Madonna Hits No. 1 with ‘Confessions II’
The album sold 134,000 equivalent units in its first week, giving Madonna her best streaming week ever and best sales week since 2012.
- On Sunday, Billboard reported that Madonna's Confessions II debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 134,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release.
- The 64-minute release delivered Madonna's best streaming week ever, generating 20.1 million on-demand streams from 19,000 SEA units, while physical and digital sales totaled 114,000 copies.
- Madonna joins the Beatles as one of only two artists with 10 No. 1 albums on both American and British charts, making her the first to chart-top in the 2020s after doing so in three prior decades.
- Rolling Stone called Confessions II Madonna's 'best album in 20 years,' praising it as a continuous dance-oriented groove rather than a traditional pop collection.
- The album surpassed Olivia Rodrigo's record to claim the top spot, while Ken Carson's Xperiment and Sienna Spiro's The Visitor also debuted in the top 10.
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