CSPC: Madonna Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 5

Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005) – 705,000 equivalent albums

Hung Up – 1,720,000
Sorry – 390,000
Get Together – 130,000
Jump – 110,000

Hard Candy (2008) – 156,000 equivalent albums

4 Minutes – 330,000
Give It 2 Me– 120,000
Miles Away – 70,000

MDNA (2012) – 15,000 equivalent albums

All Singles – 50,000

Rebel Heart (2015) – 15,000 equivalent albums

All Singles – 50,000

The norm by 2005 was that physical singles weren’t selling anymore except in a few European countries plus Australia. They were doing so at a lower rate than a few years earlier even on those countries. Hung Up challenged those norms, destroying charts and sales figures. Its total of 1,72 million is one of the highest since its release to date, all acts considered.

Both Sorry and later 4 Minutes were successful too. The market was becoming truly irrelevant, but Madonna has the advantage of a solid base of fans who purchases her collectors. Thanks to them, she keeps selling physical singles even by now.