Madonna's 'CONFESSIONS II' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Key Points:

• Madonna's new studio album, CONFESSIONS II, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated July 18, marking her 10th No. 1 album and her first No. 1 in the 2020s, making her the first artist to top the chart in four different decades.
• She becomes the fourth act to have at least 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and 10 No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, with 12 leaders on the latter chart.
• CONFESSIONS II earned 134,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 114,000 in album sales, 19,000 streaming equivalent albums (20.1 million streams), and 1,000 track equivalent albums, marking Madonna’s best sales and streaming week for an album since 2015.
• The album, a sequel to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor, reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price and was supported by the Hot 100 hit “Bring Your Love” featuring Sabrina Carpenter; it was released in multiple formats including 15 vinyl variants, contributing to 59,000 vinyl sales, Madonna’s biggest vinyl week in the modern era.
• Other notable Billboard 200 entries include Ken Carson’s xperiment debuting at No. 7, Sienna Spiro’s chart debut at No. 9 with Visitor, and a posthumous top 10 return for Toby Keith.