Madonna will return to number 1 on the British charts this Friday, unless something very unexpected happens in the world of pop. ‘Confessions II’ would be his first top 1 in the United Kingdom since ‘MDNA’ in 2012. Both ‘Rebel Heart’ (2015) and ‘Madame and in the second, due to a coincidence in launch with Bruce Springsteen.
But this time Madonna has everything in front of her, having sold 37,000 copies this weekend. Of these, 30,000 units are physical sales of the various variants of the album, 4,000 are downloads, and 2,500 are stream points. They will be their best sales in 14 years. Madonna will double her main competitor, Sienna Spiro, who has very elegantly posted on the OCC’s Instagram that she herself wants Madonna to be number 1.
In addition, the single ‘Danceteria’ fights to add a new top 40 to his discography, this time alone. ‘Bring Your Love’ would be around the top 50, and ‘I Feel So Free’, the top 100.
The scenario in the United States would be much tighter. Hits Daily Double assures that Madonna will debut with between 100,000 and 110,000 copies. Olivia Rodrigo, current number 1 on the Billboard 200, sold 127,000 copies of her third album last week, so it is expected that in the fourth, it will also reach around 100,000 copies.
Faced with this very tight scenario, with Madonna and Olivia’s albums so tied, Warner is dedicating itself to launching new editions of ‘Confessions II’. Yesterday they were the instrumentals on digital for $3.99, without Madonna on the cover (LOL), but including the original album. Today is a Grindr edition that includes the Times Square live event also at a reduced price. The final data will be known on Sunday, although HDD may make some updates throughout the week.
