Madonna Extreme

As we predicted last week, Madonna’s MDNA is now jumping from #27 to the top of the United World Chart, selling more than 740,000 copies worldwide, in its first week. The album is now #1 in the Album Ch arts of around 25 countries including the USA, the UK, Italy and many more. Here’s a chart recap of how MDNA is doing around the world… United World Chart – #1 USA – #1 Canada – #1 UK #1 Australia – #1 Argentina – #1 Mexico – #1 Italy – #1 [also charted The Complete Studio Albums (#19), Celebration (#33), True Blue (#82) and the Sticky & Sweet Tour (#94)] Spain – #1 Hong Kong – #1 Greece – #1 Lebanon – #1 Poland – #1 (certified Gold) Singapore – #1 Thailand – #1 Czech Republic – #1 Slovakia – #1 Croatia – #1 Belgium (Flanders) – #1 Brazil – #1 (certified both Gold and Platinum) Finland – #1 Hungary – #1 (for a second week) Wales – #1 Ireland – #1 Israel – #1 Netherlands – #1 Sweden – #1 Denmark – #2 Austria – #2 France – #2 Norway – #2 Switzerland – #2 Belgium (Wallonia) – #3 S...

At her party to celebrate the album's sales she wanders over to a table laden with champagne... and loads of nutritious vitamin pills Let it never be said that  the Queen Mother of Pop has forgotten how to party. Her new album MDNA reached the pinnacle of the US charts, so a collection of her mates decided to throw a bash for her. In footage uploaded on her YouTube account, Madge, 96 53, is seen walking into a crowded room full of her dancers and friends, where she is told the good news. She does a little dance, and then wanders over to a table laden with champagne... and loads of nutritious vitamin pills. Madonna posts a picture of herself to a fan on Twitter Macrobiotic food nut Madge then hands out the yummy supplements to her vita-minions, who try not to appear too crestfallen. But then she goes to cut the cake, and things get even more embarrassing. She brandishes the knife at her pals – for a laugh – and a slab of cake gets thrust straight in her manager Guy Oseary’s fac...

Madonna has issued an open invite to Britney Spears to recreate their infamous Mtv Video Music Awards kiss during her upcoming tour. The pair made headlines around the world when they smooched onstage at the 2003 prizegiving, and the Holiday hitmaker is keen to pucker up with her pal again. During a question and answer session with her Twitter.com followers on Wednesday night (04Apr12), she writes, "Britney Spears please come on stage and kiss me again. I miss you!!" Madonna kicks off her latest concert series in Israel later this month (May12), and she has also asked pop star Katy Perry to be part of her shows, tweeting: "I wanna see you in the front row somewhere this year. Okay?"

The Material Mom, promoting new album "MDNA," When Madonna is not busy multi-tasking, she takes a tweet-break. But, of course, it's work-related. The Material Mom returns to Twitter Wednesday night for a  Q&A with fans as part of a promotional duties for her eighth No. 1 album, MDNA. She'll reply to fan tweets beginning at 10 p.m. on the handle @MadonnaMDNAday. No stranger to controversy, in her first go-round on the social-networking site last week, she courted some critics. Among them was EDM (electronic dance music) star Deadmau5, who slammed Madonna over her casual use of a slang term for the drug ecstasy during her cameo at Miami's Ultra Music Festival. (She responded by posting a photo of herself with mouse ears and an explanation for dropping the term "Molly": "From one mouse to another. I don't support drug use and I never have.") PHOTOS: Madonna's Iconic Life And Career She also provoked an insult from CNN's Piers ...

High-profile promotion of Madonna's "MDNA" pushed the singer's new album to its widely expected No. 1 debut on the U.S. album chart last week. The vocalist's eighth No.  1 album, and first under her association with Live Nation and Interscope, took the top position with a 359,000-copy debut frame, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ended April 1. "MDNA" was launched with a flourish during the Super Bowl halftime show in February, and the ramp-up to release continued at the Winter Music Conference in Miami late last month. Set also got a promotional lift: Ticket buyers for Madonna's upcoming U.S. tour had the option of receiving the album as part of their purchase. Another familiar name from the '80s, Lionel Richie, reappeared in the album top five for the first time in more than 25 years with "Tuskegee" (Mercury Nashville). The collection entered at No. 2 with 199,000 sold. The set, on which Richie essays his old hits...

Classic pop star Madonna proved her timelessness by headlining the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show. Say what you want about Madonna, but when every pop star who follows  you is compared to you, that says a lot. On her new album, “MDNA,” Madonna shows why the original is always the best. The 12-track album (there is a deluxe edition also available) starts off with “Girl Gone Wild,” a fun, poppy dance song where she implores girls to go out and “get fired up like a smoking gun.” Dance records have always been what Madonna does best. It’s a strong opener and sets the tone for the rest of the record. With the second track, “Gang Bang,” we have a thinly veiled reference to her bitter divorce from British director Guy Ritchie. “Compared to the others you were the best,” she sings. A pissed off Madonna is always the best Madonna. By the time she gets to the chorus (“Bang, Bang shot my lover in the head, shot him down but I have no regrets”), she’s holding nothing back. “I l...