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This page includes the discography of Madonna.

Albums

The releases below are of albums in which the music contained is either solely performed by Madonna, or the majority of the tracks are performed by her: For example the Who's That Girl and Evita albums which, although they contain some tracks by other artists, are considered to be "Madonna albums", according to Warner Bros. and Billboard Top 200.

All regularly released albums and their chartpositions in the USA (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), Germany (GE), Switzerland (CH), Austria (AT), France (FR), Canada (CA), Australia (OZ).

Year Cover Title  U.S.    UK    GE    CH    AT    FR    CA    OZ   Sales/Certification
1983 File:Madonna (album).jpg Madonna
  • Studio album
  • Released: July 3 1983
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 8 6 28 / 15 8 19 10 Sales worldwide: 8.3 mill.
Sales USA: 5 mill. - 5x Platinum
1984 File:Like A Virgin.jpg Like a Virgin 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 Sales worldwide: 20 mill.
Sales USA: 10 mill. - Diamond
1986 True Blue
  • Studio album
  • Released: June 30 1986
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Sales worldwide: 21 mill.
Sales USA: 8 mill. - 8x Platinum
1987 File:Who's That Girl.jpg Who's That Girl
  • Soundtrack
  • Released: July 21 1987
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 7 4 1 4 5 2 6 24 Sales worldwide: 4.6 mill.
Sales USA: 1.3 mill. - Platinum
1987 File:You Can Dance.jpg You Can Dance
14 5 13 11 13 2 12 13 Sales worldwide: 5.1 mill.
Sales USA: 1.7 mill. - Platinum
1989 File:Like A Prayer.jpg Like a Prayer
  • Studio album
  • Released: March 21 1989
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Sales worldwide: 13 mill.
Sales USA: 4 mill. - 4x Platinum
1990 File:I'm Breathless.jpg I'm Breathless
  • Soundtrack/studio album
  • Released: May 22 1990
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 2 2 1 3 5 3 2 1 Sales worldwide: 5.4 mill.
Sales USA: 2.2 mill. - 2x Platinum
1990 The Immaculate Collection
  • Hits compilation
  • Released: November 9 1990
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, MD, DCC
 2 1 10 3 6 2 1 1 Sales worldwide: 23 mill.
Sales USA: 10 mill. - Diamond
1992 File:Erotica (album).jpg Erotica
  • Studio album
  • Released: October 20 1992
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, DCC
 2 2 4 5 10 1 3 1 Sales worldwide: 5 mill.
Sales USA: 2 mill. - 2x Platinum
1994 File:Bedtime Stories.jpg Bedtime Stories
3 2 4 7 7 2 7 1 Sales worldwide: 6 mill.
Sales USA: 3 mill. - 3x Platinum
1995 File:Something To Remember.jpg Something to Remember
  • Ballads compilation
  • Released:November 7, 1995
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 6 3 2 7 1 3 4 1 Sales worldwide: 8 mill.
Sales USA: 3 mill. - 3x Platinum
1996 File:Evita (soundtrack).jpg Evita 1
  • Soundtrack
  • Released: March 1996
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 2 1 2 1 1 2 5 5 Sales worldwide: 7 mill.
Sales USA: 5 mill. - 5x Platinum
1998 File:Ray Of Light.jpg Ray of Light
  • Studio album
  • Released: March 3 1998
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Sales worldwide: 17 mill.
Sales USA: 4 mill. - 4x Platinum
2000 File:Music (album).jpg Music
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Sales worldwide: 15 mill.
Sales USA: 3 mill. - 3x Platinum
2001 File:GHV2.jpg GHV2
7 2 3 3 1 2 11 3 Sales worldwide: 7 mill.
Sales USA: 1.4 mill. - Platinum
2003 File:American Life.jpg American Life
  • Studio album
  • Released: April 22 2003
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Sales worldwide: 4 mill.
Sales USA: 0.663 mill. - Platinum
(based on 1 mill. U.S. shipping)
2003 File:Remixed & Revisited.jpg Remixed & Revisited 2
115 / / 80 / / 74 / Sales worldwide: 0.5 mill.
Sales USA: 0.15 mill.
2005 File:Confessions On A Dancefloor.jpg Confessions on a Dance Floor
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sales worldwide: 4.58 mill. (World Charts)
Sales USA: 1.04 mill. - Platinum
 U.S.    UK    GE    CH    AT    FR    CA    OZ  
Number 1 Albums 6 9 9 7 7 8 9 6
Top 10 Albums 14 14 14 16 13 14 16 15

Not listed are re-releases or special/limited editions. You find informations about these releases at the respective album sites.

Footnotes:

  • 1. Evita: Standard worldwide: 1-CD. Standard USA: 2-CD (Counted as double units). RIAA counts double albums twice towards certification.
  • 2. Remixed & Revisited: This EP was not eligible for charting on the album chart in many countries, as it was considered a single.
  • 3. Confessions on a Dance Floor has also been number one in Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey

Album sales worldwide

  • Total worldwide album sales: 200 million. According to Warner Bros. 2005 press release [1].

Album sales USA

  • Total U.S. album sales: approx 64 million (including "Confessions in a Dance Floor" sales up to 12/05). Madonna scored 64 RIAA Platinum album discs in the USA [2] [3] [4]

Singles

All regularly released singles and their chartpositions in the USA Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play (U.S. Dance), Billboard Sales (U.S. Sales), Billboard Hot 100 (U.S. Hot 100), United Kingdom (UK), Canada (CA), Japan (JP), Australia (OZ), Germany (GE), Switzerland (CH), Austria (AT) and France (FR).

Year Title Album U.S.
Dance 		U.S.
Sales 		U.S.
Hot100 		UK CA JP OZ GE CH AT FR Sales worldwide
1982 "Everybody" 1 Madonna 3 - - - - - - - - - - 0.45m
1982 "Burning Up" 2 Madonna 3 - - - - - 13 - - - - 0.3m
1983 "Lucky Star" Madonna - - - - - - - - - - - -
1983 "Holiday" 3 Madonna 1 - 16 6 34 10 4 9 18 - 24 1.5m
1983 "Borderline" Madonna 4 - 10 56 22 26 12 36 23 - - 1.35m
1984 "Lucky Star" 3 (re-release) Madonna 1 3 4 14 16 - 36 - - - - 0.75m
1984 "Like a Virgin" Like a Virgin 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 9 8 8 2.25m
1984 "Material Girl" Like a Virgin 1 3 2 2 5 1 4 13 15 8 47 1.44m
1984 "Crazy for You" Vision Quest (OST) - 2 1 2 4 1 1 36 16 23 47 2.275m
1985 "Into the Groove" 4 Like a Virgin (not U.S.) 1 - - 1 - 1 * 3 2 6 2 1.5m
1985 "Gambler" Vision Quest (OST) - - - 4 - 10 12 25 23 - 33 0.6m
1985 "Angel" 4 Like a Virgin 1 9 5 5 19 3 1 31 17 - - 2.1m
1985 "Dress You Up" Like a Virgin 3 12 5 5 5 6 5 20 20 - 18 1.0m
1985 "Holiday" (re-release) Madonna - - - 2 - - - - - - - -
1985 "Borderline" (re-release) Madonna - - - 2 - - - - - - - -
1985 "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" Like a Virgin - - - - - 2 - - - - - 0.25m
1986 "Live to Tell" True Blue - 2 1 2 1 1 7 12 4 - 6 1.59m
1986 "Papa Don't Preach" True Blue 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 2.3m
1986 "True Blue" True Blue 6 4 3 1 2 1 5 6 6 9 6 1.8m
1986 "Open Your Heart" True Blue 1 2 1 4 4 1 16 17 11 18 24 1.5m
1986 "La Isla Bonita" True Blue - 3 4 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 1 2.6m
1987 "Who's That Girl" Who's That Girl (OST) 44 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 2 4 2 1.65m
1987 "Causing a Commotion" Who's That Girl (OST) 1 2 2 4 2 1 7 14 9 14 - 1.3m
1987 "The Look of Love" Who's That Girl (OST) - - - 9 - 20 - 34 20 - 23 0.5m
1987 "Spotlight" You Can Dance 1 6 - - - - 3 - - - - - 0.35m
1989 "Like a Prayer" Like a Prayer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4.2m
1989 " Express Yourself" Like a Prayer 1 2 2 5 4 2 5 3 1 5 - 1.65m
1989 "Cherish" Like a Prayer - 2 2 3 11 2 4 16 10 16 21 1.25m
1989 "Oh Father" Like a Prayer - 16 20 - - 12 51 - - - 26 1.0m
1989 "Dear Jessie" Like a Prayer - - - 5 - - 51 19 16 21 - 0.35m
1990 "Keep It Together" Like a Prayer 1 7 8 - 22 5 - - - - - 1.0m
1990 "Vogue" I'm Breathless 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 7 9 5.9m
1990 "Hanky Panky" I'm Breathless - 13 10 2 2 17 6 21 15 20 - 1.2m
1990 "Justify My Love" The Immaculate Collection 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 10 3 9 17 3.025m
1991 "Crazy for You" (Remix) The Immaculate Collection - - - 2 - - - - - - - -
1991 "Rescue Me" The Immaculate Collection 6 11 9 3 4 11 15 21 11 - 21 1.15m
1991 "Holiday" (re-release) 5 The Immaculate Collection - - - 5 - - - - - - - -
Year Title Album U.S.
Dance 		U.S.
Sales 		U.S.
Hot100 		UK CA JP OZ GE CH AT FR Sales worldwide
1992 "This Used to Be My Playground" Barcelona Gold (Compilation) - 3 1 3 1 1 9 6 6 11 7 3.025m
1992 "Erotica" Erotica 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 13 8 15 23 1.34m
1992 "Deeper and Deeper" Erotica 1 15 7 6 1 3 11 26 23 30 17 0.9m
1993 "Bad Girl" Erotica - 36 36 10 5 11 32 47 25 - 44 0.7m
1993 "Fever" Erotica 1 - - 6 - 7 51 - - - - 0.5m
1993 "Rain" Erotica - 31 14 7 1 2 5 26 32 24 - 1.0m
1993 "Bye Bye Baby" Erotica - - - - - 15 15 - 28 - - 0.35m
1994 "I'll Remember" With Honors (OST) - 2 2 7 13 1 7 49 17 - 40 1.75m
1994 "Secret" Bedtime Stories 1 11 3 5 1 2 5 29 1 11 2 1.8m
1994 "Take a Bow" Bedtime Stories - 2 1 16 1 1 15 18 8 22 25 1.5m
1995 " Bedtime Story" Bedtime Stories 1 27 42 4 17 14 5 - - - 82 1.0m
1995 "Human Nature" Bedtime Stories 2 46 35 8 9 10 17 50 17 - - 0.8m
1995 "You'll See" Something to Remember - 6 6 5 17 1 9 15 8 5 24 1.55m
1995 "Oh Father" (re-release) Something to Remember - - - 16 - - - - - - 26 -
1996 "One More Chance" Something to Remember - - - 11 - - 35 - - - - -
1996 "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (remix) Something to Remember 16 - 78 - 31 - 27 - - - 48 0.4m
1996 "You Must Love Me" Evita (OST) - 14 18 10 2 17 11 78 43 - 41 1.0m
1996 "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Evita (OST) 1 11 8 3 1 1 9 3 4 3 1 1.2m
1997 "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" Evita (OST) - - - 7 - - - - - - - -
1998 "Frozen" Ray of Light 1 10 2 1 2 1 5 2 2 2 2 2.6m
1998 "Ray of Light" Ray of Light 1 5 5 2 7 5 6 28 32 31 34 1.5m
1998 "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" Ray of Light 417 - - 10 18 - 16 39 31 34 42 0.7m
1998 "The Power of Good-Bye" Ray of Light - 13 11 6 6 - 33 4 8 4 21 0.9m
1999 "Nothing Really Matters" Ray of Light 1 27 93 7 6 25 15 38 26 29 48 0.8m
1999 "Beautiful Stranger" 8 The Spy Who Shagged Me (OST) 1 - 19 2 4 5 6 13 8 4 6 1.7m
2000 "American Pie" 8 Music (not U.S.) 1 - 29 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 8 2.5m
2000 "Music" Music 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 8 3.5m
2000 "Don't Tell Me" Music 1 1 4 4 1 11 7 22 10 12 16 2.1m
2001 "What It Feels Like for a Girl" Music 1 9 23 7 2 22 6 16 11 26 40 1.0m
2002 "Die Another Day" American Life 1 1 8 3 1 6 5 4 4 2 15 1.7m
2003 "American Life" American Life 1 2 37 2 1 1 7 10 1 7 10 0.75m
2003 "Hollywood" American Life 1 4 - 2 5 31 16 21 15 34 22 0.39m
2003 "Me Against the Music" 9 In the Zone 1 3 35 2 2 1 1 5 4 12 11 0.5m
2003 Love Profusion (Release 1) 10 American Life - - - 11 5 - 25 - - 31 - -
2004 "Nothing Fails" American Life 1 1 - - 7 - - 36 41 51 34 -
2004 Love Profusion (Release 2) 10 American Life 1 4 - - - - - - - - -
2005 "Hung Up" 11 Confessions on a Dance Floor 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0m+
2006 "Sorry" Confessions on a Dance Floor
Year Title Album U.S.
Dance 		U.S.
Sales 		U.S.
Hot100 		UK CA JP OZ GE CH AT FR Sales worldwide
Number 1 Hits 33 11 12 11 19 21 10 3 8 2 3
Top 10 Hits 41 35 36 57 42 40 37 24 30 23 15


File:Hung Up.jpg
Hung Up - single
  • Note: The club promos are separated. None of these promos were counted as regular releases.

Also released:

  • 1985 "Over and Over": Italy and Philippines (vinyl single)
  • 1986 "Where's the Party": Philippines (vinyl single)

Footnotes:

  • 1. "Everybody" did not enter the Hot 100 but peaked at position number seven on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  • 2. "Burning Up" charted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as a double-sided hit, with "Physical Attraction" on the B-side.
  • 3. "Holiday" and "Lucky Star" charted together on the Hot Dance Music/Club play chart as a double-sided hit.
  • 4. "Into the Groove" appeared as the B-side on the American release of "Angel". At the time it was not eligible to enter the Hot 100, although it did chart on the U.S. R&B chart, as well as hitting number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (where it was listed as a double-sided hit along with "Angel").
  • 5. Including "The Holiday Collection": Limited single EP release to promote "The Immaculate Collection".
  • 6. A You Can Dance vinyl maxi dj-set charted on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart as "LP cuts".
  • 7. The remixes of "Sky Fits Heaven" charted. They appeared on the "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" European single.
  • 8. Not commercially released in the U.S.
  • 9. Britney Spears featuring Madonna (appears on the Spears album In the Zone).
  • 10. Love Profusion was originally released in Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom on November 21st, 2003. It was later also released in North America and in France on March 16th, 2004.
  • 11. "Hung Up" has been number 1 in following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Iraq, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Video and DVD

Concerts

Year Title Format
1985 The Virgin Tour Live VHS, Laser Disc, DVD (announced for 2006)
1988 Ciao Italia - Live from Italy DVD, VHS, Laser Disc
1990 Blond Ambition World Tour Live VHS, Laser Disc, DVD (announced for 2006)
1998 The Girlie Show: Live Down Under DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, VCD
2001 Drowned World Tour 2001 - Live in Detroit DVD, VHS, VCD
2004 Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today DVD
2005 Live 8 - One Day One Concert One World DVD
2006 Re-Invention World Tour DVD (announced for 2006)

Videos

Year Title Format
1985 Madonna (4 videos) VHS, Laser Disc
1990 The Immaculate Collection (13 Musikvideos) DVD, VHS, Laser Disc
1990 Justify My Love (2 videos) VHS-Single
1998 Ray Of Light VHS-Single
1999 The Video Collection 93:99 (14 videos) DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, VCD
2000 Music DVD-Single
2000 What It Feels Like For A Girl DVD-Single
2004 The Ultimate Collection
The Immaculate Collection & The Video Collection 93:99 		DVD

Misc

Promo releases

Promo Club Singles

None of these promos were counted as regular releases. Special dance mixes were released to promote the current albums at the clubs. They charted on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play:

Promo Albums

These albums were only available as promos and were/are not available in retail stores.

Indoor Promos

The record company manufactured some indoor promo singles to promote the current albums. Some were sent to radio stations.

Soundtracks

Soundtracks containing one or two Madonna songs.

Note:

  • "Into the Groove" does not appear on Desperately Seeking Susan soundtrack (it's a score album)
  • "Live to Tell" does not appear on At Close Range (no soundtrack has been released)
  • "Cherish" does not appear on My Own Private Idaho soundtrack (no soundtrack has been released) but the song is featured prominently in one of the cafe scenes.
  • "This Used to be My Playground" does not appear on A League of Their Own (it appeared on the Olympic compilation Barcelona Gold)

Japan EP's

A series of EP's were released in Japan throughout the 1980s. These mini-albums contained a small collection of Madonna's hit songs in remixed form. Listed are the EP's only, excluding simple maxi CDs.

  • 1984 "Like A Virgin": Like A Virgin & Other Big Hits!
  • 1984 Dress You Up & Ain't No Big Deal
  • 1985 Material Girl, Angel, Into The Groove: Club Mix EP
  • 1986 "True Blue": True Blue (Super Club Mix EP)
  • 1987 "La Isla Bonita": La Isla Bonita (Super Mix)
  • 1989 "Like a Prayer": Remixed Prayers (Mini Album)
  • 1990 "Vogue": Vogue EP
  • 1991 "Rescue Me": Rescue Me (Alternate Mix)
  • 1993 "Rain": Rain EP

Early Years

None of these albums were counted as official "Madonna releases" and don't affect her sales or chart history.

  • 1989: Give It To Me - The Early Years: Mixed old demos
  • 1989: The Early Years: Contains extended versions from "Give It to Me... "
  • 1997: Pre-Madonna: Old material/ mixed demo versions
  • 1998: In the Beginning: Same tracks as Pre-Madonna except one version

B-sides and compilations

A selection of the b-sides and releases on various albums:

  • "Bittersweet"
  • "Santa Baby" appears on A Very Special Christmas.
  • "Ain't No Big Deal" appears on the compilation Revenge of the Killer B's and the b-side to "Papa Don't Preach" and/ or "True Blue".
  • "Supernatural" appears on the b-side to 'Cherish'
  • "Supernatural (Original Arms House Mix)" apperars on the compilation Red Hot and Dance.
  • "Erotic" (an early "Erotica" version) came with the Sex book.
  • "Goodbye to Innocence" appears on the compilation Just Say Roe.
  • "Up Down Suite" (the "Goodbye to Innocence" dub mix) appears on the b-side to "Rain".
  • "Deeper And Deeper (David's Klub Mix)" appears on MTV Party To Go Volume 3.
  • "Let Down Your Guard" appears on the b-side to "Secret".
  • "Freedom" appears on the compilation Carnival!.
  • "Has To Be" appears on the b-side to "Ray of Light" and the Japanese album release of Ray of Light.
  • "Skin (The Collaboration Mix)" appears on Victor Calderone E=VC2 Vol. 2.
  • "Cyber-Raga" appears on the b-side to "Music", and the Japanese album release of Music.
  • "Nobody Knows Me (Peter's Private Life Mix Part 1)" appears on Peter Rauhofer: Live @ Roxy 3.
  • "Music (Robbie Rivera Remix)" appears on Platinum Rhythm (Maverick Compilation)
  • "Mother & Father (Peter's Re-invention Remix)": Peter Rauhofer: Live @ Roxy 4.
  • "Easy Ride" (Tracy Young Remix) appears on the DJ's 2005 compilation album.

Collaborations

List of collaborations. For unreleased collaborations see Unreleased Madonna songs

  • "Queen's English" by José Guitereze and Luise Camacho. Madonna sings the backvocals.
  • "Just A Dream" by Donna DeLory
  • "Sidewalk Talk" by Jellybean appears on Wotupski!?!
  • "Me Against The Music" Britney Spears feat. Madonna appears on In the Zone by Britney Spears.
  • "Each Time You Break My Heart": by Nick Kamen
  • "Tell Me": by Nick Kamen
  • "American Life": Madonna feat. Missy Elliot
  • "Into The Hollywood Groove": Madonna feat. Missy Elliot
  • "Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazon)": Duet with Ricky Martin appears on the Ricky Martin album.
  • "Guilty By Association" appears on the compilation Sweet Relief II.
  • "Get Over" by Nick Scotti. Madonna sings prominent back-up vocals.
  • "Promises, Promises" (12" Mix) by Naked Eyes. Madonna sings back-up vocals.
  • "Me Abandono a Ti/Mi Abbandono a Te" by Laura Pausini, Spanish/Italian Version of "Like a Flower", Available in her 2004 Release Escucha/Resta In Ascolto.

See also

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