In honor of Madonna's The Celebration Tour, we analyze the singer's most iconic songs on the Hot 100.
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Eric Frankenberg:
After a delayed start due to a medical emergency, Madonna's Celebration tour is in full swing and the living legend kicked off her US tour earlier this month. To celebrate the Queen of Pop, we take a look at Madonna's five biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
Since reaching the Hot 100 on October 29, 1983 with “Holiday,” Madonna has scored a total of 58 chart hits, including 38 top 10s.
Let's start with “Vogue” at number 5. Its tribute to voguing in the New York City dance scene is as iconic as its glamorous black and white music video directed by David Fincher.
One of Madonna's most controversial hits reaches number 4, “Like a Prayer.” The song premiered in a two-minute Pepsi commercial in February 1989, but in early April, after pressure from conservative protests, Pepsi canceled the advertising campaign and ultimately stopped sponsoring an upcoming Madonna tour. Thirty-four years later, in September of this year, Pepsi released the archived commercial to praise Madonna, who wrote on Instagram: “The commercial was immediately canceled when I refused to change any scene from the video in which she was kissing a saint.” black. or burn crosses. Thus began my illustrious career as an artist by refusing to compromise my artistic integrity. Thank you, Pepsi, for finally realizing the genius of our collaboration.”
At number 3 is “Take A Bow.” Although the previous two songs did better on the Hot 100 charts, “Take A Bow” actually spent more time at No. 1 than any other Madonna song, seven weeks in early 1995. After earning a No. 1 hit in almost every year since 1984, “Take A Bow” was their first chart hit in three years. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the song with Babyface.
“Crazy For You” takes the silver medal. The track was written and recorded for the 1985 film. vision quest and showed a new side to Madonna as her first ballad to top the Hot 100. After spending three weeks at No. 2 on the chart, it finally knocked USA for Africa's stellar charity single “We Are the World” off the chart. the top for a week.
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