{"id":531271,"date":"2026-07-17T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531271\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:21:08","slug":"madonnas-new-album-hits-no-1-on-the-billboard-charts-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531271\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna&#039;s new album hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPcjNiang0TTMyWFlnZ0NKMjYtOUVPQ2Z2WmVLd0RHNXM2U1l3LVAwYW9XQlhBVmpQaWQ5T0lUdkRDeE9hcDhRQ0phT3VkS08zbTJyTVJzMU91RnlUQzNYWU92UEthcWtxSUQxdHBnUUYzWXpnNmFNSElsSnVnNDZVYnZ4WmplSTdqYlRxRXlrOEw4LVRpTEhnRVFFTzBpZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna&#8217;s new album hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPc2FaOEdLQXYyZ1hsR0o0UHZjMV8yV0V3NFRtMkVTNE1wQ3FaTW5jdURacEFsWFN2TjVxSEtZMzR2RFk0Z1dHM1d2d09Sa1VROTVhOVhLTTQ0LWJPY1prbVg1eHZMTTJrZEVxSFVmckxEMzJES1NXdE9uQ2tYMWZlRGZvRGNoSFRQYjRVcHJzUUdkS3NfQm5B0gGcAUFVX3lxTE1RNXR3S2FGNnR6OHh3OEdUTUtDNVIzTkp5dW5yZHNObi1NRGdlMHA0TG04T1U4MHotalV3Nm1JbVpQSmE2MVA5OG5seUltVmlGalAxUEhFN0ZnakhpTk1COU9aRkJnNDFxQkpZRGQ0UDR3R0dFY1NoU3B2dnNNbThoZ1gybU9QYWg4QzM2ckt2ZXBQUXNUakpDM2c0dg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna Turned Personal Loss Into Music for Her New Album<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reality Tea<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNejZuVG1KbzUwVkFiaHgtZXFncXo5M0pzVi12ZTRJYWJxSW92MzB4LWNzc1h3TUZQVWI4M1lRZUMzajNHTEdKRnJfVXdqb1daTGFRSnZGQ0xSUkp6N1hBQTBsVmZxVzFubFE1MkE4Nk85TVFaOEhlSGJjZ1dZUUNyUXhZX2RxZVJXVDZuNXc3RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna Achieves 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With \u2018CONFESSIONS II\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Billboard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxObXc1dDNIeC1qLXUtSklDTVZYQW1tdEY0S1RiWkhhUDNvU1ZIQTl0VjZ1ZUptV3RwdkJMMVVGWVFpOTZCaHdpeVNzMjd0dlUzQWlpQ0k5NWd4SU9pVW9yZ3NTa1BPd2NtZ25kS3RPRl96T1puSndDWTBOUHo4WDV3ZGl4RE8zdFNmZ0tpVTBYUHNkQWkzY0lOVnQtd3ZSdS1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna\u2019s \u2018Confessions II\u2019 Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart, as Ken Carson and Sienna Spiro Also Bow in Top 10<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxQd3lneV9BNnBSeFp6ek11a2dqaGptcGJmTkQxQ3hwekYyMkhfMWw0dnFIb3g0eWFOZHdkYVM2MUpsM0RrM19VSTlHVFB1YTFtWThSZ2hIS2gtNXNCVzIzcm1wWnBkX3oyWW5JcHg2OEg2SnlfbFRwX3JIZXlrTGpjZlFGV0hCc1dYNFl4dUt3VkpfcjZDSXdnVFFBWDYzcDVtNkNxampXekF0aGZSZ0Q5MlZDdWZQa21semZpUUJKQ2pRaTB3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna becomes the first US female ever to earn Number 1 albums across five decades with CONFESSIONS II<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Official Charts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna&#8217;s new album hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts&nbsp;&nbsp;NPRMadonna Turned Personal Loss Into Music for Her New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-531271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}