Ask Billboard: Madonna's Biggest Radio Hits
Feb 5, 2012 blog
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MADONNA’S BIGGEST RADIO HITS
Hi Gary,
With Madonna’s expected lapse to a stage with her arriving “MDNA” manuscript and her Super Bowl halftime uncover tomorrow, it got me to meditative about Madonna songs on a radio in a Nielsen BDS era.
Could we greatfully arrange her most-played marks on radio over a years, according to BDS? (I know that a series of monitored stations has increasing over time, and that comparison songs might’ve had some-more time to build adult a lead over some-more new releases, though this would be good information to know, nonetheless).
As for her arriving new material, if any act aged 50-plus can hoard oddity and fad for a mint singular in today’s youth-driven radio environment, it’s Madonna.
Thanks and keep adult a good work on a most-informative column.
Jim Radenhausen
Reeders, Pennsylvania
Thanks Jim!
As requested, here is a demeanour during Her Madgesty’s 20 most-played songs on all currently-monitored U.S. human stations dating to a appearance of BDS information in a early ’90s. (Special interjection to BDS executive of information services Adam Foster):
Plays, Title, Billboard Hot 100 Peak Year
308,000, “Music,” 2000
296,000, “Take a Bow,” 1995
294,000, “Into a Groove,” 1985
269,000, “Don’t Tell Me,” 2001
262,000, “Holiday,” 1984
253,000, “Like a Prayer,” 1989
237,000, “Borderline,” 1984
223,000, “Crazy for You,” 1985
180,000, ” Vogue,” 1990
158,000, “Lucky Star,” 1984
156,000, “I’ll Remember,” 1994
152,000, “Open Your Heart,” 1987
137,000, “Secret,” 1994
128,000, “4 Minutes” (featuring Timbaland and Justin Timberlake), 2008
108,000, “La Isla Bonita,” 1987
101,000, “Live to Tell,” 1986
99,000, “Frozen,” 1998
98,000, “Beautiful Stranger,” 1999
85,000, “Santa Baby,” 1987
76,000, “Die Another Day,” 2002
Madonna’s new singular is off to a resounding start during cocktail radio, as “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., will roughly certainly entrance on a Pop Songs airplay draft Monday after reduction than 3 days of airplay. Participating Clear Channel-owned mainstream tip 40 stations, in and with a company’s iHeartRadio platform, are personification a strain during a tip of each hour heading adult to her Super Bowl performance.
As of this posting, a song, that previews “MDNA,” due Mar 26, also places during No. 12 on a iTunes Store’s songs ranking, environment adult a potentially lofty entrance on next’s week’s Billboard Hot 100. Highlights of a draft will be suggested Wednesday (Feb. 6) on billboard.com.
Speaking of a large diversion …
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