Madonna albums
This page includes the albums chart performance of Madonna.
For the singles chart performance see Madonna singles
For the discography see Madonna discography
Chart performance
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 (AU), Ireland (IRL).
Year | Cover | Title | Chart positions | Sales/Certification | ||||||||
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U.S. | UK | GE | CH | AT | FR | CA | AU | IRL | ||||
1983 | File:Madonna (album).jpg | Madonna |
8 | 6 | 28 | / | 15 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 16 | Sales worldwide: 9 million Sales USA: 5 mill. - 5x Platinum (03 Oct 00) |
1984 | File:Like A Virgin.jpg | Like a Virgin
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 21 million Sales USA: 10 mill. - Diamond (21 May 98) |
1986 | True Blue |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Sales worldwide: 24 million Sales USA: 8.5 mill. - 8x Platinum (07 mar 97) | |
1987 | File:Who's That Girl.jpg | Who's That Girl |
7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | Sales worldwide: 6 million Sales USA: 1.3 mill. - Platinum (29 Sep 87) |
1987 | File:You Can Dance.jpg | You Can Dance
|
14 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | Sales worldwide: 6 million Sales USA: 1.7 mill. - Platinum (20 Jan 88) |
1989 | File:Like A Prayer.jpg | Like a Prayer |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 16 million Sales USA: 4.1 mill. - 4x Platinum (16 Jul 97) |
1990 | File:I'm Breathless.jpg | I'm Breathless |
2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 7 million Sales USA: 2.3 mill. - 2x Platinum (30 Jul 90) |
1990 | The Immaculate Collection
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2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 26 million Sales USA: 10 mill. - Diamond (11 Oct 01) | |
1992 | File:Erotica (album).jpg | Erotica
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2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | Sales worldwide: 6 million Sales USA: 1.9 mill. copies 2x Platinum (06 Jan 93) |
1994 | File:Bedtime Stories.jpg | Bedtime Stories
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3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Sales worldwide: 8 million Sales USA: 2.4 mill. copies 3x Platinum (21 Nov 05) |
1995 | File:Something To Remember.jpg | Something to Remember
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6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Sales worldwide: 9 million Sales USA: 2.3 mill. copies 3x Platinum (03 Oct 00) |
1996 | File:Evita (soundtrack).jpg | Evita 1
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | Sales worldwide: 8 million Sales USA: 2 mill. 5x Platinum (29 Mar 99)(double-album) |
1998 | File:Ray Of Light.jpg | Ray of Light |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 17 million Sales USA: 3.8 mill. copies 4x Platinum (16 Mar 00) |
2000 | File:Music (album).jpg | Music
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 15 million Sales USA: 3.0 mill. copies 3x Platinum (21 Nov 05) |
2001 | File:GHV2albumcover.jpeg | GHV2
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7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | Sales worldwide: 7 million Sales USA: 1.4 mill. copies Platinum (12 Dec 01) |
2003 | File:American Life.jpg | American Life |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 5 million Sales USA: 0.66 mill. copies Platinum (07 Jul 03) |
2003 | File:Remixed & Revisited.jpg | Remixed & Revisited 2
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115 | / | / | 80 | / | / | 74 | / | / | Sales worldwide: 1 million Sales USA: 0.2mill. copies |
2005 | File:Confessions On A Dancefloor.jpg | Confessions on a Dance Floor
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sales worldwide: 9 million Sales USA: 1.5 mill. copies Platinum (14 Dec 05) Sales UK: 1,130,000 |
2006 | File:B000FA57RG.01. SCLZZZZZZZ V51393972 .jpg | I'm Going to Tell You a Secret |
33 | 18 5 |
8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | Sales worldwide: 0.6 million Sales USA: 50,000 copies |
U.S. | UK | GE | CH | AT | FR | CA | AU | IRL | ||||
Number one albums | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||
Top ten albums | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 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 limited.
- 3. Confessions on a Dance Floor has been number one in 29 countries [1]
- 4. I'm Going to Tell You a Secret in DVD charts in Australia.
- 5. I'm Going To Tell You A Secret peaked at 18 on the UK Album Chart, but did reach the number 1 spot in the UK DVD Chart
Album sales worldwide
- 200 million, according to Warner Bros. 2005 press release [2].
Album sales U.S.
Madonna scored 64 RIAA Platinum album discs in the USA [3] [4] [5]