Records and achievements of Madonna

Madonna's commercial impact and analysis

Madonna is the best-selling woman artist in the history and dubbed as the most successful and most influential female artist of all time. Her commercial impact and her world records has generated scrutiny analysis from academics, marketers and others professional. These comments and studies usually determine that Madonna has amassed an incredible success through her marketing strategies. Her particular case, is used like a reference for the media, when other artists have also been called "Madonna," many times, by their impact and success in their respective countries or genres. For example, Tarja Turunen has been called "Madonna of Metal," Ofra Haza dubbed as "The Israeli Madonna," or "Madonna of the East," while Namie Amuro alongside Ayumi Hamasaki as the "Madonna of Japan," Sezen Aksu was named "The Turkish Madonna," Ayi Jihu as "The Chinese Madonna", Anita Mui named "Madonna of Asia," and Brenda Fassie as "The Black Madonna" or "The Madonna Of The Townships."

Video-Land, VH1 and others declared her as The Greatest Female Artist of All Time, unsurpassed, unequalled. Madonna's music is defined in several occasions, for changing contemporary music history for women's, mainly rock, dance and pop scene. Susan Sarandon said that "the history of women in popular music can, pretty much, be divided into before and after Madonna." Rolling Stone of Spain wrote that "she became the first viral Master of Pop in history, years before the Internet was massively used. Madonna was everywhere; in the almighty music television channels, 'radio formulas', magazine covers and even in bookshops. A pop dialectic, never seen since The Beatles's reign, which allowed her to keep on the edge of tendency and commerciality." But most high, Geoff Boucher said that Madonna reshaped the definition of a pop superstar.

In her decade-debut in 1980s, yesteryear and current references, denoting her as the most successful female artist in this decade, while Official Charts Company calling her "the pre-eminent female music icon of the Eighties" and the richest woman in pop. Madonna make a fashion trending during the 1980s and Amy C. Teeple from agency SuccessWorks, said that before the phrase "girl power" was even born, you couldn’t beat Madonna. According to Tony Sclafani from MSNBC, "It's worth noting that before Madonna, most music mega-stars were guy rockers; after her, almost all would be female singers[...] When The Beatles hit America, they changed the paradigm of performer from solo act to band. Madonna changed it back—with an emphasis on the female." In 1993, Author James Collins described Madonna's relatively unusual status as a woman performer. During the 2000s. In The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry (2002), author Rob Burnett denoting a range Madonna's albums have sold an average of 9 million copies each worldwide. And generally, Madonna's sales reflected as a phenomenon, like the IFPI report of 1999. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced officially in 2006 that Madonna had sold over 200 million copies for her albums alone worldwide. An analyst mentioned, that "few pop stars and fewer businesses have understood the intricacies of Madonna's genius of reinvention and the inevitable end of the business cycle. They should learn it from Madonna, the branding expert." According to NewNowNext.com during 30 years with her tour concerts, Madonna performing in 511 shows front 10 million people and generated $1.3 billion in ticket sales as March 2015. Billboard named as the greatest female touring artist and with MDNA Tour she is the only female act to be Billboard's highest-grossing tour twice in a three-year span. In May 2014, the magazine listed her as the fourth highest grossing touring act since 1990, with total earned revenue of $1.14 billion and 9.7 million attendance at her 382 shows.

Professor Karlene Faith called to as a "mainstream hero"; but during her career, the comments about Madonna's success have a variety. For example, in 1990, American journalist Bob Sipchen, ask when Saddam Hussein has disappeared into the darkest archives of the world's collective memory banks, questioned "will Madonna remain a universally omnipresent cultural icon?" Critic Luc Sante agreed that she "wants to conquer the unconscious, to become indelible[...] then, is a bad actress, a barely adequate singer, a graceless dancer, a boring interview subject, a workmanlike but uninspired (co-) songwriter, and a dynamo of hard work and ferocious ambition." Madonna's only talent, according to this line of reasoning, lies in the realm of self-promotion." Likewise American Jennifer Egan novelist said in a critic about her permanence in public eyed and her work, she expressed in a question: "Will she ever go away? I asked. And asked and asked as the years kept passing[...] And in all the years since, she's been there." One of her advocates is author Jon Pareles when said: "Don't think of Madonna as one more singer clawing her way up the pop charts. Think of her, instead, as a continuous multi-media art project dedicated to examining notions of glamour and success, and the limits of mainstream sexuality." In an academic article by European School of Management and Technology annoted that the answer to this question (how has Madonna been able to maintain her incredible success?) lies in five key ingredients of successful strategy that are equally relevant to companies and individuals: Vision, Deep understanding of consumers and the industry environment, Leveraging competences and addressing weaknesses, Consistent Implementation and Continuous Renewal.

VH1 asserted that the central concept of Madonna's career is reinvention. In this case, Canadian newspaper The Vancouver Sun ambivalent critic said that "her uncanny ability to attract publicity, her remarkable business acumen and a knack for reinventing herself has allowed her to overcome a mediocre voice to become the best-selling female recording artist in the world." Expanding their comment about Madonna's success "not only has set trends in fashion, video and concert performance, she has been a pioneer in the music business. Also in negotiating breakthrough business deals... She also broke the business mould by penning a deal with StubHub. Madonna has won too many awards for her music, videos, performances and acting to list here but she deserves one more -- an honorary MBA." Authors in the book The Fine Art of Success claimed that "one of the most important drivers of Madonna's success has been her desire to achieve stardom her strategic vision. Madonna demonstrated a clear commitment to her superstardom goal that has been pursued with single mindedness throughout her career[...] It is clear that Madonna's success has been underpinned through her deep and insightful appreciation of customers and understanding of the music industry". Mathew Donahue of Bowling Green State University's Pop Culture Studies program called her as the real Queen of All Media, stating that "she does music and film and books and videos and so on[...] she's on top of the latest trends in the music industry and the fashion industry and in business and in media and technology." Similarly, British academic Peter James Thomas wrote in his book that "Madonna changes with incredible consistency... each time starting a trend. Her ability to change consistently thoroughout her career separates her from entertainers, thereby strengthening her brand"

Although the media questions her performance against new artists, others cite, for example, that she paved the way for every female artist, including, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears or Katy Perry. Incredible India mentioned that more than twenty years after her debut, "Madonna's marketability continued to soar even as many other stars stumbled and disappeared". Music critic Shannon Carlin from Radio.com in 2013 noted that she's become a brand of her own, becoming a multi-hyphenate artist who proves female pop stars don’t have an expiration date and throughout her career, Madonna has also taken chances to ensure she made a pretty penny off of her music, even when the industry was dying a slow death. In 2003, Ian Young noted that Madonna as the most successful female performer in history and with twenty years "is a long time to stay at the top of the world's pop charts." DJ producer Martin Solveig expressed:

"She has left her landmark in music and fashion in every era. In the 80s, in the 90s. And she has succeeded – what I think Michael Jackson has failed to do – to still be relevant in the 2000s working with Mirwais [Ahmadzaï] and Stuart Price. I’m more a fan of those albums than the ones she released when she started. And THAT is impressive to me.

World records, milestones and achievements

During her career spanning three decades, Madonna has set several world records, milestones and achievements in different ways: with her business ventures, awards, books, television, radio and Internet appearance more with music performance for her videos, singles, albums, films and tours in terms of sales, attendance, box-office and records charts in different categories for age, music genre, record label and for a foreign, solo, female or artist act, including several formats like physics or digital download. Although it is unstable, probably she owns the highest number of world records for a female musician, with 20 until April 2012. As August 27, 2003 Paul McCartney holds the record for the highest number of world records, listed in the book 26 times.

In music industry, Madonna was the first female pop star to have complete control of her music and image. Madonna is the best-selling woman artist in the history and the world's richest recording artist (net worth of $800 million as 2015). Her Maverick Records became the most successful "vanity label" in the history of music. 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. Even, she has the biggest recording contract for a women, when signed with Live Nation Entertainment by just three albums for £120 million. According to several booking agencies, Madonna is the musician best paid by a private concert (without advertising) with a record in one night in Dubai for $5 million; but usually, her private concerts amount to more than a million. Authors in Madonna the Companion Two Decades of Commentary felt that Madonna entered the music business with definite ideas about her image, but "it was her track record that enabled her to increase her level of creative control over her music".

In a video formats, Madonna is cited like the first female artist to exploit fully the potential of the music video, and is the artist most associated with music video censorship. However, Richard Burt noted that "censorship" of Madonna's music videos has only affirmed her cultural centrality and made her more successful commercially. Many of her videos are listed as the most expensive music videos of all time. Additionally, she is the first artist to have her concerts as reenactment of her music videos; and has had more videos, played more often, than any other artist in the history of the MTV network. Madonna became the first artist to premiere her video on Snapchat with 2014 single "Living for Love". In United States, "Ray of Light" is the best-selling music video single of the SoundScan era. Also her "Justify My Love" is the world's first ever video single, and is the highest selling video single of all time. Her Blond Ambition World Tour is cited as the tour that changed the meaning of live concerts and hence of world tours with its spectacular and innovation. VH1, Nerdist Industries and other references, declared Madonna as the greatest music video artist of all time.

In 2012, she set a record with her performance as the largest TV audience Super Bowl in history. Her made an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman made the episode the most censored in American network television talk-show history. Also, Madonna is the artist with more won MTV Video Music Award in the history with 20 awards, including the lifetime achievement Video Vanguard Award in 1986 and becoming the first female artist to receive this award. But she is the only person to have received the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actress (Swept Away), Worst Supporting Actress ("Die Another Day") and Worst Screen Couple (Swept Away) in the same year.

Madonna has the second highest number between the best selling albums worldwide with four surpassing the 20 million copies, just behind Michael Jackson, who has five. Additionally, in Europe she has two albums surpassing over 5 million copies with Ray of Light (7 million copies) and Music (5 million copies). With the commercial success it achieved, Something to Remember set a trend of releasing ballad albums afterward, such as the 1996 albums Love Songs by Elton John and If We Fall in Love Tonight by Rod Stewart. Madonna became the first artist in chart record European Hot 100 Singles, self-replacement at number-one with "True Blue" replaced "Papa Don't Preach" (October 1986) and the artist which has scored the most simultaneous number-ones with seven singles and six albums, followed by Michael Jackson with five singles and three albums and Lady Gaga with three singles and one album. Furthermore, she has several singles among the most selling worldwide. Also, "You Must Love Me" is one of the fastest rising singles in the history of Warner Bros. Records.

With her children books, Madonna's success open to other celebrities such as singers, actors and politicians have successfully dabbling in the publishing field for young audiences. Her first book, Sex is the best and fastest-selling coffee table book of all time, moving 1,500,000 copies in just three days. It is referred to as a book that changed publishing history. The English Roses instantly became the biggest and fastest selling book ever by a first-time children's author. Also, The English Roses became the biggest simultaneous multilanguage release of any book ever, with simultaneous release in 30 languages and over 100 countries on the same day.

United States

Madonna has a several records and accolades in United States in different formats. In sales terminations, she is the second top-selling female artist in the United States, with 64.5 million certified albums and one of the top 15 selling artists. In 2015 with "Living for Love" Madonna became the oldest female artist to enter the Pop Songs chart, since Carly Simon. In general, Madonna has the most Top 5, Top 10, Top 30 and Top 40 singles by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100. She sell about 85.675 million of her records in United States.^[c]

Madonna's US singles number ones

When she reached number one with "Music" in 2000 at Billboard Hot 100, it made Madonna the second artist to achieve number one hits on the Hot 100 in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Also, when she released "Who's That Girl" in 1987 it became Madonna's sixth number-one single in the United States, making her the first artist to accumulate six number-one singles in the 1980s, and the first female performer to get that many number-ones as a solo act. In 2012, with "Give Me All Your Luvin'" she became the second female with highest number of Billboard Hot 100 singles by female artists, only behind Aretha Franklin. The song is her 56th appearance on the chart. In 1991, with "Rescue Me" when it debuted at No. 15 on the March 2, 1991 Hot 100 chart, it marked the highest-ever bow for a single by a woman. Further, it was —at the time— one of only four titles to debut in the top 20. Madonna is the third oldest female to place a number one at the Billboard Hot 100. The single "Music" reached the number-one spot when Madonna was forty-two years one month old (September 2000).

Madonna's US singles Top 2

She has the record with six number two hits, most for any artist.

Madonna's US Top 10 Hits

She holds the record with 38 singles within the Top 10, most for any artist.

Madonna's US Dance number ones

She has 46 number-one songs in the chart —the most for any artist. Also, is the only active artist to chart continuously since 1982, spanning four decades. Billboard said: "comparing her chart champs by decade, Madonna scored nine Dance/Club Songs No. 1s in the '80s and 13 in the '90s. Since 2000, she has almost doubled her total, adding 18 No. 1s in that span". In 2012, when she release "Girl Gone Wild", became her 42nd No. 1 on the record chart, Billboard said that she has the quickest span of back-to-back No. 1s. Also, the magazine declared that "essentially, if Madonna releases a single and it charts on Dance/Club Play Songs, it's a safe bet to assume it'll go to No. 1. Since 2000, she's placed 26 hits on the survey. Of those, all but six have gone all the way to No. 1. Also, Madonna is the only artist in history to achieve seven top-ten hits from one album (American Life) and the only artist ever to achieve seven consecutive number-one hits on this chart twice.

"Give Me All Your Luvin'" set a record chart, when it debuted at 24 in the Dance/Club Play Songs chart and rose to 9 the next week, having the fastest rising to the top 10 for a song ever "Hung Up" became the most successful dance song of the 2000s in the United States, by topping the Dance/Club Play Songs Decade-end tally and "Music" became the second most-successful dance song of decade, reaching number two on the record chart. Furthermore, "Music" was also the longest-running number one song on Dance/Club Play Songs in the 2000s, with a longevity of five weeks at number one.

Madonna's US albums number ones

She is the second female artist with most number ones albums, with 8, behind only Barbra Streisand, who has 10 number one albums. Her other achievements on the record chart, tied with Beyoncé as the female artist with most consecutive number-one albums. Also, in 1984 Madonna was the first female to sell over 5 million albums in the US in a single year with Like a Virgin. Madonna is the artist with most top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, with 21 (20 in 2012, with MDNA) George Strait places second with 17 top 10s, followed by Mariah Carey (16). Also, she is the female artist with most number-two albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums, with six, tied with The Beatles and behind Frank Sinatra's seven

Her albums The Immaculate Collection, Like a Virgin and True Blue are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA, with The Immaculate Collection and Like a Virgin becoming in one of the best-selling albums in United States with a diamond status. As of 2015, she is the eighth artist with most number-one albums. However, she has a record for the biggest second week sales drop in history in Nielsen SoundScan era with her twelfth studio album, MDNA. Kimberley Dadds from Daily Mail commented that "not the kind of record breaking she's used to!".

United Kingdom

She has various achievements, milestones and records in United Kingdom. Including the most successful female artist in these country and the most certified artist of all time with 45 awards from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) as of April 2013. She sold about 27.860 million of her records in these country.^[c]

Madonna's UK singles number ones

Madonna has 13 number one hits in United Kingdom, a record for a female recording artist, spanning her number one for three decades: 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

In 1985, Madonna became the first female artist in UK chart history to hold the top-two positions of the chart simultaneously, with "Into the Groove" topping number one and "Holiday" the second place By the end of 1985, Madonna achieved up another record with the song, becoming the first female artist to have eight UK top-ten singles in one calendar year. In 1987 when she published "La Isla Bonita", she became the female artist with the most number-one singles in the British chart history—a record that has since been maintained by Madonna to date Every single reached the UK Top 20 until 2008's "Miles Away". Also, Madonna simultaneously topped the albums and singles charts 4 times in her career, which is unmatched by any other female artist. In 2014, Official Charts Company compiled her Top 40 biggest selling singles, with "Into the Groove" in the top with 870,000 copies. Furthermore, Madonna had 71st Top 40 U.K. singles, the most for any female artist. Her others milestones including, eleven Top 2 singles, sixty Top 10 and forty four Top 20 singles.

Source: Official Charts Company

Madonna's UK albums number ones

She has 12 number-one albums with 9 studio albums —the most for any solo artist. Also, she has five number-two albums and twenty Top 5 albums, more than any other female artist. In 1986, True Blue opened at the top of the UK Albums Chart on July 12, 1986, making it the first album by American artist to debut at number one in British chart history. In 2012, with MDNA she became the first female in have an album in the number one during the 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010. Also, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are the only artists ever to have a number-one album and a number-one single in three different decades.

According to New Musical Express her albums The Immaculate Collection and Confessions on a Dance Floor are one of the 50 fastest selling albums ever in United Kingdom, selling 340,000 and 217,610 respectively. Making in the female artist with most entries. Both Michael Jackson, Madonna had two of the best selling albums of the decade 1980 with True Blue (#9) and Like a Virgin (#17). Also during the 2000s, she figured with two albums in the top 100 with Music and Confessions on a Dance Floor and she topped the UK chart Christmas with The Immaculate Collection, making the first to the decade 1990s and occupied the record number one during nine weeks.

Source: Official Charts Company

Australia

She has a high performance and accolades on Australia charts. In 1985, Madonna became one of the few acts in Australian chart history to replace themselves at the number-one spot, when she top the chart with "Crazy for You", replacing her another release "Angel"/"Into the Groove". When she released "Open Your Heart" in Australia, it reached a peak of number 16, breaking a run of nine consecutive top ten singles for Madonna in that country. She was ninth to debut at the top of the ARIA charts, with Rebel Heart her last album, it became Madonna's 19th week atop the chart, ranking her at number 24 on the list of artists with most accumulated weeks at the top. In Australia, she sold about 3.457 million of her records since 1997. In New Zealand, Madonna sold about 307,500 copies of her records since 1999.^[c]

Madonna's Australia singles number one

She is tied with Australian singer Kylie Minogue, having 10 number one singles.

Madonna's Australia albums number one

She has 11 number one albums, tied with U2.

Canada

Madonna has a high performance on Canadian music history, with several milestones and records. In this country, she sold about 6.030 million of her records.^[c]

Madonna's Canadian singles number ones

She has a total of 25 #1 singles in Canada — the most for any artist in spanning four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Only two of these number one singles belong to Canadian Hot 100 and the rest of Canadian RPM singles chart. Her 2000 single "Music" was the last number one hit on the Canadian RPM singles chart. Also, she has sixty-eight Top 40, fifty-nine Top 20, fifty-one Top 10 and thirty-nine Top 5 singles. "4 Minutes" debuted at the top of the Canadian Contemporary Hit Radio chart. This marked the first time any song entered at the top of the CHR chart in BDS history. With "Music and "American Pie" was the first time in Canadian chart history that an artist held the top two positions on the year-end musical charts.

Madonna's Canadian albums number ones

She has to date, two album with diamond status in Canada with True Blue (in June 1987) and Like a Virgin (July 1992). Making her one of the few artists that have this certification. Also, she has 21 albums in the Top 5, with only 3 on the Top 20.

France

Madonna has various achievements and records in France. In France, Madonna has sold more than 18.68 million records, which 10.45 million are from albums, and 8.23 million are from singles, making her the 10th artist most successful in that country.

Madonna's French singles number one

Madonna had only three number one singles in France, but spanning three decades: 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. She has twenty-two Top 10 singles on the French Top 100 Singles charts and forty-nine Top 40, during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

Madonna's French albums number one

She has eight number one albums in France. Also, she has three albums with diamond status in France with True Blue (1,000,000), The Immaculate Collection (1,000,000) and Confessions on a Dancefloor (750,000).^[b] Also, she has ten albums number-two and three number-three albums. Generally, her albums always topped the Top 10 places in France.

Italy

Madonna has various milestones and records in Italy. She sold about 375,000 copies of her records since 2009.^[c]

Madonna's Italian singles number ones

She has a total of twenty-five number ones singles on Italian charts, spanning for three decades: 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Also she has sixty-eight Top 40, sixty-five Top 20, fifty-six Top 10 and forty-five Top 5 singles.

Madonna's Italian albums number ones

She has a total of 15 albums number ones in Italy and 8 albums number two. Most of her albums have entered the top 5, with only two studio albums, topping the two.

Japan

Madonna has various milestones and records in Japan. She sold about 5.1 million of her records since 1989.^[c]

Madonna's Japan singles number ones

She has four number one singles in Japan, within just two decades: 1980s and 1990s. Also she has three number-two singles: "Material Girl", "Erotica" and "Rain".

Madonna's Japan albums number ones

In Japan, she was the only foreign artist with two albums into the best selling of the 1980 decade, with Like a Virgin (#33) and True Blue (#36). When she released The Complete Studio Albums (1983 – 2008) and MDNA, she became the first international female artist in Japanese chart history to have two albums in the top ten simultaneously and the first international artist in 20 years to achieve such feat, after Bruce Springsteen, who occupied two simultaneous top-ten albums in 1992 with Human Touch and Lucky Town.

Germany

Madonna has various milestones in Germany. She sold about 12.4 million of her records in this country.^[c]

Madonna's German singles number one

Madonna had four number one singles in Germany, but has fifty-eight Top 40, thirty-seven Top 20, twenty-five Top 10 and nineteen Top 5 singles.

Madonna's German albums number ones

She has one album in the top 40 best-selling albums ever in Germany, with Ray of Light sold 1.5 million units. Also, she is the foreign act with the most number-one albums in German chart history, and equalled Herbert Grönemeyer for the third rank overall, behind only Peter Maffay and James Last with 16 and 13 chart-toppers respectively. She has number ones albums during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s

Source: Media Control Charts

Spain

Madonna sold about 2.815 million of her records in Spain.^[c]

Madonna's Spain singles number one

She has a total of twenty-two singles number one and two number-two singles: "Angel", "The Power of Good-Bye", "Don't Tell Me", "American Life" and "Give Me All Your Luvin'".

Madonna's Spain albums number ones

She has ten number one albums in Spain, spanning during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Also, she has twenty Top 5 albums and generally, her albums always topped the Top 20 in Spain.

Austria

Madonna has various milestones and records in Austria. She sold about 595,000 records in this country since 1990.^[c]

Madonna's Austrian singles number one

Madonna had only two number one singles in Austria, but has forty-eight Top 40, thirty-seven Top 20, twenty-four Top 10 and fourteen Top 5 singles, spanning during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Her albums always has topped the Top 20 places, with twenty-three albums.

Madonna's Austrian albums number ones

She has ten number one albums in Austria, spanning during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

Madonna's Irish singles number ones

Madonna has seven number ones singles on Ireland. Also she has nine number-two singles ("Crazy for You", "Open Your Heart", "La Isla Bonita", "Who's That Girl", "Cherish", "Causing a Commotion", "Vogue", "This Used to Be My Playground" and "Hung Up").

Madonna's Irish albums number ones

She has five number one albums in Ireland. She occupied the number nine of top 10 with Confessions on a Dance Floor as Top selling albums in Ireland 2005

Switzerland

Madonna has various milestones and records in Switzerland. She sold about 1.080 million of her records in the country since 1989.^[c]

Madonna's Swiss singles number ones

Madonna has nine number ones singles on Switzerland. Also she has sixty-two Top 40, forty-seven Top 20, thirty-four Top 10 and twenty-three Top 5 singles.

Madonna's Swiss albums number ones

She has eight number albums in Switzerland, spanning during four decades: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Also, she has twenty-two Top 10 albums in the country.

Brazil

Madonna has various milestones and records. She sold about 3.270 million of her records since 1990.^[c].

Madonna has 24 number one singles in Brazil.

Sweden

Madonna has various milestones and records on Sweden. She sold about 1.070 million of her records in these country up 1987.^[c]

Others countries

"4 Minutes" is one of the 100 best-selling certified singles in Finland and is the number five for a foreign artist, but the first for a foreign female singer. During the 1980s, Madonna accumulated a total of sixth platinum album in Hong Kong, becoming the most for any international artist of the decade. Madonna also set record for a foreign album in Turkey as MDNA sold over 30,000 copies within four days, outselling all Turkish domestic albums. Also, with MDNA became the Russian's best-selling album of the year with seven times platinum certification. The first time a foreign artist achieves this. Furthermore, MDNA became the country's fastest-selling international album of the year.

With The Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna's show in Montenegro was performed to almost 70,000, the biggest-ever event held in the small Adriatic republic. In 2012, with The MDNA Tour, sold in a record-breaking one hour 22,000 tickets for her performance in Abu Dhabi.

Records about Madonna

In popular culture, Madonna has generated records titles by others ways in Guinness Book of World Records. They said: You might not be able to run as fast as Michael Johnson, or sell as many records as Madonna.