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Chart News: Madonna’s biggest selling singles in the UK
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Madonna’s biggest selling singles in the UK
1 into the groove 1985 SALES: 871,300
2 like a virgin 1984 SALES: 826,700
3 crazy for you 1985/1990 SALES: 775,000
4 holiday 1984/1985/1990 SALES: 709,400
5 papa don't preach 1986 SALES: 645,000
6 hung up 2005 SALES: 617,000
7 like a prayer 1989 SALES: 593,300
8 true blue 1986 SALES: 556,900
9 frozen 1998 SALES: 551,400
10 beautiful stranger 1999 SALES: 532,500
11 vogue 1990 SALES: 530,000
12 4 minutes 2007 SALES: 507,000
13 la isla bonita 1987
14 music 2000
15 american pie 2000
16 material girl 1985 SALES: 385,000
17 don't cry for me argentina 1996
18 who's that girl 1987
19 borderline 1986
20 you'll see 1995
21 ray of light 1998
22 live to tell 1986
23 justify my love 1990 SALES: 275,500
24 dress you up 1985
25 gambler 1985 SALES: 270,000
26 angel 1985
27 open your heart 1986
28 dear jessie 1989
29 hanky panky 1990
30 sorry 2006
31 die another day 2002
32 causing a commotion 1987
33 cherish 1989
34 don't tell me 2000
35 express yourself 1989
36 the power of good-bye 1998
37 give it 2 me 2008
38 this used to be my playground 1992
39 me against the music (with britney spears) 2003
40 rain 1993
41 erotica 1992
Her Top 40 alone amounts to over 15 million singles sales
Dress You Up and Angel both reached Number 5 despite having no video
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-...singles__8266/
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She's never had a million selling song here? Wow...
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Originally posted by Ethanrih
She's never had a million selling song here? Wow...
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she sold physical singles which were way more expensive than the digital ones
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The top 5 being from her first 3 albums 
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Before anyone mentions the low sales, single sales during her peak eras were a lot lower. Only 11 songs from the 80s decade have sold more than 1m, compared to 27 from the 90s (when she was flopping) and 10 in the naughties (when she had single success again).
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Originally posted by Ethanrih
She's never had a million selling song here? Wow...
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Her songs cost a lot and you actually had to go buy them from a record store.
Sales have been much higher since 2008 due to digital downloads which you can buy for 99 cents while laying in bed naked.
She is by far the best selling female in the UK. Both in album and single sales.
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Originally posted by Ethanrih
She's never had a million selling song here? Wow...
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Into The Groove selling 871k physically is more impressive than any of Rihanna's singles though.
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Originally posted by iC0NIC
Into The Groove selling 871k physically is more impressive than any of Rihanna's singles though.
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Educate ha 
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Into The Groove. 
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Originally posted by iC0NIC
Into The Groove selling 871k physically is more impressive than any of Rihanna's singles though.
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hung up
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Originally posted by SeanET
she sold physical singles which were way more expensive than the digital ones
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That's true, but it's still surprising. And there were lots of million sellers in the physical era, so she could've done it. I'm not shading her by the way, if anything I'm complementing her, since I think she deserves to have million sellers.
Hung Up has done very well to sell that much considering it was released in 2005 when sales were at their all time lowest.
It's funny how Holiday got released 3 times.  I can think of a lot of songs that get re-released once, but twice has got to be rare!
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These numbers are so incredible for the physical era
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They did something similar some years ago, I wonder if the numbers have changed
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The best selling female in the uk 
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That's true, but it's still surprising. And there were lots of million sellers in the physical era, so she could've done it. I'm not shading her by the way, if anything I'm complementing her, since I think she deserves to have million sellers.
Hung Up has done very well to sell that much considering it was released in 2005 when sales were at their all time lowest.
It's funny how Holiday got released 3 times. I can think of a lot of songs that get re-released once, but twice has got to be rare! |
Because Hung Up was literally a MONSTER outside the US. You only see once every 5 years such massive hits. I mean, no1 in 41 countries on official weekly charts. Not irrelevant i-tunes positions. Who else...
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They did a countdown of her best-selling #1 singles a month ago. Here's how the sales have changed in just a month:
4minute 500,000 (+7,000)
Vogue 515,000 (+15,000)
True Blue 540,000 (+16,900)
Frozen 545,000 (+6,400)
Like a Prayer 580,000 (13,300)
Hung Up 610,000 (+7,000)
Papa Don't Preach 640,000 (+5,000)
Into the Groove 870,000 (+1,300)
They also added that Beautiful Stranger sold 530,000 (+2,500)
True Blue 
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Originally posted by Kyle-x
They did a countdown of her best-selling #1 singles a month ago. Here's how the sales have changed in just a month:
4minute 500,000 (+7,000)
Vogue 515,000 (+15,000)
True Blue 540,000 (+16,900)
Frozen 545,000 (+6,400)
Like a Prayer 580,000 (13,300)
Hung Up 610,000 (+7,000)
Papa Don't Preach 640,000 (+5,000)
Into the Groove 870,000 (+1,300)
They also added that Beautiful Stranger sold 530,000 (+2,500)
True Blue |
Legend.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kyle-x
They did a countdown of her best-selling #1 singles a month ago. Here's how the sales have changed in just a month:
4minute 500,000 (+7,000)
Vogue 515,000 (+15,000)
True Blue 540,000 (+16,900)
Frozen 545,000 (+6,400)
Like a Prayer 580,000 (13,300)
Hung Up 610,000 (+7,000)
Papa Don't Preach 640,000 (+5,000)
Into the Groove 870,000 (+1,300)
They also added that Beautiful Stranger sold 530,000 (+2,500)
True Blue |
The fact that people try to deny her legacy 
Nng @ 4Minute, tho
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kyle-x
They did a countdown of her best-selling #1 singles a month ago. Here's how the sales have changed in just a month:
4minute 500,000 (+7,000)
Vogue 515,000 (+15,000)
True Blue 540,000 (+16,900)
Frozen 545,000 (+6,400)
Like a Prayer 580,000 (13,300)
Hung Up 610,000 (+7,000)
Papa Don't Preach 640,000 (+5,000)
Into the Groove 870,000 (+1,300)
They also added that Beautiful Stranger sold 530,000 (+2,500)
True Blue |
Queen of Pop.
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