{"id":684606,"date":"2026-07-10T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684606\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:35:10","slug":"madonna-becomes-the-first-us-female-ever-to-earn-number-1-albums-across-five-decades-with-confessions-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/684606\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna becomes the first US female ever to earn Number 1 albums across five decades with CONFESSIONS II"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is also Madonna\u2019s first Number 1 record since 2012\u2019s MDNA<\/a>, with the superstar now equalling Elvis Presley<\/a> in fifth place in the overall standings of\u00a0artists with the most Official Number 1 albums ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previously, Madonna\u2019s topped the Official Albums Chart with:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moreover, CONFESSIONS II hits Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart<\/a>, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Madonna just finds more ways to solidify her icon status, doesn\u2019t she?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: Artists with the most Number 1 albums on the Official Albums Chart\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a momentous\u00a0week for\u00a0SIENNA SPIRO<\/a>, as her debut album Visitor<\/a> becomes the biggest British debut album of the year so far (2). \u00a0<\/p>\n

The London-born singer-songwriter exploded onto the scene last year, and has continued her good fortunes into 2026, also clinching top spot on the Official Record Store Chart<\/a>, with\u00a0Visitor the best-seller in independent UK record shops this week. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Rock stalwarts Deep Purple<\/a> show no signs of slowing down, as the lads obtain their 27th Top 40 record with SPLAT!<\/a> (12).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pitbull<\/a>\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/a> rises into the Top 20 for the first time ever, earning a brand-new peak in the process, ahead of his headline BST Hyde Park show – but will he break the Guinness World Record for the \u2018largest gathering of people wearing bald caps\u2019?\u00a0(18). \u00a0<\/p>\n

BTS<\/a>\u2019s ARIRANG<\/a> vaults 16 spots following the K-pop group\u2019s blockbuster two-night spectacle at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (21), while My Chemical Romance<\/a>\u2019s seminal LP The Black Parade<\/a> re-enters the Top 40 for the first time since 2007, as the lads rock Wembley Stadium on their Long Live The Black Parade Tour (27).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Country duo The Shires<\/a> secure their sixth Top 40 with Bonfire<\/a> (28), as indie rockers mary in the junkyard<\/a>, comprising of Clari Freeman-Taylor, Saya Barbaglia and David Addison, bag their first-ever chart entry with their maiden LP, Role Model Hermit<\/a> (30).\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is also Madonna\u2019s first Number 1 record since 2012\u2019s MDNA, with the superstar now equalling Elvis Presley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,10868,228364,43995,85467,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-684606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-madonna","tag-mary-in-the-junkyard","tag-number-1-award","tag-sienna-spiro","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}