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#6 Madonna. For the 472nd time in her career, the dancehall diva bounded back into the spotlight with a new album and a new, Jane Fonda- and Farrah Fawcett-inspired look. She may be older now, and her lyrics may get nutty sometimes, but I still have feelings for Madge. How could I not? For more than 20 years, I’ve been dancing to her music in my bedroom while wearing high heels and socks.
source : usatoday

Hot 100 Singles :
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20 (25) Be Without You – Mary J. Blige
21 (19) Hung Up – Madonna
22 (21) We’re Goin’ Down – Fall Out Boy Sugar
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Billboard 200 Albums :
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14 (18) Chris Brown – Chris Brown
15 (13) Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor
16 (25) American Idiot – Green Day
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Hot Digital Singles :
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09 (08) My Humps – The Black Eyed Peas
10 (06) Hung Up – Madonna
11 (12) Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy
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Madonna has hit back at newlywed sir Elton John after he criticised her for not attending his pre-wedding party on Monday.
British newspaper the Daily Mirror reported John labelled the Material Girl a “miserable cow” after she snubbed his star-studded bachelor party at London nightspot Too2Much, which was held ahead of the Rocket Man hitmaker’s civil partnership ceremony with David Furnish yesterday.
In response, Madonna’s spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg tells PageSix.com, “Madonna wishes Elton all the best, and hopes married life will make him a happier person.”
source : contactmusic

Plans by pop star Madonna and Guy Ritchie, her film director husband, to celebrate their wedding anniversary in the exclusive Highland castle where they exchanged their marriage vows five years ago, were scuppered yesterday because of aircraft problems.
The couple had been due to fly into Inverness airport on a private jet at lunchtime, before heading for the luxurious surroundings of Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, where they married in 2000 in a lavish ceremony which cost a reputed £2 million.
But their romantic Highland celebrations had to be abandoned after their private plane developed an apparent technical problem prior to its scheduled take-off from an airport near the couple’s home at Ashcombe House in Wiltshire.
The Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, the Coldplay singer Chris Martin, had also been expected to be joining the first lady of pop and her husband at Skibo for the strictly private celebrations. But a source at Skibo Castle claimed: “The whole trip has now been cancelled.”
Madonna and Ritchie were married at Skibo Castle on 22 December 2000 and had been planning to return to the £1,000-a-night retreat on their own, leaving behind their children, Lourdes, nine, and five-year-old Rocco with relatives.
source : scotsman

The hotly anticipated new album from Madonna, Confessions On A Dancefloor, has sold a remarkable two million copies across Europe within its first two weeks of release. This is yet another top-seller from the 47-year-old, who continues to thrill fans with her energetic performances and rejuvenated sounds. This album marks a return to her disco roots, and the first single release Hung Up – featuring a rarely granted Abba sample – has been a hit across Europe.
source : ifpi

Madonna has been toppled from the number one spot in the download chart, by highest new entry Nizlopi with JCB. The pop queen ended her run at the top of the chart after seven weeks, slipping one place to two.
source : bbc

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source : madonna.com

Madonna’s photo book “Sex” leads the top 10 most sought after out-of-print books of 2005. Other popular out-of-print titles include Dear and Glorious Physician, a novel about the life of Saint Luke, and The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, which inspired the film The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
The top 10 most sought after out-of-print books list in America in 2005, is compiled by BookFinder.com search engine used by millions of readers.
source : prnewswire (thanks to merboy25 from mmad)

Madonna is determined to inject a little festive cheer into her family Christmas this year – by stocking up on her favourite beer.
The Material Girl has ordered 300 pints – a whopping £1,000 – of award winning Folly ale for herself and husband Guy Richie.
Beer fans describe the ale as a “traditional, full-bodied Yorkshire bitter”, and one Folly drinker said: “I’m not surprised she fell in love with Folly because it’s a wonderful pint.”
Bosses at the Wharfedale brewery in Skipton were only too happy to deliver the booze to Madonna’s mansion in Wiltshire – 275 miles away.
Earlier this year, the beer-loving pop queen had gallons of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord bitter delivered to her home.
The singer had 72-pint firkins sent miles from the brewery to her £9 million mansion at a price of £80 each.
Timothy Taylor brewer boss Charles Dent, who sent the casks to the ‘Like a Virgin Singer’ from the brewery on West Yorkshire, said: “It’s a jolly good beer and a lot of girls like it.”
source : ukflava

Madonna is set to launch her own range of wine to accompany recent album ‘Confessions On A Dancefloor’.
As if being a pop star, a children’s author and sometime actress isn’t enough, the star is set to release a series of wines bearing artwork from her recent release.
Wines featuring Madonna’s image include a Barbera, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Pinot Grigio along with a “de-alcoholized” red table wine.
According to the distributor Celebritycellars.com write-up, Madonna has “made a career out of constantly evolving artistically and defying convention. Finally there is a collectable as complex and sophisticated as the artist herself”.
The wines are set to be shipped to American drinkers via the website early next year.
source : nme