haha...shes legit as **** even after all these years...I wonder how much of this is because of JT though...you have to admit that at least some of it is because of him...not all or even most but def some...regardless, homegirl is RIDICULOUS!!
MADONNA SETS RADIO RECORD IN CANADA
“4 Minutes” is the fastest single to hit #1 in Canadian radio history
Broadcast Data Services (BDS), the company that monitors airplay in North America has confirmed that “4 Minutes,” the first single from Madonna’s forthcoming album Hard Candy, has debuted at #1 on the Canadian CHR Audience chart. This marks the first time any single has entered at the top of either CHR chart in BDS history. “4 Minutes” was co-written by Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. Timberlake also co-produced the track with Timbaland and performs vocals with Madonna.
The song also entered the CHR spins chart at #5, only the second song ever to debut in the Top 10 on that chart. “4 Minutes” also entered the All Format Audience chart at #2, the highest debut in the chart’s history.
Hard Candy will be released in North America on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The album features Justin Timberlake on multiple tracks and production by Pharrell Williams, Timbaland and Nate “Danja” Hills.
“4 Minutes” is currently the #1 selling single on iTunes while Hard Candy has the distinction of being the current best selling album on iTunes based strictly on pre-orders.
"4 Minutes" Chart Update
- "4 Minutes" #2 on U.S. iTunes
- "4 Minutes #1 on French iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #1 on Australian iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #1 on Norway iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #1 on Sweden iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #1 on Netherlands iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #1 on Finland iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #2 on Denmark iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #5 on UK iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #5 on Ireland iTunes.
- "4 Minutes #8 on New Zealand iTunes.
- "4 Minutes" #23 on Airplay
- "4 Minutes" debuts at #68 on Billboard Hot 100.
- "Hard Candy" #3 in Top Albums on iTunes.
- #1 on Canadian iTunes [thanks to Cesar for the caps]
MONSTER!
"4 Minutes"debuts at #23 on CHR/Top 40
From Radio and Records:
Also notable is the return of Madonna, who clocks in at No. 23 on CHR/Top 40 with “4 Minutes” (Warner Bros.), her record-tying 26th chart hit (and first in two years). The preview single from “Hard Candy,” due April 29, matches the format mark for most charted titles set by Mariah Carey just five weeks ago with “Touch My Body” (IDJMG). “4 Minutes,” featuring Justin Timberlake, who inducted Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month, also takes Most Increased Plays (up 2,147, the format’s best gain in more than three years) and is the list’s highest arrival since Christina Aguilera’s "Ain’t No Other Man" roared in at No. 21 in June 2006.
"Hard Candy" is a smash album already!
While we are more than a month away from the release of the album, it's already NUMBER 2 on Amazon's Best Sellers - based on pre-orders!
EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF CANDY!
EXTRA INFO
- The video was rumored to premiere on March 29th, however; Warner Music Canada says it's is still TBC, tentatively April 7th, AND Denmark's no.1 radio station The Voice announced today that they will play the ''4 Minutes'' video anytime now on Voice TV, as they will get it before other media. STAY TUNED!