Madonna Lands 10th No. 1 Album With 134,000 Units as Ken Carson, Sienna Spiro Debut Top 10
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Updated · Variety · Jul 12
Madonna Lands 10th No. 1 Album With 134,000 Units as Ken Carson, Sienna Spiro Debut Top 10
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jul 12
Summary
134,000 equivalent album units sent Madonna’s “Confessions II” to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, beating Olivia Rodrigo’s No. 2 album, which added 103,000 units.
114,000 sales and 19,000 streaming-equivalent units gave Madonna her best sales week since 2012 and biggest streaming week on record, despite pre-release singles failing to break out.
Ken Carson entered at No. 7 with 42,000 units for “Xperiment,” while Sienna Spiro debuted at No. 9 with 39,000 for “The Visitor.”
The chart-topper is Madonna’s first No. 1 album of the 2020s, her 10th overall, and makes her the first act to reach No. 1 in the 2020s after topping the chart in three earlier decades.
In Britain, “Confessions II” also opened at No. 1—Madonna’s 13th there—putting her alongside the Beatles as the only artists with 10 U.S. and U.K. No. 1 albums.