The Official MADONNA Discussion Thread!

[Matt89]

I thought this would happen. lol

 

[Matt89]

"Love Spent" is officially my jam! I fuckin' love this song!!!


I want you to hold me like you hold your monnnnnneyyy...

It's my favourite on the album too and the acoustic is really pretty.

 

[BrianPGH]

"Madonna 'MDNA' is 'DOA': Total Sales Collapse as Amazon Drops Price to 5 Bucks"

Madonna's 'MDNA' is 'DOA' at 5 Bucks: Many Versions, But Few Are Selling - Forbes

The author of that article -- Roger Friedman -- has been been writing negatively (yet talking incessantly) about Madonna for years. He's always first to point out that this MariahCarey single, or that Lady Gaga album, is selling faster than whatever Madonna currently has on the market (yet never pointing it out when their releases are discounted drastically in order to keep sales going). Basically, he's just another also-ran who's made a career out of declaring Madonna "over," over and over. Considering the depth of his disdain for her, I'm guessing she must have kicked his kitten or killed his parents.

 

[Nocturnal]

The author of that article -- Roger Friedman -- has been been writing negatively (yet talking incessantly) about Madonna for years. He's always first to point out that this MariahCarey single, or that Lady Gaga album, is selling faster than whatever Madonna currently has on the market (yet never pointing it out when their releases are discounted drastically in order to keep sales going). Basically, he's just another also-ran who's made a career out of declaring Madonna "over," over and over. Considering the depth of his disdain for her, I'm guessing she must have kicked his kitten or killed his parents.

Oh really? We had one of those last year, though we've recently found out that he's a fraud. Peter Bucanan or something was his name.

Minaj Dislodges Madonna From Top of Charts

This week on the music charts, Nicki Minaj opens at No. 1 and Madonna earns a dubious distinction with the biggest second-week sales drop for a No. 1 album in at least 21 years.

Ms. Minaj’s new album, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic), sold 253,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, easily reaching the top spot on Billboard’s chart. It is the second No. 1 album by Ms. Minaj, a Queens-born rapper whose costume closet and onstage persona are possibly even more flamboyant than Lady Gaga’s. Her first album, “Pink Friday,” opened at No. 2 in late 2010 and reached the top a few months later. (Despite the title, “Roman Reloaded” is not a reissue or repackaging, but a new release.)

Madonna’s latest album, “MDNA” (Interscope), opened at No. 1 last week, but its sales have plunged. It landed at No. 8 with 48,000 copies sold, down from 359,000. That is an 86.7 percent drop, which Billboard says is the biggest second-week decline for a No. 1 album since 1991, when the magazine began using SoundScan’s data to compile its charts.

Also on the album charts this week, Adele’s “21” (XL/Columbia), still a hit 59 weeks after its release, rose one spot to No. 2 with 153,000, a 26 percent increase. The country group Rascal Flatts opened at No. 3 with “Changed” (Big Machine), with 130,000, and Lionel Richie’s latest, “Tuskegee” (Mercury Nashville), fell two spots in its second week out with 95,000, a 52 percent drop. The boy band One Direction’s “Up All Night” (Syco/Columbia) was No. 5 with 92,000 sales, almost double its total from the week before.
On the digital songs chart, fun.’s “We Are Young” reclaimed the No. 1 ranking, with 390,000 downloads, after yielding the spot for one week to Justin Bieber, whose new single, “Boyfriend,” sold 295,000.

Minaj Dislodges Madonna From Top of Charts - NYTimes.com

 

[sammyyummy]

wow didnt know there was an acoustic version
i read that M and Orbit have been doing alot of acoustic versions.

Wish M toned down on the production on the vocals or recorded it as suited for the warm texture of acoustic records

 

[JJW234]

I'm going to see madonna for the first time ever this november OMG!! I can't wait!!

 

[ILLBFIRE]

I have Girl Gone Wild on repeat especially the intro


Oh my God
I'm Heartly Sorry
For Having Offended Thee
And I Detest All My Sins
Because I Dread The Loss Of Heaven

And The Pains Of Hell

But Most Of All Because I Love Thee

And I Want So Badly To Be Good...

 

[FanofFiction]

A friend of mine who works at HMV informed me that they sold a ton of MDNA and had to order in a second shipment... but when the new shipment arrived, only a few have sold. Damn.

 

[Sheik]

The only track I truly love on MDNA happens to be "Masterpiece" .. ironic considering the song wasn't written specifically for the album. All 13+ other tracks I truly can't stand......

Mads was overdue for a weak album..... her bad album tends to come every 2 albums......

Ray of Light STRONG
Music STRONG
American Life .. ERrrrrrrrr...
COADF STRONG
Hard Candy STRONG
MDNA ... ERrrrrrrrr.....

Luckily she mixes it up on her tours... Hoping to see not too much focus on MDNA on this one......

 

[Nocturnal]

It looks like we have another horse race for #1 next week as Adele and Nicki Minaj battle it out for the post-Easter lead. Based on midweek reports, we're giving Adele the slight nod, giving her a 24th week at the top. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

Adele (XL/Columbia) 85-95k
Nicki Minaj (YM/CM/Universal Republic) 80-90k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 67-72k
*Monica (RCA) 57-62k
Lionel Richie (Mercury Nashville) 50-55k
*Bonnie Raitt (Redwing) 45-50k
Rascal Flatts (Big Machine) 40-45k
*Hoodie Allen (Hoodie Allen) 35-40k
Gotye (Fairfax/Universal Republic) 28-32k
The Hunger Games (Universal Republic) 27-30k
Of Monsters & Men (Universal Republic) 27-30k
*Trip Lee (Reach) 24-27k
*Prince Royce (TOS/Atlantic) 22-25k
*Counting Crows (Collective Sounds) 22-25k
Madonna (Interscope) 22-25k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 21-24k
Alabama Shakes (ATO) 20-23k

Hopefully promo will soon kick in. The world has obviously forgotten.

 

[Sheik]

LOL! really!?

Absolutely! Did you see the numbers from the last tour? HC was a major reason for that.... the #'s were so good she extended the tour for a 2nd leg!

 

[ILLBFIRE]

I'm going to see madonna for the first time ever this november OMG!! I can't wait!!

I'm going to see Madonna for the first time in October!!!!

Absolutely! Did you see the numbers from the last tour? HC was a major reason for that.... the #'s were so good she extended the tour for a 2nd leg!

Will she once again break the record for the highest-grossing concert tour in the world???

 

[FanofFiction]

I love MDNA. I still attest that Hard Candy was terrible.

 

[JJW234]

South America dates!

Madonna MDNA World Tour 2012 South American Dates

11/24 — Mexico City, Mexico | Foro Sol
11/28 — Medellin, Colombia | Estadio Atanasio Girardot
12/1 — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | Parque Dos Atletas
12/4 — Sao Paulo, Brazil | Estadio Do Morumbi
12/9 — Porto Alegra, Brazil | Estadio Olimpico
12/19 — Santiago, Chile | Estadio Nacional

Madonna.com > News > New Tour Dates Confirmed In Mexico, Colombia, Brazil And Chile

 

[Nocturnal]

Madonna's Latest Confessions: She Wants to Be a "Tougher" Mom, Disapproves of Lourdes Smoking​

Parenthood ain't easy, even for the Material Mom.

In an interview with NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams, a preview of which aired on The Today Show, Madonna talked about the difficulties of balancing her pop career—her latest album MDNA debuted atop the charts though second week sales suffered a huge drop—with raising four children.

Needless to say, it hasn't been a holiday.

"To be a single mother of four and to work as much as I do, to live my life in kind of a metaphorical fishbowl, it's pretty challenging. But so far I've survived with sanity and humor intact," the Queen of Pop tells Harry Smith.

When asked by the veteran journalist whether there are two Madonnas—one for onstage and one for off—the Confessions singer joked about her penchant for reinventing herself.

"There's probably 25, but to my children there's mostly the one that comes home and says, 'Have you done your homework?' and 'Why are you wearing that?' and 'Why did you say that?' and 'What are you eating that for?'" said Madonna.

After Smith raised the touchy issue of her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes being caught by paparazzi smoking a cigarette in New York City last month, Madge said she "wasn't very happy." She also talked about how tough she thinks she is as a mom.

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"I think I am, but honestly I don't think I'm as tough as I should be," she confessed. "I think I need to be maybe tougher. It's hard though…everyday is a negotiation. But cigarette smoking I'm not very fond of, for anyone, I don't approve of anyone smoking cigarettes, most of all my daughter."

When Smith asked how she squares that with her new music video for "Girl Gone Wild," in which the entertainer is shown puffing sexily on a cigarette," she tried to have it both ways.

"Yeah, I don't smoke. That's just an accessory, Harry. There's a difference," Madonna pointed out. "She smoked that cigarette before I did that video, so she didn't' get that from me, OK?"

The full sit-down airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET on Rock Center.

(E!, NBC and Rock Center are all part of the NBCUniversal family.)

Read more: Madonna's Latest Confessions: She Wants to Be a "Tougher" Mom, Disapproves of Lourdes Smoking - E! Online

 

[sammyyummy]

isnt Madonna being mean-girled by Goop, Stella M etc. Just read an interesting article and what they say seem to have double meanings. For instance, Stella's article about Rihanna for Time.

 

[Nocturnal]

THINGS COULD BE WORSE FOR RAPINO & CO.: In this morning’s N.Y. Post, Claire Atkinson writes that Live Nation is feeling the heat following the sharp fall-off in album sales for Madonna’s MDNA, as the concert power seeks to deliver on the $120 million deal it inked with Madonna in 2007. Madonna’s 66-date global tour kicks off in Tel Aviv, on May 29. “Sales were brisk for the first few days and then they tapered off,” said a source close to the tour. “It doesn’t mean she won’t sell out, but it may take longer than they expected.” Said Pollstar’s Gary Bongiovanni, “The word is that ticket sales have been good in North America, but the question about Europe is whether ticket prices are too high.” Another source added that manager/business partner Guy Oseary is putting pressure on Live Nation to boost ticket sales. LN’s reported cut of ticket sales is only 10%, while Madonna reaps the other 90%. What Atkinson doesn’t mention is that LN already made a $30 million deal with IGA for the three albums, and the company expects the tour to be super-strong. (4/19a)

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Hopefully promo will soon start.

 

[slipintothefog]

S&S was one of her worst tours too, IMO, despite its financial success.

I don't think Hard Candy is as terrible as its reputation makes it seem, as a wide portion of hardcore fans seem to HATE it, but it is one of my least favorites from her. I like only LAV less.

 

[Sheik]

Diffrn't srokes for diffrn't folks I guess! I always tell people EROTICA is my favorite CD and everyone's all like ewwwwwwwwww... Bad Girl is, IMHO, her greatest song to date...

 

[slipintothefog]

Bad Girl is amazing and has her best video ever, so.