Lifted from madonnarama:

In its third week on Billboard's Hot 100, Madonna's "Die Another Day" (Warner Bros.) is already No. 18. With retail sales figures kicking in, it will easily be in the top-10 next week, and is even a contender for No. 1 [see "Chart Beat Chat"]. But no matter where the single lands next week, it's already rewritten the record books. "Die Another Day" is Madonna's 44th top-40 hit, the highest amount ever for a solo female artist. The material girl overtakes Aretha Franklin, who has had 43 top-40 hits on the Hot 100 to date. Amazingly, Madonna has reached the total of 44 top-40 hits with only 48 chart entries, an impressive ratio of hits. The four Madonna titles to miss the top-40 are "Bedtime Story" (No. 42 in 1995), "Human Nature" (No. 46 in 1995), "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (No. 75 in 1996), and "Nothing Really Matters" (No. 93 in 1999). "Die Another Day" will be Madonna's 35th top-10 hit. That will push her past the Beatles' 34 top-10 hits and leave her second only to Elvis Presley, who has amassed 38 top-10 hits to date, a figure Madonna should easily be able to pass this decade.

How ya like them apples?

Wrong forum Tron

And I like them apples just fine!!

I realized that after I posted it. I have a dirty habit of putting everything in General Discussion on accident. Note to self: THINK BEFORE YOU POST!

After seeing her vid and the making of it..hearing her new jam on the radio..gettin used to the synths and its upcoming use in the Bond flick..I must say, Madonna..you go chica.

You are forgiven

Now let's just see how long we can keep this thread in the GD without having the moderators move it! Shhh...

That's pretty cool. Although I'm not big on Madonna, I'd rather see her get this record over many others.

The only thing to add, is the sheer length of time she's been on the pop scene does give her an edge over many of her contemporaries. The Beatles had 9 years. She's already had, what, 17?

World Records in My Guiness World Records Book related to Prince:

Most songs credited to pseudonyms
Song with the shortest title to be a top 10 hit: 7
Best Selling "Dance" album: Purple Rain

Guiness' stupid records, not mine.

Other records:

I believe when Batman came out, it was the first album to sell 1,000,000 in its first week

Interactive set a record at the time for the most pre-orders of a CD-ROM

Most succesful at alienating his fans and creating online discussions that end up sounding more like arguments and fights.

Madonna's first single came out in 1982 so she's been in the biz for 20 years.

Wasn't her "You Can Dance" cd the first ever remix album? So I've read..then Paula Abdul came out with "Shut Up & Dance" the rest is history...

One of the first. Eurythmics had a remix album in 1984 called Touch Dance. It only had 4 songs but it still counts.

Chico319 said:

You Can Dance dropped in 1987 Paula's Re-Mix dropped in 1990,but Paula had gotten more Pull with Re-Mix's for some strange reason than Madonna.

TRON said:

I'm not surprised one bit that "Nothing Really Matters" bombed as a single in 1999.That is the weakest track on the 'Ray Of Light' CD! Why didn't they release stronger songs like "Sky Fits Heaven","Drowned World/Substitute For Love" and "To Have And Not To Hold" as singles?!

TRON said:

And what a fun little album "Touch Dance" was!

Anyway, GO MADONNA!

'Madonna makes chart history'

this song sucks and not in a good way

mistermaxxx said:

that's because in '87 when Madonna's remix album, came out, what we've come to know as the "remix" was a relatively new thing. previously (and even on You Can Dance) "remixes" were mostly just extended versions with maybe a few instrumental overdubs. right after that, remixes became completely deconstructed/reconstructed versions of songs.

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IstenSzek said:

The first two singles from the 'Bedtime Stories' album,"Secret" and "Take A Bow",were big hits ("Take A Bow" spent about 5 weeks at Number One,I think).But for some reason,the two remaining singles stalled on the charts.I've always felt that "Forbidden Love" and "Inside Of Me" were better choices for singles.

If only these record companies would listen to the fans

Yeah, but the 2nd two singles showed that she hadn't lost her edge. Releasing "Rain", "I'll Remember", "Secret", and "Take A Bow" all in a row seemed like a direct reaction to all the criticism she recieved for being too edgy with Erotica and Sex. I liked those 2 choices for singles. I think "Bedtime Story" flopped cuz it was too weird and too much of a Bjork ripoff. She didn't really make that song her own.

savoirfaire said:

Wasn't Anotherloverholenyohead the longest titled song to get into the Top 40...or something crap like that?

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