Re: Madonna Adopts African Baby-baby
Sorry, james1200, but I can't allow the spread of such flagrant disinformation.
Is Madonna over in the U.S.? Her sold out shows across the country would suggest otherwise.
To date, her "Confessions" album has sold over 1,550,000 copies in the U.S. alone, according to the most recent figures posted by Wikipedia -- almost three times as many copies as her previous album sold! Again, if that constitutes a failure, then all I can say is that pretty much any rational, intelligent human being on this planet would have no problem at all if their career was floundering so badly.
As far as your misleading half-truths about the lack of radio play for her singles, the following comes from Wikipedia:
"All of the singles have been massive hits internationally reaching the top 10 of most countries, they have also received heavy airplay in nightclubs across the world, solidifying Madonna's relevance in club culture. Opposed to the rest of the world, the singles were not well received in the US radio. Hung Up had mediocore airplay and peaked only at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top 10 hit song since 2002's Die Another Day. However, Sorry received a mediocre reaction and little airplay, peaking at #58, with the following single, Get Together, almost ignored by radio stations, failing to chart. Nevertheless, all of the singles have had a good performance on iTunes and on MTV's TRL Video Music Countdown.
Clear Channel, the main corporation that handles all of U.S. radio airplay from thousands of radio stations, has been blamed for not playing Madonna's released singles from Confessions On A Dancefloor, thus significantly reducing her chances to place her singles on the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. The Billboard Top 100 includes all radioairplay in U.S.
Critics have gone as far as to accuse Clear Channel of banning her music since she has expressed her disagreement with the Iraq War in her previous album, American Life. Clear Channel had campaigned for the Iraq War before it even began and has been known to have strong Republican ties."
As to "Hung Up," the first single off of the "Confessions" album, here are the FACTS, my friend:
"Hung Up" has been number one in 43 countries, a world record!
It has thus far sold 8.9 million singles worldwide! (By contrast, "Vogue," widely considered one of Madonna's biggest hits ever, sold 6.0 million singles.)
"Hung Up" reached number one in over 43 countries including Australia, Canada, Italy, France and the United Kingdom, where it became Madonna's eleventh number one hit single.
In the United States, "Hung Up" debuted at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 — one of the highest debuts of 2005 — due to strong digital downloads. It became Madonna's thirty-sixth top-ten single (tying her with Elvis Presley for the most U.S. top-ten successes), and her biggest single since "Don't Tell Me" (2001).
"Hung Up" debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, which made it Madonna's tenth number-one single in Australia. As a result, Madonna overtook Kylie Minogue as having the most number ones for a female artist in Australia.
"Hung Up" was her eleventh number-one single in the United Kingdom and her first since "Music" (2000). It stayed in the UK top ten for ten weeks, a career high for Madonna that broke a previous record of nine weeks set by "Like a Virgin" and "Vogue." "Hung Up" was also at number one for a record-breaking seven weeks on the UK download charts, and is Madonna's longest-running UK hit with a 29-week chart run, surpassing the 23-week run of "Music" in 2000-01.
So, james1200, is she over in the U.S., or not? If she is, I'm sure she's not sitting at home wringing her hands over it. Rather, I imagine she takes consolation in knowing that Americans have no taste. Frankly, with all the hip-hop garbage and Paris Hilton wannabees poisoning the airwaves these days, it says A LOT that Madonna isn't making good numbers on the charts here in the states.
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