weeks too late. The extra sales definitely would have helped the single during it's peak. Since it's dropped pretty quickly since, sales of the remixes probably won't do much for the song on the Hot 100 now, but they definitely will be appreciated by fans who were wondering when they'd be released. The remixes were digitally serviced to DJ's a few weeks ago which has helped the track shoot up to #9 on the Club Play chart in just two weeks (rumor has it that it will be at #5 on this week's charts. We will find out for sure on Thursday when Billboard publishes the online charts). There is also some vague info about upcoming remixes for "Masterpiece", which is apparently being promoted in the UK soon.

Give Me All Your Luvin' (2012)

Revolver (2010)

Celebration (2009)

Miles Away (2008)

Beat Goes On (2008)

Give It 2 Me (2008)

4 Minutes (2008)

Jump (2006)

Get Together (2006)

Sorry (2006)

Hung Up (2005)

Mother And Father (2005)

Love Profusion (2004)

Nothing Fails (2003)

Nobody Knows Me (2003)

Me Against The Music (2003)

Hollywood (2003)

American Life (2003)

Die Another Day (2002)

GHV2 Megamix (2001)

Impressive Instant (2001)

What It Feels Like For A Girl (2001)

Don't Tell Me (2000)