Ask Billboard: All About Madonna

This week's Ask Billboard column is all about Madonna. Check it out here!

Chart News: Week of 5/12/2012

Some more early info for the upcoming 5/12 chart:

Girl Gone Wild falls off the Mainstream Top 40 chart after a two week run, and it also falls to #21 on the Dance / Mix Show Airplay chart.

Thanks as always to Maurice G. for this info :)

Flashback: Billboard Magazine GHV2 Advertisement (2001)

Here's a 4-panel advertisement that Warner Bros. took out in the November 10, 2001 issue of Billboard promoting the release of GHV2.

Who's That Girl (Soundtrack) (1987)

Chart News: Week of 5/12/2012

Early news on next week's Club Play chart: "Give Me All Your Luvin' " falls off while "Girl Gone Wild only slips down 2 spots to #8.

Take a look at the chart here:

Chart News: Week of 5/5/2012 (UPDATED)

Give Me All Your Luvin'

HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #45 (Down from #29)

Girl Gone Wild

POP SONGS / MAINSTREAM TOP 40: #39 (Down from #38)
DANCE / MIXSHOW AIRPLAY: #17 (Down from #15)
HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #6 (Down from #3)
HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES: #7 (Debut)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS: #32 (Up From #40)

MDNA

Sales This Week: 12,217
BILLBOARD 200: #34 (Down from #18)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #1 (Holds at #1)
TOP INTERNET ALBUMS: #12 (Down from #4)
TOP CURRENT ALBUMS: #33 (From #18)
TASTEMAKER ALBUMS: OFF (From #19)
TOP VINYL ABUMS: OFF (From #7)

Chart News: Week of 5/5/2012

According to MTV.com, MDNA drops on the Billboard 200 this week 16 spots to #34 with approximately 12,000 copies sold.

Hits Daily Double: MDNA Week 4

Hits Daily Double is reporting that MDNA sold around 13,765 copies in week #4.
The final Billboard 200 chart will be released tomorrow.

Flashback: Billboard Magazine, Dec. 10 1983 (Back Cover)

Here's a great back cover of Billboard magazine from December 10, 1983. In this same issue, Holiday was climbing the Hot 100 and was in the #39 spot in its seventh week on the chart. In 7 more weeks, it would peak at #16. 

In case you're wondering, the person who appeared on the front cover in this issue was Barbra Streisand.

RUMOR: Madonna To Open Billboard Music Awards?

OK everyone, don't get too excited just yet, but there is a rumor making the rounds that Madonna may be opening the Billboard Music Awards later next month, right before she is scheduled to emark on her tour. This may just be wishful thinking on someone's part that escalated into an internet rumor, but wouldn't it be amazing? Apparently, she would also receive some kind of award or recognition for her 42 #1 Dance hits, which is a pretty great accomplishment. If you recall, not too long ago Guy Oseary commented on twitter that they had a certain TV performance in mind, but nothing was confirmed at the time. Hmmm! The timing seems perfect and the exposure would be great promo for Madonna, the tour and MDNA!

Ask Billboard

Once again, Madonna is featured in 'Ask Billboard' several times this week. Read the column at Billboard.com.

Archive Update

Top Pop Compact Discs info was just added for the Like A Prayer album, as well as a couple more of the weekly positions for its run on the R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart.

Flashback: Bedtime Stories & "Take A Bow" Billboard Magazine Reviews

Here are the original reviews from Billboard magazine for Bedtime Stories and "Take A Bow". These are from the issues dated Oct. 29, 1994 and Dec. 10, 1994, respectively.

Like A Prayer (1989)

"Girl Gone Wild" Remixes Now On iTunes!

The Remix EP is finally available. Get yours now!

Here's the tracklist:

"Girl Gone Wild" Digital Remixes / Possible USA CD Maxi-Single?

According to Madonnatribe, not only is Interescope about to release the digital maxi single of "Girl Gone Wild" to iTunes (finally), but they are also prepping a CD Maxi-Single! As far as charts, it's way too late for something like this to help "GGW" on the Hot 100, but it will certainly help on the Singles Sales and Dance Singles Sales charts. Plus, it's a nice bonus for collectors! I have my fingers crossed.

Chart News: Week of 5/5/2012

We've got our early Club Play news for next week in today. "Girl Gone Wild" only drops 3 spots from #3 to #6, while "Give Me All Your Luvin' " makes another big drop from #29 to #45 in its 10th week, close to falling off the chart. If this becomes "GMAYL" 's final week, it will mark her shortest run since 1998's "Sky Fits Heaven", which spent only 6 weeks on the chart. All of her entries since then have spent 11 weeks or more on the Club Play chart.

Here's a look at the complete chart for this week:

Chart News: Week of 4/28/2012 (UPDATED)

Give Me All Your Luvin'

HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #29 (Down from #10)

Girl Gone Wild

POP SONGS / MAINSTREAM TOP 40: #38 (Debut)
DANCE / MIXSHOW AIRPLAY: #15 (Up from #22)
HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #3 (Down from #1)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS: #40 (Down from #30)

MDNA

This Week's Total Sales: 21,111
BILLBOARD 200: #18 (Down from #8)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #1 (Holds at #1)
TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS: OFF (from #9)
TOP INTERNET ALBUMS: #4 (Down from #1) (Internet Sales: 4,668)
TOP CURRENT ALBUMS: #18 (Down from #8)
TASTEMAKER ALBUMS: #19 (Down from #9)
TOP VINYL ABUMS: #7 (Debut)

Quote, Unquote

"It's hard to be #1. It's hard to sell records. There's a lot of competition and i was extremely elated."

-Madonna to interviewer Harry Smith on MDNA reaching #1

Hits Daily Double: MDNA Sells 19,248 Copies In Week 3

According to Hits Daily Double, MDNA sold a little over 19,000 copies last week, a drop of 59% over week 2's sales. The final album chart from Billboard will be published tomorrow on their web site.

Archive Update

Hot Digital Tracks info for Like A Virgin has now been added. Also note that Hot Digital Tracks info for Like A Prayer has been removed as it was added by mistake.

Madonna On The Mainstream Top 40 Chart

Here is a quick recap of Madonna's entries on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart (currently called the Pop Songs chart) since its inception in 1992. This chart measures the airplay of songs on mainstream pop radio stations using the total number of detections. Her only #1 so far has been "Take A Bow"...

Official: "Girl Gone Wild" Debuts At #38 On Pop Songs / Mainstream Top 40 Chart!

From Billboard.com's chart highlights:

"As tipped in this weekend's "Ask Billboard" reader mailbag, Madonna debuts at No. 38 on Pop Songs with "Girl Gone Wild," the second single from "MDNA." As the set's first single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., reached No. 24 on the chart, Madonna has sent two singles from the same album onto the ranking for the first time since the title cut from "Music" and follow-up "Don't Tell Me" reached Nos. 2 and 4, respectively, in 2000-01."

"Girl Gone Wild" On Track To Debut On Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 Chart

According to current airplay figures, "Girl Gone Wild" is set to debut this week on Billboard's Pop Songs / Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. If it does, Madonna will have scored two songs from the same album on the Mainstream Top 40 chart for the first time in over a decade (the last time she did this was with the MUSIC album when "Music" and "Don't Tell Me" reached #2 and #4 respectively). That's definitely good news!

I'm Breathless: Music From And Inspired By The Film Dick Tracy (1990)

Ask Billboard (UPDATED)

Madonna is the topic of two of this week's 'Ask Billboard' questions. Read the first (What Is Going On With Madonna?) here and the second (Madonna, The Streaker) here on Billboard.com.

Bedtime Stories (1994)

Chart News: Week of 4/28/2012

Some early Club Play news for next week's charts. "Girl Gone Wild" drops from #1 to #3, which surprises me because it was the Greatest Gainer so consistently during its climb, that I was sure it would spend more than one week at # 1. Meanwhile, after inching its way down the top 10 the last few weeks, "Give Me All Your Luvin' " takes a nosedive from #10 to #29.

Click 'Read More' to see the full chart...

"Turn Up The Radio" : 3rd MDNA Single?

Madonna's manager Guy Oseary has suggested on twitter that "Turn Up The Radio" may be the next single from MDNA. How do we think this song would do on radio and on the charts? After two lukewarm singles, could radio finally re-embrace Madonna again with "Turn Up The Radio"? It certainly seemed like it was the obvious choice to be the lead single over "Give Me All Your Luvin' " back in February, but now that the first 2 singles have had such a tepid response from radio and digital consumers, and with the news of MDNA's 2nd week sales drop making those pesky headlines, it's going to take a real push to get the third single noticed. If "TUTR" is indeed the next single, it's pretty much a given that it will be a success on the dance charts, but it would be great if Madonna could muscle her way into the Hot 100 again. Stay tuned...

Chart News: Week of 4/21/2012 (UPDATED)

Give Me All Your Luvin'

HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #10 (Down from #8)
HOT 100: OFF (from #87)
HOT SINGLES SALES: OFF (from #21)
POP DIGITAL SONGS: OFF (from #35)
HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES: OFF (from #7)

Girl Gone Wild

HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #1 (Up from #4)
DANCE / MIXSHOW AIRPLAY: #22 (Debut)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS: 30 (Down from #19)
BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100: OFF (from #8)
POP DIGITAL SONGS: OFF (from #46)

Gang Bang

DANCE / ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS: OFF (from #30)

Celebration

BILLBOARD 200: OFF (from #177)
TOP CATALOG ALBUMS: OFF (from #34)

MDNA

BILLBOARD 200: #8 (Down from #1)
TOP INTERNET ALBUMS: #1 (Holds at #1)
TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS: #9 (Down from #1)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #1 (Holds at #1)
TASTEMAKER ALBUMS: #9 (Down from #2)
TOP CURRENT ALBUMS: #8 (Down from #1)

Top Internet Albums info for MDNA has now been added, which was previously missing. 

Erotica (1992)

Billboard.com: Madonna Biggest 2nd Week Sales Drop For A #1 Album

Some Not-So-Good News For MDNA...

"This week, Madonna's "MDNA" earns the distinction of the largest second-week percentage sales drop for a No. 1-debuting album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The album slides from No. 1 to No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with a 86.7% sales decline."

Read The Full Article On Billboard.com

Not the kind of news we want! MDNA sold 48,000 copies last week compared to 359,000 copies in its first week.

Madonna On The Hot 100 Chart

Here's a look back at Madonna's entries on the Hot 100. #1's are highlighted in red...

Archive Updates

Chart runs for Like A Prayer, 4 Minutes, Me Against The Music, Vogue and Ray Of Light on the Dance / Electronic Digital Songs chart have now been added.

Billboard.com: Madonna Notches 42nd No. 1 On Dance / Club Play Songs

Billboard.com finally comments on Madonna's latest chart feat:

Madonna earns her record-extending 42nd No. 1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs chart, as "Girl Gone Wild" zips 4-1.

The song is the second topper from Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," which bowed atop the Billboard 200 last week with 359,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Just three weeks ago, the set's first single, "Give Me All Your Luvin' reached the chart's summit. 

The speedy return to the survey's top spot grants Madonna her quickest span of back-to-back No. 1s. She had previously linked faster consecutive No. 1s when "Vogue" ruled just seven weeks after "Keep It Together" in 1990.

Read The Full Article On Billboard.com

Archive Updates

Chart runs for Frozen, Music and Hung Up on the Dance / Electronic Digital Songs chart have now been added.

Archive Update

Info for Holiday on the Dance / Electronic Digital Songs chart has now been added.

Celebration (2009)

Archive Updates (UPDATED)

Just added some info for Miles Away, Give It 2 Me, Celebration, Revolver and 4 Minutes on the Dance Singles Sales and Hot Singles Sales charts. I'm still missing some weekly positions but I managed to get 'Final Week On Chart'  and 'Total Weeks on Chart' for most of these which were previously missing.

Just a reminder that 'NC' = Did Not Chart That Week and '?' means that the song charted, but I am missing that weekly position. Multiple question marks (???) means that from that point forward, I don't have any more week-by-week information.

UPDATE: Hot Singles Sales and Dance Singles Sales sections for Revolver and Celebration have now been completed! :)

Chart News: Gang Bang On Dance / Electronic Digital Songs (UPDATED)

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Gang Bang (2012)

Madonna On The Club Play Chart

Click HERE to read all about Madonna's history on this chart.

Below is a quick look back at Madonna's previous entries on this chart (#1's are highlighted in red):

Madonna Scores 42nd #1 Dance Club Play Hit!

It's official, "Girl Gone Wild" reaches the top spot on next week's Club Play chart (issue date April 21, 2012) , scoring Madonna her 42nd #1 dance hit (It is also the Greatest Gainer again!) She's unstoppable! "Give Me All Your Luvin' " manages to spend another week in the Top Ten as well at #10!

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

Chart News: Week of 4/14/2012

Some good chart action this week as "Give Me All Your Luvin' " re-enters the Hot 100  for a sixth week on the chart. "Girl Gone Wild" also makes significant gains re-entering the Bubbling Under and Pop Digital Songs charts, and also climbing to the #4 spot on Club Play. Meanwhile, Celebration makes a return to the Top 200 albums chart and MDNA makes its formal debut at #1 on the Top 200, Top Digital Albums, Dance / Electronic Albums and Top Current Albums charts! As previously stated, MDNA sold 359,000 copies last week! GO MADONNA!

Give Me All Your Luvin'

HOT 100: #87 (Re-Entry)

HOT SINGLES SALES: #21 (Down from #13)

POP DIGITAL SONGS: #35 (Up from #44)

HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #8 (Down from #6)

HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES: #7 (Holds at #7)

LATIN POP SONGS: OFF (From #38)

Girl Gone Wild

BUBBLING UNDER 100: #8 (Re-Entry)

POP DIGITAL SONGS: #46 (Re-Entry)

HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY: #4 (Up from #7)

Celebration

BILLBOARD 200: #177 (Re-Entry)

TOP CATALOG ALBUMS: #34 (Re-Entry)

MDNA

BILLBOARD 200: #1 (Debut)

TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS: #1 (Debut)

DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #1 (Debut)

TOP CURRENT ALBUMS: #1 (Debut)

TASTEMAKER ALBUMS: #2 (Up from #20)

M.G. you rock! ;)

Archive Updates

- Info for Vogue on the Pop Digital Songs chart has now been added.
- Info for Like A Prayer on the Pop Digital Songs, Hot Digital Songs and Hot Singles Recurrents has now been added.

New Batch Of Girl Gone Wild Remixes

New mixes of "Girl Gone Wild" by Avicii, Rebirth and Dada Life have been digitally serviced to DJ's in the last few days, which will no doubt help push the track even further on the dance charts (let's get that 42nd Club Play #1!) You can listen to them HERE. Still no word on a digital EP, but Interscope should get on it soon and release these new mixes with the original mixes that surfaced last month! We probably won't get any physical singles in the USA as we didn't for "Give Me All Your Luvin' ", but overseas a 2-Track CD and limited edition 12" Picture Disc is scheduled to be released later this month. The 12" is said to be EXTREMELY limited!

Archive Updates

The following updates have now been added to the archives:

- Complete information for GHV2 on the Top Internet Albums chart.
- Partial information for You Can Dance on the now-discontinued Top Pop Compact Discs chart.
- Pop Digital Songs chart info for both Give Me All Your Luvin' and Girl Gone Wild.

More updates for Like A Prayer and Vogue on some digital charts is coming soon as well.

Thanks Maurice, as always.

Billboard: MDNA #1

MADONNA DEBUTS AT #1 ON BILLBOARD 200

Madonna scores her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with the debut of her "MDNA".

Madonna remains in second place among women with the most No. 1 albums. She now needs only one more No. 1 to tie Barbra Streisand, the leader among women with nine chart-toppers.

 "MDNA" sold 359,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, and is Madonna's fifth straight studio album to debut at No. 1. It follows 2008's "Hard Candy," which moved 280,000 in its first week. "MDNA's" opener is her best sales week since 2000's "Music" shifted 420,000 when it debuted at No. 1.

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

Complete Article: Billboard.com

MDNA (2012)

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