{"id":791288,"date":"2026-07-10T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791288\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:00:09","slug":"madonnas-confessions-ii-debuts-at-no-1-on-aria-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791288\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna\u2019s \u2018Confessions II\u2019 Debuts at No. 1 on ARIA Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe queen of pop, Madonna<\/a>, is crowned on Australia\u2019s albums chart<\/a> with Confessions II (via Warner Records).<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s Madonna\u2019s 22nd ARIA<\/a> Chart top 10 album, and 13th No. 1 after True Blue (in 1986), I\u2019m Breathless: Music From and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy (1990), The Immaculate Collection (1990), Erotica (1992), Bedtime Stories (1994), Something To Remember (1995), Ray Of Light (1998), Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005), Hard Candy (2008), MDNA (2012), Rebel Heart (2015), Finally Enough Love (2022).<\/p>\n

\n\tThat career swag places Madonna is some elite company. Only Jimmy Barnes<\/a>, The Beatles and Taylor Swift have had more No. 1 albums, according to ARIA. Barnes is the all-time leader in that category, with 22 leaders including 16 No. 1s as a solo act, and another six with Cold Chisel.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMadonna\u2019s fast start unseats Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (Geffen\/Universal), down 2-1, while U.K. newcomer Sienna Spiro<\/a> completes the podium with her debut album, Visitor (Capitol\/Universal), new at No. 3.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther down the list, published Friday, July 10, English heavy metal legends Deep Purple<\/a> return with Splat! (earMusic\/Orchard), their 24th studio album. It\u2019s new at No. 19. Deep Purple has twice landed albums at No. 1, both released prior to the ARIA Charts<\/a> era: Deep Purple In Rock (1970) and Machine Head (1972).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Neighborhood<\/a>\u2019s 2025 collection (((((ultraSOUND)))) (via Warner Records) makes a belated noise on the chart, opening its account at No. 47. The U.S. rock act is currently in the market for a tour that concludes tonight<\/a> at Melbourne\u2019s Margaret Court Arena. <\/p>\n

\n\tOver on the ARIA Singles Chart<\/a>, Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d (Sony Music) collects a fifth non-consecutive No. 1, while her 2025 release \u201cWeren\u2019t For The Wind\u201d improves 57-37, for a new peak position.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a chart completely devoid of new releases, Sombr<\/a> has a noteworthy climb with \u201cMy Body Isn\u2019t Ready\u201d (Warner), up 46-27. It\u2019s the U.S. pop star\u2019s fifth top 30 appearance in fewer than two years. Indeed, the New Yorker reached the top 10 with \u201cBack To Friends\u201d, \u201cUndressed\u201d, \u201c12 To 12\u201d and \u201cHomewrecker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The queen of pop, Madonna, is crowned on Australia\u2019s albums chart with Confessions II (via Warner Records). That\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[153024,254802,64,63,114713,71516,5301,134,136],"class_list":["post-791288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-aria","tag-aria-charts","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbcharts","tag-bbnews","tag-charts","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}