MADONNA—BEING NO. 1 NEVER GETS OLD & NEVER DOES SHE
Here at Beato’s Blog we just cannot (and should not) overlook pop icon Madonna’s most recent accomplishment. With her recent historical Billboard charting (Ghosttown) Madonna now holds the most all time number one dance club hits (45) on the Billboard chart. “Thanks to all my fans on and off the dancefloor,” Madonna said. “I’ll (always) be your partner.” With her 45th number one dance club song Madonna edges out Beyonce and Rihanna. Indeed, Madam pop has more number one hits than both performers combined. (They have 22 between them).
Ghosttown is found on Madonna’s 13th studio album, Rebel Heart, which itself launched at number one on the March 28 Top Album Sales chart. Various remixes from Don Diablo, Mindskap and Armand Van Helden, among others, helped the track top Dance Club Songs. Madonna wrote Ghosttown with Evan Bogart, Sean Douglas and Jason Evigan and its theme, she says, “is about the city after Armageddon. The burnt-out city, the crumbling buildings, the smoke that’s still lingering after the fire. There’s only a few people left. How do we pick up the pieces and go on from here? Kind of dramatic.”
To fully understand the scope of this remarkable achievement, here are the songs beginning with the double-sided single Holiday/Lucky Star which reached the top the week of Sept. 24, 1983.
1983 Holiday/Lucky Star
1984 Like a Virgin
1985 Material Girl
1985 Angel/Into the Groove
1987 Open Your Heart
1987 Causing a Commotion (Remix)
1988 You Can Dance (LP Cuts)
1989 Like a Prayer
1989 Express Yourself
1990 Keep It Together
1990 Vogue
1991 Justify My Love
1992 Erotica
1993 Deeper and Deeper
1993 Fever
1994 Secret
1995 Bedtime Story
1997 Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
1998 Frozen
1998 Ray of Light
1999 Nothing Really Matters
1999 Beautiful Stranger
2000 American Pie
2000 Music
2001 Don’t Tell Me
2001 What It Feels Like for a Girl
2001 Impressive Instant
2002 Die Another Day
2003 American Life
2003 Hollywood
2003 Me Against the Music (Britney Spears featuring Madonna)
2004 Nothing Fails
2004 Love Profusion
2005 Hung Up
2006 Sorry
2006 Get Together
2006 Jump
2008 4 Minutes (Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
2008 Give It 2 Me
2009 Celebration
2012 Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.)
2012 Girl Gone Wild
2012 Turn Up the Radio
2015 Living for Love
2015 Ghosttown
This is one of those moments in entertainment when you simply let the scene play out without commentary. You know, like after a team has dramatically won a world championship and the announcer simply lets the moment breathe. The event speaks for itself. Here, Madonna’s accomplishment really speaks for itself. Regardless of your views of her antics, opinions, or appearance, her musical accomplishments are legendary and beyond dispute. For this Material Girl who is always in Vogue she never gets Hung Up and Nothing Fails. Good job girl.
KEN “K BO” BIEDZYNSKI
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