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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
U.S. UK GE CH AT FR CA AU IRL
1983 File:Madonna (album).jpg Madonna
  • Studio album
  • Released: July 27 1983
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 1 Sales worldwide: 21 million
Sales USA: 10 mill. -
Diamond (21 May 98)
1986 True Blue
  • Studio album
  • Released: June 30 1986
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Soundtrack
  • Released: July 21 1987
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Studio album
  • Released: March 21 1989
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Soundtrack/studio album
  • Released: May 22 1990
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Hits compilation
  • Released: November 9 1990
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, MD, DCC
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
  • Studio album
  • Released: October 20 1992
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, DCC
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
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
  • Ballads compilation
  • Released:November 7, 1995
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Soundtrack
  • Released: December 1996
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
  • Studio album
  • Released: March 3 1998
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
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
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
  • Studio album
  • Released: April 22 2003
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette
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
115 / / 80 / / 74 / / Sales worldwide: 1 million
Sales USA: 0.2mill. copies
2005 File:Confessions On A Dancefloor.jpg Confessions on a Dance Floor
  • Studio album
  • Release: November 15 2005
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Cassette (Asia), Digital Download
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
  • Live album (Soundtrack)
  • Release: June 20 2006
  • Formats: CD+DVD, DVD+CD, Digital Download
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]

See also