Bedtime Stories (Album)
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CD, LP, MC |
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11 |
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51m: 50s |
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Bedtime Stories is Madonna's sixth studio album . It was released in October 1994.
background
Bedtime Stories was published two years after Madonna's excesses with her book SEX , and her critically-panned album Erotica , which was partly strongly sexual and musically based mainly on hip-hop beats . Well-known producers such as Dallas Austin , Nellee Hooper , Dave Jam Hall and Babyface were hired, who had previously produced hits for artists such as TLC , Whitney Houston , Soul II Soul and Toni Braxton . For the first time since Like a Virgin (1984) , Madonna was supported by established producers with a studio album.
This resulted in the strong soul influence that Madonna gained a foothold again, especially on US radio. The lyrics of the songs are about love and religion, but also deal openly self-critically with the controversies of the previous years.
Secret , Human Nature and especially the ballad Take a Bow developed into passable successes that made the failures of the last two years forget. The videos shot for this presented an erotic Madonna in white trash style ( Secret ), who, especially in the SM parody Human Nature , pokes herself (“Did I say something wrong? Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex "). The video for Take a Bow (with the Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz) shows Madonna as grande dame, an allusion to her later role as Evita (1996). A year later, a successful sequel to the video was filmed with You'll See , which follows on from its plot. Take a Bow , which ran only with moderate success in Europe, became the best-selling single of the year in the USA.
The album could not follow Madonna's great success, but with six million units sold, it was considered a veritable success. In addition, it largely determined the direction of the next albums, which should present Madonna more gently and finally establish herself as a successful ballad singer.
Track list
- Survival (Austin, Madonna) - 3:31
- Secret (Austin, Madonna) - 5:04
- I'd Rather Be Your Lover (Hall, Isley Brothers, Jasper, Madonna) - 4:39
- Don't Stop (Austin, Madonna, Wolfe) - 4:38
- Inside of Me (Hall, Hooper, Madonna) - 4:11
- Human Nature (Deering, Hall, Madonna, McKenzie, McKenzie) - 4:53
- Forbidden Love (Babyface, Madonna) - 4:09
- Love Tried to Welcome Me (Hall, Madonna) - 5:21
- Sanctuary (Austin, Cutler, Hancock, Madonna, Preven) - 5:03
- Bedtime Story (Björk, DeVries, Hooper) - 4:52
- Take a Bow (Babyface, Madonna) - 5:21
Chart placements
album
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 Germany (GfK)
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4th (37 weeks) | 37 |
 Austria (Ö3)
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7th (21 weeks) | 21st |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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7th (29 weeks) | 29 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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2 (30 weeks) | 30th |
 United States (Billboard)
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3 (48 weeks) | 48 |
Singles
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1994 | Secret Bedtime Stories |
DE29 (12 weeks) DE |
AT11 (12 weeks) AT |
CH1 (19 weeks) CH |
UK5 (10 weeks) UK |
US3 (22 weeks) US |
First published:
Sep 27, 1994 Sales: + 785,000; Video: Melody McDaniel |
| Take a Bow Bedtime Stories |
DE18 (24 weeks) DE |
AT22 (8 weeks) AT |
CH8 (17 weeks) CH |
UK16 (9 weeks) UK |
US1 (30 weeks) US |
First published: December 6, 1994
Sales: + 500,000; Video: Michael Haussman |
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| 1995 | Bedtime Story Bedtime Stories |
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UK4 (13 weeks) UK |
US42 (7 weeks) US |
First published: February 13, 1995
Video: Mark Romanek |
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Human Nature Bedtime Stories |
DE50 (9 weeks) DE |
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CH17 (10 weeks) CH |
UK8 (6 weeks) UK |
US46 (15 weeks) US |
First published: June 6, 1995
Video: Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
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Sales figures and awards
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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 gold
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30,000 |
 Australia (ARIA)
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 2 × platinum
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140,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
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gold
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(25,000) |
 Brazil (PMB)
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platinum
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250,000 |
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Germany (BVMI)
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platinum
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(500,000) |
 Europe (IFPI)
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2 × platinum
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2,000,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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2 × gold
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(200,000) |
 Italy (FIMI)
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2 × platinum
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(200,000) |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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platinum
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200,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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2 × platinum
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200,000 |
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Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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(25,000) |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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gold
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(25,000) |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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platinum
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(100,000) |
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United States (RIAA)
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3 × platinum
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3,000,000 |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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platinum
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(300,000) |
| All in all |
6 × gold 16 × platinum |
5,820,000 |
Main article: Madonna (artist) / Awards for music sales