filmman Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) 60 incredible chart facts and feats about Madonna A popstar so famous she only needs one name, Madonna celebrates her 60th birthday this month. She's had one of the most successful music careers of all time, and to recognise her place as the queen of pop, we delved into the archives and put together some amazing chart facts that no self-respecting Madonna devotee would be without. Madonna has scored an incredible 71 Top 40 singles. Of those, 63 hits went Top 10. 2. From Like A Virgin in December 1984 to Secret in August 1994, Madonna logged a run of 36 consecutive Top 10 hits – no artist has bettered that since. Take a Bow broke the run in December 1994. She had another run of 17 consecutive Top 10s from You Must Love Me in Feb 1996 until Me Against The Music in November 2003. Blame Love Profusion for that one. 3. Madonna has scored 13 UK Number 1 singles – a chart record for a female solo artist. 5. Madonna singles have spent 516 weeks in the Top 40 since her first hit in 1984 – that’s nearly 10 years!! 7. Madonna’s first UK chart entry was Holiday, which was also her first Top 10, peaking at Number 6 – although it wouldn’t be the last we saw of Madonna’s signature song… 9. On its second release in 1985, Holiday was stopped going to Number 1 by Madonna herself, making her one of the few artists in chart history to occupy the Top 2 at the same time. And the song that kept Holiday off? See below! 10. Into The Groove was Madonna’s first Number 1 in the UK, spending a month there in summer 1985, and totally top-blocked Holiday from Number 1 – coincidentally, this was the same week of Madonna’s 27th birthday. 14. Holiday was released for a third time, by the way, to commemorate her first greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection (more on that later) – Holiday reached Number 5 in 1991. 15. Borderline has been out twice too! Not many people realise it was originally released in 1984 and became Madonna’s first single to miss the Top 40, stalling at 52. Two years later, it was back! And reached Number 2! 16. Her big ballad Crazy For You also came out twice, first in 1985 and then again in 1991, and reached Number 2 both times. 18. Not content with having the most Number 1 singles of any female artist, Madge also has the most Number 2 hits of *any* artist – clocking up 12 of them. 20. Madonna holds the record for most Number 1 albums by a female artist – 12 so far! 22. With third album True Blue, Madonna was actually the first US artist ever to go straight in at the top of the Official Albums Chart. 26. Greatest hits set The Immaculate Collection landed nine straight weeks at Number 1 from November 1990 – her longest stint at the top for any of her albums. 30. Frozen was Madonna’s first single to debut at Number 1. 31. Her most recent Number 1 was 4 Minutes in 2008, meaning this is the longest Madonna has gone without a chart-topper in her entire career. 32. Madonna has had Number 1 albums across four decades – '80s, '90s, '00s, and the '10s. 34. Madonna has never missed the Top 10 with a studio album, and only one didn’t make the Top 5: her self-titled debut, which peaked at 6 when it was reissued as “The First Album” in 1985. 39. Her biggest selling single to miss the top is actually her second biggest selling single of all time: Like A Virgin peaked at 3 in 1984. 43. Hung Up is Madonna’s longest-running single on the Official Charts, notching up 40 weeks in the Top 100. 46. Madonna’s most streamed tune – since we started counting in 2014 – is Like A Prayer. 50. 1993’s Deeper and Deeper was Madonna’s first single to miss the Top 5 in eight years. 53. When Confessions on a Dancefloor singles Hung Up and Sorry went to Number 1, it was the first time Madonna had topped the charts with the first two singles from an album. Pub quiz trick question: In theory, she did this with American Pie and Music, from the Music album, but American Pie was only added to European editions of the album and was never part of the Music campaign – and Madonna was raging about it. 54. Madonna had three Top 10 albums in 1990: Like A Prayer (released in 1989 but still big), I’m Breathless, and The Immaculate Collection. 55. Rebel Heart was her first studio album to miss the top spot since Bedtime Stories in 1994. 58. Madonna is one of very few artists to have occupied every space in the Top 10. It took her 11 years to do. Here’s how: 59. She has 13 Number 1s, 12 Number 2s, 9 Number 3s, Five Number 4s, Seven Number 5s, Four Number 6s, Seven Number 7s, One Number 8 – Human Nature, which completed her set, Two Number 9s, and Three Number 10s. http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/60-incredible-chart-facts-and-feats-about-madonna__23566/ Edited August 10, 2018 by Travis Bickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 A truly monumental career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Dead @ Take A Bow being the song that ended her run of 36 consecutive #1s. Take A Bow is "technically" her biggest US hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshSpears1805 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 The stats are amazing! 6 minutes ago, Brando said: Dead @ Take A Bow being the song that ended her run of 36 consecutive #1s. Take A Bow is "technically" her biggest US hit. Makes sense though as that sound was not big in the uk at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lover Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 queen elizabeth who? lemme do the same about the german top100. hihi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Quote 16. Her big ballad Crazy For You also came out twice, first in 1985 and then again in 1991, and reached Number 2 both times. mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagol88 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Crazy For You and Holiday re-peaking multiple times at #2 and one of those thanks to Madonna herself She has 13 Number 1s, 12 Number 2s, 9 Number 3s, Five Number 4s, Seven Number 5s, Four Number 6s, Seven Number 7s, One Number 8 – Human Nature, which completed her set, Two Number 9s, and Three Number 10s. I mean...who the hell has stats like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediabase Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 12 No2s. THAT IS NUTS. 13 No1s + 12 No2s = 25 Top2 singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadOnHer Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Simply incredible!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) It’s so odd how Take A Bow flopped in the UK but was a hit mostly everywhere else. Is there a reason why that happened (ie some release issue or stupid rule) or did it just not resonate well there? Queen of pop though No one will come close, ever. Edited August 11, 2018 by Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MESSIAH13 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 10 hours ago, Brando said: A truly monumental career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theweekend Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Incredible! Truly the biggest pop star of all time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabloanxiety Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 the stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 jesus **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagol88 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Taylor. said: It’s so odd how Take A Bow flopped in the UK but was a hit mostly everywhere else. Is there a reason why that happened (ie some release issue or stupid rule) or did it just not resonate well there? Queen of pop though No one will come close, ever. Take A Bow actually had better first week sales than some of her top 10 hits. The thing is, it came out during the busy Christmas weeks and Madonna was not that on-demand back in 1994 and the song went kind of unnoticed back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradySpears Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 "She has 13 Number 1s, 12 Number 2s, 9 Number 3s, Five Number 4s, Seven Number 5s, Four Number 6s, Seven Number 7s, One Number 8 – Human Nature, which completed her set, Two Number 9s, and Three Number 10s." Insane. The greatest female to ever do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInTheDark Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 10 hours ago, Taylor. said: It’s so odd how Take A Bow flopped in the UK but was a hit mostly everywhere else. Is there a reason why that happened (ie some release issue or stupid rule) or did it just not resonate well there? Queen of pop though No one will come close, ever. She was irrelevant at the time, TAB served longevity and sold most out of all BS singles if I remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Umbrella Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 She was unstoppable back then Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagol88 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 6 hours ago, StrangerInTheDark said: She was irrelevant at the time, TAB served longevity and sold most out of all BS singles if I remember right. It sold more than Bedtime Story and Human Nature...but it came out at a bad time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsweburnaway Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Queen of the Pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart.me Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 She has 13 Number 1s, 12 Number 2s WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temporal Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Holy **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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