Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Madonna hits 40

Madonna has finally scored her 40th #1 hit on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, with "Celebration" topping the chart that comes out tomorrow. She's 22 hits ahead of Janet Jackson in second place.

Billboard has a good article about it, which includes a list of all 40 #1s and how many weeks they spent at #1. Madonna's longest stays at #1 were 5 weeks with "Holiday/Lucky Star" and "Music." "Hung Up" and "Ray of Light" both spent 4 weeks at #1. American Life had the most dance #1s with 5 singles topping the chart, while singles from Music and Confessions on a Dancefloor collectively spent 9 weeks atop the chart for each album. Twenty-three of Madonna's dance #1s will appear on her upcoming greatest hits collection, Celebration.

2 comments:

Myfizzypop said...

I think this cross format success is important to note. I mean 40 dance number ones is stunning! I'd be really proud of that if I were an artist!! I think there are many avenues for success in today's music business so perhaps what is perceived as general success in the top 40 charts isn't as important...

Cook In / Dine Out said...

Yes, It really is quite remarkable. Dance music would seem a "fickle" genre too--always hopping onto the trendy next thing. Yet Madonna has continued to be a relevant dance artist for over 25 years.