American singer Madonna has released 97 singles and 29 promotional singles and charted with 27 other songs. Among those releases, a total of 44 singles have topped the official chart in at least one of the world's top 10 music markets, from "Like a Virgin" (1984) to "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (2012). She has sold more than 100 million singles, predominantly in physical formats,Worldwide sales claims for her singles: 75 million (August 2005)
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More than 100 million with Platinum-certified titles spanning 40 years from "Holiday" (1983) to "Popular" (2023). According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo artist in the US singles chart history, second overall behind the Beatles. In the UK, she is the most successful female artist, with a total of 65 top-ten songs and 13 chart-toppers according to Official Charts Company. At the 40th anniversary of the GfK Media Control Charts, Madonna was ranked as the most successful singles artist in German chart history. Editors of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) wrote that Madonna is a "deserving candidate for the title of greatest singles artist since the 1960s heyday of the single"; the staff of Slant stated in 2020 that "by every objective measure, she's the most successful singles artist of all time".
In 1982, Madonna released her debut single, "Everybody", which peaked at number three on the US Dance Club Songs chart. Her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 was "Holiday" (1983), which also became her first top-ten song in several countries. "Like a Virgin" (1984) became her first number-one single in Australia, Canada, and the US, while "Into the Groove" (1985) was her first number one in Italy, Spain and the UK. She continued topping the US or UK charts in the 1980s with "Live to Tell" (1986), "Papa Don't Preach" (1986), "True Blue" (1986), "Open Your Heart" (1986), "La Isla Bonita" (1987), "Who's That Girl" (1987), and "Like a Prayer" (1989). Madonna holds the record for the most consecutive top-five singles by any artist on the Billboard Hot 100, with 16 singles from "Lucky Star" (1984) to "Cherish" (1989). She surpassed Aretha Franklin as the female solo artist with the most US top-ten tracks in history, with "Keep It Together" (1990) becoming her 18th single to do so. Her next chart-toppers "Vogue" (1990), "Justify My Love" (1990), and "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) made her the first female solo artist to achieve 10 number-one singles in the US.
"Secret" (1994) became her 35th consecutive UK top-ten single, which remains an all-time record for any act. "Take a Bow" (1994) became Madonna's longest-running US number-one single with seven weeks atop the chart, while "Frozen" (1998) became her first ever single to debut at number one in the UK. Throughout the 2000s, Madonna topped the US or UK charts with "American Pie" (2000), "Music" (2000), "Hung Up" (2005), "Sorry" (2006), and "4 Minutes" (2008). With "Hung Up", Madonna earned a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for topping the charts in the most countries (41). With "4 Minutes", Madonna surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten singles in the US chart history (37). "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (2012) became her 24th number-one single in Canada and her record-extending 38th US top-ten single. "I Don't Search I Find" (2020) marked her record-extending 50th number-one song on the Dance Club Songs chart, thus making her the artist with the most number ones on a single Billboard chart, pulling ahead of George Strait who earned 44 number ones on the Hot Country Songs chart. Almost all of Madonna biggest chart successes were performed solo, with "Me Against the Music" (2003) being her first chart entry as a featured artist, while "4 Minutes" was her first single to feature another artist after a 25-year-long career.
Singles 1980s Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album US USClub AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 5, 1988: N.B. ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of the Kent Music Report chart between mid-1983 and June 5, 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 6, 1988: "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "Living for Love" peaks: "Girl Gone Wild" peak: "Levitating" peak: All ARIA-era peaks to January 24, 2020: N.B. This only contains peaks from the ARIA-produced chart era (June 5, 1988 onwards). The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. "Bring Your Love" peak: "Love Sensation" peak: CANFor peak chart positions of Madonna's Canadian singles from 1983–2000 see RPM chart books. For singles from 2000–2006, see Canadian Singles Chart archives at AllMusic. For singles from 2007–present, see Billboards Canadian Hot 100 archives.
"Me Against the Music": FRA GER ITAFor peak chart positions of Madonna's Italian singles from 1983–99, see the Musica e dischi chart book. For singles from 2000–present, see the FIMI chart archives at Hung Medien.
"Don't Tell Me": "Living for Love" and "Devil Pray": "Levitating": SPASpanish chart peaks: SWI UKUK chart peaks:
"Hey You": "Revolver": "Turn Up the Radio": "Ghosttown": "Everybody" 1982 — 3 — — — — — — — —US: 250,000References for US sales figures for "Everybody": Madonna "Burning Up" / "Physical Attraction" 1983 — 3 13 — — — — — — —US: 150,000 "Holiday" 16 1 4 32 19 9 22 — 18 2US: 260,000 UK: 878,000UK: Platinum NZ: Gold "Lucky Star" 4 36 8 — — — — — 14UK: 117,470 "Borderline" 1984 10 4 12 25 — — — — 23 2UK: 500,000US: Gold UK: Gold "Like a Virgin" 1 1 1 1 8 4 16 — 9 3WW: 6,000,000 US: 1,900,000 UK: 925,000US: Gold NZ: Platinum SPA: Gold UK: Gold Like a Virgin "Material Girl" 1985 2 1 4 4 47 13 18 10 15 3US: 347,000 UK: 405,000ITA: Gold NZ: Platinum SPA: Gold UK: Platinum "Crazy for You" 1 — 1 1 47 26 12 17 16 2US: 2,000,000 UK: 782,000US: Gold UK: Gold NZ: Gold Vision Quest: Original Soundtrack of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture "Angel" 5 1 1 5 — 31 — 2 17 5UK: 205,000US: Gold Like a Virgin "Into the Groove" — — 2 3 1 1 2 1CAN: 100,000 ITA: 300,000 UK: 957,000US: Gold UK: Platinum ITA: Gold FRA: Gold NZ: Gold "Dress You Up" 5 3 5 10 18 20 16 11 20 5UK: 210,000UK: Silver "Gambler" — — 10 — 33 25 3 — 23 4UK: 295,000UK: Silver Vision Quest: Original Soundtrack of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture "Live to Tell" 1986 1 — 7 1 6 12 1 — 4 2UK: 331,000UK: Silver FRA: Silver True Blue "Papa Don't Preach" 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 4 2 1UK: 651,000US: Platinum NZ: Gold UK: Gold FRA: Silver "True Blue" 3 6 5 1 6 6 3 12 6 1UK: 557,000US: Gold AUS: Platinum UK: Silver FRA: Silver "Open Your Heart" 1 1 16 8 24 17 6 — 11 4US: 75,000 UK: 195,000UK: Silver "La Isla Bonita" 1987 4 — 6 1 1 1 18 8 1 1US: 75,000 UK: 450,000UK: Platinum GER: Gold ITA: Gold FRA: Gold NZ: Gold SPA: Platinum "Who's That Girl" 1 44 7 1 2 2 1 6 2 1US: 100,000 CAN: 40,000 UK: 380,000UK: Silver FRA: Gold Who's That Girl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Causing a Commotion" 2 1 7 2 — 14 4 21 9 4UK: 230,000 "The Look of Love" — — — — 23 34 — — 20 9UK: 121,439 "Spotlight" 1988 — — — — — — — — — — You Can Dance "Like a Prayer" 1989 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1WW: 5,000,000 US: 2,000,000Claimed sales for "Like a Prayer" in the United States: FRA: 400,000 UK: 850,500US: 2× Platinum AUS: Platinum UK: 3× Platinum GER: Gold ITA: Gold SPA: Gold SWI: Gold FRA: Silver NZ: 2× Platinum Like a Prayer "Express Yourself" 2 1 5 1 7 3 1 3 1 5UK: 200,000US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Silver "Cherish" 2 — 4 1 21 16 3 10 10 3UK: 200,000AUS: Gold "Oh Father" 20 — 59 14 26 — 6 — — 16UK: 58,730 "Dear Jessie" — — 51— — 19 — 17 16 5UK: 255,000UK: Silver "—" denotes a title that did not chart in that territory.
1990s Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album US USClub AUS CAN FRA GER ITA SPA SWI UK "Keep It Together" 1990 8 1 1 8 — — 16 — — —US: Gold AUS: 2× Platinum Like a Prayer "Vogue" 1 1 1 9 4 1 1 2 1WW: 6,000,000 US: 2,000,000 UK: 663,000US: 3× Platinum AUS: 2× Platinum ITA: Gold UK: Platinum CAN: Platinum FRA: Silver NZ: Gold I'm Breathless: Music from the Motion Picture Dick Tracy "Hanky Panky" 10 — 6 18 — 21 4 13 15 2UK: 210,000US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Silver "Justify My Love" 1 1 4 1 17 10 2 3 3 2US: 1,000,000 UK: 275,500US: Platinum AUS: Gold UK: Silver CAN: Gold The Immaculate Collection "Rescue Me" 1991 9 6 15 7 21 21 12 — 11 3UK: 134,764US: Gold "This Used to Be My Playground" 1992 1 — 9 1 7 6 1 6 6 3UK: 275,000US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Silver "Erotica" 3 1 4 13 23 13 1 4 8 3UK: 270,800US: Gold AUS: Gold Erotica "Deeper and Deeper" 7 1 11 2 17 26 1 — 23 6UK: 136,854AUS: Gold "Bad Girl" 1993 36 — 32 20 44 47 3 — 25 10UK: 74,915 "Fever" — 1 51 — 31 — 12 — — 6UK: 86,077 "Rain" 14 — 5 2 — 26 9 — 11 7UK: 130,771AUS: Gold "Bye Bye Baby" — — 15 — — — 7 — 28 — "I'll Remember" 1994 2 — 7 1 40 49 1 — 17 7WW: 1,000,000 US: 500,000 UK: 100,090US: Gold AUS: Gold With Honors: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack "Secret" 3 1 5 1 2 29 3 4 1 5UK: 117,957US: Gold AUS: Gold FRA: Gold Bedtime Stories "Take a Bow" 1 — 15 1 25 18 2 — 8 16US: 500,000 ITA: 300,000 UK: 102,739US: Gold "Bedtime Story" 1995 42 1 5 42 — — 8 — — 4UK: 97,428 "Human Nature" 46 2 17 64 — 50 10 — 17 8UK: 80,685 "You'll See" 6 — 9 2 24 15 5 — 8 5UK: 322,000US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Silver Something to Remember "One More Chance" 1996 — — 35 — — — 2 — — 11UK: 56,851 "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" 78 16 27 24 48 — — — — — "You Must Love Me" 18 — 11 11 41 78 4 — 43 10WW: 1,100,000 ITA: 20,000 UK: 90,428US: Gold Evita: The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" 8 1 9 14 1 3 2 1 4 3UK: 340,000AUS: Gold UK: Gold GER: Gold SWI: Gold FRA: Gold "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" 1997 — — 118 — — — 4 — — 7UK: 75,233 "Frozen" 1998 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 1US: 600,000 ITA: 30,000 UK: 602,200US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Platinum GER: Platinum ITA: Gold SWI: Gold FRA: Gold NZ: Gold Ray of Light "Ray of Light" 5 1 6 3 18 28 2 1 32 2US: 293,000 UK: 275,000US: Gold AUS: Gold UK: Gold "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" — — 16 — 42 39 5 1 31 10UK: 90,651 "The Power of Good-Bye" 11 — 33 16 21 4 8 2 8 6 UK: 180,000UK: Silver GER: Gold "Little Star" — — — — — — — — —UK: Silver "Nothing Really Matters" 1999 93 1 15 7 48 38 7 1 26 7UK: 128,137UK: Silver "Beautiful Stranger" 19 1 5 1 17 13 1 4 6 2UK: 535,000AUS: Gold UK: Platinum FRA: Gold Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me "—" denotes a title that did not chart in that territory.
2000s Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album US USClub AUS CAN FRA GER ITA SPA SWI UK "American Pie" 2000 29 1 1 4 8 1 1 1 1 1ITA: 70,000 SPA: 35,000 UK: 400,000AUS: Gold UK: Gold SWI: Gold FRA: Gold The Next Best Thing: Music from the Motion Picture "Music" 1 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 1 1US: 1,353,000 UK: 510,000US: Platinum AUS: 2× Platinum UK: Gold GER: Gold SWI: Gold FRA: Gold Music "Don't Tell Me" 4 1 7 1 16 22 1 2 10 4UK: 185,000US: Gold AUS: Platinum UK: Silver FRA: Gold "What It Feels Like for a Girl" 2001 23 1 6 2 40 16 2 1 11 7UK: 86,771AUS: Gold "Die Another Day" 2002 8 1 5 1 15 4 1 1 1 3US: 422,000 UK: 175,000AUS: Gold UK: Silver CAN: 2× Platinum FRA: Gold Die Another Day / American Life "American Life" 2003 37 1 7 1 10 10 1 2 1 2UK: 72,260AUS: Gold FRA: Gold American Life "Hollywood" — 1 16 5 22 21 3 2 2 2UK: 59,633 "Me Against the Music" 35 1 1 2 11 5 2 1 4 2US: 341,000 UK: 240,000US: Gold UK: Silver AUS: PlatinumIn the Zone "Nothing Fails" — 1 126 7 34 36 7 1 41 —US: 10,000 American Life "Love Profusion" — 1 25 3 25 — 5 1 31 11UK: 41,025 "Hung Up" 2005 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1WW: 5,000,000 US: 1,400,000 GER: 500,000 FRA: 500,000Claimed sales in France for "Hung Up" ITA: 100,000 UK: 730,000US: Platinum AUS: Platinum UK: 2× Platinum GER: 3× Gold ITA: Platinum SPA: Gold SWI: Gold CAN: 2× Platinum FRA: Gold NZ: Platinum Confessions on a Dance Floor "Sorry" 2006 58 1 4 2 5 5 1 1 4 1US: 366,000 UK: 200,000UK: Silver CAN: Platinum "Get Together" — 1 13 — 23 28 2 1 16 7ITA: 10,000 UK: 67,163 "Jump" — 1 29 — — 23 1 3 21 9US: 39,000