Chart Performance: Madonna

Madonna gets her twenty-first Top 10 album in the UK this week, and her twelfth #1 album, as MDNA, debuted at #1.  Her chart span now extends to 30 years since her self-titled debut album peaked at #6 up to her present album.  Here are her Top 10 albums in the UK -

1983 - Madonna (#6)
1984 - Like A Virgin (#1)
1986 - True Blue (#1)
1987 - Who's That Girl (#4)
1987 - You Can Dance (#5)
1989 - Like A Prayer (#1)
1990 - I'm Breathless (#2)
1990 - The Immaculate Collection (#1)
1992 - Erotica (#2)
1994 - Bedtime Stories (#2)
1995 - Something to Remember (#3)
1996 - Evita (#1)
1998 - Ray of Light (#1)
2000 - Music (#1)
2001 - GHV2 (#2)
2003 - American Life (#1)
2005 - Confessions on a Dance Floor (#1)
2007 - The Confessions Tour (#7)
2008 - Hard Candy (#1)
2009 - Celebration (#1)
2012 - MDNA (#1)

In the US, the same album also debuted at #1.  It's her eighth #1 album and her 20th Top 10 album in the US. It also extends her chart life for thirty years now between her first Top 10 album and this new album MDNA.  This week, it slips to #8.  Here are her Top 10 albums in the US -

1983 - Madonna (#8)
1984 - Like A Virgin (#1)
1986 - True Blue (#1)
1987 - Who's That Girl (#7)
1989 - Like A Prayer (#1)
1990 - I'm Breathless (#2)
1990 - The Immaculate Collection (#2)
1992 - Erotica (#2)
1994 - Bedtime Stories (#3)
1995 - Something to Remember (#6)
1996 - Evita (#2)
1998 - Ray of Light (#2)
2000 - Music (#1)
2001 - GHV2 (#7)
2003 - American Life (#1)
2005 - Confessions on a Dance Floor (#1)
2008 - Hard Candy (#1)
2009 - Celebration (#7)
2010 - Sticky and Sweet Tour (#10)
2012 - MDNA (#1)