Madonna is back on top of the Billboard 200. The Queen of Pop’s Confessions II debuted at No. 1 with 134,000 equivalent album units, giving the superstar her milestone 10th chart-topping album and extending a Billboard career that has now produced No. 1 albums across four different decades.
via PEOPLE:
The seven-time Grammy winner, 67, has officially shattered records with her latest album, Confessions II, marking her tenth No. 1 release on the Billboard 200 chart.
According to a release, first-week sales for the critically acclaimed body of work surpassed 134,000 units in the U.S., putting her alongside The Beatles as the only artists to score 10 No. 1s on the Billboard 200 and the U.K. Official Albums Chart.
The vulnerable album explores loss (she pays tender tribute to her late brother Christopher on “Fragile”), healing (she apologizes to her firstborn, daughter Lola Leon, on their duet “The Test”) and grit (“Danceteria” name-checks friends who came up alongside her in her early days as a struggling artist).
More than 40 years after Like a Virgin became her first Billboard 200 No. 1, Madonna continues adding new milestones to her résumé. Confessions II not only gives her another chart-topper but also extends her presence at the forefront of pop music into another decade.
