Madonna albums discography
Recording collections by American singer
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American singer Madonna has released 14 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, six live albums, nine compilation albums, and 12 other limited releases. Madonna is recognized as the world's best-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records, with estimated record sales ranging from 300 million[1][2] to 400 million.[3][4][5] The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) confirmed in 2006, that Madonna's albums alone had sold over 200 million copies worldwide.[6] She is ranked by the RIAA as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and fourth highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 65.5 million album units.[7][8]
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| Madonna albums discography | |
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Madonna during the promotion of Madame X (2019), her ninth number-one album on the Billboard 200. | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| Other charted albums | 12 |
In 1982, Madonna signed a recording contract with Sire Records, a label owned by Warner Bros. Records.[9] The first release under the label was her self-titled debut album, Madonna (1983).[10] It peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 and was certified five-time platinum by the RIAA.[11][12] She followed the debut album with Like a Virgin (1984), which became her first chart-topper in various countries and was certified diamond by the RIAA.[12] Her third studio album, True Blue (1986), reached number one in a record-breaking 28 countries and was once named the best-selling album by a woman of all time by the 1992 edition of Guinness World Records.[13] During 1987, she released two albums that reached platinum status in the United States: the Who's That Girl soundtrack and her first remix compilation, You Can Dance.[14] Madonna's fourth studio album, Like a Prayer (1989), made her the woman with most Billboard 200 number-one albums of the 1980s (second overall, behind only Bruce Springsteen).[15]
Madonna entered the 1990s with the release of I'm Breathless (1990), which contained songs from and inspired by the film Dick Tracy, and her first greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection (1990).[16] The latter became her second diamond-certified album in the US and remains the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist with global sales of over 30 million units.[12][17] In 1992, Madonna founded her own record label, Maverick Records, as a joint venture with Time Warner. She was paid an advance of $60 million and received 20% royalties from the music proceedings.[18] This was one of the highest rates in the industry at the time, and was only surpassed by Michael Jackson who received 25% royalties.[19] Her next releases under Maverick were the studio albums, Erotica (1992) and Bedtime Stories (1994), as well as Something to Remember (1995), a collection of Madonna ballads. All of them reached multi-platinum status in the US.[12] Madonna scored her best-selling studio album of the decade with Ray of Light (1998), which sold over 16 million copies worldwide.[20]
After charting five albums at number two on the Billboard 200 during the 1990s, Madonna returned to the top of the chart with Music (2000).[21] The album sold over 11 million copies worldwide,[22] of which four million were sold within the first ten days.[23] She continued her chart-topping streak with studio albums American Life (2003) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005); the latter became a number-one album in 40 countries with global sales of over 10 million copies.[24][25] In 2007, Madonna signed a 360 deal with Live Nation for $120 million.[26] Her remaining contract with Warner Bros. ended with her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy (2008), and her career-spanning greatest hits compilation, Celebration (2009).[27][28] Through her Live Nation partnership, Madonna signed a three-album deal with Interscope Records in 2011.[29] MDNA (2012) was her first release with the label, which marked her fifth studio album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. It was followed with Rebel Heart (2015) and Madame X (2019), the latter being her ninth chart-topper on the Billboard 200.[11] In 2021, Madonna announced her return to Warner Music Group in a global partnership which grants the label her entire recorded music catalog, including the last three Interscope releases. Under the contract, Madonna will launch a series of catalog reissues beginning in 2022, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her recording career.[30]
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] |
AUS [31] |
CAN [32] |
FRA [33] |
GER [34] |
ITA [35] |
NLD [36] |
SPA [37] |
SWI [38] |
UK [39] | ||||
| Madonna |
|
8 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 35 | â | 6 | ||
| Like a Virgin |
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| True Blue |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Like a Prayer |
|
1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Erotica |
|
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bedtime Stories |
|
3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ray of Light |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Music |
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| American Life |
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Confessions on a Dance Floor |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hard Candy |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MDNA |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rebel Heart |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Madame X |
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Confessions II |
|
â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | ||
| "â" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] |
AUS [31] |
CAN [32] |
FRA [33] |
GER [34] |
ITA [35] |
NLD [36] |
SPA [37] |
SWI [38] |
UK [39] | ||||
| Who's That Girl |
|
7 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| I'm Breathless |
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Evita |
|
2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] |
AUS [31] |
CAN [32] |
FRA [33] |
GER [34] |
ITA [35] |
NLD [36] |
SPA [37] |
SWI [38] |
UK [39] | ||||
| I'm Going to Tell You a Secret |
|
33 | â | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | â | 7 | 18 |
|
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| The Confessions Tour |
|
15 | â | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
|
|
| Sticky & Sweet Tour |
|
10 | â | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||
| MDNA World Tour |
|
90 | â | â | 6 | â | 2 | 50 | 4 | â | 55 | ||
| Rebel Heart Tour |
|
â[g] | 20 | â | 20 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 30 | 42 | ||
| Madame X: Music from the Theater Xperience |
|
â[h] | â[i] | â | 90 | â | â[j] | â | 67 | â | â[k] | ||
| "â" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] |
AUS [31] |
CAN [32] |
FRA [33] |
GER [34] |
ITA [35] |
NLD [36] |
SPA [37] |
SWI [38] |
UK [39] | ||||
| You Can Dance |
|
14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | ||
| The Immaculate Collection |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Something to Remember |
|
6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| GHV2 |
|
7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Remixed & Revisited |
|
115 | â[l] | â | â | â | â[m] | â | â | 80 | â[n] |
| |
| Celebration |
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| The Complete Studio Albums (1983â2008)[181] |
|
â | â | â | 26 | 63 | 19 | 48 | 44 | 52 | 70 | ||
| Finally Enough Love! |
|
8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
|
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| Veronica Electronica |
|
â[p] | 33 | â | 44 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 23 | ||
| "â" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Other charted albums
The following albums were only released in limited availability (certain territories or formats); do not contain any unreleased material or new recordings; and are not part of Madonna's core discography.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [183] |
FRA [33] |
GER [34] |
ITA [35] |
JPN [184] |
NLD [36] |
SPA [37] |
SWI [38] |
UK [39] | |||
| Like a Virgin & Other Big Hits! |
|
3 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
A four-track EP containing "Like a Virgin" (Extended Dance Remix), "Holiday", "Lucky Star" (Extended Dance Remix) and "Borderline" (Extended Dance Remix).[185] |
| Dance Mix |
|
17 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
A four-track EP containing "Into The Groove" (Single Version), "Angel" (Extended Dance Mix), "Material Girl" (Extended Dance Remix), and "Holiday".[186] |
| La Isla Bonita: Super Mix EP |
|
â | â | â | â | 7 | â | â | â | â |
A Japan-only EP containing "La Isla Bonita" (Extended Remix), "Open Your Heart" (Extended Version), "Gambler", "Crazy for You" and "La Isla Bonita" (Instrumental).[187] |
| Remixed Prayers |
|
â | â | â | â | 24 | â | â | â | â |
An EP containing various remixes of "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" and cover artwork by Christopher Ciccone.[188][189] |
| Vogue EP |
|
â | â | â | â | 72 | â | â | â | â |
A Japan-only EP containing three remixes of "Vogue", two remixes of "Hanky Panky" and the album version of "More".[190] |
| The Royal Box |
|
8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Limited edition US/European CD+VHS and US/Canadian cassette+VHS versions were released of The Immaculate Collection album and video which includes a satin cover digipack CD case with a poster and postcards in a 12"x12" box.[191] |
| Rain EP |
|
â | â | â | â | 78 | â | â | â | â |
A Japan-only EP containing three versions of "Rain", "Waiting" (Remix), "Up Down Suite" (Dub), "Bad Girl" (Extended Mix) and four remixes of "Fever".[192] |
| Ray of Light / Music / American Life |
|
â | 174 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
A 3-disc box set containing the album release of American Life, the 11-track version of Music (with "American Pie" bonus track) and Ray of Light.[193] |
| Original Album Series |
|
â | 156 | â | â | â | â | â | â | 194 |
A US, UK, Europe, Brazil and Japan 5-disc box set containingTrue Blue (remastered), Like a Prayer, Ray of Light, Music and Confessions on a Dance Floor.[194] |
| The Complete Studio Albums (1983â2008) |
|
â | 26 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 52 | 70 |
A limited edition European 11-disc box set containing all Madonna's studio albums between 1983 and 2008, with the first three being remastered.[195] |
| American Life Mixshow Mix |
|
6 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
A Record Store Day exclusive limited release for American Life 20th anniversary honoring DJ Peter Rauhofer.[196][197][198] |
| Deadpool & Wolverine: Madonna's "Like a Prayer" EP |
|
â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
Madonna's "Like a Prayer" was used in the 2024 film, Deadpool & Wolverine, and was heavily featured in trailers and promotional material.[199][200] On August 9, 2024, Warner released an EP containing variations of "Like a Prayer" for streaming and download.[201][202] |
See also
- List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones
- List of artists who topped the UK Albums Chart in four or more decades
- List of best-selling music artists in Finland
- List of best-selling Western artists in Japan
- List of highest-certified music artists in Germany
- List of highest-certified music artists in the United States
- List of best-selling female music artists in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling albums of the 21st century
- List of best-selling albums by women
- List of best-selling remix albums
- List of best-selling albums in Argentina
- List of best-selling albums in Australia
- List of best-selling albums in Austria
- List of best-selling albums in Belgium
- List of best-selling albums in Brazil
- List of best-selling albums in Chile
- List of best-selling albums in Europe
- List of best-selling albums in France
- List of best-selling albums in Germany
- List of best-selling albums in Italy
- List of best-selling albums in Mexico
- List of best-selling albums in Turkey
- List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling albums in the United States
- List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
Notes
- In Italy, Like a Virgin received a platinum award for the sales of 500,000 copies in 1986.[57] The following year, it received an additional platinum with the same level-requeriments (making a total of 1 million certified units) despite that for new releases, a platinum was equivalent to 200,000 copies at that time.
- Sales figures based in its debut.
- Madame X: Music from the Theater Xperience did not enter the Australian Album Charts, but entered the vinyl chart at number 14.[154]
- Remixed & Revisited did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number five on the ARIA Dance Albums chart.[173]
- Remixed & Revisited did not enter the FIMI albums charts, but charted as a single at number two. In Musica e Dischi album charts, it peaked at the number 16.[174]
- Remixed & Revisited did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number nine on the UK Dance Chart.[175]