Madonna albums

This page includes the albums chart performance of Madonna.

For the singles chart performance see Madonna singles

For the discography see Madonna discography

Chart performance

The releases below are of albums in which the music contained is either solely performed by Madonna, or the majority of the tracks are performed by her: For example the Who's That Girl and Evita albums which, although they contain some tracks by other artists, are considered to be "Madonna albums", according to Warner Bros. and Billboard Top 200.

All regularly released albums and their chartpositions in the USA (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), Germany (GE), Switzerland (CH), Austria (AT), France (FR), Canada (CA), Australia (AU).

Year	Cover	Title	Chart positions								Sales/Certification
			U.S.	UK	GE	CH	AT	FR	CA	AU
1983	File:Madonna (album).jpg	Madonna Studio album Released: July 3 1983 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	8	6	28	/	15	8	19	10	Sales worldwide: 10.5 million Sales USA: 5.1 mill. - 5x Platinum (03 Oct 00)
1984	File:Like A Virgin.jpg	Like a Virgin Studio album Released: November 12 1984 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	2	Sales worldwide: 21 million Sales USA: 10.2 mill. - Diamond (21 May 98)
1986		True Blue Studio album Released: June 30 1986 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	Sales worldwide: 24 million Sales USA: 8.2 mill. - 8x Platinum (09 Feb 95)
1987	File:Who's That Girl.jpg	Who's That Girl Soundtrack Released: July 21 1987 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	7	4	1	4	5	2	6	24	Sales worldwide: 6 million Sales USA: 1.35 mill. - Platinum (29 Sep 87)
1987	File:You Can Dance.jpg	You Can Dance Remix album Released: November 17 1987 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	14	5	13	11	13	2	12	13	Sales worldwide: 7.7 million Sales USA: 1.8 mill. - Platinum (20 Jan 88)
1989	File:Like A Prayer.jpg	Like a Prayer Studio album Released: March 21 1989 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Sales worldwide: 17 million Sales USA: 4.1 mill. - 4x Platinum (16 Jul 97)
1990	File:I'm Breathless.jpg	I'm Breathless Soundtrack/studio album Released: May 22 1990 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	2	2	1	3	5	3	2	1	Sales worldwide: 7.5 million Sales USA: 2.25 mill. - 2x Platinum (30 Jul 90)
1990		The Immaculate Collection Hits compilation Released: November 9 1990 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, MD, DCC	2	1	10	3	6	2	1	1	Sales worldwide: 26 million Sales USA: 10.8 mill. - Diamond (11 Oct 01)
1992	File:Erotica (album).jpg	Erotica Studio album Released: October 20 1992 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette, DCC	2	2	4	5	10	1	3	1	Sales worldwide: 6 million Sales USA: 1,961,016 copies 2x Platinum (06 Jan 93)
1994	File:Bedtime Stories.jpg	Bedtime Stories Studio album Released: October 25 1994 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	3	2	4	7	7	2	7	1	Sales worldwide: 8 million Sales USA: 2,494,321 copies 3x Platinum (21 Nov 05)
1995	File:Something To Remember.jpg	Something to Remember Ballads compilation Released:November 7, 1995 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	6	3	2	7	1	3	4	1	Sales worldwide: 9 million Sales USA: 2,246,385 copies 3x Platinum (03 Oct 00)
1996	File:Evita (soundtrack).jpg	Evita 1 Soundtrack Released: December 1996 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	2	1	2	1	1	2	5	5	Sales worldwide: 11 million Sales USA: 1,993,163 x 2CD = 3,986,326 copies 5x Platinum (29 Mar 99)
1998	File:Ray Of Light.jpg	Ray of Light Studio album Released: March 3 1998 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	Sales worldwide: 17 million Sales USA: 4,261,869 copies 4x Platinum (16 Mar 00)
2000	File:Music (album).jpg	Music Studio album Released: September 19 2000 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Sales worldwide: 15 million Sales USA: 3,005,361 copies 3x Platinum (21 Nov 05)
2001	File:GHV2albumcover.jpeg	GHV2 Hits compilation Released: November 13 2001 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	7	2	3	3	1	2	11	3	Sales worldwide: 7 million Sales USA: 1,431,211 copies Platinum (12 Dec 01)
2003	File:American Life.jpg	American Life Studio album Released: April 22 2003 Formats: Vinyl, CD, Cassette	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Sales worldwide: 5 million Sales USA: 665,481 copies Platinum (07 Jul 03)
2003	File:Remixed & Revisited.jpg	Remixed & Revisited 2 Remix album/ EP Released: November 25 2003 Formats: CD	115	/	/	80	/	/	74	/	Sales worldwide: 1 million Sales USA: 120,123 copies
2005	File:Confessions On A Dancefloor.jpg	Confessions on a Dance Floor Studio album Release: November 15 2005 Formats: CD, Vinyl, Cassette (Asia), Digital Download	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Sales worldwide: 9 million Sales USA: 1,503,448 copies Platinum (14 Dec 05) Sales UK: 1,115,416
2006	File:B000FA57RG.01. SCLZZZZZZZ V51393972 .jpg	I'm Going to Tell You a Secret Live album (Soundtrack) Release: June 20 2006 Formats: CD+DVD, DVD+CD, Digital Download	33	18 5	8	7	12	8	4	1	Sales worldwide: 0.5 million Sales USA: 34,724 copies
			U.S.	UK	GE	CH	AT	FR	CA	AU
		Number one albums	6	9	9	7	7	6	7	9
		Top ten albums	16	17	16	16	15	18	15	16

• Not listed are re-releases or special/limited editions. You find informations about these releases at the respective album sites.

Footnotes:

• 1. Evita: Standard worldwide: 1-CD. Standard USA: 2-CD (Counted as double units). RIAA counts double albums twice towards certification.
• 2. Remixed & Revisited: This EP was not eligible for charting on the album chart in many countries, as it was limited.
• 3. Confessions on a Dance Floor has been number one in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, USA. (total of 41 countries, the record)
• 4. I'm Going to Tell You a Secret in DVD charts in Australia.
• 5. I'm Going To Tell You A Secret peaked at 18 on the UK Album Chart, but did reach the number 1 spot in the UK DVD Chart

Album sales worldwide

• 200 million, according to Warner Bros. 2005 press release [1].

Album sales U.S.

Madonna scored 64 RIAA Platinum album discs in the USA [2] [3] [4]

See also

• List of best-selling music artists
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart