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:
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...
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.
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