{"id":599356,"date":"2026-05-23T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599356\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:27:12","slug":"madonnas-i-feel-so-free-is-her-first-no-1-radio-hit-in-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599356\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna’s ‘I Feel So Free’ Is Her First No. 1 Radio Hit in 18 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMadonna<\/a>\u2019s \u201cI Feel So Free\u201d jumps 8-1 on Billboard\u2019s Dance<\/a>\/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated May 30), becoming her eighth career leader on the ranking and her first overall radio chart-topper in nearly 18 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased April 18 via Warner Records, the song surges to No. 1 thanks to a 50% increase in plays among 24\/7 dance reporters and pop stations\u2019 mix show hours in the May 15-21 tracking week, according to Luminate. It also received a boost from a new remix with Peggy Gou, released May 15.<\/p>\n

\n\tMadonna last topped a Billboard radio chart in December 2008, when \u201cMiles Away\u201d spent two weeks at No. 1 on Dance\/Mix Show Airplay. It marked her third leader that year, following \u201c4 Minutes\u201d and \u201cGive It 2 Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s a look at all of Madonna\u2019s Dance\/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s since the chart launched in 2003:<\/p>\n

\u201cI Feel So Free,\u201d one week to date, May 30, 2026<\/p>\n

\u201cMiles Away,\u201d two weeks, beginning Dec. 27, 2008<\/p>\n

\u201cGive It 2 Me,\u201d one, July 12, 2008<\/p>\n

\u201c4 Minutes,\u201d feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, one, June 7, 2008<\/p>\n

\u201cJump,\u201d five, Nov. 11, 2006<\/p>\n

\u201cGet Together,\u201d four, June 24, 2006<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry,\u201d seven, Feb. 18, 2006<\/p>\n

\u201cHung Up,\u201d eight, Nov. 12, 2005<\/p>\n

\n\tWith her eighth No. 1, Madonna ties ILLENIUM for the sixth-most in the chart\u2019s history, after David Guetta (21), Calvin Harris (18), Rihanna (12), The Chainsmokers (10) and Ellie Goulding (nine).<\/p>\n

\n\tOutside of Dance\/Mix Show Airplay, Madonna has charted across 10 other currently active Billboard radio rankings throughout her career: Adult Contemporary, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay, R&B\/Hip-Hop Airplay, Latin Airplay, Tropical Airplay, Latin Pop Airplay, Holiday Airplay and the all-format Radio Songs chart.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Feel So Free\u201d has found success elsewhere on Billboard\u2019s charts, reaching No. 12 on Hot Dance\/Pop Songs earlier in the month.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe track is one of two Madonna songs currently charting. Her collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter, \u201cBring Your Love,\u201d rises 22-20 on Adult Pop Airplay and bullets at No. 27 on Pop Airplay. It\u2019s Madonna\u2019s first entry on Adult Pop Airplay since \u201cCrave\u201d in 2019 (No. 34 peak), and her first on Pop Airplay since \u201cPopular,\u201d with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, in 2023 (No. 14 peak).<\/p>\n

\n\tWith \u201cBring Your Love\u201d reaching a new No. 20 high on Adult Pop Airplay, Madonna earns her highest charting hit at the format since \u201c4 Minutes\u201d peaked at No. 20 in 2008. Her last song to climb even higher was \u201cHung Up,\u201d which reached No. 16 in 2005.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBring Your Love\u201d is also bubbling under Dance\/Mix Show Airplay. It debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> (May 16), becoming Madonna\u2019s 59th career entry and first since \u201cPopular.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Feel So Free\u201d and \u201cBring Your Love\u201d preview Madonna\u2019s album Confessions II, due July 3<\/a>. Its predecessor, 2005\u2019s Confessions on a Dance Floor, produced her first four Dance\/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll charts dated May 30 will update Wednesday, May 27 (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday May 25), on Billboard.com.<\/p>\n


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