Records & Achievements
- At 241,1 million equivalent album sales, Madonna is the most successful female artist of all-time, fourth overall.
- With 201,9 million albums sold, Madonna is the highest selling female artist on this format of all-time, fifth overall.
- With 75,2 million physical singles sold, Madonna is the highest selling female artist on this format of all-time, sixth overall.
- With 7,8 million music videos sold, Madonna is the highest selling female artist on this format of all-time, top 10 overall.
- At 28,1 million, The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling female compilation of all-time, seventh overall.
- With 13, Madonna has more UK #1 hits than any other female artist, fifth overall.
- With 63, Madonna has more UK Top 10 hits than any other female artist, third overall.
- With 12, Madonna ranks third female, sixth overall among artists with most US #1 hits.
- With 38, Madonna has more US Top 10 hits than any other artist independently of its kind.
- With 12, Madonna has more UK #1 albums than any other female artist, third overall.
Please note that Madonna is the owner of countless records and achievements. The most notable of them have been listed so far, feel free to add more details inside the comments section, all valid records will then be added to this page.
Mdna no sell more than hard candy in brasil.
Certificade coul be double because 2cd deluxe
Same rebel heart
Edition 1cd 31k
Edition 2cd 10k (x2: 20k)
Madame x
Universal refused release in cd, after complaint. Was release one mounth latrer, one edition 2cd with 3k copies. The price was 3x higher than the any other cd
Sales in brazil at 1993
Source magazine veja
Hi
In brazil
Like a virgin and like a prayer sell more than 800k and true blue sell more than 900k at 1993.
Souce newspaper Jornal do Brasil.
But magazine veja brings other nunber, i send to messenger too.
I send this photo in your messenger.
“Into The Groove” was released in Canada in 2 formats: Cass-single and 12″. Sold 100k copies there as RPM clearly states on their 1986-07-26 issue (at the time had 40k from “Into The Groove” cassette singles made it the best selling cassette single in Canada so far). You can read the original issue PDF scaning that also have other interesting info about other artists here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210124041521/https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1986/RPM-1986-07-26.pdf I’m sure it must be hard to find info about sales on most countries previous to the 00’s decade as most was only printed on weekly magazines or internal industry reports and still aren’t… Read more »
Hello MJD, I have been following your page for a couple of years now and I have always wondered what were your exact estimations of Madonna’s album sales in Asia, outside of Japan, like how much did each of her albums sell in Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong etc.
At least known sales (obviously, she sold more): *In Singapore she sold in first 3 months, 60,000 units with Like a Prayer and 20,000 units with Erotica. *She went platinum in Thailand with Music *She outsell in certifications by IFPI Hong Kong all others international artists. *She went gold in Philippines with True Blue, thats about 20-25K units. *She sold about 30,000 units as of 1989 in India with Like a Prayer and True Blue. And went gold with MDNA in 2012. *She sold about 30,000 units i Malaysia with Like a Prayer or True Blue. *In South Korea, she… Read more »
Do you guys have a link to the claim of her Italian sales of “the first album” (1983)?
Please. Madame x?
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