Madonna in the Billboard Charts this week

Pierpinto brings you the usual closer look at how the new Madonna album and single did in the Billboard Charts (Issue dated March 18-2006), with “Sorry” being the best selling single in the US last week.

“Sorry” goes up from #70 to #58 in the Hit 100 Singles this week.

Downloads were 11,651 (-10%), making the track go down from #56 to #60 in the Hot Digital Songs.
The song also reaches #1 in the Hot 100 Singles Sales selling 5,103 copies (+316%), single sales and maxi single digital downloads included.

“Sorry” also goes up to #1 in the Hot Dance Club Play adding another song to Madonna’s sensational collections of dance anthems.

Sorry Total Downloads=51,536.
Sorry Total Sales=7,323 (physical and Digital Maxi Sales).

“Hung Up” goes down from #54 to #74 in the Hot 100 Singles in its 20th week in the chart. Downloads were 13,913 (-22%) last week, and the track goes down from #32 to #44 in the Hot Digital Songs.”Hung Up” also goes up from #10 to #9 in the Hot 100 Singles Sales with 925 copies sold.

Hung Up Total Downloads=573,309

“Confessions” goes up to #53 in the Billboard Top 200 Albums as previously reported and also gets back to #1 in the Top 10 Electronic Albums chart.

Here it goes in details:

USA Billboard Charts (Issue dated March 18-2006)

Hot 100 Singles* : Up to #58.
(March 11-2006) 70-58-

Hot Digital Songs: Down to #60.
(March 4-2006) 99-56-60-

Hot 100 Singles Sales: Up to #1!
(March 11-2006) 7-1-

Hot 100 Dance Singles Sales: Up to #1!
(March 11-2006) 9-1-

Pop 100**: Up to #46.
(March 4-2006) 77-59-46-

Hot Dance Airplay: 5th week at #1.
(January 21-2006) 12-6-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-

Hot Dance Club Play: Up to #1!
(February 11-2006) 40-20-10-6-2-1-

Hot Video Clip Traks: Steady at #17.
(March 11-2006) 17-17-

Hot 100 Singles*: Down to #54.
(Nov 5-2005)20-21-27-14-7-7-14-19-21-23-23-30-43-45-59-64-48-48-54-74-

Hot Digital Songs: Down to #44.
(Nov 5-2005) 6-9-12-8-1-1-3-6-10-13-18-18-22-29-42-44-26-28-32-44-

Hot 100 Singles Sales: Up to #9.
(Dec 3-2005) 1-1-1-2-2-3-1-1-2-2-2-3-4-6-10-9-

Hot Dance Singles Sales: Down to #3.
(Dec 3-2005) 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-

Pop 100**: Down to #53.
(Nov 5-2005) 16-17-17-10-8-7-11-13-18-21-29-38-42-48-49-41-42-46-53-

Hot Dance Airplay: Leaves the chart.
(Oct 29-2005) 10-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-8-12-15-17-25-22-//

Adult Top 40: Leaves the chart.
(Nov 5-2005) 30-21-17-18-18-18-16-16-17-17-17-16-17-20-20-22-24-31-36-//

Billboard Top 200
Up to #53.
(Dec 3-2005)
1-4-8-13-15-17-21-15-20-24-40-60-59-50-56-53-

Top 10 Electronic Albums
Up to #1!
(Nov 26-2005) 16-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-

Thanks to bks for the info about downloads and to deep1983 for the positions on Pop 100, Hot Dance Airplay, Adult Top 40 Tracks.

• NOTES

*Global Airplay, Singles Sales & Downloads Combined.
** Pop Airplay, Singles Sales & Downloads Combined.
//=Out of chart.

Hot Digital Tracks: Keeps track of alternate versions of songs including explicit/clean versions, remixes, etc.

Hot 100 Singles Sales: Keeps track of both the maxi single sales and the digital downloads of the entire EP.

Hot Digital Songs: Keeps track of individual songs only.

Billboard Top 200 : Albums are included for up to two years after the release date.

Billboard Comprehensive Albums: Includes new album as well as older ones released more than two years before.