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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 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 9.5 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 23 million CERTIFIED 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 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 14 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million MEDIATRAFFIC: 8 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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: 920,000 MEDIATRAFFIC: 915,000 CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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 million CERTIFIED 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

Here Are All 41 Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars "Can't Stop the Feeling!" becomes the 41st chart-topper to be Academy-recognized with the announcement of this year's nominees. Justin Timberlake joined rare historical company today (Jan. 24), with the nomination of his 2016 smash "Can't Stop the Feeling" (from the animated movie Trolls) revealed as one of five songs up for best original song at this year's Oscars. With the song's nod, it becomes the 41st No. 1 hit on the Hot 100, dating back to the chart's 1958 conception, to also be nominated for best original song at the Academy Awards. Interestingly, while there have been 41 nominated songs to reach the Hot 100's apex -- 16 of which ended up taking home the Oscar -- "Can't Stop the Feeling" is just the third No. 1 from this century to be so recognized. The decade with the most Hot 100-topping best original song nominees was the 1980s, with a staggering 22 of the 41 total coming from '80s films -- including all five nominees from the 1984 class, the only year where every nominee had topped Billboard's marquee songs chart. Check out the complete list of songs to achieve the dual feat below. 1 B.J. Thomas, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969) 2 Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft" Shaft (1971) 3 Maureen McGovern, "The Morning After" The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 4 Michael Jackson, "Ben" Ben (1972) 5 Barbra Streisand, "The Way We Were" The Way We Were (1973) 6 Diana Ross, "Do You Know Where You're Going To" Mahogany (1975) 7 Barbra Streisand, "Evergreen" A Star Is Born (1976) 8 Bill Conti, "Gonna Fly Now" Rocky (1976) 9 Debby Boone, "You Light Up My Life" You Light Up My Life (1977) 10 Dolly Parton, "9 to 5" 9 to 5 (1980) 11 Christopher Cross, "The Best That You Can Do" Arthur (1981) 12 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, "Endless Love" Endless Love (1981) 13 Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker, "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) 14 Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger" Rocky III (1982) 15 Irene Cara, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance (1983) 16 Michael Sembello, "Maniac" Flashdance (1983) 17 Stevie Wonder, "I Just Called to Say I Love You" The Woman in Red (1984) 18 Phil Collins, "Take a Look at Me Now" Against All Odds (1984) 19 Ray Parker Jr., "Ghostbusters" Ghostbusters (1984) 20 Kenny Loggins, "Footloose" Footloose (1984) 21 Deniece Williams, "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Footloose (1984) 22 Lionel Richie, "Say You, Say Me" White Nights (1985) 23 Huey Lewis and The News, "The Power of Love" Back to the Future (1985) 24 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin, "Separate Lives" White Nights (1985) 25 Berlin, "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun (1986) 26 Peter Cetera, "Glory of Love" The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) 27 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, "The Time of My Life" Dirty Dancing (1987) 28 Starship, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Mannequin (1987) 29 Bob Seger, "Shakedown" Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 30 Phil Collins, "Two Hearts" Buster (1988) 31 Jon Bon Jovi, "Blaze of Glory" Young Guns II (1990) 32 Bryan Adams, "Everything I Do" Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) 33 Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle, "A Whole New World" Aladdin (1992) 34 Janet Jackson, "Again" Poetic Justice (1993) 35 Bryan Adams, "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Don Juan DeMarco (1995) 36 Celine Dion, "Because You Loved Me" Up Close & Personal (1996) 37 Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic (1997) 38 Aerosmith, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Armageddon (1998) 39 Eminem, "Lose Yourself" 8 Mile (2002) 40 Pharrell Williams, "Happy" Despicable Me 2 (2014) 41 Justin Timberlake, "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Trolls (2016)

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