Hot Tours: Madonna #1

From Billboard.com:

Madonna claims the top ranking on the latest Hot Tours ranking with box office stats reported from the final month of her MDNA tour's European leg. With more than 307,000 fans in attendance at the last 11 Euro performances, ticket revenue totaled more than $36 million. Included in the mix was a rare club performance by the legendary pop artist at L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix in Paris on July 26 with a packed house of 2,576. The largest crowd on the European swing was in Finland with 42,760 in attendance at Helsinki's Olympic Stadium on August 12.

Since kicking off in late May, the MDNA Tour has played 33 concerts in 21 countries before wrapping its European leg on August 21 at the Stade Charles-Ehrmann in Nice, France. Overall gross revenue from the tour climbed to $115.7 million from the May 31 launch through the end of the European schedule. The tour's North American leg began just one week later with a performance in Philadelphia on August 28. Dates are scheduled in North and South America until late December.

Chart News: Week Of 9/8/2012

As reported on Monday, Madonna claimed her 43rd #1 hit on the Dance / Club Play chart this week as "Turn Up The Radio" moves in to the top spot from last week's #2 position! "Turn Up The Radio" is still bulleted this week, but may have a hard time spending more than one week at #1 as she has 2 strong contenders hot on her heels (Usher's "Scream" and the Scissor Sisters' "Let's Have A Kiki"). Elsewhere, the track slides down both the Singles Sales and Dance Singles sales charts as digital sales continue to fall. "Turn Up The Radio" is scheduled to hit radio on September 25th. It will be interesting to see if radio shows any interest in the song, and if this results in a digital sales resurgence.

TURN UP THE RADIO
HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #1 (Up from #2)
HOT SINGLES SALES: #20 (Down from #10)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC SINGLES SALES: #10 (Down from #6)

MDNA

DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #18 (Holds at #18)

Also, here's a look at the Dance / Club Play chart from this week:

More European MDNA Box Scores

Another string of sell-out shows! While the MDNA tour has finally landed in the USA, here are the latest box scores released by Billboard for more of Madonna's European dates:

Billboard Comments On Madonna's 43rd Club Play #1

The Queen of Pop reigns again with 'Turn Up the Radio,' extending her mark for the most leaders in the chart's archives. She also closes in on even bigger Billboard chart history.

Madonna earns her record-extending 43rd No. 1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs chart, as "Turn Up the Radio" lifts 2-1. (The ranking will refresh on Billboard.com Thursday, Aug. 30.)

"Radio" is Madonna's third Dance/Club Play Songs No. 1 from "MDNA," which bowed atop the Billboard 200 the week of April 14. "Give Me All Your Luvin'," featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., led the week of March 31, while "Girl Gone Wild" reached No. 1 just three weeks later.

"Radio" is headed for radio, too: Interscope Records begins seeking airplay for the song at mainstream top 40 stations on Sept. 25.

With her 43rd leading title on Dance/Club Play Songs, Madonna pulls further away from runner-up Janet Jackson, who has 19. Beyonce and Rihanna follow with 18 No. 1s each, trailed by Kristine W (16) and Mariah Carey (15).

Looking forward, with one more No. 1 on Dance/Club Play Songs, the Material Girl would claim even more historic honors:

Madonna Scores 43rd Club Play #1 Hit!

It's official! In next week's issue (9/8/2012), Madonna extends her record of #1 hits on the Dance Club Play chart to 43 with "Turn Up The Radio"! The track reaches the pole position in its sixth week on the tally. Madonna leads the pack among all artists with Janet Jackson in second place (19 #1's) and Beyonce and Rihanna tied in third (18 #1's each).

There's no stopping the Queen of The Clubs! This is Madonna's 3rd #1 dance hit from her MDNA album. How about we go for a fourth with "Gang Bang", "I'm Addicted" or "Love Spent"?

"Turn Up The Radio" Radio Add Date: 9/25

Some interesting news today as All Access is showing a September 25th radio add date for "Turn Up The Radio". First of all, what the f**k! The video has been out since mid July and the digital single has been out since early this month, and they chose September 25th for the add date??

Obviously, they were waiting for the tour to hit the USA, but this is yet again more of Interscope's all-around bad timing strategies. Some might wonder why they are even bothering with an add date at this point, but I suppose it's worth a shot! Let's see what happens...

Chart News: Week of 9/1/2012

TURN UP THE RADIO
HOT DANCE / CLUB PLAY: #2 (Up from #3)
HOT SINGLES SALES: #10 (Down from #3)
DANCE / ELECTRONIC SINGLES SALES: #6 (Down from #2)

MDNA

DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: #18 (Up from #20)

"Turn Up The Radio" On The Club Play Chart, Week 5

Here's the early scoop on next week's Club Play chart (Issue date 9/1/2012): "Turn Up The Radio" inches its way to the #2 spot! Can she make it to #1 the following week? Cross your fingers!
Here's the full chart: