{"id":646994,"date":"2019-06-28T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_957176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/Madonna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-957176 lazyload\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06"},"modified":"2019-06-28T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:04:28","slug":"madonna-edges-out-springsteen-to-top-us-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/madonna-edges-out-springsteen-to-top-us-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Edges Out Springsteen to Top US Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_957176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Madonna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-957176 lazyload\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/Madonna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-957176 lazyload\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 21, 2018 Madonna poses in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. \u2013 Charting like it\u2019s 1985? Legends Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are taking fans on a trip down memory lane, respectively nabbing numbers one and two of the US top album tally.&lt;br \/&gt;Madonna\u2019s \u201cMadame X\u201d struck gold on the Billboard 200 chart, landing the icon her ninth number one album atop the list, which the industry tracker will publish in full on June 25, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Charting like it\u2019s 1985? Legends Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are taking fans on a trip down memory lane, respectively nabbing numbers one and two of the US top album tally.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna\u2019s \u201cMadame X\u201d struck gold on the Billboard 200 chart, landing the icon her ninth number one album atop the list, which the industry tracker will publish in full on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen\u2019s \u201cWestern Stars\u201d raced in at second \u2014 marking the first time since 1985 that the Queen of Pop and The Boss are reigning over the album chart together.<\/p>\n<p>For two weeks in January and February of that year, Springsteen\u2019s \u201cBorn in the USA\u201d held the top spot as Madonna\u2019s \u201cLike a Virgin\u201d came in second, before the seminal albums traded places in the two weeks that followed.<\/p>\n<p>The era saw the two superstars \u2014 Madonna is now 60, Springsteen 69 \u2014 along with Prince and Michael Jackson usher in the brave new world of MTV, the music video television network that gave albums longer staying power than seen prior.<\/p>\n<p>Though widely panned by critics, Madonna\u2019s latest effort \u2014 a mash-up of Latin beats, acoustic ballads and oddly inward-looking reflections on marginalized communities \u2014 soared to the top of the charts in part thanks to her bundling strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The sales method is rampant in the industry \u2014 with adherents including Taylor Swift and Katy Perry \u2014 and pairs albums with performance ticket or merchandise purchases in a bid to bolster sales.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Queen held her own stateside, Springsteen\u2019s dreamy sonic portrait of the American West did beat out \u201cMadame X\u201d in both Australia and Britain. His second-place finish in the US marked his 20th top-ten effort there.<\/p>\n<p>The debut success of the musical titans is expected to be short-lived, however, with industry-watchers predicting the future will return next week with genre-bending country rap star Lil Nas X.<\/p>\n<p>The meme king \u2014 who catapulted to overnight fame thanks to his wildly successful track \u201cOld Town Road\u201d \u2014 just released his debut project \u201c7,\u201d which includes the aforementioned megahit\u2019s original and Billy Rae Cyrus remix along with a song featuring rap star Cardi B.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script><br \/>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?<br \/>\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;<br \/>\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;<br \/>\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,<br \/>\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<br \/>\n\tfbq('init', '247107802609931');<br \/>\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 21, 2018 Madonna poses in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. \u2013 Charting like it\u2019s 1985? 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