{"id":1017454,"date":"2026-08-22T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017454\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:30:21","slug":"madonna-nearly-helps-a-follow-pop-icon-reach-no-1-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017454\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Nearly Helps A Follow Pop Icon Reach No. 1 For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787419821_448_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating &quot;Superfine: Tailoring Black Style&quot; - Red Carpet\" data-height=\"2795\" data-width=\"3732\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Madonna&#8217;s collaborative version of her Confessions II single &#8220;Love Sensation&#8221; with Kylie Minogue rises to a new high of No. 2 on Billboard&#8217;s Digital Song Sales chart. NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MAY 05: Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating &#8220;Superfine: Tailoring Black Style&#8221; at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/MG25\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue)<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/18\/madonna-hits-no-1-for-the-first-time-on-one-chart-decades-into-her-career\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/18\/madonna-hits-no-1-for-the-first-time-on-one-chart-decades-into-her-career\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Madonna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna<\/a> is not the hitmaker that she was throughout the \u201980s, \u201990s and early aughts, but she is still regarded as the Queen of Pop and one of the most successful and respected musical artists of all time. Her latest album, Confessions II, which was released earlier this summer, proved to be both a commercial and critical win. Both fans and those in the music industry warmly welcomed the sequel to the Grammy-winning Confessions on a Dance Floor.<\/p>\n<p>Confessions II shot straight to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, though it did not immediately produce an undeniable smash hit. Weeks after the project dropped, a new collaborative version of one of the full-length\u2019s singles has become surprisingly successful in America. This frame, the joint effort surges and nearly finds its way to No. 1 on one hugely competitive roster, missing out on bringing Madonna back to the penthouse \u2014 and giving her partner an initial leader.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna and Kylie Minogue Nearly Reach No. 1<\/p>\n<p>A newly-shared version of <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uBsN0dc1UYk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uBsN0dc1UYk\" aria-label=\"\u201cLove Sensation,\u201d\">\u201cLove Sensation,\u201d<\/a> which credits both Madonna and Kylie Minogue, rises to a new high on the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\" aria-label=\"Digital Song Sales chart\">Digital Song Sales chart<\/a> this week. Last frame, the collaboration sat at No. 5. Now, it pushes to No. 2, failing to conquer the purchase-focused ranking by only one rung.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d Sold More Than 5,000 Copies<\/p>\n<p>Luminate reports that \u201cLove Sensation\u201d sold 5,100 copies during the latest tracking period through digital download stores like iTunes, Amazon and others. That is an impressive figure for the collaboration, but it does not match the 8,000 copies that Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d managed during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>That sum is enough to help the country smash hold at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart for a milestone fifteenth frame. \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d moves up on a historic list and ranks among the longest-running leaders of all time on the tally.<\/p>\n<p>Kylie Minogue Reaches a Career High<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d helps Minogue reach a new career high on the Digital Song Sales chart. The Australian powerhouse has only placed two tracks on the roster throughout her career, and she only recently found her way into the top 10. <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p6Cnazi_Fi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p6Cnazi_Fi0\" aria-label=\"\u201cPadam Padam\u201d\">\u201cPadam Padam\u201d<\/a> earned Minogue her first appearance back in 2023, when the tune peaked at No. 18. <\/p>\n<p>Madonna Scores Her Only No. 2-Peaking Hit<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d is Madonna\u2019s only track to peak at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales ranking, and it is one of seven top 10s she has collected on the tally. Madonna has previously led the charge with \u201cHung Up,\u201d \u201c4 Minutes\u201d with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, as well as Dua Lipa\u2019s \u201cLevitating,\u201d on which the Queen of Pop was featured \u2013 for a short time, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Three additional cuts by the powerhouse entertainer have broken into the top 10 without soaring all the way to the summit. \u201cGive Me All Your Luvin\u2019\u201d with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. and \u201cI Feel So Free\u201d both peaked at No. 6, while \u201cBring Your Love,\u201d her team-up with Sabrina Carpenter, topped out at No. 7. The latter two are also featured on Confessions II, like \u201cLove Sensation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d Becme a Bigger Hit With Kylie Minogue<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d was released as one of the several singles from Confessions II. It followed <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHrt-gFgvXo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHrt-gFgvXo\" aria-label=\"\u201cBring Your Love\u201d\">\u201cBring Your Love\u201d<\/a> and \u201cI Feel So Free,\u201d the latter of which served as the first taste of the album and more of a promotional release. \u201cDanceteria\u201d has followed since then, as fans quickly selected the cut as a favorite following the album\u2019s drop.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna and Kylie Minogue Chart on Three Rankings<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Sensation\u201d appears on three Billboard charts at the moment. In addition to climbing to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales ranking, the collaboration debuts at No. 9 on the Hot Dance\/Pop Songs chart this frame. The collaboration also holds inside the highest tier on the Dance Airplay tally, though just barely. \u201cLove Sensation\u201d falls from No. 3 to No. 10 after previously conquering the radio roster.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/18\/madonna-hits-no-1-for-the-first-time-on-one-chart-decades-into-her-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Madonna Hits No. 1 For The First Time On One Chart Decades Into Her Career\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/18\/madonna-hits-no-1-for-the-first-time-on-one-chart-decades-into-her-career\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesMadonna Hits No. 1 For The First Time On One Chart Decades Into Her CareerBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna&#8217;s collaborative version of her Confessions II single &#8220;Love Sensation&#8221; with Kylie Minogue rises to a new high&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1017455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[365124,171,137262,24991,400007,400010,400009,407203,407204,407206,407205,975,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1017454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-digital-song-sales","tag-entertainment","tag-kylie-minogue","tag-madonna","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-billboard","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-charts","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-collaboration","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-love-sensation","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-love-sensation-billboard","tag-madonna-kylie-minogue-love-sensation-charts","tag-music","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117140353783521805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1017455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}