- Madonna's 'Confessions II' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning her 10th No. 1 album on the chart as her new studio album debuts atop the list dated July 18.
- With this arrival, Madonna becomes the first act with a No. 1 album in the 2020s to have also topped the chart in three other decades.
- Madonna's album launches with 134,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending July 9, according to Luminate.
- 134,000 equivalent album units marks the largest week for a dance album this year and scores Madonna her best week since December 2014.
- The album also yields Madonna's biggest streaming week ever for an album, with 19,000 SEA units representing 20.1 million on-demand streams.
- Madonna's album sales comprise 114,000, marking her best sales week since 2015.
- The album is the sequel to 2005’s chart-topping *Confessions on a Dance Floor*.
- Madonna's triumph with the new album is notable as none of the singles released prior to the full record really took off.
- In the U.K., *Confessions II* became Madonna's 13th album to reach No. 1.
Madonna's *Confessions II* debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking her 10th No. 1 album. The album launched with 134,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 9, achieving her best sales week since 2015 and her largest streaming week ever.1345
This release makes Madonna the first artist to have a No. 1 album in the 2020s while also topping the chart in three previous decades. She joins an elite group of artists, including The Beatles, Drake, and Taylor Swift, who have achieved at least 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and 10 No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album's sales comprised 114,000 physical or digital copies, with vinyl purchases accounting for 59,000, marking her biggest week on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. The album also scored 19,000 SEA units, equating to 20.1 million on-demand streams, her largest streaming week ever.678
Despite a lack of standout singles prior to the album's release, fans embraced *Confessions II* as a dance record. The album is a sequel to her 2005 hit *Confessions on a Dance Floor* and reunites her with collaborator Stuart Price.
In addition to Madonna's success, Ken Carson's *Xperiment* debuted at No. 7 with 42,000 equivalent album units, while Sienna Spiro's *The Visitor* entered at No. 9 with 39,000 units.
“Confessions II debuted with 134,000 units and 20.1 million streams, Madonna's best streaming week ever. It also sold 59,000 vinyl copies — her best vinyl week since 1991 — and earned an 84 average on Metacritic, hailed as her best album in two decades.”
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