{"id":4665,"date":"2026-07-13T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:20:12","slug":"madonna-returns-to-number-one-on-the-charts-with-confessions-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4665","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Returns to Number One on the Charts With &#8216;Confessions II&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Singer scores her 10th chart-topping album, and becomes first artist of the 2020s to land Number Ones in four different decades<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/madonna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_madonna\" data-tag=\"madonna\">Madonna<\/a> returned to the top of the charts for the first time this decade as her <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/madonna-confessions-ii-album-review-1235588293\/\">Confessions II<\/a><\/em> opened at Number One on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOver 20 years after <em>Confessions on a Dance Floor<\/em> ruled the charts, <em>Confessions II<\/em> similarly debuted in the top spot, moving 134,000 equivalent albums in its first week of release. This Number One marks the first time Madonna has ruled the album charts in the 2020s<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBeginning with 1984\u2019s <em>Like a Virgin<\/em>, Madonna has now landed 10 albums at Number One \u2014 and the only artist with at least one Number One in the 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, and now 2020s (shockingly, her 1990s LPs <em>Erotica<\/em>, <em>Bedtime Stories<\/em>, and <em>Ray of Light<\/em> all missed the top spot) \u2014 as well as becomes just the fourth artist to rack up 10 Number Ones on both the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100; only the Beatles, Taylor Swift, and Drake achieved that prior to the Material Girl, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/acts-10-number-ones-billboard-200-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Billboard<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMadonna last grabbed Number One with her 2019 album <em>Madame X<\/em>, her second Number One of the 2010s; while 2012\u2019s <em>MDNA<\/em> hit the top spot, 2015\u2019s <em>Rebel Heart<\/em> peaked at Number Two.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLanding the top spot is just a bonus for <em>Confessions II<\/em>, which <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> called Madonna\u2019s \u201cbest album in 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a 64-minute nonstop groove that flows like a club-DJ set, each song fading into the next, drawing from all over the history of dance music,\u201d Rob Sheffield wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/madonna-confessions-ii-album-review-1235588293\/\">his review<\/a>. \u201cYou might hear a flicker of \u2018I Feel Love\u2019 here, or \u2018Apache\u2019 there, but it\u2019s a history lesson that she turns into her musical autobiography.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer scores her 10th chart-topping album, and becomes first artist of the 2020s to land Number Ones in four different decades Madonna returned to the top of the charts for the first time this decade as her Confessions II opened at Number One on the Billboard 200. 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