filmman Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 ACCOLADES - According to the Guinness Book Of World Records, Madonna is officially the world's most successful female musician of all-time. - Best-selling female solo act of all time, 4th including males and groups. - Around 350 million records sold worldwide [201.9 million albums + 133 million singles + 12 million videos]. - $1.5 billion all-time touring gross revenue [adjusted]. - 165.8 million units certified around the world. - 64.5 million albums certified in the US by RIAA [20 gold, 17 platinum, 12 multi-platinum & 2 diamond awards]. - Female act with most certified singles [gold, platinum & multiplatinum] by the RIAA from the physical era [26]. - Solo artist with most #1 Billboard hits on all charts collectively [156]. - Act with most Top 5, Top 10, Top 20, Top 30 & Top 40 singles by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100. - Female act with most entries in Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 [49]. - 12 #1 singles in Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. - 8 #1 albums in Billboard's 200 Chart. - Act with most #1 singles in Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Chart [43]. - Female act with most hits on the UK charts, 13 #1 hits and 62 Top 10 hits. - Solo act with the most #1 albums in the UK [12]. - Only female act to simultaneously top the albums and singles charts 4 times in her career in the UK. - The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling album ever by a female artist (12x Platinum) in the UK. - The Sticky & Sweet Tour is the top grossing tour ever for a solo artist, grossing over $407 million. - Throughout her career she's been nominated 73 times for MTV's VMAs, 19 of which she won, more than any artist. ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS MADONNA (1983)ESTIMATED SALES: 10 millionMEDIATRAFFIC: 9.5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 7.2 million COUNTRY Australia France Germany Hong Kong New Zealand Spain United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 3x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 5x Platinum SALES 210,000 400,000 250,000 20,000 15,000 50,000 850,000 5,454,000 LIKE A VIRGIN (1984)ESTIMATED SALES: 21 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 21 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 15.9 million COUNTRY Australia Canada Finland France Germany Hong Kong New Zealand Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 7x Platinum 1x Diamond 1x Gold 2x Platinum 3x Gold 1x Platinum 5x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Diamond SALES 490,000 1,000,000 35,398 800,000 750,000 20,000 75,000 100,000 100,000 1.626.126 10,882,000 TRUE BLUE (1986)ESTIMATED SALES: 23 millionMEDIATRAFFIC: 23 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 14.7 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Brazil Canada France Finland Germany Hong Kong Japan Netherlands New Zealand Spain United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 4x Platinum 4x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Diamond 1x Diamond 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 3x Platinum 5x Platinum 3x Platinum 7x Platinum 7x Platinum SALES 240,000 280,000 100,000 1,000,000 1,353,500 53,912 1,000,000 15,000 718,000 300,000 75,000 300,000 1,997,015 7,301,000 LIKE A PRAYER (1989)ESTIMATED SALES: 14 millionMEDIATRAFFIC: 14 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 9.2 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Finland France Germany Hong Kong Netherlands New Zealand Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 4x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 5x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 3x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 4x Platinum 2x Platinum 4x Platinum 4x Platinum SALES 60,000 280,000 15,000 500,000 500,000 70,818 600,000 750,000 20,000 100,000 15,000 400,000 100,000 1,200,000 4,578,000 EROTICA (1992)ESTIMATED SALES: 6.5 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 6.5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 3.9 million COUNTRY Australia Austria Brazil Canada France Germany Mexico Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 3x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Platinum SALES 210,000 25,000 100,000 200,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 100,000 25,000 600,000 1,894,000 BEDTIME STORIES (1994)ESTIMATED SALES: 8 millionMEDIATRAFFIC: 8 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 5.5 million COUNTRY Argentina Austria Brazil Canada Europe France Germany Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 3x Platinum SALES 30,000 25,000 250,000 200,000 2,000,000 200,000 500,000 100,000 25,000 400,000 3,000,000 RAY OF LIGHT (1998)ESTIMATED SALES: 16 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 15 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 12.6 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Europe Finland France Germany Hong Kong Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 7x Platinum 7x Platinum 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Diamond 3x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 3x Platinum 3x Platinum 3x Platinum 6x Platinum 4x Platinum SALES 60,000 210,000 100,000 250,000 700,000 7,000,000 50,604 925,400 1,500,000 20,000 600,000 300,000 15,000 100,000 200,000 300,000 240,000 150,000 1,800,000 4,359,000 MUSIC (2000)ESTIMATED SALES: 11 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 11 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 8.8 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Denmark Europe Finland France Germany Hungary Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Gold 3x Platinum 2x Platinum 5x Platinum 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 5x Platinum 3x Platinum SALES 60,000 210,000 50,000 150,000 100,000 300,000 100,000 5,000,000 32,515 682 400 1,000,000 25,000 75,000 200,000 30,000 100,000 200,000 100,000 1.594.045 3,000,000 AMERICAN LIFE (2003)ESTIMATED SALES: 4 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 4 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 2.5 million COUNTRY Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Denmark Europe France Germany Greece Hungary Japan Netherlands Russia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum SALES 70,000 25,000 50,000 100,000 25,000 1,000,000 500,000 300,000 10,000 20,000 100,000 40,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 335,115 1,000,000 CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR (2005)ESTIMATED SALES: 10 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 10 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 7.1 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Europe Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Ireland Japan Mexico New Zealand Poland Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 5x Platinum 1x Gold 4x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Diamond 3x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Gold 2x Platinum 4x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 5x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Platinum 3x Platinum 4x Platinum 1x Platinum SALES 80,000 140,000 50,000 50,000 500,000 5,000 4,000,000 54,588 1,000,000 600,000 40,000 10,000 40,000 60,000 500,000 100,000 15,000 40,000 100,000 160,000 120,000 120,000 1,288,213 1,708,000 HARD CANDY (2008)ESTIMATED SALES: 4 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 4 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 2.3 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Chile Denmark Europe Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Mexico Poland Portugal Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Gold SALES 40,000 70,000 20,000 60,000 100,000 5,000 30,000 1,000,000 20,311 240,000 200,000 15,000 6,000 15,000 70,000 252,520 80,000 20,000 20,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 30,000 3,000 335,523 744,000 MDNA (2012)ESTIMATED SALES: 2 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 2 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 1.4 million COUNTRY Australia Austria Brazil Denmark France Germany Hungary India Italy Japan Mexico Poland Portugal Russia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 7x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold - 1x Gold 1x Gold SALES 35,000 10,000 80,000 10,000 100,000 100,000 6,000 4,000 60,000 100,000 60,000 20,000 10,000 70,000 20,000 20,000 30,000 100,000 537,000 REBEL HEART (2015)ESTIMATED SALES: 920,000MEDIATRAFFIC: 915,000CERTIFIED SALES: 457,000 (656,000) COUNTRY Australia Austria Brazil Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Japan Mexico Poland Spain United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION - 1x Gold 1x Gold - - 1x Gold - 1x Gold - 1x Gold 1x Gold - 1x Silver - SALES 12,000 7,500 20,000 35,000 5,000 50,000 70,000 50,000 25,000 30,000 10,000 12,000 76,500 210,000 COMPILATION ALBUMS YOU CAN DANCE (1987)ESTIMATED SALES: 5 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 2.6 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Brazil France Germany Hong Kong Netherlands New Zealand Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum SALES 30,000 70,000 100,000 400,000 250,000 15,000 50,000 15,000 100,000 50,000 300,000 1,257,000 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (1990)ESTIMATED SALES: 28 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 27 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 20.3 million COUNTRY Argetina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 3x Platinum 12x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 7x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Diamond 3x Gold 4x Platinum 3x Platinum 3x Platinum 7x Platinum 3x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 12x Platinum 1x Diamond SALES 180,000 850,000 50,000 500,000 700,000 50,000 92,500 1,114,700 750,000 800,000 750,000 300,000 105,000 300,000 50,000 50,000 3,665,068 10,000,000 SOMETHING TO REMEMBER (1995)ESTIMATED SALES: 9 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 8 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 7.4 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada Europe Finland France Germany Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 4x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 3x Platinum 2x Platinum 2x Gold 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 3x Platinum 3x Platinum SALES 60,000 280,000 50,000 250,000 200,000 3,000,000 93,043 200,000 500,000 400,000 250,000 100,000 15,000 50,000 50,000 100,000 50,000 900,000 3,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmman Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 GHV2 (2001)ESTIMATED SALES: 5.5 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 5.5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 3 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum SALES 20,000 70,000 125,000 100,000 50,000 33,179 300,000 300,000 75,000 80,000 7,500 50,000 200,000 40,000 600,000 1,475,000 CELEBRATION (2009)ESTIMATED SALES: 3 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 2 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 1.9 million COUNTRY Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Denmark Europe Finland France GCC Germany Ireland Italy Japan Mexico New Zealand Poland Portugal Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold SALES 20,000 35,000 30,000 120,000 30,000 1,000,000 29,416 100,000 6,000 200,000 15,000 120,000 177,194 60,000 7,500 20,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 30,000 370,231 500,000 SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS WHO'S THAT GIRL (1987)ESTIMATED SALES: 5 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 2.7 million COUNTRY Australia Brazil France Germany Hong Kong Netherlands New Zealand Spain United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Platinum SALES 35,000 100,000 800,000 250,000 15,000 50,000 7,500 100,000 300,000 1,000,000 I'M BREATHLESS (1990)ESTIMATED SALES: 6.8 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 6.5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 5.5 million COUNTRY Australia Austria Brazil Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Gold 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Gold 2x Platinum 1x Gold 2x Platinum 2x Platinum SALES 70,000 25,000 100,000 200,000 411,900 250,000 329,382 30,000 200,000 25,000 600,000 3,240,000 EVITA (1996)ESTIMATED SALES: 6.5 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 6.5 millionCERTIFIED SALES: 6.6 million (as double album) COUNTRY Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Germany Hong Kong Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States CERTIFICATION 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Platinum 1x Gold 1x Gold 1x Platinum 2x Platinum 5x Platinum SALES 60,000 70,000 100,000 100,000 500,000 20,000 50,000 15,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 600,000 5,000,000 LIVE, REMIX & OTHER ALBUMS ALBUM ESTIMATED SALES MEDIATRAFFIC CERTIFIED SALES Remixed & Revisited (2003) I'm Going to Tell You A Secret (2006) The Confessions Tour (2007) Sticky & Sweet Tour (2010) MDNA Tour (2013)TOTALS 750,000 800,000 1,300,000 500,000 300,0003,650,000 1,000,000 800,000 1,300,000 500,000 300,0003,900,000 115,000 272,000 872,000 287,600 148,4001,695,000 TOTALS FROM ALBUMS CATEGORY ESTIMATED SALES CERTIFIED SALES ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS 129.5 million 91.1 million COMPILATION ALBUMS 50.5 million 35.2 million SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS 18.3 million 14.8 million LIVE, REMIX & OTHER ALBUMS 3.6 million 1.7 million TOTALS 201.9 million 143 million SOON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmman Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 YEAR TITLE DATES ATTENDANCE GROSS GROSS/SHOW ADJUSTED (2015) 1985 The Virgin Tour 40 340,000 $5,000,000 $125,000.00 $11,074,163.57 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour 39 1,500,000 $25,000,000 $641,025.64 $52,446,302.82 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour 57 2,000,000 $60,000,000 $1,052,631.58 $109,402,907.42 1993 The Girlie Show World Tour 39 2,000,000 $70,000,000 $1,794,871.79 $115,447,197.23 2001 Drowned World Tour 47 731,606 $76,792,245 $1,633,877.55 $103,394,467.00 2004 Re-Invention World Tour 56 896,787 $124,790,787 $2,228,406.91 $157,435,898.33 2006 Confessions Tour 60 1,209,593 $194,754,447 $3,245,907.45 $230,223,714.24 2008/9 Sticky & Sweet Tour 85 3,545,899 $407,713,266 $4,796,626.66 $451,292,340.10 2012 MDNA Tour 88 2,212,505 $305,158,362 $3,467,708.67 $316,750,961.26 2015/6 Rebel Heart Tour 82 1,045,479 $169,800,000 $2,070,731.70 $169,800,000.00 593 15,481,869 $1,439,009,107 $2,426,659.54 $1,717,267,952.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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