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The discography lists 3 sources for 8 million worldwide. One of the sources has an invalid link. Another source is from a post on a MESSAGEBOARD(which is pretty pointless) The only valid Source is the is the one from which is from Billboard BUT that article on Billboard is now OLD and the album had only been out 8 months at the point the article was written(and COADF was not an album that slid down the charts right away worldwide.) Here is 2 sources(neither are invalid links or messageboard postings) that both state COADF has sold 11 million wordwide. [1] [2] Bbmtn ( talk) 23:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
According to these sales tables, Madonna has sold 315 million records in her career. That’s 173 million albums & 142 million singles. I don’t know why the 210 million figure is in bold on this page. If indeed her albums have sold in excess of 200 million copies, her album sales are going to have to be modified in order for them to make up the 200 million, as it only reaches 173 million. Her single sales are mammoth, that should be noted on her front page, I mean 140 million single sales, unprecedented. That ranks her alongside Elvis.
Isn’t there a source from Nielsen Soundscan, which gives over-the-counter-sales of her albums released since 1991. And her albums released before 1991, which were still counted through Nielsen Soundscan. The Nielsen Soundscan sales are featured on Mariah Carey’s discography, and generally makes it look more professional.
Don’t forget an album cannot sell more copies in the United States than what has being shipped. This appears to be the case for several of her albums.
If Madonna has 62 million platinum discs, the number of said platinum discs on Wikipedia are incorrect. I added the certifications from the riaa.com database and the total is 61 million, but the database hasn't been updated. The database doesn't include the 3 new platinum certifications of Music, Bedtime Stories, & COADF. That would bring the total to 64 Million platinum discs in the US.
Also, the US album sales has too many sources and looks unkempt. If there is no official up-to-date source of actually sales, might I suggest the sales be based on RIAA certifications until there is? ( ThisIsMyName 14:42, 17 December 2005 (UTC))
Yes. It is for shipments, not sales. But COADF has sold 1.5 million according to Billboard, and most likely is up to 1.6 million now.
It is not up to 1.6 million! It was near the bottom of the top 200 when it was announced the album was at 1.5 million. Therefore, it is in all probablilty not up to 1.6 million.
COADF soundscan sales in the USA are now sitting at 1,599,300 as of January 2007. Obviously it will pass 1.6 million next week.
Confessions on a Dancefloor has not sold 4 million copies worldwide. It MOVED 4 million woldwide, moved has the same meaning as SHIPPED. If she would have SOLD 4 mllion copies in one week, she would have beat out Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Usher, and the Beatles for the most sales in one week, which clearly she has not. It would be in the news, because it would be a world record. E! Online & Yahoo! Music should not be an official source for counting record sales. - ThisIsMyName 00:02, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Worldwide record sales of "Confessions" USA: 350,000 (although the debut number is 344,061) UK: 210,000 Germany: 200,000 Italy: 150,000 France: 140,000 Spain: 100,000 Canada: 70,000 Sweden: 60,000 Japan: 50,000 Australia:40,000 Ireland: 30,000 Brazil: 25,000 Denmark: 20,000 Argentina: 15,000 Finland: 15,000 Portugal: 10,000 Norway: 10,000 Switzerland: 10,000 Belgium: 10,000 Taiwan: 5,000 South Korea: 2,000 Singapore: 7,500
There is no proof the cd selling over 3.5 million in the first week, nor does the link posted beforehand provide the total amount of sales. Record label always know how many copies were shipped (moved). And they never exaggerate those numbers. Why? Because they have to pay royalties to the artists, producers, musicians, etc. So if a label says a certain amount was shipped (moved), it has to give a check with an amount of money proportional to those sales. ( ThisIsMyName 11:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC))
The source for "Confessions.." worldwide sales is an official source, but the article is from Herald Sun newspaper that is dated 17th November 2005. The sales of the record had not been calculated in 2 days of the release date. ( ThisIsMyName 11:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC))
At the moment we get official sales from Warner USA, Japan, Germany, UK and France - and everytime the sales differ. -- Red-Blue-White 01:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
In case of albums totals the figures given seem to be rather low, it's less than 170 mln worldwide, and according to Warner Madonna has sold more than 200 mln albums worlwide.
I wonder why the discography table doesn't include totals. Gbeeker 18:30, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
No es justo que las ventas de Mariah Carey esten tan altas y las de Madonna esten tan bajas
Is "Confessions On A Dancefloor" being released on November 15 or November 29? Different sources say either of the two. Sebastian Prospero 22:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)M
I agree why does the discography add up to 175 while Warner state 200million albums.
Hey, finally the IFPI confirms Madoona's sold MORE than 200 million albums... OFFICIAL data from the most official source in the world... End of discussion. [7] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.70.181.217 ( talk) 17:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
LAUGH90 you are obviously a pissed off MOOriah lamb. Not only does Warner Brothers claim Madonna has sold over 200 million albums. [9]but so does the IFPI [10]and the IFPI is official and represents the recording industry worldwide. Bbmtn ( talk) 07:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Being a bit nit-picky here... and if anyone disagrees feel free to revert my change... but I think it is a mistake to update the singles table week-by-week with a new chart position, as it insinuates that the number listed in the table is the peak position, which it isn't. Adding a number after a song has peaked seems more accurate and logical. Perhaps an asterisk or symbol of some sort can indicate that "song is currently charting" or something to that affect? I'm looking specifically at "Hung Up", with a #25 in the Dance chart column. I think its safe to say it will not peak there, but the table as it stands now indicates otherwise. -- eo 14:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I reverted these edits by 70.18.232.89. As you can see, some numbers were changed. Due to the fact that he vandalized a page, I would like to see some actual referencing for the new information before I accept it. -- Wolf530 04:02, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Can someone please fix this. When you click on the song "True Blue" it takes you to the album. I'm not sure how to redirect this. The single should have its own page.
In this category: Category:Madonna songs, you have a few songs, and then there's a sub-category for "Singles". Wouldn't it make more sense to have everything in the "songs" main category? Singles are more difficult to define (where was it released as a single, which form -- radio edit, remix, etc.), so it may be more useful to people just find them all in one category. Thoughts? -- Wolf530 23:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
In which chronology should the Holiday Collection EP go? Singles or Compilations (like Remixed & Revisited)? -- Bensin 01:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Madonna 5xPlatinum (5,000,000) (October 2000) Like A Virgin Diamond=10xPlatinum (10,000,000) (May 1998) True Blue 7xPlatinum (7,000,000) (February 7, 1995) Who's That Girl Platinum (1,000,000) (September 1987) (1,300,000 shipped)* You Can Dance Platinum (1,000,000) (January 1988) (1,700,000 shipped)* Like A Prayer 4xPlatinum (4,000,000) (July 1997) I'm Breathless 2xPlatinum (2,000,000) (July 1990) (2,200,000 shipped)* The Immaculate Collection Diamond=10xPlatinum (10,000,000) (October 2001) Erotica 2xPlatinum (2,000,000) (January 1993) 1,873,000 Soundscan + 84,000 MC BMG=1,957,000 sold Bedtime Stories 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (November 2005) Something To Remember 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (October 2000) 2,061,000 Soundscan + 179,000 MC BMG=2,240,000 sold Evita 5xPlatinum (2x2,500,000)** (March 1999) (2,600,000 shipped)* Ray Of Light 4xPlatinum (4,000,000) (March 2000) (3,792,000 Soundscan + 459,000 MC BMG=4,251,000 sold) Music 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (November 2005) GHV2 Platinum (1,000,000) (December 2001) (1,321,000 Soundscan + 90,000 MC BMG=1,411,000 sold) American Life Platinum (1,000,000) (July 2003) 663,000 soundscan
A reminder for the next reverts/ edits. See RIAA [11] -- Red-Blue-White 00:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I think we should now separate the singles, albums and misc in their own articles, I already did the two Madonna albums discography and Madonna singles discography . This is allowed just look at Mariah Carey discography it is separated in two pages (albums and singles). And Can we rename this page into Madonna misc discography for the video releases, promos and misc. -- Hotwiki 15:16, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
The 2articles that I did is not bad at all duh and from what I saw Mariah Carey fans did a good job in their articles and since the articles I made are useless thanks to you, I will put back the infobox.-- Hotwiki 17:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Please delete the singles and look at Madonna singles, this page has 64 kb, and the singles are many.-- Daniel bg 10:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
The site has grown too big - 64 kb are really too much. Now we have Madonna albums and Madonna singles. -- Red-Blue-White 07:18, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
can any one tell me what the most famous and succesful Madonna album is? I assume Like a Prayer but some people seem to think it's Ray of Light. anybody???
True Blue is the most successful studio album, whereas Immaculate is only a Greatest Hits (and thus most people don't count it as an album). matt-( my page- leave me a message) 18:17, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Why is this album considered on the discography? I mean, it's oficial, OK; But it was just a limited edition of three thousand copies, not a massive release. -- PMS1234
There are no deluxe editions mentioned on discogs.com, nor available on Amazon and CD Universe, but I've noticed covers that look real and official of deluxe editions and I'd like to buy those albums. I assume those are remastered editions as well. Can anyone provide more info?
"True Blue" has been certified 8x Platinum according to rockonthenet.com. Please quit changing it to 7x Platinum just beause it has sold 7.4 million.
Promo singles such as "Impressive Instant" etc that only charted on the US Dance charts should be removed from the singles discography and put into a seperate Promos section. They are not "proper" singles. 81.154.179.141 21:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
This song charted on bubbling under as well on #124. It was eligible for the hot 100. If a song was released, formally remixed, and eligible for the chart I think it's a single. I would agree with you for promo singles that were ineligible to chart on the hot 100, such as the You Can Dance edits.
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Why does it say Ray of Light sold 4.2 million copies according to Billboard when Billboard's article CLEARLY stated the album sold 3,800,000?!
Hi, everybody! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the headline of Madonna discography page it is said: "only world's biggest music markets included". Suddenly I see among "biggest music markets" info from such overestimated countries like Austria, Switzerland and Ireland which by all means are not world's biggest music markets at all. How a country with a population of less than 10 million inhabitants can be considered as a big music market I wonder? At the same time the chart info from countries that really make the World's top 10 markets is absent. For example, we miss Italy and the Netherlands (the latter is, by the way, not only one of the biggest, but the one of the civilized markets in the world). Here is Madonna singles history in the Dutch Top 40. I hope this will be useful.
Holiday #11 Like a Virgin #4 Material Girl #8 Crazy for You #14 Into the Groove #1 (3 wks) Holiday (re-issue) #12 Dress You Up #5 (2 wks) Gambler #9 (2 wks) Borderline (re-issue) #2 (2 wks) Live to Tell #3 (3 wks) Papa Don't Preach #2 (3 wks) True Blue #4 (2 wks) Open Your Heart #7 La Isla Bonita #2 (2 wks) Who's That Girl #1 (4 wks) Causing a Commotion #3 (2 wks) The Look of Love #12 Like a Prayer #2 (4 wks) Express Yourself #5 Cherish #15 Dear Jessie #25 Vogue #2 Hanky Panky #13 (2 wks) Justify My Love #4 Rescue Me #9 This Used to Be My Playground #8 (2 wks) Erotica #8 Deeper and Deeper #17 (2 wks) Rain #36 Secret #15 Take a Bow #34 You'll See #15 Don't Cry for Me Argentina #3 (2 wks) Frozen #2 (4 wks) Ray of Light #17 (2 wks) Drowned World/Substitute for Love #27 Power of Goodbye #6 (3 wks) Beautiful Stranger #6 American Pie #4 Music #4 (2 wks) Don't Tell Me #12 (4 wks) What It Feels Like for a Girl #7 Die Another Day #4 American Life #13 Hollywood #25 Me Against the Music (w. B. Spears) #6 Hung Up #1 (7 wks) Sorry #2 (3 wks) Get Together #13 Jump #6 (2 wks)
All the best!
Frantic Romantic. Russia.
Where are these singles data from? 'Hung Up' shows 8.7m, which is way over the top. The United World Chart has 'Hung Up' at 8.7m inclusive of airplay. Take out airplay, and sales are 5.1m. Music is the same, and should be 4.3m. Also, Hung Up is now reported as her biggest selling single ever, therefore, all other singles 'must' be less than 5.1m (if that report is correct) 60.234.242.196 05:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Therefore the data, corrected for this is: 3.65m for Hung Up, 3.11m for Music, 2.41m for American Pie, 2.17m for Sorry —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.171.254.66 ( talk) 18:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
This was discussed, yet one user overrides all. Unbelievable. We now have a mix of sales and points. We now have a comment to say that to get to points use the % which was already there. We now have zero references to the data. We now have a massive increase in the vandalism of the figures. We now have totals incorporating both sales and points. I wish someone would bring in an administrator, as this is rediculous. Maggott2000 22:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
In 3 places on the actual wiki page for this album, as well as her, it states that this album has sold 11m. This page even says this information came from Warner Bros. I have seen virtually 100 sites that reference a press release by Warner, and these all say 8m. Can someone supply at least one link that mentions 11m. 146.171.254.66 22:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
True Blue is listed as having been certified 8x Platinum, but when I perform a search using the RIAA database, the highest certification I find is 7x Platinum on February 9, 1995. Is the online database just missing this certification, or was it for some reason re voked? - Charity 17:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The number of times the sales information keeps changing on this discography page is absolutely ridiculous. Even after someone has actually posted links showing sales information people keep coming in here and posting fake inflated sales figures (ie. American Life selling 6 million copies). This album has sold between 3.5 to 4 million as stated on the link and will probably never reach 6 million. So why do we have to see fake sales info constantly popping up on here. Someone should lock this page from editing. User:Mikeinrdgpa
Why do people change the sale number of I'm Going to Tell You a Secret? According to mediatraffic.de it has sold 444.000 units!!! It also doesnot reach one million with 7,5% of total sales which are not covered by mediatraffic.de.
There is no "Like a Virgin" or "True Blue" album data in the albums section. This data is missing between the "Madonna" and "Who's That Girl" album information. A Geographer 19:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
The album has only sold 500,000 worldwide. It did not sell 1 million, because it only sold 120,000 in the US and wasnt certified Platinum in Europe or anything like that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.94.46.100 ( talk) 20:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
We should not trust what someone from Amazon.com says. It is not official from a record label or whatever, so we shouldn't use it as a source for sales. I think we should use the other source because it is much more reliable. LAUGH90 16:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
I am of the opinion that this makes the chart look more professional, so I vote for it to stay. 60.234.242.196 05:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I also think the chart looks very professional and aesthetically pleasing, i tried doing it to the singles, but i inadvertatently made a mess of the table, that is the only reason i reverted that, if someone wants to edit the singles, go for it, i just wasnt very good at it was all, i may try again when i have more time. i think we should implement this in other charts for discography - not only the flags, but the who look and feel of this chart, i think this chart is amazing with album art and flags, etc. i originally revamped it to this version, and everyone has embraced it and built so much on it 74.204.40.46 05:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I know this has been stated a few topics above, but i think its time we split the discography into Madonna albums and Madonna singles. This is an artist who has been releasing material for 25 years - this page has become far too cluttered and messy. If we were to have an albums page, we could split the tables into Studio albums, Compilation/remix albums and Live album (see Kylie Minogue discography). Madonna is hardly over, more releases are going to emerge and this page is going to expand even more. I think its time we split them. Peter2012 04:41, 23 March 2007
I agree, it used to be 2 pages if I am not mistaken, and merging them has created a huge jumbled article. Discography should be just for the albums, and a link to the singles page should be added to make it flow better. 74.204.40.46 11:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
The following sites report to have researched the sales data for Madonna. I will quote the data and the average from the lot. The average is close to what the figures that have been adopted. sites [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]
Madonna: 10m, 8m, 8.3m, 8m, 10m, 6.26m, 7.58m, 8m. ave = 8.3m
Like A Virgin: 20.4m, 19.5m, 18.3m, 19m, 19m. 14.37m, 17.15m, 19m. ave = 18.3m
True Blue: 22.5m, 20m, 19m, 20m, 14.98m, 17.9m, 21m. ave = 19.34m
Who's That Girl: 6m, 4.6m, 5m, 8m, 2.15m, 4m, 5m. ave = 5m
You Can Dance: 7m, 5.1m, 7m, 2.32m, 4.53m, 5m. ave = 5.1m
Like A Prayer: 15m, 13.5m, 11.4m, 15m, 9.17m, 11m, 13m. ave = 12.6m
I'm Breathless: 6.7m, 5.4m, 5m, 5m, 4.14m, 5.45m, 5m. ave = 5.2m
The Immaculate: 23m, 23m, 23m, 22m, 25m, 19.98m, 22.1m, 22m. ave = 22.5m
Erotica: 5.5m, 4.8m, 5m, 3.86m, 5.43m, 5m. ave = 5.0m
Bedtime Stories: 7m, 7m, 6m, 6m, 5.26m, 6.4m, 7m. ave = 6.4m
Something To Remember: 7.7m, 10m, 7.7m, 8m, 5.78m, 8.15m, 8m. ave = 7.9m
Evita: 11m. 17m, 7m, 11m, 5.7m, 5.7m, 11m. ave = 9.8m
Ray of Light: 17m, 15m, 15m, 14m, 14m, 12.56m, 13.49m, 14m. ave = 14.4m
Music: 15m, 13m, 13m, 14m, 8.61m, 9.39m, 15m. ave = 12.6m
GVH2: 7m, 5.1m, 7m, 3.42m, 4.94m, 7m. ave = 5.7m
American Life: 6.5m, 3.5m, 5m, 2.27m, 3.38m, 5m. Ave = 4.3m
Confessions ...: 8m, 6.14m, 7.6m, 11m (and Warner Bros 8m link). ave = 8.2m
There is concensus that Confessions has sold 8m, not 11m. There is no concensus on what Evita has sold. The ave figures also cannot be used, as considered non referenceable, so links representing closest to these is best approach.
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Can the person constantly moving I'm Breathless to the studio albums section give it a break. I'm Breathless is an album of music featured in and inspired by the motion picture Dick Tracy (film). According to the wikipedia on Soundtrack, this is what a soundtrack is! If that isn't enough proof, go to the music page of www.madonna.com and you'll find I'm Breathless under soundtracks. Now stop this rediculous ploy. Peter2012 12:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
None of that matters. Dick Tracy HAS AN OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK (that actually says "SOUNDTRACK" on it!) and "I'm Breathless" isn't it! The Mad-Eyes.net site summed it up best: "On May 22nd, 1990 Madonna released I'm Breathless, a studio album that is often seen as the soundtrack of Dick Tracy. However, only three songs are actually from the movie: More, Sooner Or Later and What Can You Lose, which are written by Stephen Sondheim and produced by Madonna and Bill Bottrell. The other songs are "inspired by" the film Dick Tracy and all written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard. Since the sound of all the tracks is very similar - all retro cabaret-jazz with an ironic twist - it's a very conceptual album." Doesn't matter if it would have existed if the movie hadn't come out or not, "I'm Breathless" is still really a studio album, loosely inspired/themed/whatever after the movie. The real soundtrack exists and is notarized, making this entire argument futile. One more time: "I'm Breathless" is NOT A SOUNDTRACK!!! -- 172.165.170.236 08:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
And STOP calling reverts of the article back to a version that features "I'm Breathless" in the studio album section "vandalism." It is not. Vandalism is when someone maliciously DESTROYS something, it isn't someone taking an opposite and equally forceful stance. Labeling "I'm Breathless" for what it is (a studio album) is not being a vandal. If I just wanted to get back @ or put people in their place, I could just as easily cry "vandalism" whenever one of you decides to put "I'm Breathless" in the "soundtrack" section. Meh. No one here owns this article, and therefore no one gets to deem their word as gospel, or have final say (except for an administrator) . -- 172.165.170.236 09:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
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[21] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Herewego123 ( talk • contribs) 11:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC).
Rikky Rooksby in the book "Madonna: the Complete Guide To Her Music" (Omnibus Press, 2004) also labels the album as a soundtrack and states that the movie "yielded no less than 3 seperate soundtrack albums. A singer/songwriter Andy Paley composed a number of songs in a 30s style...composer Danny Elfman created an album's worth of instrumental music, and finally Madonna produced an album of her own which included the three songs from the film..." He also quotes Madonna in a 1994 Q magazine interview for saying, "I would have to say that the favourite record I've made is the soundtrack to Dick Tracy." Peter2012 4:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I've protected the article because of the recent edit warring. Please discuss the issue here rather than undoing each other's edits again and again. Extraordinary Machine 13:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Ray of light sold much more than 14 million worldwide. Over 16 or 17 millions¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html
These both point to the same reference. It is a fan site where ALL the album sales are higher than all other sites. Refer the 'sales' section on this discussion page. 60.234.242.196 21:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
On the actual motion picture "Dick Tracy" itself it details this in the end film credits: The following albums available on Sire Records: Madonna's "I'm Breathless", "Dick Tracy" and "DIck Tracy" The Original Score Composed by Danny Elfman. Now I guess you could call that a soundtrack album seeing that its actually on the credits to the film!!!! ALL 3 albums are on Sire Records, ALL released round the same time, ALL mentioned in the film credits!!!!!! Also it was mentioned in the press at the time that it this was a first for a movie to have 3 SOUNDTRACKS!!!! Jwad 10:57, 8 April 2007.
"Music from and inspired by the film Spiderman 2" "Music from and inspired by the film Babel" "Music from and inspired by the film The Matrix" So what are these albums to be considered as? Concept albums not soundtracks? Stupid, futile, ridiculous sums up your arguement and you. Jwad 21:57, 10 April 2007.
On Madonna's official site www.madonna.com you can see I'm Breathless in the soundtrack area with all the other soundtracks Ramonojo 18:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd just like to point out that the song "Now I'm Following You" was also featured in the film Dick Tracy. That would make 5 of 12 songs on the soundtrack and/or companion being from the movie. I don't care if where you people list it. Way too much has been made of this. —Preceding
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I'm not sure how to describe it, but the special editions section is missing the version of GHV2 that was styled like a book. 216.70.147.136 14:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)Jeicyn
Sorry when doing the Special Editions I forgot to include this. GHV2 (Special Edition) (2001) Limited Edition Digipak CD, should be added to the Compilations section under "Other Madonna Compilations" when the disputes are finished. Thanks Jwad
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according to www.mad-eyes.net Madonna and Pharell have completed a new song titled "HEY YOU". The song will be released as a itunes download to raise money for carity in Malawi and Live Earth. She is rummured to be performing it at her june 7th performence at Live Earth at Wembley Stadium in London.
-Curtisy of Stick Cock in ass anal gay go! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.137.25 ( talk) 04:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC).
why is everybody so obsesed with lowering her sales?!?
-- Jojo D. 12:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
-- CutyViolet 09:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
-- Scary Boo 09:52, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree also. As for the "adding sales to confessions" comment, here are sources that say otherwise. (The sources for other albums has long been updated on the links, though.) AbsoluteMadonna.com album statistics [25]
Hey, i just noticed that Madonna has got 6 # 2 singles in US!!! Isnt this a record? Somebody answer!
-- Mysterious Spy 08:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
For some really creepy reason, people are saying COADF sold 8 million copies. Didn't Warner Bros. say in the news that this album sold 4.5 million copies in 2005, another 4.5 million in 2006 because of her tour and another 2 million in the first half of 2007. That will make COADF total sales be 11 million. But whenever I change iit, there is always some lunatic changing it back to 8 million. I am also pretty sure that American Life sold 5 million, not 4. I also think that GHV2 selling 6 million copies worldwide is absolutely ridiculous. I mean, come on, a greatest hits collection? It obviously sold 8 million, like it was before some lunatic Mariah fan changed it. Besides, I think it is about time we buffed her sales to equal 250 million albums. She has sold 250 million albums has been mentioned in a variety of sources. Check the page: List of bestselling artists for the sources.
The album sales on this page are sometimes different than the sources that are beside them. American Life, which according to the discography, sold 4 million, although the link that is giving says 5 million. The link giving for GHV2 says it sold 7 million, although on the discography it says it only sold 6 million. I think that this page has too many sources. It makes it look untidy. Why can't we vote on one source and stick with it? Personally, I find this quite funny. It's like trying to bring Madonna down but can't find a source low enough.
COMMENTS: certifications should be proven first with data informations from reliable sources. Informations should not be from just sources that may falsify data. Madonna and Mariah had proven their sales records. And by the way, some fans should not accuse someone from another party from changing informations. Greatest hits records, though it listed hit singles should not be immediately be commented as a big hit that anyother artist, because again, its the data that counts. Madonna had started earlier than Mariah so naturally she have advantage than any artist. Mariah started later and during the begginong of her career she had outstandingly impressed sales records. Each had their talents, both are artist.
I think that her achievements on the Japanese singles chart should be left out. Certainly, Japanese singles hit parade have high proportion on the worldwide music industries, but staple of it have dominated by local artists, especially since the late 1990s.
At the stage now, over 1,020 songs have entered to the #1 on the Oricon, but its materials produced by Western musicians are only 12 songs. [26] To date, non-Asians who have sold more than a million units singles are no more than 18 artists. (Madonna hasn't been able to enter this "list of the best-selling music artists"). Surprisingly, her single that reached top-20 on its single chart is only "Like a Virgin", reaching #19 and ultimately selling nearly 130,000 units. Even her most worldwide commercially successful song "Hung Up" in 2005, managed to reach at #59 and sold about 7,000 copies in that country. [27]
By contrast, she have kept overwhelming popularity on the albums chart. Since her breakthrough album Like a Virgin to the present, she have produced 16 top-ten albums including 2 number-one hits. According to the official site of hit parade, she is one of the foreign music acts who have the most top-10 hit albums in Japan, along with The Beatles, Paul McCartney and the Queen. I feel that such a fact is the very worth indicating. -— Theytotal (Talk) 10:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Can some one please tell me the first week sales in the US for each album? I also really want to know how long Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Music, American Life and Confessions on a Dance Floor spend at the #1 position. Thanks.
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml
This link says that True Blue sold 21 million, and was certified 8 Platinum. Can someone please change the sales for True Blue to 19-21 instead of 19-20? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.8.179 ( talk) 14:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that many people over here believe they can enter a page and alternate its contents without worrying whether what they write collides with what the sources say. Madonna discography is such a case, since the numbers of sales in the article have nothing to do with the numbers mentioned in the links. I can completely understand how important Madonna can be for some people, she is my favorite artist as well, but Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia, and according to what the rules say, "Encyclopedic content must be verified". If you people have proof for the outrageously inflated numbers presented here , from widely recognized and trustworthy charts and sites, please paste the corresponding links next to these numbers. Otherwise STICK TO WHAT THE LINKS SAY. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO OTHERWISE. This is a serious site and you cannot write whatever comes to mind without proper JUSTIFICATION. If you truly admire Madonna, stop acting this way and please RESPECT THE OFFICIAL RULES. If this behavior continues, I think this page and others like it, should be locked , if not closed down. Wikipedia is an experiment based on the writer's GOOD WILL and the visitor's need for VERIFIED AND TRUSTWORTHY resources. If we keep supporting lies, as we do in this page, then I guess this site's CREDIBILITY SHOULD BE HIGHLY DOUBTED. I repeat, Madonna discography is one case. Of course there must be dozens of other articles including unverified information.
P.S. Check out madonna.com "MUSIC" section, in which all her discography is included. Not even the artist's official website supports the numbers mentioned here!!! [[User:-- Agapitos60 06:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)] 09:37, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
i agree, some administrators should check this out
Madonna's song "Into The Groove" on Australian chart is marked as * (star) ... why??? Isn't there a data? -- Digital1 13:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
This really should read # '1", as Into the Groove was a 12" double a-side in Aus with Angel and was credited on the Aus Music Report as Angel/Into The Groove.
Andypeter
22:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
As found on the net. As of 02 January 2008 search.:
Immaculate Collection:
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tic/ = 25 million
http://www.goldlyrics.com/review/madonna/immaculate_collection/110098_immaculate_it_is_indeed/ = 22 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/madonna-immaculate-collection.html = 26 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html = 30 million
http://do512.com/event/2007/10/06/opposite-day-the-immaculate-collection = 23 million
http://www.oppositeday.com/test_page2/madonna_press_release.html = 23 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 22 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 23 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 22 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 22 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 23 million
Confessions On a Dance Floor:
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=0a1b8f4d-b3ae-4198-a432-f37ca209aaae = 11 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Confessions%20on%20a%20Dance%20Floor = 8 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 12 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/coadf/ = 8 million
http://www.madonna-online.ch/m-online/discography/05_coad/disco-05-coad-album.htm = 7.4 million
http://thestreetsofsanfrancisco.blogspot.com/2007/09/diva-explosion.html = 8 million
http://www.madonna-charts.com/coadf/coadf.htm = 8 million
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1325809620071015 = 7 million
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2638956.ece = 8 million
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18802 = 8 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007/09/madonna-does-anyone-make-pop-music.html = 8 million
http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1241 = 8 million
http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-album-achievements.htm = 7.5 million
http://music.aol.ca/article/live-nation-madonna/189/ = 7 million
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877666 = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/biography/ = 6 million
Ray of Light:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Ray%20of%20Light = 15 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 14 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 15 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 14 million
http://www.madonnalyrics.com/Ray+Of+Light = 15 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 15 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/rol/index.htm = 15 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/biography/ = 17 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 14 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 17 million
True Blue:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/True%20Blue = 20 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml - 21 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html - 22 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 20 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 20 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tb/index.htm = 19 million
http://www.hicelebs.com/albums/true_blue/trivia.html = 20 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 19 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 22.5 million
Evita:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Evita = 7 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 11 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 11 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/first/index.htm = 7 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 11.1 million
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Reinvention%20Tour = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/imgttyas/index.htm = 0.5 million
Madonna:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/The%201st%20Album = 8 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 8 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/first/index.htm = 8 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 10 million
American Life:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/American%20Life = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 4 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6.5 million
I'm Breathless:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ib/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6.7 million
Like a Prayer:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Like%20A%20Prayer = 13 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 13 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 14 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 13 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 13 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/lap/index.htm = 11 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 11 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 15 million
GHV2:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/GHV2 = 7 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 7 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 7 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ghv2/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Remixed and Revisited:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Remixed%20And%20Revisited = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1 million
Confessions Tour:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1.2 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tct/index.htm = 1 million
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18802 = 1.2 million
Music:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 15 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 13 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 14 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 13 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/music/index.htm = 13 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 10 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 15 million
Something to Remember:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/str/index.htm = 8 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7.7 million
Bedtime Stories:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 7 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 6 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 6 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/bs/index.htm = 6 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Erotica:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/erotica/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 5.5 million
You Can Dance:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ycd/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 5 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Who's That Girl:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/wtg/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6 million
Like a Virgin:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 19 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 20 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 19 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 19 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/lav/index.htm = 18 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 20.4 million
The following has been presented by an editor:
Madonna Madonna S 1983 9500000
Madonna Like A Virgin S 1984 20000000
Madonna True Blue S 1986 22000000
Madonna Like a Prayer S 1989 14000000
Madonna Erotica S 1992 6500000
Madonna Bedtime Stories S 1994 7000000
Madonna Ray of Light S 1998 15000000
Madonna Music S 2000 11500000
Madonna American Life S 2003 4000000
Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor S 2005 9000000
Madonna You Can Dance C 1987 5000000
Madonna Who s That Girl C 1987 5000000
Madonna The Immaculate Collection C 1990 26500000
Madonna I m Breathless Soundtrack C 1990 6000000
Madonna Something to Remember C 1995 8500000
Madonna Evita Soundtrack C 1996 7000000
Madonna GHV2 C 2001 5500000
Madonna Remixed & Revisited C 2003 1000000
This list is as equally as verifiable as the other fan sites that have been used, so can be considered acceptable - except where there is an official press release or official figure rather than from a fansite that this is. So any that are from official sources (i.e Warner Bros. Madonna Offical website) have to take precidence as per wikipedia policy on verifiable sources. 60.234.242.196 ( talk) 08:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't "Sing" the feat with Annie Lennox be mentioned here? Alecsdaniel
I'm wondering about why songs are separated "by sales" and "by points". Who exactly is assigning these points and on what are they based... specifically the "Votes" part? Who is voting? In the points column, I see numbers followed by "m", which I assume means "million". So is that million "points" or million copies sold? If the "m" indicates sales, then why in the world is the column header showing "points"? It seems extremely silly... why are sourced sales figures not used throughout the entire singles discography? Does anyone know how or why this "points" thing was even added? - eo ( talk) 22:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Could someone perhaps archive the previous discussions? I don't know how to do that myself.-- Phant ( talk) 20:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I want to know where the supposed Lounge album comes in to play. My Paradise: The Lounge Album, released in 2007 apparently, consists of several remixes and a couple untouched songs.
Track list I have is this: Bittersweet (Chopped Out Choprah Mix) Ray of Light (Ambient Edit) Has to Be Paradise (Not For Me) Secret (Dens54 Deep Remix) I Want You (Dens54 JB Densappella Frozen (Stereo MCs Edit) To Have and Not to Hold I'll Remember (William Orbit Remix) Nothing Fails (Slow Vocal Remix) Music (Groove Armada 12" Mix) Nothing Really Matters (Kruder and Dorfmeister Vocal Edit) Bedtime Story (Cookie Mix) Don't Tell Me (Victor Calderone Sensory Edit) Deeper and Deeper (Funky's Groove On Mix) What It Feels Like For a Girl (Stephan Pompougnac Remix) If You Forget Me (Taxi Ride Mix)
Clearly these aren't some fan made remixes, since I know Stereo MCs, William Orbit, and Groove Armada are well known artists. The cover art (which I can post up if requested) seems pretty legit to me.
However, the only results I can find when googling the title is a bunch of torrent sites.-- Phant ( talk) 00:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
There's no way that "Like A Virgin" sold 21 million worldwide when we have only 14 million certified units. We have 10 million certified units for shipment in the USA, not sales. Sales are always lower than shipment for several million copies. Take Mariah Carey albums as example: her Diamond albums are sold around 7 million copies, not 10. The same goes for all artists.
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The discography lists 3 sources for 8 million worldwide. One of the sources has an invalid link. Another source is from a post on a MESSAGEBOARD(which is pretty pointless) The only valid Source is the is the one from which is from Billboard BUT that article on Billboard is now OLD and the album had only been out 8 months at the point the article was written(and COADF was not an album that slid down the charts right away worldwide.) Here is 2 sources(neither are invalid links or messageboard postings) that both state COADF has sold 11 million wordwide. [1] [2] Bbmtn ( talk) 23:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
According to these sales tables, Madonna has sold 315 million records in her career. That’s 173 million albums & 142 million singles. I don’t know why the 210 million figure is in bold on this page. If indeed her albums have sold in excess of 200 million copies, her album sales are going to have to be modified in order for them to make up the 200 million, as it only reaches 173 million. Her single sales are mammoth, that should be noted on her front page, I mean 140 million single sales, unprecedented. That ranks her alongside Elvis.
Isn’t there a source from Nielsen Soundscan, which gives over-the-counter-sales of her albums released since 1991. And her albums released before 1991, which were still counted through Nielsen Soundscan. The Nielsen Soundscan sales are featured on Mariah Carey’s discography, and generally makes it look more professional.
Don’t forget an album cannot sell more copies in the United States than what has being shipped. This appears to be the case for several of her albums.
If Madonna has 62 million platinum discs, the number of said platinum discs on Wikipedia are incorrect. I added the certifications from the riaa.com database and the total is 61 million, but the database hasn't been updated. The database doesn't include the 3 new platinum certifications of Music, Bedtime Stories, & COADF. That would bring the total to 64 Million platinum discs in the US.
Also, the US album sales has too many sources and looks unkempt. If there is no official up-to-date source of actually sales, might I suggest the sales be based on RIAA certifications until there is? ( ThisIsMyName 14:42, 17 December 2005 (UTC))
Yes. It is for shipments, not sales. But COADF has sold 1.5 million according to Billboard, and most likely is up to 1.6 million now.
It is not up to 1.6 million! It was near the bottom of the top 200 when it was announced the album was at 1.5 million. Therefore, it is in all probablilty not up to 1.6 million.
COADF soundscan sales in the USA are now sitting at 1,599,300 as of January 2007. Obviously it will pass 1.6 million next week.
Confessions on a Dancefloor has not sold 4 million copies worldwide. It MOVED 4 million woldwide, moved has the same meaning as SHIPPED. If she would have SOLD 4 mllion copies in one week, she would have beat out Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Usher, and the Beatles for the most sales in one week, which clearly she has not. It would be in the news, because it would be a world record. E! Online & Yahoo! Music should not be an official source for counting record sales. - ThisIsMyName 00:02, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Worldwide record sales of "Confessions" USA: 350,000 (although the debut number is 344,061) UK: 210,000 Germany: 200,000 Italy: 150,000 France: 140,000 Spain: 100,000 Canada: 70,000 Sweden: 60,000 Japan: 50,000 Australia:40,000 Ireland: 30,000 Brazil: 25,000 Denmark: 20,000 Argentina: 15,000 Finland: 15,000 Portugal: 10,000 Norway: 10,000 Switzerland: 10,000 Belgium: 10,000 Taiwan: 5,000 South Korea: 2,000 Singapore: 7,500
There is no proof the cd selling over 3.5 million in the first week, nor does the link posted beforehand provide the total amount of sales. Record label always know how many copies were shipped (moved). And they never exaggerate those numbers. Why? Because they have to pay royalties to the artists, producers, musicians, etc. So if a label says a certain amount was shipped (moved), it has to give a check with an amount of money proportional to those sales. ( ThisIsMyName 11:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC))
The source for "Confessions.." worldwide sales is an official source, but the article is from Herald Sun newspaper that is dated 17th November 2005. The sales of the record had not been calculated in 2 days of the release date. ( ThisIsMyName 11:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC))
At the moment we get official sales from Warner USA, Japan, Germany, UK and France - and everytime the sales differ. -- Red-Blue-White 01:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
In case of albums totals the figures given seem to be rather low, it's less than 170 mln worldwide, and according to Warner Madonna has sold more than 200 mln albums worlwide.
I wonder why the discography table doesn't include totals. Gbeeker 18:30, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
No es justo que las ventas de Mariah Carey esten tan altas y las de Madonna esten tan bajas
Is "Confessions On A Dancefloor" being released on November 15 or November 29? Different sources say either of the two. Sebastian Prospero 22:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)M
I agree why does the discography add up to 175 while Warner state 200million albums.
Hey, finally the IFPI confirms Madoona's sold MORE than 200 million albums... OFFICIAL data from the most official source in the world... End of discussion. [7] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.70.181.217 ( talk) 17:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
LAUGH90 you are obviously a pissed off MOOriah lamb. Not only does Warner Brothers claim Madonna has sold over 200 million albums. [9]but so does the IFPI [10]and the IFPI is official and represents the recording industry worldwide. Bbmtn ( talk) 07:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Being a bit nit-picky here... and if anyone disagrees feel free to revert my change... but I think it is a mistake to update the singles table week-by-week with a new chart position, as it insinuates that the number listed in the table is the peak position, which it isn't. Adding a number after a song has peaked seems more accurate and logical. Perhaps an asterisk or symbol of some sort can indicate that "song is currently charting" or something to that affect? I'm looking specifically at "Hung Up", with a #25 in the Dance chart column. I think its safe to say it will not peak there, but the table as it stands now indicates otherwise. -- eo 14:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
I reverted these edits by 70.18.232.89. As you can see, some numbers were changed. Due to the fact that he vandalized a page, I would like to see some actual referencing for the new information before I accept it. -- Wolf530 04:02, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Can someone please fix this. When you click on the song "True Blue" it takes you to the album. I'm not sure how to redirect this. The single should have its own page.
In this category: Category:Madonna songs, you have a few songs, and then there's a sub-category for "Singles". Wouldn't it make more sense to have everything in the "songs" main category? Singles are more difficult to define (where was it released as a single, which form -- radio edit, remix, etc.), so it may be more useful to people just find them all in one category. Thoughts? -- Wolf530 23:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
In which chronology should the Holiday Collection EP go? Singles or Compilations (like Remixed & Revisited)? -- Bensin 01:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Madonna 5xPlatinum (5,000,000) (October 2000) Like A Virgin Diamond=10xPlatinum (10,000,000) (May 1998) True Blue 7xPlatinum (7,000,000) (February 7, 1995) Who's That Girl Platinum (1,000,000) (September 1987) (1,300,000 shipped)* You Can Dance Platinum (1,000,000) (January 1988) (1,700,000 shipped)* Like A Prayer 4xPlatinum (4,000,000) (July 1997) I'm Breathless 2xPlatinum (2,000,000) (July 1990) (2,200,000 shipped)* The Immaculate Collection Diamond=10xPlatinum (10,000,000) (October 2001) Erotica 2xPlatinum (2,000,000) (January 1993) 1,873,000 Soundscan + 84,000 MC BMG=1,957,000 sold Bedtime Stories 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (November 2005) Something To Remember 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (October 2000) 2,061,000 Soundscan + 179,000 MC BMG=2,240,000 sold Evita 5xPlatinum (2x2,500,000)** (March 1999) (2,600,000 shipped)* Ray Of Light 4xPlatinum (4,000,000) (March 2000) (3,792,000 Soundscan + 459,000 MC BMG=4,251,000 sold) Music 3xPlatinum (3,000,000) (November 2005) GHV2 Platinum (1,000,000) (December 2001) (1,321,000 Soundscan + 90,000 MC BMG=1,411,000 sold) American Life Platinum (1,000,000) (July 2003) 663,000 soundscan
A reminder for the next reverts/ edits. See RIAA [11] -- Red-Blue-White 00:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I think we should now separate the singles, albums and misc in their own articles, I already did the two Madonna albums discography and Madonna singles discography . This is allowed just look at Mariah Carey discography it is separated in two pages (albums and singles). And Can we rename this page into Madonna misc discography for the video releases, promos and misc. -- Hotwiki 15:16, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
The 2articles that I did is not bad at all duh and from what I saw Mariah Carey fans did a good job in their articles and since the articles I made are useless thanks to you, I will put back the infobox.-- Hotwiki 17:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Please delete the singles and look at Madonna singles, this page has 64 kb, and the singles are many.-- Daniel bg 10:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
The site has grown too big - 64 kb are really too much. Now we have Madonna albums and Madonna singles. -- Red-Blue-White 07:18, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
can any one tell me what the most famous and succesful Madonna album is? I assume Like a Prayer but some people seem to think it's Ray of Light. anybody???
True Blue is the most successful studio album, whereas Immaculate is only a Greatest Hits (and thus most people don't count it as an album). matt-( my page- leave me a message) 18:17, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Why is this album considered on the discography? I mean, it's oficial, OK; But it was just a limited edition of three thousand copies, not a massive release. -- PMS1234
There are no deluxe editions mentioned on discogs.com, nor available on Amazon and CD Universe, but I've noticed covers that look real and official of deluxe editions and I'd like to buy those albums. I assume those are remastered editions as well. Can anyone provide more info?
"True Blue" has been certified 8x Platinum according to rockonthenet.com. Please quit changing it to 7x Platinum just beause it has sold 7.4 million.
Promo singles such as "Impressive Instant" etc that only charted on the US Dance charts should be removed from the singles discography and put into a seperate Promos section. They are not "proper" singles. 81.154.179.141 21:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
This song charted on bubbling under as well on #124. It was eligible for the hot 100. If a song was released, formally remixed, and eligible for the chart I think it's a single. I would agree with you for promo singles that were ineligible to chart on the hot 100, such as the You Can Dance edits.
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Why does it say Ray of Light sold 4.2 million copies according to Billboard when Billboard's article CLEARLY stated the album sold 3,800,000?!
Hi, everybody! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the headline of Madonna discography page it is said: "only world's biggest music markets included". Suddenly I see among "biggest music markets" info from such overestimated countries like Austria, Switzerland and Ireland which by all means are not world's biggest music markets at all. How a country with a population of less than 10 million inhabitants can be considered as a big music market I wonder? At the same time the chart info from countries that really make the World's top 10 markets is absent. For example, we miss Italy and the Netherlands (the latter is, by the way, not only one of the biggest, but the one of the civilized markets in the world). Here is Madonna singles history in the Dutch Top 40. I hope this will be useful.
Holiday #11 Like a Virgin #4 Material Girl #8 Crazy for You #14 Into the Groove #1 (3 wks) Holiday (re-issue) #12 Dress You Up #5 (2 wks) Gambler #9 (2 wks) Borderline (re-issue) #2 (2 wks) Live to Tell #3 (3 wks) Papa Don't Preach #2 (3 wks) True Blue #4 (2 wks) Open Your Heart #7 La Isla Bonita #2 (2 wks) Who's That Girl #1 (4 wks) Causing a Commotion #3 (2 wks) The Look of Love #12 Like a Prayer #2 (4 wks) Express Yourself #5 Cherish #15 Dear Jessie #25 Vogue #2 Hanky Panky #13 (2 wks) Justify My Love #4 Rescue Me #9 This Used to Be My Playground #8 (2 wks) Erotica #8 Deeper and Deeper #17 (2 wks) Rain #36 Secret #15 Take a Bow #34 You'll See #15 Don't Cry for Me Argentina #3 (2 wks) Frozen #2 (4 wks) Ray of Light #17 (2 wks) Drowned World/Substitute for Love #27 Power of Goodbye #6 (3 wks) Beautiful Stranger #6 American Pie #4 Music #4 (2 wks) Don't Tell Me #12 (4 wks) What It Feels Like for a Girl #7 Die Another Day #4 American Life #13 Hollywood #25 Me Against the Music (w. B. Spears) #6 Hung Up #1 (7 wks) Sorry #2 (3 wks) Get Together #13 Jump #6 (2 wks)
All the best!
Frantic Romantic. Russia.
Where are these singles data from? 'Hung Up' shows 8.7m, which is way over the top. The United World Chart has 'Hung Up' at 8.7m inclusive of airplay. Take out airplay, and sales are 5.1m. Music is the same, and should be 4.3m. Also, Hung Up is now reported as her biggest selling single ever, therefore, all other singles 'must' be less than 5.1m (if that report is correct) 60.234.242.196 05:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Therefore the data, corrected for this is: 3.65m for Hung Up, 3.11m for Music, 2.41m for American Pie, 2.17m for Sorry —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.171.254.66 ( talk) 18:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
This was discussed, yet one user overrides all. Unbelievable. We now have a mix of sales and points. We now have a comment to say that to get to points use the % which was already there. We now have zero references to the data. We now have a massive increase in the vandalism of the figures. We now have totals incorporating both sales and points. I wish someone would bring in an administrator, as this is rediculous. Maggott2000 22:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
In 3 places on the actual wiki page for this album, as well as her, it states that this album has sold 11m. This page even says this information came from Warner Bros. I have seen virtually 100 sites that reference a press release by Warner, and these all say 8m. Can someone supply at least one link that mentions 11m. 146.171.254.66 22:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
True Blue is listed as having been certified 8x Platinum, but when I perform a search using the RIAA database, the highest certification I find is 7x Platinum on February 9, 1995. Is the online database just missing this certification, or was it for some reason re voked? - Charity 17:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The number of times the sales information keeps changing on this discography page is absolutely ridiculous. Even after someone has actually posted links showing sales information people keep coming in here and posting fake inflated sales figures (ie. American Life selling 6 million copies). This album has sold between 3.5 to 4 million as stated on the link and will probably never reach 6 million. So why do we have to see fake sales info constantly popping up on here. Someone should lock this page from editing. User:Mikeinrdgpa
Why do people change the sale number of I'm Going to Tell You a Secret? According to mediatraffic.de it has sold 444.000 units!!! It also doesnot reach one million with 7,5% of total sales which are not covered by mediatraffic.de.
There is no "Like a Virgin" or "True Blue" album data in the albums section. This data is missing between the "Madonna" and "Who's That Girl" album information. A Geographer 19:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
The album has only sold 500,000 worldwide. It did not sell 1 million, because it only sold 120,000 in the US and wasnt certified Platinum in Europe or anything like that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.94.46.100 ( talk) 20:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
We should not trust what someone from Amazon.com says. It is not official from a record label or whatever, so we shouldn't use it as a source for sales. I think we should use the other source because it is much more reliable. LAUGH90 16:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
I am of the opinion that this makes the chart look more professional, so I vote for it to stay. 60.234.242.196 05:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I also think the chart looks very professional and aesthetically pleasing, i tried doing it to the singles, but i inadvertatently made a mess of the table, that is the only reason i reverted that, if someone wants to edit the singles, go for it, i just wasnt very good at it was all, i may try again when i have more time. i think we should implement this in other charts for discography - not only the flags, but the who look and feel of this chart, i think this chart is amazing with album art and flags, etc. i originally revamped it to this version, and everyone has embraced it and built so much on it 74.204.40.46 05:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I know this has been stated a few topics above, but i think its time we split the discography into Madonna albums and Madonna singles. This is an artist who has been releasing material for 25 years - this page has become far too cluttered and messy. If we were to have an albums page, we could split the tables into Studio albums, Compilation/remix albums and Live album (see Kylie Minogue discography). Madonna is hardly over, more releases are going to emerge and this page is going to expand even more. I think its time we split them. Peter2012 04:41, 23 March 2007
I agree, it used to be 2 pages if I am not mistaken, and merging them has created a huge jumbled article. Discography should be just for the albums, and a link to the singles page should be added to make it flow better. 74.204.40.46 11:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
The following sites report to have researched the sales data for Madonna. I will quote the data and the average from the lot. The average is close to what the figures that have been adopted. sites [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]
Madonna: 10m, 8m, 8.3m, 8m, 10m, 6.26m, 7.58m, 8m. ave = 8.3m
Like A Virgin: 20.4m, 19.5m, 18.3m, 19m, 19m. 14.37m, 17.15m, 19m. ave = 18.3m
True Blue: 22.5m, 20m, 19m, 20m, 14.98m, 17.9m, 21m. ave = 19.34m
Who's That Girl: 6m, 4.6m, 5m, 8m, 2.15m, 4m, 5m. ave = 5m
You Can Dance: 7m, 5.1m, 7m, 2.32m, 4.53m, 5m. ave = 5.1m
Like A Prayer: 15m, 13.5m, 11.4m, 15m, 9.17m, 11m, 13m. ave = 12.6m
I'm Breathless: 6.7m, 5.4m, 5m, 5m, 4.14m, 5.45m, 5m. ave = 5.2m
The Immaculate: 23m, 23m, 23m, 22m, 25m, 19.98m, 22.1m, 22m. ave = 22.5m
Erotica: 5.5m, 4.8m, 5m, 3.86m, 5.43m, 5m. ave = 5.0m
Bedtime Stories: 7m, 7m, 6m, 6m, 5.26m, 6.4m, 7m. ave = 6.4m
Something To Remember: 7.7m, 10m, 7.7m, 8m, 5.78m, 8.15m, 8m. ave = 7.9m
Evita: 11m. 17m, 7m, 11m, 5.7m, 5.7m, 11m. ave = 9.8m
Ray of Light: 17m, 15m, 15m, 14m, 14m, 12.56m, 13.49m, 14m. ave = 14.4m
Music: 15m, 13m, 13m, 14m, 8.61m, 9.39m, 15m. ave = 12.6m
GVH2: 7m, 5.1m, 7m, 3.42m, 4.94m, 7m. ave = 5.7m
American Life: 6.5m, 3.5m, 5m, 2.27m, 3.38m, 5m. Ave = 4.3m
Confessions ...: 8m, 6.14m, 7.6m, 11m (and Warner Bros 8m link). ave = 8.2m
There is concensus that Confessions has sold 8m, not 11m. There is no concensus on what Evita has sold. The ave figures also cannot be used, as considered non referenceable, so links representing closest to these is best approach.
60.234.242.196
06:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Can the person constantly moving I'm Breathless to the studio albums section give it a break. I'm Breathless is an album of music featured in and inspired by the motion picture Dick Tracy (film). According to the wikipedia on Soundtrack, this is what a soundtrack is! If that isn't enough proof, go to the music page of www.madonna.com and you'll find I'm Breathless under soundtracks. Now stop this rediculous ploy. Peter2012 12:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
None of that matters. Dick Tracy HAS AN OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK (that actually says "SOUNDTRACK" on it!) and "I'm Breathless" isn't it! The Mad-Eyes.net site summed it up best: "On May 22nd, 1990 Madonna released I'm Breathless, a studio album that is often seen as the soundtrack of Dick Tracy. However, only three songs are actually from the movie: More, Sooner Or Later and What Can You Lose, which are written by Stephen Sondheim and produced by Madonna and Bill Bottrell. The other songs are "inspired by" the film Dick Tracy and all written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard. Since the sound of all the tracks is very similar - all retro cabaret-jazz with an ironic twist - it's a very conceptual album." Doesn't matter if it would have existed if the movie hadn't come out or not, "I'm Breathless" is still really a studio album, loosely inspired/themed/whatever after the movie. The real soundtrack exists and is notarized, making this entire argument futile. One more time: "I'm Breathless" is NOT A SOUNDTRACK!!! -- 172.165.170.236 08:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
And STOP calling reverts of the article back to a version that features "I'm Breathless" in the studio album section "vandalism." It is not. Vandalism is when someone maliciously DESTROYS something, it isn't someone taking an opposite and equally forceful stance. Labeling "I'm Breathless" for what it is (a studio album) is not being a vandal. If I just wanted to get back @ or put people in their place, I could just as easily cry "vandalism" whenever one of you decides to put "I'm Breathless" in the "soundtrack" section. Meh. No one here owns this article, and therefore no one gets to deem their word as gospel, or have final say (except for an administrator) . -- 172.165.170.236 09:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
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[21] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Herewego123 ( talk • contribs) 11:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC).
Rikky Rooksby in the book "Madonna: the Complete Guide To Her Music" (Omnibus Press, 2004) also labels the album as a soundtrack and states that the movie "yielded no less than 3 seperate soundtrack albums. A singer/songwriter Andy Paley composed a number of songs in a 30s style...composer Danny Elfman created an album's worth of instrumental music, and finally Madonna produced an album of her own which included the three songs from the film..." He also quotes Madonna in a 1994 Q magazine interview for saying, "I would have to say that the favourite record I've made is the soundtrack to Dick Tracy." Peter2012 4:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I've protected the article because of the recent edit warring. Please discuss the issue here rather than undoing each other's edits again and again. Extraordinary Machine 13:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Ray of light sold much more than 14 million worldwide. Over 16 or 17 millions¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html
These both point to the same reference. It is a fan site where ALL the album sales are higher than all other sites. Refer the 'sales' section on this discussion page. 60.234.242.196 21:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
On the actual motion picture "Dick Tracy" itself it details this in the end film credits: The following albums available on Sire Records: Madonna's "I'm Breathless", "Dick Tracy" and "DIck Tracy" The Original Score Composed by Danny Elfman. Now I guess you could call that a soundtrack album seeing that its actually on the credits to the film!!!! ALL 3 albums are on Sire Records, ALL released round the same time, ALL mentioned in the film credits!!!!!! Also it was mentioned in the press at the time that it this was a first for a movie to have 3 SOUNDTRACKS!!!! Jwad 10:57, 8 April 2007.
"Music from and inspired by the film Spiderman 2" "Music from and inspired by the film Babel" "Music from and inspired by the film The Matrix" So what are these albums to be considered as? Concept albums not soundtracks? Stupid, futile, ridiculous sums up your arguement and you. Jwad 21:57, 10 April 2007.
On Madonna's official site www.madonna.com you can see I'm Breathless in the soundtrack area with all the other soundtracks Ramonojo 18:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd just like to point out that the song "Now I'm Following You" was also featured in the film Dick Tracy. That would make 5 of 12 songs on the soundtrack and/or companion being from the movie. I don't care if where you people list it. Way too much has been made of this. —Preceding
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I'm not sure how to describe it, but the special editions section is missing the version of GHV2 that was styled like a book. 216.70.147.136 14:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)Jeicyn
Sorry when doing the Special Editions I forgot to include this. GHV2 (Special Edition) (2001) Limited Edition Digipak CD, should be added to the Compilations section under "Other Madonna Compilations" when the disputes are finished. Thanks Jwad
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according to www.mad-eyes.net Madonna and Pharell have completed a new song titled "HEY YOU". The song will be released as a itunes download to raise money for carity in Malawi and Live Earth. She is rummured to be performing it at her june 7th performence at Live Earth at Wembley Stadium in London.
-Curtisy of Stick Cock in ass anal gay go! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.137.25 ( talk) 04:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC).
why is everybody so obsesed with lowering her sales?!?
-- Jojo D. 12:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
-- CutyViolet 09:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
-- Scary Boo 09:52, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree also. As for the "adding sales to confessions" comment, here are sources that say otherwise. (The sources for other albums has long been updated on the links, though.) AbsoluteMadonna.com album statistics [25]
Hey, i just noticed that Madonna has got 6 # 2 singles in US!!! Isnt this a record? Somebody answer!
-- Mysterious Spy 08:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
For some really creepy reason, people are saying COADF sold 8 million copies. Didn't Warner Bros. say in the news that this album sold 4.5 million copies in 2005, another 4.5 million in 2006 because of her tour and another 2 million in the first half of 2007. That will make COADF total sales be 11 million. But whenever I change iit, there is always some lunatic changing it back to 8 million. I am also pretty sure that American Life sold 5 million, not 4. I also think that GHV2 selling 6 million copies worldwide is absolutely ridiculous. I mean, come on, a greatest hits collection? It obviously sold 8 million, like it was before some lunatic Mariah fan changed it. Besides, I think it is about time we buffed her sales to equal 250 million albums. She has sold 250 million albums has been mentioned in a variety of sources. Check the page: List of bestselling artists for the sources.
The album sales on this page are sometimes different than the sources that are beside them. American Life, which according to the discography, sold 4 million, although the link that is giving says 5 million. The link giving for GHV2 says it sold 7 million, although on the discography it says it only sold 6 million. I think that this page has too many sources. It makes it look untidy. Why can't we vote on one source and stick with it? Personally, I find this quite funny. It's like trying to bring Madonna down but can't find a source low enough.
COMMENTS: certifications should be proven first with data informations from reliable sources. Informations should not be from just sources that may falsify data. Madonna and Mariah had proven their sales records. And by the way, some fans should not accuse someone from another party from changing informations. Greatest hits records, though it listed hit singles should not be immediately be commented as a big hit that anyother artist, because again, its the data that counts. Madonna had started earlier than Mariah so naturally she have advantage than any artist. Mariah started later and during the begginong of her career she had outstandingly impressed sales records. Each had their talents, both are artist.
I think that her achievements on the Japanese singles chart should be left out. Certainly, Japanese singles hit parade have high proportion on the worldwide music industries, but staple of it have dominated by local artists, especially since the late 1990s.
At the stage now, over 1,020 songs have entered to the #1 on the Oricon, but its materials produced by Western musicians are only 12 songs. [26] To date, non-Asians who have sold more than a million units singles are no more than 18 artists. (Madonna hasn't been able to enter this "list of the best-selling music artists"). Surprisingly, her single that reached top-20 on its single chart is only "Like a Virgin", reaching #19 and ultimately selling nearly 130,000 units. Even her most worldwide commercially successful song "Hung Up" in 2005, managed to reach at #59 and sold about 7,000 copies in that country. [27]
By contrast, she have kept overwhelming popularity on the albums chart. Since her breakthrough album Like a Virgin to the present, she have produced 16 top-ten albums including 2 number-one hits. According to the official site of hit parade, she is one of the foreign music acts who have the most top-10 hit albums in Japan, along with The Beatles, Paul McCartney and the Queen. I feel that such a fact is the very worth indicating. -— Theytotal (Talk) 10:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Can some one please tell me the first week sales in the US for each album? I also really want to know how long Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Music, American Life and Confessions on a Dance Floor spend at the #1 position. Thanks.
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml
This link says that True Blue sold 21 million, and was certified 8 Platinum. Can someone please change the sales for True Blue to 19-21 instead of 19-20? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.8.179 ( talk) 14:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that many people over here believe they can enter a page and alternate its contents without worrying whether what they write collides with what the sources say. Madonna discography is such a case, since the numbers of sales in the article have nothing to do with the numbers mentioned in the links. I can completely understand how important Madonna can be for some people, she is my favorite artist as well, but Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia, and according to what the rules say, "Encyclopedic content must be verified". If you people have proof for the outrageously inflated numbers presented here , from widely recognized and trustworthy charts and sites, please paste the corresponding links next to these numbers. Otherwise STICK TO WHAT THE LINKS SAY. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO OTHERWISE. This is a serious site and you cannot write whatever comes to mind without proper JUSTIFICATION. If you truly admire Madonna, stop acting this way and please RESPECT THE OFFICIAL RULES. If this behavior continues, I think this page and others like it, should be locked , if not closed down. Wikipedia is an experiment based on the writer's GOOD WILL and the visitor's need for VERIFIED AND TRUSTWORTHY resources. If we keep supporting lies, as we do in this page, then I guess this site's CREDIBILITY SHOULD BE HIGHLY DOUBTED. I repeat, Madonna discography is one case. Of course there must be dozens of other articles including unverified information.
P.S. Check out madonna.com "MUSIC" section, in which all her discography is included. Not even the artist's official website supports the numbers mentioned here!!! [[User:-- Agapitos60 06:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)] 09:37, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
i agree, some administrators should check this out
Madonna's song "Into The Groove" on Australian chart is marked as * (star) ... why??? Isn't there a data? -- Digital1 13:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
This really should read # '1", as Into the Groove was a 12" double a-side in Aus with Angel and was credited on the Aus Music Report as Angel/Into The Groove.
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22:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
As found on the net. As of 02 January 2008 search.:
Immaculate Collection:
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tic/ = 25 million
http://www.goldlyrics.com/review/madonna/immaculate_collection/110098_immaculate_it_is_indeed/ = 22 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/madonna-immaculate-collection.html = 26 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html = 30 million
http://do512.com/event/2007/10/06/opposite-day-the-immaculate-collection = 23 million
http://www.oppositeday.com/test_page2/madonna_press_release.html = 23 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 22 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 23 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 22 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 22 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 23 million
Confessions On a Dance Floor:
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=0a1b8f4d-b3ae-4198-a432-f37ca209aaae = 11 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Confessions%20on%20a%20Dance%20Floor = 8 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 12 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/coadf/ = 8 million
http://www.madonna-online.ch/m-online/discography/05_coad/disco-05-coad-album.htm = 7.4 million
http://thestreetsofsanfrancisco.blogspot.com/2007/09/diva-explosion.html = 8 million
http://www.madonna-charts.com/coadf/coadf.htm = 8 million
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1325809620071015 = 7 million
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2638956.ece = 8 million
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18802 = 8 million
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/2007/09/madonna-does-anyone-make-pop-music.html = 8 million
http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1241 = 8 million
http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-album-achievements.htm = 7.5 million
http://music.aol.ca/article/live-nation-madonna/189/ = 7 million
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877666 = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/biography/ = 6 million
Ray of Light:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Ray%20of%20Light = 15 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 14 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 15 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 14 million
http://www.madonnalyrics.com/Ray+Of+Light = 15 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 15 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/rol/index.htm = 15 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/biography/ = 17 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 14 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 17 million
True Blue:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/True%20Blue = 20 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml - 21 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html - 22 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 20 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 20 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tb/index.htm = 19 million
http://www.hicelebs.com/albums/true_blue/trivia.html = 20 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 19 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 22.5 million
Evita:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Evita = 7 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 11 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 11 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/first/index.htm = 7 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 11.1 million
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Reinvention%20Tour = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/imgttyas/index.htm = 0.5 million
Madonna:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/The%201st%20Album = 8 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 8 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/first/index.htm = 8 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 10 million
American Life:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/American%20Life = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 4 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6.5 million
I'm Breathless:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ib/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6.7 million
Like a Prayer:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Like%20A%20Prayer = 13 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 13 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 14 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 13 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 13 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/lap/index.htm = 11 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 11 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 15 million
GHV2:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/GHV2 = 7 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 7 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 7 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ghv2/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Remixed and Revisited:
http://vjekos-adam-diary-and-other-stuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Remixed%20And%20Revisited = 1 million
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1 million
Confessions Tour:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 1.2 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/tct/index.htm = 1 million
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18802 = 1.2 million
Music:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 15 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 13 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 14 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 13 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/music/index.htm = 13 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 10 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 15 million
Something to Remember:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 8 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 8 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/str/index.htm = 8 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7.7 million
Bedtime Stories:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 7 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 6 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 6 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/bs/index.htm = 6 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Erotica:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/erotica/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 5.5 million
You Can Dance:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/ycd/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.madonna.com/home/ = 5 million (official)
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 7 million
Who's That Girl:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 5 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 5 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/wtg/index.htm = 5 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 6 million
Like a Virgin:
http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml = 19 million
http://talk.livedaily.com/archive/index.php/t-337057.html = 20 million
http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ = 19 million
http://hcitabloid.proboards91.com/index.cgi?board=fanclubs&action=display&thread=1186323801 = 19 million
http://www.mad-eyes.net/disco/lav/index.htm = 18 million
http://www.beautifulmadonna.com/charts/albumven.html = 20.4 million
The following has been presented by an editor:
Madonna Madonna S 1983 9500000
Madonna Like A Virgin S 1984 20000000
Madonna True Blue S 1986 22000000
Madonna Like a Prayer S 1989 14000000
Madonna Erotica S 1992 6500000
Madonna Bedtime Stories S 1994 7000000
Madonna Ray of Light S 1998 15000000
Madonna Music S 2000 11500000
Madonna American Life S 2003 4000000
Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor S 2005 9000000
Madonna You Can Dance C 1987 5000000
Madonna Who s That Girl C 1987 5000000
Madonna The Immaculate Collection C 1990 26500000
Madonna I m Breathless Soundtrack C 1990 6000000
Madonna Something to Remember C 1995 8500000
Madonna Evita Soundtrack C 1996 7000000
Madonna GHV2 C 2001 5500000
Madonna Remixed & Revisited C 2003 1000000
This list is as equally as verifiable as the other fan sites that have been used, so can be considered acceptable - except where there is an official press release or official figure rather than from a fansite that this is. So any that are from official sources (i.e Warner Bros. Madonna Offical website) have to take precidence as per wikipedia policy on verifiable sources. 60.234.242.196 ( talk) 08:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't "Sing" the feat with Annie Lennox be mentioned here? Alecsdaniel
I'm wondering about why songs are separated "by sales" and "by points". Who exactly is assigning these points and on what are they based... specifically the "Votes" part? Who is voting? In the points column, I see numbers followed by "m", which I assume means "million". So is that million "points" or million copies sold? If the "m" indicates sales, then why in the world is the column header showing "points"? It seems extremely silly... why are sourced sales figures not used throughout the entire singles discography? Does anyone know how or why this "points" thing was even added? - eo ( talk) 22:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Could someone perhaps archive the previous discussions? I don't know how to do that myself.-- Phant ( talk) 20:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I want to know where the supposed Lounge album comes in to play. My Paradise: The Lounge Album, released in 2007 apparently, consists of several remixes and a couple untouched songs.
Track list I have is this: Bittersweet (Chopped Out Choprah Mix) Ray of Light (Ambient Edit) Has to Be Paradise (Not For Me) Secret (Dens54 Deep Remix) I Want You (Dens54 JB Densappella Frozen (Stereo MCs Edit) To Have and Not to Hold I'll Remember (William Orbit Remix) Nothing Fails (Slow Vocal Remix) Music (Groove Armada 12" Mix) Nothing Really Matters (Kruder and Dorfmeister Vocal Edit) Bedtime Story (Cookie Mix) Don't Tell Me (Victor Calderone Sensory Edit) Deeper and Deeper (Funky's Groove On Mix) What It Feels Like For a Girl (Stephan Pompougnac Remix) If You Forget Me (Taxi Ride Mix)
Clearly these aren't some fan made remixes, since I know Stereo MCs, William Orbit, and Groove Armada are well known artists. The cover art (which I can post up if requested) seems pretty legit to me.
However, the only results I can find when googling the title is a bunch of torrent sites.-- Phant ( talk) 00:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
There's no way that "Like A Virgin" sold 21 million worldwide when we have only 14 million certified units. We have 10 million certified units for shipment in the USA, not sales. Sales are always lower than shipment for several million copies. Take Mariah Carey albums as example: her Diamond albums are sold around 7 million copies, not 10. The same goes for all artists.