Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Madonna

Charting Oct 29, 1983 → May 16, 2026 · 742 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 742 wk (33 crowns), UK Singles Chart 729 wk (46 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Decade: 1980s
1990s
Artist of the Year: 1985
1986
1987

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
33 crowns
Longest reign 14 weeks (Mar–Jun 1985) · First crown Jan 1985
UK Singles Chart
46 crowns
Longest reign 15 weeks (Jul–Oct 1985) · First crown Jul 1985
Global Music Power
79 crowns
19832026
Longest reign 8 weeks (Mar–Apr 1985) · First crown Dec 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 742 wk UK Singles Chart · 729 wk Global Music Power · 921 wk

Peak Power: 4.28%; week of May 25, 1985
Career Power: 1,394; share-weeks
Crowns: 33; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 162; October 1984 – October 1985
Peak Five Years: 462; October 1984 – October 1989
Top-five weeks: 157; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 742; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.50%; week of Apr 6, 1985
Comebacks: 6; Apr 1989 · Aug 1992 · May 1994 · Sep 2000 · Dec 2002 · Jun 2008, after 5 quiet years

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

59 records · 1,394 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Take A BowApple Music	#1February 1995	30	December 1994 – July 1995	74.7	74.0
I'll Remember (From "With Honors")Apple Music	#2May 1994	26	April 1994 – September 1994	60.6	59.1
MusicApple Music	#1September 2000	24	August 2000 – January 2001	60.1	60.0
SecretApple Music	#3November 1994	22	October 1994 – March 1995	45.3	48.7
FrozenApple Music	#2April 1998	20	March 1998 – August 1998	41.4	41.3
VogueApple Music	#1May 1990	24	April 1990 – September 1990	41.1	42.2
Don't Tell MeApple Music	#4February 2001	21	December 2000 – April 2001	41.0	41.4
Like A VirginApple Music	#1December 1984	19	November 1984 – March 1985	40.1	40.8
This Used To Be My PlaygroundApple Music	#1August 1992	20	July 1992 – November 1992	39.5	39.3
Crazy For YouApple Music	#1May 1985	21	March 1985 – July 1985	36.1	40.7
You'll SeeApple Music	#6December 1995	20	December 1995 – April 1996	35.2	34.2
Justify My LoveApple Music	#1January 1991	16	November 1990 – March 1991	34.9	34.4
Live To TellApple Music	#1June 1986	18	April 1986 – August 1986	34.7	35.2
Papa Don't PreachApple Music	#1August 1986	18	June 1986 – October 1986	33.8	34.5
BorderlineApple Music	#10June 1984	30	March 1984 – September 1984	32.8	32.7
Like A PrayerApple Music	#1April 1989	16	March 1989 – July 1989	32.7	32.9
Open Your HeartApple Music	#1February 1987	18	December 1986 – April 1987	32.3	32.6
4 Minutesfeat. Justin Timberlake, TimbalandApple Music	#3April 2008	20	April 2008 – August 2008	30.6	41.1
Hung UpApple Music	#7December 2005	20	November 2005 – March 2006	29.1	28.1
Deeper And DeeperApple Music	#7January 1993	17	December 1992 – March 1993	29.1	29.1
Causing A CommotionApple Music	#2October 1987	18	September 1987 – January 1988	28.9	29.3
Who's That GirlApple Music	#1August 1987	16	July 1987 – October 1987	28.9	29.6
La Isla BonitaApple Music	#4May 1987	17	March 1987 – July 1987	28.5	28.3
Lucky StarApple Music	#4October 1984	16	August 1984 – December 1984	28.5	28.2
Express YourselfApple Music	#2July 1989	16	June 1989 – September 1989	28.2	28.5
CherishApple Music	#2October 1989	15	August 1989 – November 1989	28.2	28.0
True BlueApple Music	#3November 1986	16	October 1986 – January 1987	28.1	28.6
Material GirlApple Music	#2March 1985	17	February 1985 – June 1985	27.7	31.3
Ray Of LightApple Music	#5July 1998	20	July 1998 – November 1998	25.6	26.0
Dress You UpApple Music	#5October 1985	16	August 1985 – November 1985	25.4	25.0
RainApple Music	#14September 1993	20	July 1993 – December 1993	25.4	24.9
Die Another DayApple Music	#8November 2002	17	October 2002 – February 2003	24.7	24.0
AngelApple Music	#5June 1985	17	April 1985 – August 1985	24.5	27.5
The Power Of Good-ByeApple Music	#11November 1998	19	October 1998 – February 1999	23.8	23.2
EroticaApple Music	#3October 1992	18	October 1992 – February 1993	23.5	24.5
You Must Love Me (From "Evita")Apple Music	#18November 1996	20	November 1996 – March 1997	23.2	23.6
HolidayApple Music	#16January 1984	21	October 1983 – March 1984	20.7	20.3
Keep It TogetherApple Music	#8March 1990	13	February 1990 – April 1990	19.1	19.2
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (From "Evita")Apple Music	#8March 1997	16	February 1997 – June 1997	18.2	17.9
Beautiful StrangerApple Music	#19July 1999	19	June 1999 – October 1999	17.5	17.3
Oh FatherApple Music	#20January 1990	13	November 1989 – February 1990	14.2	14.2
Rescue MeApple Music	#9March 1991	8	March 1991 – April 1991	13.8	13.7
Hanky PankyApple Music	#10July 1990	11	June 1990 – September 1990	12.3	13.6
What It Feels Like For A GirlApple Music	#23May 2001	10	May 2001 – July 2001	8.8	8.7
American PieApple Music	#29March 2000	9	February 2000 – April 2000	8.7	8.5
Human NatureApple Music	#46July 1995	15	June 1995 – September 1995	7.1	7.7
Bad GirlApple Music	#36March 1993	11	February 1993 – May 1993	6.2	6.3
Give Me All Your Luvinfeat. Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.Apple Music	#10February 2012	6	February 2012 – April 2012	5.1	6.7
American LifeApple Music	#37April 2003	8	April 2003 – May 2003	3.3	3.2
Popularwith The Weeknd, Playboi CartiApple Music	#43June 2023	19	June 2023 – October 2023	2.6	6.4
Me Against The Musicfeatured credit · with Britney SpearsApple Music	#35November 2003	13	October 2003 – January 2004	2.4	7.8
Bedtime StoryApple Music	#42April 1995	7	April 1995 – June 1995	1.8	2.7
SorryApple Music	#58March 2006	6	March 2006 – April 2006	1.6	1.7
Love Don't Live Here AnymoreApple Music	#78May 1996	8	April 1996 – June 1996	1.5	1.5
Give It 2 MeApple Music	#57May 2008	1	May 2008	0.4	0.5
CelebrationApple Music	#71August 2009	1	August 2009	0.3	0.3
Nothing Really MattersApple Music	#93May 1999	2	May 1999 – May 1999	0.3	0.3
B**** I'm Madonnafeat. Nicki Minaj	#84July 2015	2	July 2015 – July 2015	0.3	0.3
Bring Your Lovewith Sabrina Carpenter	#74May 2026	1	May 2026	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Madonna's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1984 to October 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.