Madonna's 'Confessions II' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard

Madonna has returned to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time this decade, as her new studio album "Confessions II" debuted at number one. The album, released on July 3, 2026, earned 134,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending July 9, according to industry data.

This achievement marks the pop icon's 10th number-one album on the Billboard 200, making her just the fourth artist in history to have at least 10 chart-topping albums and 10 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She joins the Beatles, Taylor Swift, and Drake in that exclusive club. "Confessions II" also gives Madonna her first number-one album of the 2020s, making her the first act to have topped the album chart in four distinct decades: the 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, and now the 2020s.

The debut figure of 134,000 units represents the largest week for a dance album in 2026 and is Madonna's best weekly total since the chart methodology changed in late 2014. The strong performance was driven by robust sales, with 114,000 copies sold, marking her best sales week since 2012. Of those sales, 59,000 were vinyl purchases, her biggest week for the format in the modern tracking...