Madonna Scores Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Madame X’
The hotly-anticipated ‘Madame X’ was released through Interscope Records on 14 June.
Madonna has scored her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Madame X entered atop the chart’s weekly tally. Her new set, released via Interscope Records on 14 June, launched with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the US in the week ending 20 June according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were in album sales.
Overall, Madame X’s debut sum of 95,000 equivalent album units is comprised of 90,000 in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 4,000 in SEA units. Madonna continues to have the second-most No. 1 albums among female artists, trailing only Barbra Streisand, who has 11. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1s, with 19. They are followed by Jay-Z (14), Streisand and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11), Elvis Presley (10), Eminem, Garth Brooks, Madonna and The Rolling Stones (all with nine).
The influential singer-songwriter is a frequent visitor to the top 10 of the Billboard 200, having notched at least four top 10 albums in each of the last four decades (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s). Madame X marks her 22nd top 10, and fourth of the ‘10s. Earlier in the decade, she reached the region with her last studio release, Rebel Heart (No. 2 in 2015), MDNA (No. 1, 2012) and the live album Sticky & Sweet Tour (No. 10, 2010).
Madame X’s debut week was comprised of 90,000 in album sales, which is the fourth-largest sales week for an album in 2019 by a woman. The album’s sales were bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the Queen of Pop’s upcoming theater tour (starting on 12 September in New York at Brooklyn’s Howard Gilman Opera House), as well as an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via the artist’s official website.
The Rolling Stones have the most top 10s in the history of the Billboard 200, with 37. They are followed by Streisand (34), The Beatles (32), Frank Sinatra (32), Presley (27), Bob Dylan (22), Madonna (22), George Strait (21), Elton John (20), Paul McCartney/Wings (20) and Bruce Springsteen (20).
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