Fails Succeeds

Madonna collects her seventh consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Singles Sales chart as “Nothing Fails” claims the top spot.

That means every Madonna single released in this millennium has achieved pole position, starting with “Music” in September 2000 and continuing with “Don’t Tell Me,” “What It Feels Like for a Girl,” “Die Another Day,” “American Life” and “Hollywood.”

That may make it sound like it’s always been easy for Madonna to dominate the dance singles sales chart, but that’s not true. Prior to “Music,” she only had a solitary No. 1 hit out of eight releases.

Madonna is also No. 2 on the dance singles sales chart with “Me Against the Music,” in which she plays a supporting role to Britney Spears. It’s the first time one artist has occupied the top two slots on this chart since 1997, when Puff Daddy was No. 1, 2 and 3.

On Hot 100 Singles Sales, “Nothing Fails” debuts at No. 1, but in a depressed singles market sold too few singles to earn a place on the Hot 100 yet.

Source: Barry A. Jeckell, Billboard Chart Beat