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[edit] Achievements

According to Guinness Book of World Records ([1]) Madonna is the "most successful female solo artist of all time", selling 120 million albums as of November 2000".

In a 2005 press release, her record label, Warner Bros., reported she had international sales in excess of 200 million albums. [2] Also that year, Rolling Stone reported that Madonna had sold more than 250 million records throughout the world. [3]

According to Billboard Magazine, Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour was the most successful concert tour for a female artist in history.Madonna's "Confession" Tour Sets Record The magazine also declared Madonna to be the Top Female Act of the 1980s, as well as the Second Top Act of the 1980s, behind Michael Jackson.

Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling greatest hits album by a female artist in the world and in the U.S., with more than 10 million U.S. sales and 26 million worldwide sales. You Can Dance is the best-selling remix album of all-time, with 7 million copies sold worldwide.

Madonna is the oldest and only female artist of the 1980s to have a video retired on MTV's TRL. This occurred in February 2006 with "Hung Up". "Hung Up" spent eleven days at number one on TRL, including its fiftieth showing.

"Sorry" reached the top spot on the United World Chart, ending the fifteen week reign of "Hung Up" on the chart, bumping it to number two. Madonna is the first artist, since the creation of the chart, to have two singles sitting at the top two positions on the chart in one week.

"Hung Up" has been number one in following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom (a total of forty-three countries).

[edit] Net worth

Madonna is the richest female singer in the world, and one of the richest self-made women in the world, with an estimated net worth of over $850 million. Her wealth is closer to $850m USD than the reported $665m. In 2004 alone, she earned more than $50 million with her Re-Invention Tour. On ABC's "Life of Luxury", which aired on December 13, 2000, Madonna was named the richest female artist with an estimated fortune of $613,000,000.

Aside from her music and films, Madonna is also involved in the magagement of MadGuy Films; Boy Toy, Inc.; Webo Girl; Siren Films; Slutco, Inc.; and Maverick Films.

Alvin Hall, presenter of World's Most Powerful on BBC News chose Madonna as the World's Most Powerful Celebrity, followed by Oprah Winfrey.

[edit] Music

[edit] Guinness Book of World Records

  • According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Madonna is the Most Successful Female Recording Artist of All Time.
  • Madonna is the highest earning female singer of all time, according to the 2007 Guinness Book of Records.
  • From 1963 to 1996 Elizabeth Taylor had the record of the greatest change of costumes in a motion picture with the movie Cleopatra. Madonna, 23 years later, broke that record when she had 83 changes of costumes during the motion picture Evita. She also wore 39 hats, 45 pairs of shoes and 56 pairs of earrings.
  • From 1988 to 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records named Madonna as the Most Successful Artist on Record for the unprecedented worldwide success of the True Blue album, which hit number one in 28 countries.[citation needed]
  • Madonna has the most consecutive top 5 singles (16) from 1984 (Lucky star) to 1989 (Cherish).
  • She has the most consecutive top 20 debuts in the charts (27) from 1983 to 1992.

[edit] Billboard

  • According to Billboard Magazine, Madonna is the Top Female Act of the 1980s. The magazine also declared her as the Second Top Act of the 1980s, behind Michael Jackson.
  • Madonna has achieved the unique feat of having had at least one single peak at every position in the top ten of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
  • Madonna holds the record for the most consecutive top-five hits (16) among female artists ("Lucky Star" to "Cherish"), and second only to Elvis Presley. Prior to Janet Jackson, she previously held the record for the most consecutive top-ten hits among female artists (17) ("Borderline" to "Cherish").
  • In the first six months of 1985, Madonna had six separate hit singles on the Billboard Charts (and five videos in rotation at once on MTV).
  • Madonna has the highest debut on the Hot 100 Airplay Charts, when "Erotica" debuted at #2.
  • Billboard Magazine's Music of the '80s poll honored Madonna as Pop Artist of the Decade, Dance Artist of the Decade, and Dance Single of the Decade ("Into the Groove").
  • From 1985 - 2003, Madonna has received 25 Billboard awards and citations.

[edit] Billboard Hot 100

[edit] Number ones

Madonna has had twelve number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart; the same number as Diana Ross and The Supremes, and behind only Mariah Carey's seventeen among female artists.

With seven songs, Madonna holds the record for most number-one singles in the 1980s by a female artist. Madonna is also the third-oldest female to place a number one at the Billboard Hot 100. The single "Music" reached the number-one spot when Madonna was forty-two years and one month old (September 2000). She is behind Tina Turner's single, "What's Love Got to Do with It?", which made number one when Turner was forty-five years old (1984), and Cher whose single, "Believe," reached number one when Cher was fifty-two years old (1999).

[edit] Number twos

Madonna has had six number-two singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, the most for a female artist, tying her with Elvis Presley for the record.

[edit] Chart records
  • Madonna has the most top-five singles by a female artist (27).
  • Madonna has the most top-ten singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (36) (tied only with Elvis Presley).
  • Madonna has the most top-twenty singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (42).
  • Madonna has the most top-thirty singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (44).
  • Madonna has the most top-forty singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (47).
  • In 2005, Madonna's single "Hung Up" became her fifty-first single to enter the Hot 100 singles chart. It also became her thirty-sixth top 10 single (a record for a female artist and tying her with Elvis Presley), forty-second top 20 single (a record for a female artist), her fortyy-forth top 30 single (a record for a female artist), and her forty-seventh top 40 single (a record for a female artist; amongst all artists, this is behind only Elvis Presley's 104, Elton John's 54, and The Beatles's 51).

[edit] Billboard Top 200 Albums

Madonna has had six number-one albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only Barbra Streisand's eight among female artists. Madonna is also one of only nine women to have had five or more top-ten debuts on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. The others are Barbra Streisand, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, LeAnn Rimes, Tori Amos, Britney Spears, Céline Dion and Mariah Carey.

[edit] Number ones

Madonna has had sixteen top-ten albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only Barbra Streisand's twenty-six among female artists. Only her two remix album EPs, You Can Dance and Remixed and Revisited failed to crack the top-ten.

[edit] Number twos

Madonna has had five number-two albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only The Beatles' six and Frank Sinatra's seven.

[edit] Hot Dance Music/Club Play

Madonna has had thirty-seven number-one singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, more than twice the number of her nearest rival, Janet Jackson. Madonna has also had twenty-five number-one singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Single Sales chart, more than three times the number of her nearest rivals (Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, and Notorious B.I.G).

On the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, Madonna is the only artist in history to achieve seven top-ten hits from one album (American Life). Madonna is also the only artist ever to achieve seven consecutive number-one hits on this chart twice. (This information is according to Billboard magazine, which was published in the Q&A section.)

For only the second time in Billboard history, one artist was number one on all four of Billboard's dance charts. Madonna's "Sorry" made it to number one on the Club Play, Dance Singles Sales and Dance Radio Airplay surveys while Confessions on a Dance Floor rules the Top Electronic Albums list. The only other time this happened was the week of Dec. 3, 2005, when "Hung Up" by Madonna was in charge on the three dance singles charts and Confessions on a Dance Floor was No. 1 on the Electronic tally. Billboard Chart Beat March 09, 2006

[edit] Number ones

Madonna (and Janet Jackson) has a streak of seven uninterrupted chart-toppers, second only to Kristine W, who has nine.

[edit] ARC Weekly Top 40

[edit] Number ones

Madonna is the artist with most number one singles in the history of the ARC Weekly Top 40.

[edit] RIAA

[edit] Album certifications

[edit] Gold albums

Madonna has seventeen gold albums:

[edit] Platinum albums

Madonna has seventeen platinum albums:

  • Madonna
  • Like a Virgin
  • True Blue
  • Who's That Girl
  • You Can Dance
  • Like a Prayer
  • I'm Breathless
  • The Immaculate Collection
  • Erotica
  • Bedtime Stories
  • Something to Remember
  • Evita
  • Ray of Light
  • Music
  • GHV2
  • American Life
  • Confessions on a Dance Floor

[edit] Multi-platinum albums

Madonna has twelve multi-platinum albums (more than any other female artist):

  • Madonna
  • Like a Virgin
  • True Blue
  • Like a Prayer
  • I'm Breathless
  • The Immaculate Collection
  • Erotica
  • Bedtime Stories
  • Something to Remember
  • Evita
  • Ray of Light
  • Music

[edit] Diamond albums

Madonna has two diamond albums (behind only Shania Twain, who has three)

  • Like a Virgin
  • The Immaculate Collection

[edit] Single certifications

[edit] Gold singles

Madonna has twenty-six gold singles:

[edit] Platinum singles

Madonna has five platinum singles:

  • "Like a Prayer"
  • "Vogue"
  • "Justify My Love"
  • "Music"
  • "Hung Up"

[edit] Multi-platinum singles

Madonna has two multi-platinum singles

  • "Vogue"
  • "Hung Up"

[edit] United Kingdom

In 2001, Madonna was named Top Female UK Singles Artist of All Time in the Guinness Book of Hit Singles edition of the Most Successful Artists in the 50-year history of the British charts. Three years later, in 2004, Madonna became one of the five founding members of the UK Music Hall of Fame, joining Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Marley, and U2 as automatic inductees.

Apart from being the oldest female to have a Number 1 in the UK (which is currently Cher) Madonna holds every major sales and chart record for a female artist in the UK (In all-time singles sales she lies comfortably fourth behind – Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard and The Beatles – and she is also fourth in combined singles and albums sales behind those three artists, pulling away from the Rolling Stones.

[edit] Single records
  • Madonna has had forty-seven top-five singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist ever.
  • Madonna has had fifty-eight top-ten singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has had sixty-two top-twenty singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has had sixty-two top-forty singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has spent a total of twenty-five weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
  • From "Like a Virgin" in 1984 to "Secret" in 1994, Madonna had a record thirty-four consecutive top-ten hits on the UK singles chart.
  • With "Sorry", Madonna scored a record sixtieth consecutive top-twenty single (not counting "Me Against the Music").
  • All of Madonna's singles released in the UK have reached the top twenty and all but five of them have reached the top ten.
  • Madonna is the only female artist ever to occupy the top two positions on the UK Singles Charts when "Into the Groove" and "Holiday" hit number one and number two, respectively in 1985.
  • In 1985 alone, Madonna scored eight top-five singles in the UK Charts.

[edit] Number ones

Madonna has had twelve number-one singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.

Madonna remains the female artist with the most No. 1s in the United Kingdom with 12. Kylie Minogue is in second place among solo female artists, with seven. The Spice Girls have nine.

Madonna is now tied with Cliff Richard's backing band, the Shadows, for fifth place among artists with the most No. 1s in the United Kingdom. The top four are: Elvis Presley (21), The Beatles (17), Cliff Richard (14) and Westlife (13). Billboard Chart Beat March 02, 2006

[edit] Album records
  • Madonna has had nine number-one albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has had four number-two albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has had sixteen top-five albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
  • Madonna has had seventeen top-ten albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
  • From Evita in 1996 to Music in 200, Madonna had three consecutive number-one albums on the UK albums chart, a record for a female artist.
  • Every album that Madonna has released has reached the top ten in the UK; her self-titled first album is the only one to miss the top five. (Her 2003 EP, Remixed and Revisited, was not allowed to appear on the UK album chart as it was too short to qualify as an album.)
  • In the UK, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are the only artists ever to have a number-one album and a number-one single in three different decades.

[edit] Europe

Madonna has sixteen number one singles on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles board, as well as eight number one albums.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Canada

Madonna is the most successful female singles artist in Canada, having amassed nineteen number one singles on the Canadian Singles Chart. Her last number-one single in Canada was "Hung Up".[4] Confessions on a Dance Floor was her seventh number-one album in that country.

"Music and "American Pie" were declared the number-one and number- two Top Singles of 2000 - the first time in Canadian chart history that an artist held the top two positions on the year-end musical charts.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Australia

Madonna has achieved ten number-one singles (the most for a female artist) and eight number-one albums in Australia. She is the third-highest selling artist in Australian history behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles. As of 1998, Madonna had sold five million records in Australia.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Switzerland

Madonna is the most successful artist ever on the Swiss charts since it began in 1965, appearing on the list every year (starting 1983) but 1988 and 2004, and spending 497 weeks on the singles charts. With "Hung Up" she overtook ABBA for the act with the most number-one hits in Switzerland. Confessions on a Dance Floor was her seventh album to go number-one there.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] France

Madonna has amassed three number-one singles and six number-one albums (plus eight number-two albums) in France.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Germany

Madonna has notched three number-one singles and nine number-one albums in Germany.

[edit] Number ones singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Austria

Madonna has scored two number-one singles and seven number-one albums in Austria.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Japan

Madonna is the foreign artist with the most top 100 singles (28) in Japan's Main Singles Chart, Oricon. While she has not been able to place a number-one hit in Oricon, she has nonetheless notched twenty-five number-one singles in the International Charts. In the Oricon's Albums Chart, she has scored two number-one albums.

[edit] Number one singles (International Charts)

[edit] Number one albums (Oricon)

[edit] Republic of Ireland

Madonna is the most successful female artist in the Republic of Ireland, amassing a total of 8 number one albums, 14 number one, and 21 singles to enter the top 10. In terms of album, single, and tour success, Madonna is second only to Irish natives U2.

[edit] Number one singles (IRMA)

[edit] Number one albums (IRMA)

[edit] Italy

Madonna has amassed nineteen number-one singles and ten number-one albums in Italy. Madonna currently holds the record for most number one hits in Italy.

[edit] Number one singles

[edit] Number one albums

[edit] Spain

[edit] Number one singles

Madonna has achieved seventeen number one singles in Spain, second there only to Michael Jackson.

[edit] Number one albums

Madonna has had six albums go to the number one spot in Spain.

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Number one singles

Madonna has accumulated nineteen number one singles in Mexico.[5]

[edit] Number one albums

Madonna also has nine number-one albums.

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Number one singles

Madonna has had twenty-two number-one singles in Brazil.

[edit] Number one albums

Madonna has had eleven number one albums in Brazil.

[edit] Maverick Records

Maverick Records is the most successful "vanity label" in music history. While under Madonna's control, it generated well over $1.2 billion in sales, more than any other independent record label.

In 2004, Warner Music Group bought Madonna out of Maverick Records to end a legal battle.

[edit] Videos

Madonna is the most successful act in the history of MTV's Video Music Awards. While presenting Madonna's Lifetime Achievement Award at the TRL Awards in 2006, Damien Fahey stated that Madonna is the most successful artist ever at the MTV Video Music Awards with a record 74 VMA nominations and 19 VMA wins.

Madonna has had more music videos played on MTV US than any other artist. In 2000, MTV ranked "Like a Virgin" at #8 and "Vogue" at #18 in the Top 25 Most Played Music Videos of All Time

"Justify My Love" was the first-ever video single in history and has been certified 8x platinum for sales of over 400,000 units. "What It Feels Like for a Girl", meanwhile, holds the world record for the highest selling DVD single.

Madonna was voted by MTV US viewers as the Greatest Music Video Icon ever on the network's Twenty-Five Greatest Video Stars. She was also named by MTV Asia as the Artist of the Millennium in 2000.

For its 20th Anniversary, MTV ran a 100 Best Videos Poll - "Ray of Light" came at number four, "Frozen" was #50, "Justify My Love" ranked at #76 and "Like a Prayer" made it to number eighty-eight. VH1, meanwhile, listed "Like a Prayer" number two, "Justify My Love" number seven, "Ray of Light" number forty, "Material Girl" #54, "Like a Virgin" #61 and "Borderline" #84 in its 100 Greatest Videos of All Time.

[edit] Films

Truth or Dare (known as In Bed with Madonna outside of the United States) earned critical raves and took in over $10,000,000 at the US box office, and $15,000,000 in overseas box office, making it the most commercially-successful documentary made in the 20th century.

Evita was the highest grossing musical film of the 1990s, and also made more money than any musical film in the 1980s. It made $50,047,179 at the domestic box office and $91,000,000 overseas for an impressive worldwide box office total of $141,047,179.

The total earnings of all of the movies that Madonna has appeared in, including Die Another Day, is $781,246,609. Worldwide, Madonna's most successful films are:

[edit] Publications

Sex, a 128-page coffee table book priced at $49.95 hit #1 on the non-fiction bestseller lists of both the New York Times and Washington Post and sold a record 500,000 copies around the world in just one week.

In 2003, Madonna released her first of five children's storybooks, The English Roses. It was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was simultaneously released in over one hundred countries. It holds the world record as the fastest-selling children's picture book in history. Since then, Madonna has released another four children's books, all of which have gone on to major success.

[edit] Concerts

In August 1987, Madonna performed at Parc de Sceaux in Paris during her Who's That Girl Tour. She performed to an estimated crowd of between 120,000 and 130,000 people, the biggest show of all time in France. On November 6, 1993, Madonna's show in Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil became her most successful show in terms of audience attendance as she performed to an estimated crowd of 120,000 people.

All of Madonna's concert tours have sold out globally, making her one of the most successful live acts to ever have performed. In 2004, her Re-Invention Tour was the most successful tour of the year, selling out globally despite ticket prices upwards of US$300.

The Confessions Tour was the top-grossing tour ever by a female artist with $193.7 million from 60 shows that drew nearly 1.2 million in paid attendance. [6]

[edit] Television

The August 5, 1990, telecast of the Blonde Ambition Tour on HBO received a 21.5 percent rating and a 31 percent share of the viewing audience, beating out all network competition and becoming the highest rated non-sports event ever to broadcast on the said network.

Madonna's December 3, 1990 appearanceof Madonna on ABC's Nightline regarding the banning of the "Justify My Love" video became the highest-rated episode of the late-night news program that year, outranking the August 24 telecast about the Iraqi troops who had surrounded the US Embassy (that precipitated the 1991 Gulf War). Saturday Night Live's 90-second broadcast of the "Justify My Love" video became the highest-rated episode of the show that season. CNN's Showbiz Today's highly-publicized 112-second video clip garnered the greatest number of viewers the show had the week it was aired.

VH1 and Entertainment Weekly ranked Madonna's show-stopping "Like a Virgin" performance on the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards as the eighth Top Music Moment in US Television History

Madonna's 2003 appearance on MTV's Video Music Awards became the most watched performance on the awards whenn a record 11 million viewers tuned in to see the Material Girl's kiss with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

[edit] Internet

The MSN Webcast of Madonna's first concert in Britain in 2000 set a new world record as some 11 million people tuned in over the Internet to see the thirty-minute show.

In 2006, the USA List of Internet Fame released by Pop List ranked Madonna as the fifth (the highest ranked female) most popular personality on the Web. She appeared in 66 million webpages.

[edit] Surveys & polls

[edit] 1980s

In 1989, Madonna was declared by People Magazine as one of the 20 Who Defined the Decade. Time Magazine slso named Madonna among the Faces of the Decade, and Madonna was crowned by Musician Magazine as the "Artist of the Decade" that same year.

Billboard Magazine's Music of the '80s Poll honored Madonna as Pop Artist of the Decade, Dance Artist of the Decade, and honored her with Dance Single of the Decade for "Into the Groove".

[edit] 1990s

In 1993, Rolling Stone's "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Express Yourself" at # 10, "Like a Prayer" at # 20, "Borderline" at # 24, "Vogue" at # 28, "Justify My Love" at # 43, and "Oh Father" at # 66. [7] In 1999, MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos included "Vogue" at # 2, "Express Yourself" at # 10 and "Lucky Star" at # 50. [8]

In 1998 Madonna ranked #86 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (and #8 on Rock on the Net's Poll). [9] In 1999, she ranked #8 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. [10]

A 1999 survey conducted by Britain's HMV music store, Channel 4 television, and Classic FM radio chain among 600,000 music fans named Madonna Best Female Artist of the Millennium. Madonna is also #5 on Entertainment Weekly's list of Top Entertainers of the Half Century (1950 - 2000), and #9 on People Magazines 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons'. People Magazine also included Madonna in its 1999 list of 25 Legends of the Past 25 Years

In 1999, Rolling Stone declared Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour as the Greatest Concert of the 1990s. It also named Ray of Light as being among the Essential Recordings of the '90s

Madonna is featured in the 100 Most Important Women of the 21st Century book of Ladies Home Journal, published in 1998.

[edit] 2000s

In 2002, Life Magazine ranked Madonna as the sixth Top Rock and Roller of All Time, the only female artist who made the top ten.

Rolling Stone's 2001 list of the Top 100 Albums of All Time includes Ray of Light at #29, Music at #52, Like a Prayer at #62 and The Immaculate Collection at #99. Madonna has more albums on the list than any other female solo artist.

Readers of Q Magazine, in 2001, voted Madonna as the second Greatest Female Pop and Rock Artist of All Time.

A poll of 31,000 people conducted by British Hit Single and published by the Guinness Book of Records ranked "Like a Prayer" as the fifth Favorite Single of All Time in Britain. A survey conducted by the British Broadcasting Corporation's Radio 2 in 2000 among its listneers and a panel of song artists and music industry figures named madonna among the 100 Best Voices of the Century. She ranked #59. Also, in her adopted home of the United Kingdom, Madonna was named the coolest person of all time.[11]

For it's twenty-fifty anniversary in 2006, MTV made a list of Videos That Broke the Rules: "Like a Prayer" came in at #1, with "Ray of Light" at #4 and "Vogue" at #5. [12]

VH1 conducted several polls and created several lists in the 2000s:

  • Madonna was ranked #1 in 100 Sexiest Artists.
  • "Vogue" was #4 and "Into the Groove" was #40 in a list of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs.
  • Madonna was ranked #1 in the 100 Greatest Women.
  • VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons placed Madonna at #7, behind Marilyn Monroe at #6 and in front of Michael Jordan at #8; she was also the second highest charting musician on the list, second only to Elvis Presley at #3.
  • VH1's 100 Most Desired Bodies placed Madonna at #28.
  • VH1's 100 Greatest Covers and Samples placed "Hung Up" at #2, behind only "The Tainted Love".

In a UK poll of the 100 Favourite Albums, Madonna charted as follows:

  • ARTIST ALBUMS: Ray of Light at #24, Like a Prayer at #35, Confessions on a Dancefloor at #37, Like a Virgin at #47, True Blue at #64 and Music at #66
  • GREATEST HITS ALBUMS: The Immaculate Collection at #3
  • TOP 5 SOUNDTRACKS: Evita at #1 [13]

[edit] Awards

Below is a chronological list of awards won by Madonna

[edit] 1985

  • UK NME Survey - Top Singles Artiste of The Year
  • Billboard Music Awards
    • Top Pop Artist
    • Top Pop Album Artist - Female
    • Top Pop Singles Artist
    • Top Pop Singles Artist - Female
    • Top Dance Club Play Artist
    • Top Dance Sales Artist
    • Top Music Video: "Madonna"
  • ARC Weekly Top 40
  • Bravo Otto Award (Golden) for best female singer

(please note that madonna did not win an AMA in 1985.)

[edit] 1986

[edit] 1987

  • Billboard Music Awards
    • Top Pop Singles Artist
    • Top Pop Singles Artist - Female
    • Top Dance Sales Artist
  • American Music Awards
    • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist
  • MTV Video Music Awards
  • Raspberry Awards
    • Worst Actress "Who's That Girl?"
  • People's Choice Awards
    • Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied w/Whitney Houston)
  • World Music Video Awards
    • America's Most Popular Video (Papa Don't Preach)
    • The World's Most Popular Video (Papa Don't Preach)
  • American Video Awards
    • Best Female Performance (Papa Don't Preach)
  • ASCAP Pop Music Award
  • Best Song Writing (Live to Tell)
  • Bravo Otto Award Gold Best female singer of the year
  • Much Music Video Awards
    • Best Female Artiste
    • Best Video (La Isla Bonita)
  • BMI Pop Award – Most Performed Pop Song (Live To Tell, Open Your Heart, La Isla Bonita)

[edit] 1988

  • Rolling Stones Readers Poll Awards – Worst Female Singer, Worst Dressed, Female Artiste & Best Dressed Female Artiste
  • BMI Pop Award – Most Performed Pop Song (Who’s That Girl)
  • Golden Raspberry Award - Worst Female Actress (Who's That Girl)

[edit] 1989

[edit] 1990

[edit] 1991

[edit] 1992

  • Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Awards
    • Best Dressed Female
  • Rockbjörnen (Sweden)
    • Best International Artist
  • Telegatto Award (Italy) - Best International Artist

[edit] 1993

[edit] 1995

[edit] 1996

  • Billboard Music Awards
    • Artist Achievement Award
  • Echo Awards (Germany)
    • Best Selling Artist
  • ASCAP Awards
  • MTV Latino Awards
    • Best Female Artist (special award)
    • Best Video, "Veras" (special award)

[edit] 1997

  • Academy Award
    • Best Original Song, "You Must Love Me Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Lyrics by Tim Rice]"
  • Golden Globe Awards
    • Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (Evita)
    • Best Original Song (You Must Love Me)
    • Best Picture - Musical or Comedy (Evita)
  • Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll
    • "Like A Virgin"
  • Echo Award (Germany)
    • Best International Female
  • American Moviegoers' Awards
    • Best Female Actress, "Evita"
    • Best Director, Alan Parker
  • Golden Satellite Awards
    • Best Picture (Evita)
    • Best Original Song (You Must Love Me)
    • Best Costume Design (Penny Rose)

[edit] 1998

[edit] 1999

  • RIAARecording Industry Association of America
    • Top Selling Female Rock Singer of the Century
  • Fryderyk Awards (Poland)
  • Danish Grammy Awards
    • Best International Female Artist
    • Best International Album, "Ray Of Light"
  • Edison Awards (the Netherlands)
    • Best International Female Artist
    • Best International Album, "Ray Of Light"
  • NRJ Music Awards (France)
    • Best International Female Artist
  • NRJ Music Awards (The Netherlands)
    • Best International Female Artist
  • Croatian Porin Music Awards

[edit] 2000

  • Grammy Awards
  • Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Awards
    • Best Single, "Music"
  • Rolling Stone Critics Awards
    • Best Single, "Music"
  • MTV Europe Music Awards
    • Best Female Artist
    • Best Dance Artist
  • Billboard Awards
    • Best Music Video, "Music"
  • Billboard Year-End Charts
    • Top Hot Dance Club-Play Artist
    • Top Hot Dance Club-Play Single, "Music"
    • Top Hot Dance Club-Play Artist - Female
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Music"
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist - Female.
  • Premios Amigo Awards (Spain)
    • Best International Female
  • Ivor Novello Award
    • Most Performed Work, "Beautiful Stranger"

[edit] 2001

  • Grammy Awards
    • Best Recording Package, "Music" (album)
  • Brit Awards
    • Best International Female Artist
  • Billboard Year-End Charts
    • Top Dance Club Play Artist
  • International Dance Music Awards
    • Best Solo Dance Artist
    • Best Pop Dance Record, "Music"
    • Best Dance Video, "Music"
  • Golden Giraffe Awards (Hungary)
    • Best International Album, "Music"
  • Danish Grammy Awards
    • Best International Album, "Music"
    • Best International Hit, "Music"
  • Edison Awards: (the Netherlands)
    • Best International Female Artist
  • Capital FM Awards
    • Favorite International Solo Artist
  • NRJ Music Awards (Sweden)
    • Best International Artist
  • NRJ Music Awards (France)
    • Best International Pop/Rock Album, "Music"
    • Best International Artist
  • MVPA Awards
  • Raspberry Awards
    • Worst Actress, "The Next Best Thing"

[edit] 2002

  • Billboard Year-End Charts
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales Artist
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Die Another Day"
  • International Dance Music Awards
    • Best Solo Dance Artist
  • ASCAP Pop Music Awards
  • DVD Awards
    • Best Music DVD, "Drowned World Tour Live"
  • AOL Viewer's Choice Awards
    • Best Television Concert, "Drowned World Tour"
  • American Music Award
    • International Artiste of The Year

[edit] 2003

  • American Music Awards
    • International Artist of the Year Award
  • Billboard Year-End Charts
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales Artist
    • Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Die Another Day"
  • Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards
    • Theatre Event, "Up For Grabs"
  • MVPA Awards
  • Shangay Awards (Spain)[15]
    • Best International Album
    • Best International Artist
  • Golden Raspberry Awards
    • Worst Actress (Swept Away)
    • Worst Supporting Actress (Die Another Day)
    • Worst Screen Couple (Andriano Gianini & Madonna)

[edit] 2004

  • UK Music Hall of Fame - Founding Member
  • NRJ Music Awards
    • Life Achievement Award
  • Dancestar Awards
    • Best Chart Act
  • Billboard Music Awards
  • Billboard Year-End Charts
    • Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist
    • Top Hot Dance Singles Sales Artist
  • ARC Weekly Top 40
    • No. 1 Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.
  • Wembley Arena's Female Artist of the Year Award 2004
    • For 4 Sold Out Dates With "The Reinvention Tour"

[edit] 2005

  • Billboard Backstage Pass Awards
    • Top Tour, "Re-Invention Tour"

[edit] 2006

  • Rockbjörnen (Sweden)
    • Best International Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
  • Pink Paper Awards
    • Best Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
    • Best Single, "Hung Up"
    • Best Musical Artist
    • Best Live Event, "KoKo Club Mini-Show"
  • NRJ Music Awards (France)
    • Best International Artist
  • Virgin. Net Music Awards
    • Best Solo Female Artist
    • Best Song, "Hung Up"
  • Boyz Awards
    • Best Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
    • Best Single, "Hung Up"
    • Best Solo Star
    • Best Pop Act
  • TRL Awards
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Retired Videos Award for "Hung Up"
  • Brit Awards
    • Best International Female Artist
  • NME Awards
    • Sexiest Female Artist
  • ECHO Awards (Germany)
    • Best Rock/Pop International Female Artist
    • Hit of the Year for "Hung Up"
  • Space Shower Music Video Awards (Japan)
    • Best International Video for "Hung Up"
  • Arion (Greece)Music Awards[16]
    • Best Selling Single, "Hung Up"
    • Best Selling Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
  • 21st Annual International Dance Music Awards
    • Best Pop Dance Track for "Hung Up"
    • Best Dance Video for "Hung Up"
    • Best Dance Artist Solo
  • Salut! d'Or Awards (France)
    • Best International Female Singer
    • Best Song, "Hung Up"
    • Best Video, "Hung Up"
  • Amadeus Music Awards (Austria)
    • Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
  • Popcorn Awards (Hungary)
    • Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
  • Shangay Awards (Spain)
    • Best International Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
    • Best International Artist
  • Wembley Arena's Square of Fame[17]
    • First star to be honoured in the venue's new Square of Fame.
  • Wembley Arena's Female Artist of the Year Award 2006
    • For 8 Sold Out Dates With "The Confessions Tour"
  • Billboard Touring Awards
    • Top Boxscore Award ($22 million, eight-sellout stand at London's Wembley Arena)
  • World Music Awards
    • World's Best Pop Artist

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