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Madonna becomes the first US female artist to earn Number 1 albums across five decades, as CONFESSIONS II earns her a 13th UK chart-topping record with 48,502 units, including 35,445 physical copies, 6,577 downloads and 6,480 sales-equivalent streams. Achieved by only a handful of artists, it's another feather in the cap of an illustrious career for Madge. It is also Madonna’s first Number 1 record since 2012’s MDNA, with the superstar now equalling Elvis Presley in fifth place in the overall standings of artists with the most Official Number 1 albums ever. Previously, Madonna’s topped the Official Albums Chart with: Like a Virgin (1984) True Blue (1986) Like a Prayer (1989) The Immaculate Collection (1990) Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996) Ray of Light (1998) Music (2000) American Life (2003) Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005) Hard Candy (2008) Celebration (2009) MDNA (2012) CONFESSIONS II (2026) https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonna-confession-ii-number-1-album-sienna-spiro-biggest-british-debut-of-the-year/

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Imagine going from being a PM to being a background dancer to your pop girlfriend

I'm sueing for my hip replacement.

Stupid Smash of course

13 years ago, Gaga had a dinner with her label and then broke the (then) worst hiatus drought we had by announcing ARTPOP officially on her website.

Another day. Another thread to pass the time of a Gaga Daily hiatus.

Nothing else rhymed with "I don't wanna be French".

Congrats, she is on her way to having more achievements than Jesus himself

Absolute legend. Her work with Jim Steinman is some of the best **** in pop history tbh

I'm not voting. Confessions 2 is a better "album", i have more desire to listen to it as a complete piece. Its cohesive and flows sonically and thematically from start to finish. Mayhem has better songs. Its highs beat all the Confessions tracks for me. But I don't like to listen to it as an album from start to finish, it doesn't flow well and lacks the cohesion I enjoy in an album experience.

To your point, I feel like CONFESSIONS II manages to maintain a cohesive aesthetic and solid pacing while still maintaining a really refreshing amount of sonic variety. Such a fckn good album.

Mayhem and it's not close.

And why is it a *bad* romance? Shouldn’t it be a *good* romance? Why is she promoting toxicity?

According to Dead by Daylight’s newest Licensed survery, Lady Gaga is among the several celebrities in consideration for a Dead by Daylight collaboration! These are only included if both parties are interested. Over the years, she’s been one of the most requested musical artists to be added to the game. With her dark themes and leans into horror, it’d be a natural fit. https://x.com/dvveet/status/2075277638801695228?s=46

Your honor, the evidence begs to differ!

parody accounts have started posting ridiculous tweets, and her fans are worried that people will think it's true

Yeah, I feel like the lyricism on Chromatica gets a lot of unnecessary heat. For an artist who usually layers emotions in a couple levels of metaphor, it was refreshing to hear straightforward, simple lyrics tbh. I think laying it bare/unvarnished and letting it be imperfect was a valuable exercise for her

https://music.apple.com/us/album/adam/1893149385 IT'S SO GOOD

Britney, I know u were kept in a cage and now (rightfully) wanna live your life to the fullest now that u finally have freedom but relax... ur past will only excuse so much especially with the law that literally doesnt care what one goes thru

Phantom of the Dance Floor

Watch It Burn

I think a more fair comparison would be confessions vs chromatica you really can’t compare mayhem to anything because it’s so quintessentially Gaga

pretentious concept and awful execution

Also, this shouldve been the album cover idc.

just another negative toxic quality she's adding to the huge list of negative toxic qualities she lists in the song lol

I'm scared of being in love cuz imagine agreeing to do this

Bad Romance is the best pop song ever created

What's your favorite song she performed? setlist: 1. somene to watch over me + bad romance 2. yoü and I 3. alejandro 4. teeth (in the rain. shoul've performed rain on me) Full HD Show to remember: https://youtu.be/BcLjVIQIkC8 looks

Existing mixes. It’s a push to go #1 which in Madonna’s case I get it. Hope she does get it

I refuse.

We would learn nothing new from that book as true stans. But I would give it a read!

Disease is the lead. But Abracadabra not being on that list feels wrong to me lol

I’ve overheard your theory, “nostalgia’s for geeks!” I guess, sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read.

They buy her garbage all the time. How is this any different?

Tension was padam padam and there is ended, the snippets of Tension were more exciting than the final songs for me. Confesiones dos takes the win

Love the fusion of electroclash and synthpop with these big glammy 80s hooks. Gonna give it a closer listen later, but I like what I’ve heard so far

Also first #1 in France since 2008 and outsold opening weeks for Rebel Heart & MX there Since the 90s she's really underperformed her first peak in the US vs the UK. 11 vs 8 #1s in US/UK before 2000 2 vs 5 #1s in the US/UK after 2000

Congrats to a legend. Also interesting that she doesn't have a #1 album in the 90s in the USA. Erotica peaked at #2, Bedtime Stories at #3 and Ray of Light peaked at #2.

I do want to go back and read what we wrote at the outset, for the sake of sheer curiosity, and because I know your thesis remains consistent, while my perspective (while still Applause-affirming) has likely shifted … I was thinking about it a bit more after the thread … and then, I just stopped thinking about the lyrics so much … particularly the operative lyric (“I’ve overheard your theory, “nostalgia’s for geeks!” / I guess, sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read…”) … and then I was just like … why do I like that lyric … why do I admittedly feel some sense of unironic lyrical allegiance to that expression … I couldn‘t quite articulate it, but I felt the affinity all the same … that said, what did surface was the sense … and practical reality … that that lyric is quintessentially ARTPOP … not only because it is clearly a signature reference from the definitive lead single, so by necessity it carries distinct significance … but/and, moreover, it is the polarization of this admitted attempt to marry the erudite “well-read/educated” artiste posturing and the “corny” common denominator of mainstream pop … it leans into its own sophomoric bourgeoisie bricolage … the tone feels so very “I know you are but what am I?” … it feels Manhattan Catholic school girl speaking Hollywood to Middle America from the soapbox of a Tisch dropout … “some of us just like to read…” Kant, some Steinbeck, some hooks, some TMZ or People magazine, some like to read Pitchfork or ONTD … no one said Gaga‘s too nostalgic, but the insinuation was not ever too far removed from “how derivative … can pastiche be coherent … who is she cosplaying now …” … no one said Gaga‘s too nostalgic, but Bach and Pop can coexist in sonic composition and chord arrangement … and Rilke can live on the arm of the girl who‘s gonna drink those tears tonight … if you‘re gonna engage haters, speak their language, echo their antagonisms … she‘s speaking the unspoken assumption on both of their behalf … she‘s too pretentious with the intention to be pop and not precise enough with the pen to be art … that‘s the problem with ARTPOP … that‘s the flaw in formation … that‘s the VMA Paparazzi death on stage revisited as a shoddy attempt to write the critics into shame … she wrote it because she had to, if only to say it was done … whether or not that was the intention at the outset, ARTPOP becomes ARTPOP over time … and what a ramshackle record this lil‘ ode to ovation continues to fail into its own fruition … That said, I honestly just went stream-of-consciousness after the first few lines, so I can‘t vouch for any relevant sense articulated in the aforementioned … but … as always, much appreciate the discourse … and, as always [2], y’know just salt grain musings into the airwaves … ARTPOP

What my frozen pizza sees through the oven door :

Not the AI art cover

Just Dance lyrically as well. That bridge is soooo GAGA

Saying this with a SL pfp? That’s bravery.

Silence, imbecile

For reference, it took Chromatica nearly 6 years for a non single (excluding 911, which had a live performance and MV) to reach 100M streams. This is mayhems 4th non single to reach 100M and it’s only been 16 months since release. Zombieboy is next, and should hit 100M by the end of the year, depending on how stable the streams are Edit: Zombieboy needs an average of 57,000 daily streams to reach 100M, which it most certainly will, pulling 116,000 in its most recent update

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