Madonna singles discography: History and Key Facts

American singer Madonna has released 97 singles and 29 promotional singles and charted with 27 other songs. Among those releases, a total of 44 singles have topped the official chart in at least one of the world's top 10 music markets, from "Like a Virgin" (1984) to "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (2012). She has sold more than 100 million singles, predominantly in physical formats, with Platinum-certified titles spanning 40 years from "Holiday" (1983) to "Popular" (2023). According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo artist in the US singles chart history, second overall behind the Beatles. In the UK, she is the most successful female artist, with a total of 65 top-ten songs and 13 chart-toppers according to Official Charts Company. At the 40th anniversary of the GfK Media Control Charts, Madonna was ranked as the most successful singles artist in German chart history. Editors of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) wrote that Madonna is a "deserving candidate for the title of greatest singles artist since the 1960s heyday of the single"; the staff of Slant stated in 2020 that "by every objective measure, she's the most successful singles artist of all time".

In 1982, Madonna released her debut single, "Everybody", which peaked at number three on the US Dance Club Songs chart. Her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 was "Holiday" (1983), which also became her first top-ten song in several countries. "Like a Virgin" (1984) became her first number-one single in Australia, Canada, and the US, while "Into the Groove" (1985) was her first number one in Italy, Spain and the UK. She continued topping the US or UK charts in the 1980s with "Live to Tell" (1986), "Papa Don't Preach" (1986), "True Blue" (1986), "Open Your Heart" (1986), "La Isla Bonita" (1987), "Who's That Girl" (1987), and "Like a Prayer" (1989). Madonna holds the record for the most consecutive top-five singles by any artist on the Billboard Hot 100, with 16 singles from "Lucky Star" (1984) to "Cherish" (1989). She surpassed Aretha Franklin as the female solo artist with the most US top-ten tracks in history, with "Keep It Together" (1990) becoming her 18th single to do so. Her next chart-toppers "Vogue" (1990), "Justify My Love" (1990), and "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) made her the first female solo artist to achieve 10 number-one singles in the US.

"Secret" (1994) became her 35th consecutive UK top-ten single, which remains an all-time record for any act. "Take a Bow" (1994) became Madonna's longest-running US number-one single with seven weeks atop the chart, while "Frozen" (1998) became her first ever single to debut at number one in the UK. Throughout the 2000s, Madonna topped the US or UK charts with "American Pie" (2000), "Music" (2000), "Hung Up" (2005), "Sorry" (2006), and "4 Minutes" (2008). With "Hung Up", Madonna earned a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for topping the charts in the most countries (41). With "4 Minutes", Madonna surpassed Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten singles in the US chart history (37). "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (2012) became her 24th number-one single in Canada and her record-extending 38th US top-ten single. "I Don't Search I Find" (2020) marked her record-extending 50th number-one song on the Dance Club Songs chart, thus making her the artist with the most number ones on a single Billboard chart, pulling ahead of George Strait who earned 44 number ones on the Hot Country Songs chart. Almost all of Madonna biggest chart successes were performed solo, with "Me Against the Music" (2003) being her first chart entry as a featured artist, while "4 Minutes" was her first single to feature another artist after a 25-year-long career.

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