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Madonna: Career achievements
US Album Sales Total 66 million (Worldwide-250 million)
83-Madonna 5 million
84-Like A Virgin 10 million
86-True Blue 8 million
87-You Can Dance 2 million
87-Who's That Girl? 1 million
89-Like A Prayer 4 million
90-I'm Breathless 2 million
90-Immaculate Collection 11 million
92-Erotica 2 million
94-Bedtime Stories 3 million
95-Something To Remember 3 million
96-Evita 5 million
98-Ray Of Light 5 million
00-Music 3 million
01-Greatest Hits Vol. II 1 million
03-American Life 1 million
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Madonna is the most successful female recording artist of all time.
- According to Warner Bros. Records, Madonna has sold over 250 million records (75 million singles and 175 million albums), more than any other female recording artist.
- Madonna has 12 No. 1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, the same number as Diana Ross and The Supremes and behind only Mariah Carey's 15 among female artists.
- Madonna has 6 No. 2 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, the most for a female artist, tying her with Elvis Presley for the record.
- Madonna has the most Top 5 singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (27).
- Madonna has the most Top 10 singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (35).
- Madonna has the most Top 20 singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (41).
- Madonna has the most Top 30 singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (43).
- Madonna has the most Top 40 singles by a female artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (46).
- Madonna has the most certified (RIAA) singles by a female artist with 24 Gold, Platinum, or Multi-Platinum singles.
- Madonna has sold an estimated 26 million singles in the US, the most by a female artist.
- Madonna has 5 No. 1 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, the same amount as Janet Jackson and behind only Barbara Streisand's 8 among female artists.
- Madonna has 5 No. 2 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only The Beatles' 6 and Frank Sinatra's 7.
- Madonna has 15 Top 10 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, behind only Barbara Streisand's 26 among female artists.
- Every album Madonna has released has gone Top 10 in the US except for her two remix albums, You Can Dance and Remixed & Revisited.
- In the US, Madonna, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple Diamond (shipped over 10 million copies) albums.
- Madonna has sold a certified (RIAA) 66 million albums in the US, behind only Barbara Streisand's 72 million among female artists.
- Madonna is the most successful dance artist in music history; she has 33 #1 singles on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play Singles Chart, more than twice the number of her nearest rival Janet Jackson. Madonna also has 25 #1 singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Single Sales Chart, more than three times the number of her nearest rivals Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, and Notorious B.I.G.
- Madonna has 10 No. 1 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 12 No. 2 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other artist ever.
- Madonna has 42 Top 5 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other artist ever.
- Madonna has 55 Top 10 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 60 Top 20 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 60 Top 40 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has spent a total of 21 weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart, more than any other female artist.
- From "Like A Virgin" in 1984 to "Secret" in 1994, Madonna had an all-time record 34 consecutive Top 10 hits on the UK singles chart.
- Every single Madonna has released in the UK has gone Top 20, and all but five of them have gone Top 10.
- Madonna has sold over 14.6 million singles in the UK, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 8 No. 1 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 4 No. 2 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 15 Top 5 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
- Madonna has 16 Top 10 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any other female artist.
- From the Evita Soundtrack in 1996 to Music in 2000 Madonna had 3 consecutive #1 albums on the UK albums chart, an all time record for a female artist.
- Every album Madonna has released has gone Top 10 in the UK and her self-titled debut is the only one to miss the Top 5. (Her 2003 EP Remixed & Revisited was not allowed to appear on the UK album chart as it was too short to qualify as an album.)
- In the UK, Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling album ever by a female artist at 12x Platinum for shipments of over 3.6 million copies. Overall it is the 7th highest selling album ever in the UK.
- In the UK, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are the only artists ever to have a No. 1 album and No. 1 single in three different decades.
- Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling greatest hits album ever by a female artist with estimated worldwide sales of over 23 million copies.
- Madonna has had more music videos played more often on MTV than any other artist.
- Madonna was voted by MTV viewers as the greatest music video icon ever on the network's 25 Greatest Video Stars.
- Madonna was named the sexiest recording artist ever on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
- In 1986, Madonna received the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards honoring her for outstanding achievements in the realm of music video.
- Madonna is the most successful act in the history of MTV's Video Music Awards with an all time record 67 VMA nominations and 19 VMA wins.
- In 2004 Madonna became one of the five founding members of the UK Music Hall of Fame, joining Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Marley, and U2 as automatic inductees.
- Maverick Records is the most successful "vanity label" in music history. While under Madonna's control it generated well over $1 billion for Warner Bros. Records, more money than any other recording artist's record label.
- Madonna is the richest female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of over $850 million.
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