Madonna scores 51st entry on US singles chart

Madonna made her debut on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart 22 years ago with “Holiday.”

This week, she scored her 51st chart entry as “Hung Up,” the first track from her November 15 release, “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” made a lofty entrance at No. 20. It’s the sixth Madonna song to debut in the top 20, and the first since “Ray of Light” beamed onto the list at No. 5 in 1998.

These are Madonna’s highest-ranking debuts to date:

• “Ray of Light,” debuted at No. 5 (1998)

• “You’ll See,” No. 8 (1995)

• “Frozen,” No. 8 (1998)

• “Erotica,” No. 13 (1992)

• “Rescue Me,” No. 15 (1991)

• “Hung Up,” No. 20 (2005)

“Hung Up” is already Madonna’s highest-charting single since “Die Another Day” peaked at No. 8 three years ago. 42 of Madonna’s 51 chart entries have placed in the top 20 and if “Hung Up” continues its journey up the Hot 100, it could become the 36th Madonna song to land in the top 10.

From an article by Fred Bronson, Billboard/Reuters