Talk:Madonna albums discography

You Can Dance as a compilation album.
Why You Can Dance album is listed as an compilation album besides a remix album?? All seven songs were remixed exclusively to the album, and are all new. The YCD article says that it's a remixed album too. Also Remixed & Revisited is a remix album and it's included in the right category...--88marcus (talk) 06:24, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It actually is not about a "remix album" or a "compilation album", but about a "major release" and a "limited release". You Can Dance was a major release, that's why it's listed on the same table as The Immaculate Collection and Something to Remember. By the way, I have removed the specific types (EP/boxsets/remix) of those minor releases to avoid confusion. Bluesatellite (talk) 12:53, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Dance Mix EP
A 1985 "Argentinian" EP apparently called Dance Mix has received a worldwide re-release this year for Record Store Day - is this the same as Madonna Mix, the Venezuelan EP listed in this article? Is this re-release worth mentioning? Source anemone  projectors  10:52, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep its the same one actually, thanks for notifying AnemoneProjectors :) — I B  [ Poke  ] 11:40, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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Madonna's spoken word album 5 Stories For Children
This album was officially released in 2005. Maybe it should be added. What do you think?Tintin-tintine (talk) 21:52, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Please add the UK sales of Evita in the Soundtrack table. Sales of 733,000 were reported by the Official Charts Company sourced to the following: 203.163.242.72 (talk) 16:12, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable, adding. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  16:14, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2018
In the sales column for Ray of Light, please add the UK sales of 1.73 million sourced to the following reference. 123.63.241.36 (talk) 05:43, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 22:15, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Remix EP
Remixed & Revisited is a remix EP not Album as you can verify. Please correct.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68555/madonna-in-a-remix-mood

https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Remixed-Revisited/release/210155

Madonna albums on 8-track tape
Like a Virgin, True Blue, & You Can Dance were all released on 8-track tape cartridge. Very rare and limited release, but nonetheless they were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.60.231.82 (talk) 05:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Sales report
"Label certifications" (no meets criteria for an inclusion when database coverage works before their releases)

Canada:
 * Madonna: Gold → Platinum
 * Who's That Girl: 3x Platinum
 * You Can Dance: Platinum
 * "Like a Virgin": Platinum
 * "Angel": Gold
 * "Material Girl": Gold
 * "Who's That Girl": Gold
 * "La Isla Bonita": Gold
 * "Causing a Commotion": Gold


 * Hong Kong: Like a Virgin double-platinum per Billboard (1) or Radio & Records (2) 1986 | The Immaculate Collection: Platinum in a single day (20,000 units in one day)


 * Portugal: Gold certification 1992


 * Sweden: 3x Platinum COADF & Platinum HC (Aftonbladet) | Platinum for MDNA (1, 2 & 3)

Some sales report around the world:
 * South Africa 2006: "Madonna has sold more than 860 000 albums in South Africa and remains popular . " — Drum A Magazine of Africa for Africa Issues 721-729 (2006; page 61)
 * India 1990s: Madonna's latest album, by comparison, has only sold 15,000 copies in India (1996) | 50,000 cassettes in India (seems average, 1996) | Western artists like Madonna sell well in India (The New York Times, 2008) + Billboard: Magnasound largest orders to date are Madonna's albums (1989)
 * Canada: 5,6 million copies sold of her catalogue in Canada as of 1998 (pag. 31 from PDF) | RPM
 * 7 million sold in Canada as of 2000 (pag. 2) | RPM


 * Denmark: (almost) 1 million in Denmark till 2001 (441,368 between ROL and Music) | Politiken
 * Latin America: Historically, big pop and rock acts, from Madonna to U2, sell well throughout the Latin territories (Source: Billboard 2006)
 * Venezuela: Before the slump a record by Madonna or Phil Collins could sell 70,000-80,000 units, say the experts. Source Business Venezuela 1992, pag 18.
 * Mexico 1993: 2 million copies of her albums (seems doesn't include singles) in Mexico as of 1993 | El Siglo de Torreón
 * Mexico (singles): (2012) digital downloads average of 15 to 18,000 units (estimated) for a Madonna or Gaga single
 * Chile: 400,000 sold of her albums in Chile until 2012 | La Tercera
 * Brazil: 3.7 million of only 9 albums in Brazil until 1993 | She also received at that period 24 Gold & 5 Platinum awards | More about the award for selling over 3,000,000 in Brazil 24 Gold & 5 Platinum awards (for her singles, but probably was for all her discography)
 * Australia: 3.7 million in Australia (2012) + 4 million (2005)
 * Russia: Madonna sells well in Russia (sic [W Rosji, gdzie każdy album Madonny sprzedaje się znakomicie] )
 * Singapore [sic]: Even Madonna, whose albums sell between 80,000 and 100,000 copies, needed some help to sell 33,000 copies of "Erotica" in just two weeks. NLB Libraries; from Timeszone Central on 12 November 1992, pag 14 + another source
 * Thailand 1986: 200 to 300 copies (average of copies sold per album in Bangkok -Capital city-)
 * Malaysia: 1990 or before, WEA's fastest-selling album (38,000), The latest albums by "flavours" of the year such as Richard Marx, Debbie Gibson, Madonna, New Kids On The Block and Milli Vanilli sold in the thousands (1989) + one of WEA's biggest-selling foreign acts in Malaysia (1989).


 * China till 1988: average of 50,000 albums of Western artists like Madonna are imported according to CNPIEC
 * Estonia 1999: Metallica, Modern Talking and Madonna (sales success history in Estonia)
 * Slovakia 2008: Usually gold or platinum sales in Slovakia (great success)
 * Czech Republic: Chart success in the country + several gold, platinum and multi-platinum records for sales in the Czech Republic
 * Hong Kong: international pop artists like Cranberries and Madonna are "hot sellers" | Asia Street Wall Journal (Sally D. Goll. 1995, May 29. Chinese pop music strikes a sales chord)

By specific titles / others
 * 60,000 units in Portugal for COADF (CDGO —questionable source )
 * Hung Up 60,000 Norway/Sweden through Aspiro (till Dec 2005)
 * "Madonna Tres de sus grabaciones — “ Madonna ”, “ Como una virgen ” y “ Verdad azul ” — han ganado disco de platino | Colombian magazine Cromos (not an explicit ref but a remote possibility those certs came from Colombia; I've asked them but they don't have accessibility to their print sources due quarantine)
 * Pag 61 - Billboard probably Ciao Italia: Live from Italy sold between 150,000 to 200,000 copies in US as of 1989.
 * La Stampa: 1991. Previous video releases of The Immaculate Collection video sold no more than 9,000 copies in Italy.

Other reports (piracy etc)
 * Madonna refused to perform in Bangkok, citing lost revenue from the local fake cassette business | Daily Report: East Asia (1995; pag. 50, 43-54 vol)

--Apoxyomenus (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC) Some of my finds:


 * "Madonna True Blue, Original Irish Gold Record"


 * "Like A Prayer (Rare Official Mexican Warner Music Mexico In-house 'doble disco de oro' double GOLD and 'disco de platino' PLATINUM sales award disc issued to commemorate album sales in excess of 450,000 copies in October 1992 and presented to Madonna".


 * "A realy stunning and official Dutch NVPI award with the Gold (status) Seal for the single "Into the Groove" and the Platinum (status)" - official is mentioned in the title however I did not find it in the NVPI database, but database is missing the year 1985.


 * Sales report in Turkey: “Two years ago, legitimate sales of Madonna singles were 3,000. Last year we sold 300,000…” November 12, 1988

+ Israel - Platinum record for "Something to remember" presented to Fred Demann for recognizing 40,000 units sold

+ Mexico - Gold record award presented for "Ray of light" for 100,000 sales in Mexico.

+ Sweden - Platinum for 100,000 sales of True Blue and Japan award for Dress You Up-Ain't No Big Deal, 1987 EP.

+ Southeast Asia - "regionally, Warner Music previously reached 1 million units with a Madonna release" - May 1993

+ Singapore - "International acts who have crossed the 50.000 unit sales mark in Singapore include Whitney Houston, Madonna, R.E.M, Michael Jackson…" - August 1992

- Dhoffryn (talk) 21:59, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Others releases / Related

 * "Madonna Remasters 3-Pack," (11,000 units BMG Clubs)
 * "The Early Years - Give It To Me," (8,000 units BMG Clubs)
 * You Can Dance a special edition sold by El País (2003)
 * Madonna's Greatest Hits (Warner Music Vision) (10,000 units UK Music Week)
 * Best of the Rest 3/5 stars; The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
 * The Royal Boxset
 * Madonna - Clips 1990-99
 * Madonna: The Real History
 * The Unauthorised Biography
 * Madonna Laid Bare by Labyrinth Media
 * Girl Power
 * Everybody/Physical Attraction/Burning Up

--Apoxyomenus (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2022
Change Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones from “scheduled” to “released”. Hughie2000 (talk) 13:48, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Apoxyomenus (talk) 18:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

American Life Mixshow Mix
Can someone add the American Life Mixshow Mix RSD release to the limited releases section? 90.242.218.45 (talk) 20:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ --Apoxyomenus (talk) 20:34, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Album sales

 * Madonna (1983): 12 million (12 millones, es)
 * Like a Virgin (1985): 25 million + 28 million
 * Erotica (1992): 8 million (8 milhões, pt)
 * Ray of Light (1998): 17, 18 and 20 million copies (per various RS)
 * Music (2000): 12 million (12 milioni, it), 15 million, 16 million
 * American Life (2003): 6 million (+ 1)
 * Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): 12 million (+ 1, 2... etc), 15 million
 * Hard Candy (2008): 4.5 million (+ 1), 6 million
 * Rebel Heart (2015): 1.5 million, 1.8 million
 * You Can Dance (1987): 7 million
 * I'm Breathless (1990): 11 million
 * Something to Remember (1996): 12 million
 * The Immaculate Collection (1990): 31 million (Paste Staff, 2018) + 32 million (Dazed Digital)

Madonna: 330, 350, 400, 500 million records (newspapers around the world)

--Apoxyomenus (talk) 19:08, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Popularity WW
1980s-1990s-2000s-2010s reports


 * North Korea (several cultural references; one example)
 * Taiwan: Western artists like Madonna, have strong followings in Taiwan + she remains popular (1999)
 * Hong Kong
 * China: Madonna is famous in China [...] Her albums are on sale in many government stores + one of the first Western acts to be introduced in the country (pag 106 (or 76))
 * : both very popular and highly controversial in Egypt; major star in Egypt
 * Cuba (PT: conhecida praticamente em todo o planeta. Os cubanos, por exemplo, sao loucos por ella.) +
 * India: "Hugely popular in India" + "Everybody in India has heard of Madonna"
 * Middle East: Madonna is probably the most well-known American celebrity in the Middle East. Everyone here has heard of her (Klein 2007)
 * Mexico Madonna "is as popular in Mexico as anywhere else" (ES: "es tan popular en México como en cualquier otro lugar")
 * Japan Madonna outperforms Japanese and Asian artists (1990) + her popularity outshone that of Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson
 * Italy Madonna "is a sensation in Italy because of her music and image"


 * OCESA Mexico: There are only few countries where she has not been successful
 * Her popularity was as great in Japan and Singapore as in the United States
 * Madonna, whose music has travelled culturally [...] to diverse cultures across the globe

--Apoxyomenus (talk) 04:10, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Worldwide Sales
why have the Worldwide sales of all her albums been removed? Is there a specific reason of removing source reliable data that does not disrupts the layout of the article? 190.171.101.194 (talk) 14:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

World Sales Numbers
It’s interesting how you look at other artists on Wikipedia pages and they have greatly inflated numbers whereas Madonna’s keeps changing because people keep lowering the numbers incorrectly and Wikipedia allows that. She has sold over 400 million albums and singles. I would truly appreciate it if Wikipedia updates this and showcases her large numbers of record breaking sales. 24.228.89.34 (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)