Chart news from Billboard

Here’s a couple of interesting things coming from Billboard about how Madonna has been recently doing in their Dance and Hot 100 charts.

“Holding at No. 9, “Mother and Father” (Maverick) is Madonna‘s seventh top 10 hit from her “American Life” album on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play tally. She is the first artist in the history of this chart to pull seven top 10 hits from one album.”

From an article by Barry A. Jeckell, Billboard.com

And this comes from Keith Caulfield‘s “Ask Billboard:

“Dear Keith,

This is something that has been on my mind.

The last Madonna single that charted on The Billboard Hot 100 was “American Life,” placing at No. 37 around April 2003. Being a huge fan of the diva, I know that the follow-ups, “Hollywood” and “Nothing Fails,” both failed to chart on the Hot 100.

As we near mid-2005, I wonder, is the longest span of time that Madonna has not appeared on the Hot 100 since her initial debut? Your response is most welcome.”

Thank you,
PF, Michigan

“While this question is up Fred Bronson’s alley at “Chart Beat, being a Madonna fan, I’ll go ahead and answer this one.

We are currently in the longest Madonna-drought on The Billboard Hot 100. It has been 73 weeks since she last graced the chart – when “Me Against the Music” logged its final week (Jan. 17, 2004). “Against” was her collaboration with Britney Spears, which was the lead single from Spears’ “In the Zone” album.

Previously, the longest span of time between Madonna singles on the Hot 100 was of 62 weeks, between the last week spent by “Causing a Commotion” on the chart in early 1988 and the debut of “Like a Prayer” in March 1989.

While Madonna has been working on a new album, not a heck of a lot is officially known about it. No title or release date has been announced. Madonna is slated to take part in the July 2 Live 8 benefit concert in London.”

From Billboard.com