Chart News: Week of 5/9/2015

Rebel Heart (Album)
The Billboard 200: #130 (Down from #77)
Top Album Sales: #89 (Down from #49)
Top Current Albums: #81 (Down from #49)

Ghosttown
Adult Contemporary: #20 (Holds)
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: Off (From #45)
Dance Club Songs: #13 (Up from #22)

Living For Love

Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: Off (From #39)

Bitch I'm Madonna
Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: Off (From #35)
Dance / Electronic Digital Songs: Off (From #32)

Big thanks to Maurice G. for his help this week!

Chart Preview: "Ghosttown" on The Adult Contemporary Chart (Week of 5/9/2015)

On this week's Adult Contemporary chart (to be officially announced tomorrow, Thursday, along with the rest of the week's charts), "Ghosttown" holds at #20 from last week (it fell from #18 the week before). The song had 227 spins at AC with 2.656 million audience.

Elsewhere, "Ghosttown" is #2 on the Adult Top 40 'New and Active' list (kind of a bubbling-under tally). This is not an official chart appearance on the Adult Top 40 chart, it just shows that the song is actively gaining at the Adult Top 40 radio format. If "Ghosttown" keeps gaining, it could debut on this chart as well.

"Ghosttown" Remixes On The Way To iTunes (Updated)

Various Madonna fan sites are reporting that the "Ghosttown" remixes will finally be released to iTunes in Mid-day, specifically May 12th. Also, a few of the new remixes have now been uploaded to Madonna's YouTube channel. In related news, the "Ghosttown" 2-track CD single was released in Europe last week (pre-order the import in the USA here). As usual nowadays, no USA physical formats will be released.

'Rebel Heart' Favorite Songs Poll Results

I've been running a little poll for the last 2 months or so asking you all to vote for your favorite songs from Rebel Heart. You were allowed to vote for as many songs from the album as you wanted. A total of 244 people voted.

The clear favorite is "Ghosttown" with a total of 188 votes (77% of voters). Coming in at #2 is "Joan Of Arc" with 131 votes, followed by "Living For Love" with 126, "Rebel Heart" with 112, and "Devil Pray" with 104.

Bringing up the rear as the least-favorite songs are "Queen" with 41 votes (when I started the poll, it was believed that "Queen" would be on the album. The song was dropped from the track list before the album's release), "Graffiti Heart" with 33 votes, "S.E.X." with 25 votes (my personal least-favorite song!),  and German-only bonus track "Auto-Tune Baby" is the #1 least-favorite with only 23 votes.

Here's a look at the complete rankings:

More Updates

Thanks again to Maurice for contributing complete information for "Like A Prayer" on the R&B Singles Sales chart (aka Black Singles Sales) and R&B Airplay chart (aka Black Airplay Chart).

Chart Preview: Dance Club Songs Chart (Week of 5/9/2015)

"Ghosttown" makes another big jump to #13 from #22 on next week's Dance Club Songs chart and is once again the Greatest Gainer! She's coming for it!

Source: Drowned Madonna

Chart News: Week Of 5/2/2015

Rebel Heart (Album)
The Billboard 200: #77 (Down from #41)
Top Album Sales: #49 (Down from #34)
Top Current Albums: #49 (Down from #34)

Ghosttown
Adult Contemporary: #20 (Down from #18)
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #45 (Down from #12)
Dance Club Songs: #22 (Up from #41)

Living For Love

Dance Club Songs: Off (From #49) 
Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #39 (Down from #27)

Bitch I'm Madonna
Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #35 (Down from #21)
Dance / Electronic Digital Songs: #32 (from #11)

Truth Or Dare (1991)

Ciao, Italia! - Live From Italy (1988)

Live - The Virgin Tour (1985)

Corrections / Additions (Updated)

Thanks to contributor Maurice G. for pointing out a couple of mistakes on the site that have now been corrected:
-Holiday/Lucky Star's week-by-week run on the Club chart has been corrected. There were several mistakes on this one.
-Oh Father's peak date and a couple of weekly positions on the Hot 100 have been corrected.

Also, the following missing information has now been added:
-Complete info for the Who's That Girl Soundtrack album on the Top Pop Compact Disks chart.
-Blond Ambition World Tour's complete week-by-week run on the Top Laserdisc Sales chart has been added.
-Truth Or Dare, Ciao Italia, and The Virgin Tour video pages have now been added with complete chart info.

Thanks again Maurice!

Chart Beat: 'Funny Material'

Following her multi-faceted April 9 appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which included performances, an interview, and even a stand-up comedy attempt, Madonna re-enters Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with "Bitch I'm Madonna" (No. 21; it previously reached No. 11). Backed by DJ skills from Diplo, Madonna served up a rousing humor-laden performance of the track, which followed a sit-down rendition of her classic "Holiday" with Fallon. "Bitch" surges by 748 percent to 9,000 sold.

Meanwhile, first Rebel Heart single "Living for Love" holds at No. 27 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (3,000, up 28 percent) and new radio single "Ghosttown" debuts on Dance Club Songs (No. 41). On the latter chart, Madonna leads all acts with 44 No. 1s, the most leaders an act has notched on any Billboard chart.

Billboard.com

Chart Preview: Dance Club Songs Chart (Week of 5/2/2015)

"Ghosttown" makes a huge leap (19 spots) on next week's Dance Club Songs chart to #22 from #41 (it's also the Power Pick and Greatest Gainer). This is an even bigger jump than "Living For Love" had in its second week (14 spots) so this is definitely a good sign! Don't want to jinx anything, so just keep your fingers crossed! Hopefully, Interscope will send out a second batch of remixes to DJ's like they did for "Living For Love" to keep the momentum going.

Source: Drowned Madonna

Chart News: Week Of 4/25/2015

Rebel Heart (Album)
The Billboard 200: #41 (Up from #57)
Top Album Sales: #34 (Up from #43)
Top Current Albums: #34 (Down from #43)

Ghosttown
Adult Contemporary: #18 (Holds)
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #12 (Up from #20)
Dance Club Songs: #41 (Debut)

Living For Love

Dance Club Songs: #49* (Down from #38)

Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #27 (Holds)

* At its 14th week, "Living For Love" is Madonna's longest-running single on Dance Club Songs since "Give It 2 Me" in 2008, which also spent 14 weeks on the chart.

Bitch I'm Madonna
Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #21 (Re-Entry)
Dance / Electronic Digital Songs: #11 (Re-Entry)

Missing Chart Info Added (Updated)

Special thanks to Davidalic who provided us with previously missing chart info for a lot of Madonna's 80's/early 90's singles on a few different charts, most notably the Adult Contemporary and Hot Crossover Singles charts. So awesome!

Here is a list of the information that has been added to the singles pages:

Hanky Panky: / Complete Crossover Radio Airplay Top 40 / Dance chart information added
Vogue: A few missing AC weekly positions have been added / Complete Crossover Radio Airplay Top 40 / Dance chart information added
Keep It Together: Full AC week-by-week chart run added / Complete Crossover Radio Airplay Top 40 / Dance chart information added
Cherish: Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
Express Yourself: Full AC week-by-week chart run added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
Like A Prayer: A few missing AC weekly positions have been added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
Spotlight: Full Crossover Singles chart run added
Causing A Commotion: Full AC week-by-week chart run added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
Who's That Girl: Missing Maxi Singles Sales final week position added / Missing AC final week position added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
La Isla Bonita: Missing AC final week position added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
Open Your Heart: Missing AC weekly positions have been added / Full Crossover Singles chart run and dates added
True Blue: A few missing AC weekly positions have been added
Papa Don't Preach: A few missing AC weekly positions have been added
Live To Tell: Missing AC final week position added
Angel: A few missing AC weekly positions have been added
Material Girl: Full AC week-by-week chart run added
Lucky Star: Missing AC weekly positions have been added
Borderline: Missing AC weekly positions have been added
Burning Up/Physical Attraction: Full Club Play week-by-week chart run added

He also provided a great reference link where you can view Billboard's past issues:  www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard

Thanks again!

Billboard.com Chart Highlights (Week of 4/25/2015)

Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. (All charts below are based on radio airplay except for Dance Club Songs, which is based on reports submitted by a panel of DJs.)

Dance Club Songs
Debut No. 41 "Ghosttown" Madonna
Can "Ghosttown" extends Madonna's historic chart record? It if goes on to hit No. 1, it will become her 45th leader on Dance Club Songs, padding the Queen of Pop's mark for the most No. 1s an artist has placed on any single Billboard chart.

"Ghosttown" also bullets for a second week at its No. 18 high on Adult Contemporary.

Billboard.com

Madonna's 21 Top 10 Albums: From 'Madonna' to 'Rebel Heart'

When Madonna’s Rebel Heart album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 last month, it continued the diva’s hot streak in the top 10, which has been going strong since her self-titled debut hit the region in 1984. In total, Madonna has earned 21 top 10 albums, including all 13 of her studio efforts. Among women, only Barbra Streisand has more top 10s (with 33).

Let’s take a closer look at all 21 of Madonna’s top 10 albums -- from Madonna toRebel Heart -- and dive into their chart histories.

Read the full article at Billboard.com

Chart Preview: Dance Club Songs Chart (Week of 4/25/2015)

Apparently, "Ghosttown" will debut at #41 on next week's Dance Club Songs chart. And so the journey begins again!...

Chart News: Week of 4/18/2015

Rebel Heart (Album)
The Billboard 200: #57 (Down from #34)
Top Album Sales: #43 (Down from #24)
Top Current Albums: #43 (Down from #24)
Top Internet Albums: Off (From #13)

Hits Daily Double reports that Rebel Heart sold 9,893 copies this week.

Ghosttown
Adult Contemporary: #18 (Up from #20)
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #20 (Debut)

Living For Love

Dance Club Songs: #38 (Down from #28)

Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #27 (Down from #26)

Rebel Heart
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: Off (From #49)

Chart Preview: "Ghosttown" On The Adult Contemporary Chart 4/18/2015

For the Billboard issue dated 4/18/2015, "Ghosttown" will move up 2 spots from #20 to #18 on the Adult Contemporary chart with 253 spins. The rest of the issue's chart positions will be announced tomorrow. Also, the "Ghosttown" video is premiering today!

Ghosttown (2015)

Chart News: Week Of 4/11/2015

Rebel Heart (Album)
The Billboard 200: #34 (Down from #21)
Top Album Sales: #24 (Down from #15)
Top Current Albums: #24 (Down from #15)
Top Internet Albums: #13 (Down from #4)
Tastemakers: Off (from #9)
Digital Albums: Off (from #13)

Ghosttown
Adult Contemporary: #20 (Up from #21)

Living For Love

Dance Club Songs: #28 (Down from #14)

Hot Dance / Electronic Songs: #26 (Down from #20)

Dance / Electronic Digital Songs: Off (Down from #24)

Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: Off (from #50)

Rebel Heart
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks: #49 (Re-Entry)