Madonna Scores Hat Trick on Dance Chart

Madonna has currently three titles on the Hot Dance Club Play chart: “Me Against the Music” with Britney Spears (No. 2), “Nobody Knows Me” (No. 4) and “Nothing Fails” (No. 31).

This has not happened since the Feb. 9, 1985, issue, when U.K. trio Bronski Beat had three titles on that chart: “Smalltown Boy” (No. 2), “The Age of Consent” (No. 20) and “Why” (No. 75).

Additionally, “Nothing Fails” is Madonna’s 45th Club Play entry; “Nobody Knows Me” and “Me Against the Music” are her 41st and 42nd top 10 hits on the chart.

Do not be surprised if “Me Against the Music” reaches the chart’s summit. If this does indeed happen, it would be the Maverick/Warner Bros. artist’s 30th No. 1 on the chart.

Also worth noting is that Madonna and Bronski Beat debuted in the early ’80s, when disco splintered into a variety of sounds. But unlike the U.K. trio, Madonna continually changes with the times. Her new EP, “Remixed & Revisited,” which debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200 the week of Dec. 13, intertwines rock and electronic.

Article by Michael Paoletta

Source: Reuters/Billboard

Thanks to Ashanti