Madonna albums discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Madonna


Caption = Madonna performing on her 2005 Confessions Tour.
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Live = 2
Compilation = 5
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The discography of albums released by American pop singer Madonna includes eleven studio albums, three compilations, two remix compilations, three full soundtracks and two live albums. For Madonna's singles discography, see Madonna singles discography.

Up to 2000, Madonna has released twelve albums to multi-platinum status in the United States, those being: "Madonna" (1983), "Like a Virgin" (1984), "True Blue" (1986), "Like a Prayer" (1989), "I'm Breathless" (1990), "The Immaculate Collection" (1990), "Erotica" (1992), "Bedtime Stories" (1994), "Something to Remember" (1995), "Evita" (1996), "Ray of Light" (1998), and "Music" (2000), which totally sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, according to Warner Bros. records.

In the new millennium, the artist released three more studio albums, all of which, as "Music" did, went to Number One in the Billboard chart, these being: "American Life" (2003), "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005), and the recent "Hard Candy" (2008). The latter two also went both to Number One in all the major countries having charts worldwide (English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries, Japan, France, and Italy). In the 2000s, she also released her second Greatest Hits album, entitled "GHV2" (2001), her second remix album, called "Remixed & Revisited" (2003 - the first, "You Can Dance", was out in 1987), and her very first two live albums, namely "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret" (2006), and "The Confessions Tour" (2007).

The releases below are represented by albums the music contained in which is either solely performed by Madonna, or the majority of, or most significant tracks are performed by her, for example the "Who's That Girl" and "Evita" soundtrack albums which, although containing some tracks by other artists, are considered to be "Madonna albums", according to Warner Bros., and the Billboard 200. The first of these, namely "Who's That Girl", was not mentioned above, because its status is actually quite peculiar: though being in fact considered a "Madonna album", unlike the second, that is "Evita", mostly performed by Madonna, the first only features 4 out of 9 tracks by her, even though these are rather meaningful tracks, one being the title-track of the album, i.e. "Who's That Girl", and the other two having been released as singles at the time ("Causing a Commotion" and "The Look of Love").

Madonna has scored international hits on virtually every continent - North America (USA and Canada), South America (Argentina and Brazil), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia), Asia (Japan and Taiwan), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) and Africa (Republic of South Africa).

Albums

Notes

*¹ Standard worldwide: 1-CD. Standard USA: 2-CD (counted as double units). RIAA counts double albums twice towards certification if over 100 minutes.
*² This EP is considered in some countries as a single and in others as an album.
*³ "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret" reached #1 in the UK DVD Chart.
*Studio album listing emphasized with highlighted background colour.

Other

pecial editions

*1985: "Madonna The First Album" — non-U.S. repackaged and re-release of the album "Madonna".
*1985: "Like a Virgin" — non-U.S. re-release containing the bonus track "Into the Groove".
*1994: "Bedtime Stories" — special edition satin digipak CD (promo only release) with different artwork.
*1998: "Ray of Light" — limited edition holographic digipak CD containing slightly different inlay artwork.
*2000: "Music" — limited edition canvas digipak CD containing bronze style "Music" buckle on front, available in four different colors.
*2001: "Music" — limited edition 2-CD with bonus disc including remixes and "What It Feels like for a Girl" video. Released to promote the Drowned World Tour.
*2001: "Madonna" — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
*2001: "Like a Virgin" — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
*2001: "True Blue" — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
*2003: "American Life" — limited edition CD box set containing poster and stamps.
*2005: "Confessions on a Dance Floor" — limited edition CD box set contains bonus track, "Fighting Spirit", a photo book, a 1-month trial for her official fan club and a diary book.
*2006: "Confessions on a Dance Floor" — Japanese special edition CD/DVD containing the videos and making of "Hung Up" and "Sorry". Released to promote the Confessions Tour.
*2008: "Hard Candy" — iTunes Deluxe version containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes, bonus track "Ring My Bell" digital booklet and "Secret Bonus" remix track.
*2008: "Hard Candy" — iTunes version containing the album, digital booklet and bonus track "Ring My Bell".
*2008: "Hard Candy" — Special Edition containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes in a hinged DVD-sized "Candy" box. It also includes a 16-page booklet and approx. 35 Starlite Mint candies packaged in clear cello bag.

Other compilations

*1985: "12"ers+2" — Cancelled compilation featuring 12" mixes of "Dress You Up", "Angel", "Lucky Star", "Material Girl", "Borderline" and "Like a Virgin". Also includes the original versions (+2) of "Into the Groove" and "Ain't No Big Deal". Only one Japanese promo cassette is known to exist.
*1989: "Madonna 1983 - 1989" — Japanese greatest hits compilation released in September 1989 for DJs and retailers only. It was re-released in May 1990 to include the tracks "Vogue" and "Keep It Together" and renamed "Madonna 1983 - 1990".
*1991: "The Holiday Collection" — limited edition UK Maxi-single to accompany the re-release of "Holiday" includes three tracks omitted from "The Immaculate Collection" ; "True Blue", "Who's That Girl" and "Causing A Commotion".
*1991: "The Royal Box" — limited edition box set of "The Immaculate Collection", in both CD/video or MC/video packages containing poster and postcards.
*1992: "The Rain Tapes" — Rare demo tapes that include the "Erotica" studio album sessions featuring demos of the unreleased tracks "Shame" "Jitterbug" and "Goodbye to Innocence".
*1996: "CD Single Collection" — Japanese box set released in December 1996, containing forty individual 3" CD singles with Japanese artwork. Contains all single releases from "Burning Up" to "One More Chance". All are 2-track CDs except "You'll See" and "One More Chance", each of which has three tracks.
*2000: "Madonna 3 for 1" — Australian 3-CD box set released June 2000, containing the original releases of the albums "Madonna", "Like a Virgin" and "True Blue".
*2001: "The Immaculate Collection" & "Something to Remember" — Australian 2-CD box set released in 2001 to promote the Drowned World Tour.
*2006: "The Complete Collection" — promotional box set of 100 copies made by Warner Music UK for special gifts and charity auction to celebrate Madonna's 48th birthday in 2006. It contains every commercial album from "Madonna" to "Confessions on a Dance Floor" except for the soundtracks "Who's That Girl" and "Evita".
*2008: "Madonna - Dalle origini al mito" — Italian only collectors compilation box set to celebrate her 25th Anniversary. Sold in newsagents by Il Corriere Della Sera and Warner Music Italia. Includes the albums in order; "True Blue" (with Box Set included), "Like a Prayer", "Like a Virgin", "Madonna", "Erotica", "Bedtime Stories", "Who’s That Girl", "I'm Breathless", "Evita" and the DVDs of "Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy" and "The Immaculate Collection". [http://www.drownedmadonna.com/images/2008/italia/dalleoriginialmito.jpg] [http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2525]

Other remix albums

*1987: "You Can Dance - Single Edits of Album Remixes" — promo only edited version of the remix compilation.
*1989: "Remixed Prayers" — Japanese remix mini-album containing remixes of "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" and different cover artwork.
*2001: "" — promo only remix album.
*2006: "Confessions Remixed" — limited remixed vinyl edition for "Confessions on a Dance Floor".

Other live recordings

*1994: "The Girlie Show" book — contained a 3-track live EP with tracks "Like a Virgin", "Why's It So Hard" and "In This Life" recorded in Australia during the The Girlie Show Tour in 1993.
*1994: "I'll Remember" — European CD single includes live version of "Why's It So Hard" from The Girlie Show Tour. The first pressing of this single was wrongly pressed with "In This Life" as the live track, this was an error and rectified for the next set of pressings.
*1995: "You'll See" — U.S. CD maxi single contained the full live version of "Live to Tell", recorded in 1987 during the Who's That Girl Tour and appears on the video release "Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy".
*1995: "Oh Father" — UK CD single includes the live edited version of "Live to Tell" from "Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy" and "Why's It So Hard" from The Girlie Show Tour.
*2003: "Remixed & Revisited" contains the live track "Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley" from the infamous 2003 MTV VMA Performance - featuring Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears & Missy Elliott
*2005: "Imagine" — charity download single recorded live for the "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope", which was a worldwide benefit held for the tsunami victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Madonna released her performance as a digital download single through Sony's connect.com music store with proceeds going to the American Red Cross.
*2007: "Future Lovers/I Feel Love" — promotional radio single to promote the live album "The Confessions Tour".
*2007: "Music Inferno" — promotional radio single to promote the live album "The Confessions Tour".
*2007: "Hey You" — Live version recorded during the London Live Earth concert is included on the CD release of the show. "La Isla Bonita/Lela Pala Tute" featuring Gogol Bordello will be include on the DVD version [ [http://www.madonnadiscography.com/madonna-news/00180/Madonna's-'Hey-You'-and-'La-Isla-Bonita'-on-Live-Earth-CD/DVD.html Madonna Discography on the Live Earth CD which includes 2 songs by Madonna] ] .

Other soundtrack albums featuring Madonna songs

* 1985: "Vision Quest" — "Crazy for You" and "Gambler"
* 1994: "With Honors" — "I'll Remember (Theme from With Honors)"
* 1995: "The Postman" — "If You Forget Me" (poem read by Madonna)
* 1999: "The Wedding Singer" "Volume 2" — "Holiday"
* 1999: "" — "Beautiful Stranger"
* 2000: "More Music from " — "Beautiful Stranger" (Calderone Mix)
* 2000: "The Next Best Thing" — "American Pie" and "Time Stood Still"
* 2000: "Snatch" — "Lucky Star"
* 2002: "Die Another Day" — "Die Another Day"
* 2004: "13 Going on 30" — "Crazy for You"
* 2006: "The Devil Wears Prada" — "Vogue" ("Jump" also appears in the film but not on the soundtrack)

Album sales worldwide

There currently is no official figure on actual sales Madonna has achieved.

*Madonna sold more than 200 million albums globally, according to a Warner Bros. 2005 press release before "Confessions on a Dance Floor". [ [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=97678 Warner Bros. press release 2005] ] This was also reported by the IFPI. [ [http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20060913.html IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - July & August 2006 ] ]
* Eight million albums globally, according to Warner Bros., for "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (July 21, 2006). [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877666 "U.S. Radio Hangs Up On Madonna"] ]
*1.0 million globally for "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret".
*1.2 million globally for "The Confessions Tour".

Album sales U.S.
*Madonna scored sixty-three RIAA platinum album discs and sold sixty-six million albums in the U.S. [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&pid=50294&kw=madonna Billboard.com - Biography - Madonna ] ] [ [http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp RIAA Top Artists] ]

Unofficial albums

None of these albums were counted as official Madonna releases and therefore do not affect her sales or chart history.

* 1989: "Give It to Me - The Early Years": mixed old demos.
* 1989: "The Early Years": contains extended versions from "Give It to Me...".
* 1993: Early Years: Madonna & Otto Von Wernherr.
* 1997: "Pre-Madonna": old material/mixed demo versions.
* 1998: "In the Beginning": same tracks as "Pre-Madonna" except one version.

References