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How do you estimate the 1.25 million aale for LAV in Japan? How about TB & TIC? ROL certified 400k in May 1998,meaning that it sold 400k in 3 months, are you sure that it only sold 50k copies in Japan in 20 years?
I would like you do a Cyndi Lauper analysis too. I always heard that Lauper, sold more and had more success than Madonna in the beggining of their carrer. I'd like to ask you Bette Midler too. 😉
Do you have a breakdown of her Asian sales, namely SK, Taiwan & Hong Kong? It seems she's sold more outside Japan than inside which is kinda strange because I've always thought her Asian success was mostly centered around Japan.
She always have a very provocative image and that especially does not work well in Asia. Having said that she is still a big2 superstar there. She have 2 albums and 1 compilation albums selling more than a million in Japan, and both Like A virgin and True Blue reached 600,000 sales in Asia Non Japan market (True Blue reached 1 million). Back in the 80s I believe the Asian market was still really weak bar the Japanese market. So she was truly a big superstar by her own right in Asia as well. But yes, coming from Asia she was probably the most forgotten legends in this region compared to the other big 4 ladies. Her lack of signature songs in this region makes her somewhat forgotten. I think her impact as well her singles was much2 bigger in Europe than in Asia.
https://wmg.jp/madonna/profile/
Warner Music Japan confimed COADF sold over 700k copies in Japan and over 10m worldwide.
Dear Santa is missing from singles sales. It has sold lots of downloads. She needs to be updated.
Hi Androdita!
I suppose you refer to Santa Baby. The song is already listed inside the orphan songs with 360,000 downloads.
The Immaculate Collection is the best selling compilation by a SOLO artist not just among female artists.
Hi Jake!
Legend is regarded as a solo LP just like Purple Rain and Born in the U.S.A. 🙂
Wanted to know do you think she will maintain the best selling female artist for awhile ? Hope so , amn thanks for such detail summary of pops biggest diva
Some other impressive achievements of Madonna you can add. 🙂
-Best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century.
-She has 16 consecutive top five singles and 17 consecutive top ten singles in US. No other artist managed to do this, male of female.
-Best selling female album of the 80's, with True Blue.
-For a certain amount of time she had the best selling studio female album, the best selling remix female album, and the the best selling compilation female album.
-True Blue spent 34 consecutive weeks at the top of the European charts, most for any other album.
-She's the most successful solo artist (male or female) in Billboard Hot 100.
-She has 157 combined number-one singles in all the Billboard charts.
MJD, Do you think her streaming numbers and youtube views will ever pickup? No idea why they are so low compared to other artists she competed with. She is played frequently on oldies radio, far more than Whitney, Mariah or Celine.
