Who’s that girl celebrating her 30th
anniversary on Billboard charts today? Madonna.
Thirty years ago today, on Nov. 6, 1982,
Madonna made her Billboard chart debut, entering the Dance/Club Play Songs
tally at No. 40 with “Everybody.” Since then, our charts and pop music have
never been the same.
“Everybody” was Madonna’s first single for
Sire/Warner Bros. and the first of an amazing 60 hits on the Dance/Club Play
Songs chart (so far) for the diva.
Here is a look at a few of the
entertainer’s amazing Billboard chart feats through the years:
A record 156 No. 1s. Given her multi-format
appeal, winning support at pop, dance and adult formats, Madonna leads all
artists for the most No. 1s on all Billboard charts combined. When her latest
single “Turn Up the Radio” ruled the Sept. 8 Dance/Club Play Songs chart,
Madonna logged her record-extending 156th leader on an active, current-based
domestic Billboard survey.
A record 43 Dance/Club Play Songs No. 1s.
Essentially, if Madonna releases a single and it charts on Dance/Club Play
Songs, it’s a safe bet to assume it’ll go to No. 1. Since 2000, she’s placed 26
hits on the survey. Of those, all but five have gone on to lead the list.
Madonna is clearly the Queen of the Club. (Janet Jackson is next with 19 No.
1s.) Madonna is on the verge of tying George Strait’s record for the most
toppers on any single Billboard chart; the country legend has earned 44 No. 1s
on Country Songs.
A record 38 top 10 Billboard Hot 100
singles. In the 54-year history of Billboard’s signature songs chart, Madonna
has earned a record 38 top 10 hits. With 34, the Beatles rank second. Madonna
first reached the Hot 100′s top 10 with 1984′s No. 10 hit “Borderline,” which
began her streak of 17 consecutive top 10s through 1989′s No. 2-peaking
“Cherish.”
She most recently reached the region with
2012′s No. 10 hit “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.
56 Hot 100 hits. Madonna first dented the
Hot 100 almost a year to the day after she made her Dance/Club Play Songs
arrival. “Holiday” was her first Hot 100 hit, partying its way onto the chart
on Oct. 29, 1983 at No. 88. It eventually rose to No. 16, the first of 32
straight top 40 hits for Madonna. Among women, only Aretha Franklin (73) has
made more Hot 100 visits than Madonna, while Taylor Swift ( as of last week) and
Dionne Warwick have also tallied 56 entries
12 Hot 100 No. 1s. Madonna’s haul of
chart-toppers is the fourth-best all-time. (The Supremes also boast 12 No. 1s).
Only the Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18) and Michael Jackson (13) have earned
more. Madonna first hit No. 1 with 1984′s “Like a Virgin,” which spent six
weeks atop the list (her second-longest reign; only 1995′s “Take a Bow” (seven
frames) led longer.) Madonna has also ruled with “Crazy for You” (1985), “Live
to Tell,” “Papa Don’t Preach” (1986), “Open Your Heart,” “Who’s That Girl” (1987),
“Like a Prayer” (1989), “Vogue” (1990), “Justify My Love” (1991), “This Used to
Be My Playground” (1992) and “Music” (2000).
20 Billboard 200 top 10 albums. Madonna has
rung up 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, the second-most among
women after Barbra Streisand (32). Among all acts, Madonna and Bob Dylan are
tied for the sixth-most top 10s, trailing only the Rolling Stones (36), Frank
Sinatra (33), Streisand, the Beatles (30) and Elvis Presley (27). Among
Madonna’s 20 top 10 sets are eight No. 1s (also second only to Streisand, who’s
banked nine.) Madonna most recently topped the Billboard 200 with “MDNA” upon
its April 14 debut.
5 Adult Contemporary No. 1s. After arriving
as a dance diva, Madonna soon crossed to adult audiences, widening her appeal
and helping to ensure that her catalog of hit singles scores daily airplay
today.
She’s led AC with “Live to Tell” (1986),
“La Isla Bonita” (1987), “Cherish” (1989), “I’ll Remember” (1994) and “Take a
Bow” (1995).
A No. 1 … even when she’s not No. 1.
Madonna’s songs have found a place atop a Billboard ranking even when she’s not
singing them. The cast of Fox’s “Glee” crowned the May 8, 2010, Billboard 200
with the “Glee: the Music, the Power of Madonna” EP. Four of the release’s
covers reached the Hot 100 – “Like a Prayer” (No. 27), the “Borderline”/”Open
Your Heart” mash-up, “Like a Virgin,” and “4 Minutes” – reinforcing that the
Queen of Pop’s music continues to reign among each new generation.
