Madonna albums discography

Madonna discography
File:Madonnact.JPG Madonna performing on her 2005 Confessions Tour.
Studio albums	11
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	5
Soundtrack albums	3

The discography of albums released by American pop singer Madonna includes eleven studio albums, three compilations, two remix compilations, three full soundtracks and two live albums. For Madonna's singles discography, see Madonna singles discography.

Up to 2000, Madonna has released twelve albums to multi-platinum status in the United States, those being: Madonna (1983), Like a Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986), Like a Prayer (1989), I'm Breathless (1990), The Immaculate Collection (1990), Erotica (1992), Bedtime Stories (1994), Something to Remember (1995), Evita (1996), Ray of Light (1998), and Music (2000), which totally sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, according to Warner Bros. records.

In the new millennium, the artist released three more studio albums, all of which, as Music did, went to Number One in the Billboard chart, these being: American Life (2003), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), and the recent Hard Candy (2008). The latter two also went both to Number One in all the major countries having charts worldwide (English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries, Japan, France, and Italy). In the 2000s, she also released her second Greatest Hits album, entitled GHV2 (2001), her second remix album, called Remixed & Revisited (2003 - the first, You Can Dance, was out in 1987), and her very first two live albums, namely I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2006), and The Confessions Tour (2007).

The releases below are represented by albums the music contained in which is either solely performed by Madonna, or the majority of, or most significant tracks are performed by her, for example the Who's That Girl and Evita soundtrack albums which, although containing some tracks by other artists, are considered to be "Madonna albums", according to Warner Bros., and the Billboard 200. The first of these, namely Who's That Girl, was not mentioned above, because its status is actually quite peculiar: though being in fact considered a "Madonna album", unlike the second, that is Evita, mostly performed by Madonna, the first only features 4 out of 9 tracks by her, even though these are rather meaningful tracks, one being the title-track of the album, i.e. "Who's That Girl", and the other two having been released as singles at the time ("Causing a Commotion" and "The Look of Love").

Madonna has scored international hits on virtually every continent - North America (USA and Canada), South America (Argentina and Brazil), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia), Asia (Japan and Taiwan), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) and Africa (Republic of South Africa).

Albums

Year	Title	Chart Positions									Worldwide Sales	U.S. Sales	RIAA Certification
		U.S.	UK	GER	SWI	AUT	FRA	CAN	AUS	ITA
1983	Madonna 1st studio album Released: July 27, 1983 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	8	6	28	—	15	8	19	10	8	8,000,000	5,000,000	5× Platinum (October 3 2000)
1984	Like a Virgin 2nd studio album Released: November 12, 1984 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	2	1	19,000,000	10,000,000	10× Platinum (Diamond) (May 21 1998)
1986	True Blue 3rd studio album Released: June 30, 1986 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	19,000,000	7,000,000	7× Platinum (May 5, 1995)
1987	Who's That Girl 1st soundtrack Released: July 21, 1987 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	7	4	1	4	5	2	6	24	2	5,000,000	1,300,000	Platinum (September 29 1987)
1987	You Can Dance 1st remix compilation Released: November 17, 1987 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	14	5	13	11	13	2	1	13	1	5,000,000	1,700,000	Platinum (January 20 1988)
1989	Like a Prayer 4th studio album Released: March 21, 1989 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, limited long box edition	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	11,000,000	4,000,000	4× Platinum (July 16 1997)
1990	I'm Breathless 2nd soundtrack Released: March 22, 1990 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	2	2	1	3	5	3	2	1	2	5,000,000	2,200,000	2× Platinum (July 30 1990)
1990	The Immaculate Collection 1st Greatest Hits compilation Released: November 9, 1990 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, MD, DCC, limited edition box set	2	1	10	3	6	2	1	1	2	22,000,000	10,000,000+	10× Platinum (Diamond) (October 11 2001)
1992	Erotica 5th studio album Released: October 20, 1992 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, DCC	2	2	4	5	10	1	3	1	2	5,000,000	2,000,000	2× Platinum (January 6 1993)
1994	Bedtime Stories 6th studio album Released: October 25, 1994 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, special edition satin digipak CD (promo only release)	3	2	4	7	7	2	7	1	2	8,000,000	3,000,000	3× Platinum (November 21 2005)
1995	Something to Remember 1st ballads compilation Released: November 7, 1995 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette	6	3	2	7	1	3	4	1	1	8,000,000	3,000,000	3× Platinum (October 3 2000)
1996	Evita1 3rd soundtrack Released: November 12, 1996 Formats: Vinyl, Double CD, Cassette	2	1	2	1	1	2	5	5	2	11,000,000	2,500,000	5× Platinum (March 29 1999)
1998	Ray of Light 7th studio album Released: March 3, 1998 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, MD, limited CD edition hologram digipak	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	14,000,000	4,300,000	4× Platinum (May 16, 2000)
2000	Music 8th studio album Released: September 19, 2000 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, MD, limited edition CD digipak, special edition 2CD	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	11,000,000	3,000,000	3× Platinum (November 21, 2005)
2001	GHV2 2nd Greatest Hits compilation Released: November 13, 2001 Formats: CD, cassette, limited edition CD digipak	7	2	3	3	1	2	11	3	7	7,000,000	1,500,000	Platinum (December 12 2001)
2003	American Life 9th studio album Released: April 22, 2003 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette, limited edition CD box	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	5,000,000	675,000	Platinum (July 7, 2003)
2003	Remixed & Revisited 2 2nd remix compilation Released: November 25, 2003 Formats: CD	115	—	—	80	—	—	74	—	2	1,000,000	125,000	—
2005	Confessions on a Dance Floor 10th studio album Release: November 15, 2005 Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette (Asia), digital download, limited edition CD box	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8,000,000	1,675,000	Platinum (December 14, 2005)
2006	I'm Going to Tell You a Secret 1st Live album Release: June 20, 2006 Formats: CD+DVD, DVD+CD, digital download	33	18/13	8	7	12	8	4	1	1	1,000,000	100,000	—
2007	The Confessions Tour 2nd Live album Release: January 30, 2007 Formats: DVD+CD Digipak, DVD only, Digital download (with 2 bonus tracks)	15	7	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1,200,000	130,000	—
2008	Hard Candy 11th studio album Release: April 29, 2008 Formats: Vinyl, CD, special edition CD, cassette (Asia), digital download	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3,000,000+	651,127	Gold (June 4, 2008)
Year	Album	U.S.	UK	GER	SWI	AUT	FRA	CAN	AUS	ITA	Worldwide Sales	U.S. Sales	RIAA Certification
	Number One Albums	7	10	10	8	9	7	9	11	12
	Top Ten Albums	17	19	18	18	17	20	18	18	21	200,000,000+	63,000,000+	63.5× Platinum

Notes

• ¹ Standard worldwide: 1-CD. Standard USA: 2-CD (counted as double units). RIAA counts double albums twice towards certification if over 100 minutes.
• ² This EP is considered in some countries as a single and in others as an album.
• ³ I'm Going to Tell You a Secret reached #1 in the UK DVD Chart.
• Studio album listing emphasized with highlighted background colour.

Other

Special editions

• 1985: Madonna The First Album — non-U.S. repackaged and re-release of the album Madonna.
• 1985: Like a Virgin — non-U.S. re-release containing the bonus track "Into the Groove".
• 1994: Bedtime Stories — special edition satin digipak CD (promo only release) with different artwork.
• 1998: Ray of Light — limited edition holographic digipak CD containing slightly different inlay artwork.
• 2000: Music — limited edition canvas digipak CD containing bronze style "Music" buckle on front, available in four different colors.
• 2001: Music — limited edition 2-CD with bonus disc including remixes and "What It Feels like for a Girl" video. Released to promote the Drowned World Tour.
• 2001: Madonna — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
• 2001: Like a Virgin — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
• 2001: True Blue — remastered version with original artwork and bonus track remixes.
• 2003: American Life — limited edition CD box set containing poster and stamps.
• 2005: Confessions on a Dance Floor — limited edition CD box set contains bonus track, "Fighting Spirit", a photo book, a 1-month trial for her official fan club and a diary book.
• 2006: Confessions on a Dance Floor — Japanese special edition CD/DVD containing the videos and making of "Hung Up" and "Sorry". Released to promote the Confessions Tour.
• 2008: Hard Candy — iTunes Deluxe version containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes, bonus track "Ring My Bell" digital booklet and "Secret Bonus" remix track.
• 2008: Hard Candy — iTunes version containing the album, digital booklet and bonus track "Ring My Bell".
• 2008: Hard Candy — Special Edition containing the album, two "4 Minutes" remixes in a hinged DVD-sized "Candy" box. It also includes a 16-page booklet and approx. 35 Starlite Mint candies packaged in clear cello bag.

Other compilations

• 1985: 12"ers+2 — Cancelled compilation featuring 12" mixes of "Dress You Up", "Angel", "Lucky Star", "Material Girl", "Borderline" and "Like a Virgin". Also includes the original versions (+2) of "Into the Groove" and "Ain't No Big Deal". Only one Japanese promo cassette is known to exist.
• 1989: Madonna 1983 - 1989 — Japanese greatest hits compilation released in September 1989 for DJs and retailers only. It was re-released in May 1990 to include the tracks "Vogue" and "Keep It Together" and renamed Madonna 1983 - 1990.
• 1991: The Holiday Collection — limited edition UK Maxi-single to accompany the re-release of "Holiday" includes three tracks omitted from The Immaculate Collection ; "True Blue", "Who's That Girl" and "Causing A Commotion".
• 1991: The Royal Box — limited edition box set of The Immaculate Collection, in both CD/video or MC/video packages containing poster and postcards.
• 1992: The Rain Tapes — Rare demo tapes that include the Erotica studio album sessions featuring demos of the unreleased tracks "Shame" "Jitterbug" and "Goodbye to Innocence".
• 1996: CD Single Collection — Japanese box set released in December 1996, containing forty individual 3" CD singles with Japanese artwork. Contains all single releases from "Burning Up" to "One More Chance". All are 2-track CDs except "You'll See" and "One More Chance", each of which has three tracks.
• 2000: Madonna 3 for 1 — Australian 3-CD box set released June 2000, containing the original releases of the albums Madonna, Like a Virgin and True Blue.
• 2001: The Immaculate Collection & Something to Remember — Australian 2-CD box set released in 2001 to promote the Drowned World Tour.
• 2006: The Complete Collection — promotional box set of 100 copies made by Warner Music UK for special gifts and charity auction to celebrate Madonna's 48th birthday in 2006. It contains every commercial album from Madonna to Confessions on a Dance Floor except for the soundtracks Who's That Girl and Evita.
• 2008: Madonna - Dalle origini al mito — Italian only collectors compilation box set to celebrate her 25th Anniversary. Sold in newsagents by Il Corriere Della Sera and Warner Music Italia. Includes the albums in order; True Blue (with Box Set included), Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Madonna, Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Who’s That Girl, I'm Breathless, Evita and the DVDs of Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy and The Immaculate Collection.

Other remix albums

• 1987: You Can Dance - Single Edits of Album Remixes — promo only edited version of the remix compilation.
• 1989: Remixed Prayers — Japanese remix mini-album containing remixes of "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" and different cover artwork.
• 2001: GHV2 Remixed: The Best of 1991-2001 — promo only remix album.
• 2006: Confessions Remixed — limited remixed vinyl edition for Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Other live recordings

• 1994: The Girlie Show book — contained a 3-track live EP with tracks "Like a Virgin", "Why's It So Hard" and "In This Life" recorded in Australia during the The Girlie Show Tour in 1993.
• 1994: "I'll Remember" — European CD single includes live version of "Why's It So Hard" from The Girlie Show Tour. The first pressing of this single was wrongly pressed with "In This Life" as the live track, this was an error and rectified for the next set of pressings.
• 1995: "You'll See" — U.S. CD maxi single contained the full live version of "Live to Tell", recorded in 1987 during the Who's That Girl Tour and appears on the video release Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy.
• 1995: "Oh Father" — UK CD single includes the live edited version of "Live to Tell" from Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy and "Why's It So Hard" from The Girlie Show Tour.
• 2003: Remixed & Revisited contains the live track "Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley" from the infamous 2003 MTV VMA Performance - featuring Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears & Missy Elliott
• 2005: "Imagine" — charity download single recorded live for the Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope, which was a worldwide benefit held for the tsunami victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Madonna released her performance as a digital download single through Sony's connect.com music store with proceeds going to the American Red Cross.
• 2007: "Future Lovers/I Feel Love" — promotional radio single to promote the live album The Confessions Tour.
• 2007: "Music Inferno" — promotional radio single to promote the live album The Confessions Tour.
• 2007: "Hey You" — Live version recorded during the London Live Earth concert is included on the CD release of the show. "La Isla Bonita/Lela Pala Tute" featuring Gogol Bordello will be include on the DVD version.

Other soundtrack albums featuring Madonna songs

For a detailed account of Madonna's contribution to music in motion pictures, see List of Madonna films.

• 1985: Vision Quest — "Crazy for You" and "Gambler"
• 1994: With Honors — "I'll Remember (Theme from With Honors)"
• 1995: The Postman — "If You Forget Me" (poem read by Madonna)
• 1999: The Wedding Singer Volume 2 — "Holiday"
• 1999: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — "Beautiful Stranger"
• 2000: More Music from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — "Beautiful Stranger" (Calderone Mix)
• 2000: The Next Best Thing — "American Pie" and "Time Stood Still"
• 2000: Snatch — "Lucky Star"
• 2002: Die Another Day — "Die Another Day"
• 2004: 13 Going on 30 — "Crazy for You"
• 2006: The Devil Wears Prada — "Vogue" ("Jump" also appears in the film but not on the soundtrack)

Album sales worldwide

There currently is no official figure on actual sales Madonna has achieved.

• Madonna sold more than 200 million albums globally, according to a Warner Bros. 2005 press release before Confessions on a Dance Floor. This was also reported by the IFPI.
• Eight million albums globally, according to Warner Bros., for Confessions on a Dance Floor (July 21, 2006).
• 1.0 million globally for I'm Going to Tell You a Secret.
• 1.2 million globally for The Confessions Tour.

Album sales U.S.

• Madonna scored sixty-three RIAA platinum album discs and sold sixty-six million albums in the U.S.

Unofficial albums

None of these albums were counted as official Madonna releases and therefore do not affect her sales or chart history.

• 1989: Give It to Me - The Early Years: mixed old demos.
• 1989: The Early Years: contains extended versions from Give It to Me....
• 1993: Early Years: Madonna & Otto Von Wernherr.
• 1997: Pre-Madonna: old material/mixed demo versions.
• 1998: In the Beginning: same tracks as Pre-Madonna except one version.