Confessions On A Dancefloor brought in 217K in the UK
Hung Up is number 1 for the second week in a row.

all hail the queen




[previous thread in series: http://www.prince.org/msg/8/167539]
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217K seems a rather low figure for an artist of Madonna's stature to be selling.
No matter - another #1 album is always healthy.
The album gets better with every listen IMO - love it.

thebumpsquad said:

Is that a low # in the UK? Doesn't seem like it.

GangstaFam said:

It's higher than ROL's debut, so it's not low at all.

well she deliberately set out to create maximum sales with this cd. It didnt sell because its brilliant, imo its worse than american life. It sold because its received probably the most promotion i've ever seen for any artist in the UK. Its advertised on tv literally every 10mins, its everywhere. In light of this i think it is a low number, considering robbie managed almost 300,000 in his first week and michael jackson managed 222,000 with Number Ones even after he was arrested.

Yeah but it may be good sales for Madonna - who I don't think has ever been a huge seller - just a steady seller.
How many Madonna cds have debuted at #1 in the UK?

FunkyBrotha said:

Robbie is huge in the UK (for whatever reason...)

MJ has always sold more than Madonna not fair to match them up.
And any form of publicity for MJ sells his records, negative usually puts his sales through the roof.
He didn't sell good when he was found innocent with the Essential MJ collection.
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thedoorkeeper said:

Music... 152,000
ROL... 148,000
TIC... 110,000
AL.... 77,000


And Now


COADF... 217,000


So, what's that about sales being low again????

according to Billboard and a few other sources; no one sells the amount of records they use to. with download this and digital that, etc...big sales are now considered in the thousands as oppse to millions overall.

jayaredee said:

I think I just burnt out 110,00 brain cells
before I got what TIC is short for.


Sometimes internet shorthand stumps me
so much it makes my head hurt.

ehuffnsd said:

In the UK 300, 000 in first week sales is comparable to 500, 000 in the States...It's the same way with platinum certification; it really doesn't take that much to go platinum in the UK when compared to the States...

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ehuffnsd said:

But you still have to give it up to the old broad; she's 25 years in the game and is still relevant...
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murph said:

That seems strange to me, cuz there are nearly 5 times as many people in the US.

thedoorkeeper said:

Me too!

jayaredee said:

I'll never ever understand.

thedoorkeeper said:

Get Together should be the next single.


a Radio edit version though
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lilgish said:

def.

GangstaFam said:

Yeah...I mean, how many people are in the UK in comparison to here?

jayaredee said:

Excatly. His albums tend to appear on that chart when he is in the most trouble.

VinnyM27 said:

not really, your just trying to make an excuse for his high sales.

question. when madonna looks like a mother people say why does she dress like that we want our slutty Madonna back. When she dresses like a pop star people wanna her to "dress her age." ie prince music and more forum. are people ever going to happy with one look? are they jealous? do they think the matronly look goes with promoting a pop album? does looking slutty go with promoting a children's book? am i missing something?

hellomoto said:

This has been turned into a Madonna sticky, let's try to keep it on the album.

ehuffnsd said:

I think Madge looks great. I am SO envious. And "jay" thanks for the kind words on the other thread. I think it was locked though. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'm just really loving Confessions. For me that is a huge statement coz I've never been much of a Madonna fan, but I have a friend who is trying her best to convert or to make a MADONNA fan out of me!!

I'm very happy for Madge. Now if only Janet could do the same thing. I hope that Janet comes out with something great. I really want the best for my girl.
Then there is Prince. But Prince is Prince, so for some reason, I never worry about him. For me, Prince will always be amazing.
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ehuffnsd said:

heres my deal...in the past her looks seemed to grow from her own style at the time..but lately her styles seem to be more like work clothes. she "creates" these persona's only when she is pushing her albums. and she puts on a "mother" image whenever she pushes a book. i think thats why people think its forced.

motherhood is not a kiss of death...look at bjork and kate bush..they do wonderful jobs of integrating this new sense into their art. madonna hasnt been as successful. but to madges credit aint nobody been able to pull of a "party" vibe like her. she is her best when she is having fun.

sosgemini said:

maybe the party girl is still the real her, but she's trying to tone it down.

VinnyM27 said:

I think about 60 million in the UK to nearly 300 million in the US.

lilgish said:

i always come in this thread to read about madonna and the album, not to talk about michael, but shes the one that brought that up so i responded
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Those are great sales! I hope the album continues to sell in bucketloads!

Moonbeam said:

Madonna should always be the hugest. Things aren't right in the world when she's not.