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Madonna scored the Number One position in both the UK Singles and Album charts today with '4 Minutes' topping the singles chart and 'Hard Candy' topping the album chart.

New entries into the singles chart came from Kelly Rowland feat. Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes at Number 36 with 'Daylight' and One Night Only at Number 37 with 'It's About Time'.

In the albums Chart, Portishead hit Number Two with 'Third' and Sam Sparro went in at Number Five with his self titled debut.

source : nme

01 93.3 FLZ Tampa Madonna Interview (03-27-2008)
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06 Mix 106.5 Australia Madonna Interview (04-09-2008)
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08 Kidd Kraddick Madonna Interview (04-11-2008)
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10 WPGC 95.5 Washington D.C. Madonna Interview (04-11-2008)
11 95.5 WKQI Detroit Madonna Interview (04-15-2008)
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Madonna at BET 106 & Park (May 01 2008)

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#10 - Madonna
The world's most famous woman

Genius credentials: Her singing and, especially, her songwriting remain underrated, but it's Madonna's sheer ambition and bloody-mindedness that remain her calling cards. She clawed her way through the shark-infested waters of the New York dance underground to become the biggest female star of all time. Along the way, her music has been sensational and her tours have raised the bar for every other megastar.
Her peers agree! "I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna." -- Britney Spears

Genius zenith: The Immaculate Collection (Warner Bros., 1990)

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She's like a fine bottle of wine; she gets better as time progresses. Not only is she one of the BADDEST entertainers in the business, but she's also one of the BEST! International superstar, Madonna stopped by BET's 106 & Park to promote her new album, Hard Candy and BOY was it a sight to see.

While Madonna chopped it up with Terrance and Rocsi, we all (mainly me) stood there in AMAZEMENT as this cougar (a term for extremely attractive older women) displayed an effortless cool like NO OTHER. Yea I sound like a groupie right now, but I dare you to catch an in person glimpse of this blonde bombshell and act too cool for school....I DARE YOU!

There really isn't more to say, except I am now OFFICIALLY in love! Catch Madonna on the 106 couch today at 6pm Eastern Time.

source : bet.com

A short and sweet, nonstop high-energy dance party -- that was the half-hour-plus set Madonna turned in Wednesday night at New York's Roseland Ballroom, in a special "secret" club show promoting her new LP, Hard Candy.

And after that, we got the rare -- as in almost unheard of -- opportunity to talk to Madonna and her special guest for the night, a certain talented dynamo named Justin Timberlake. I hate those tired "pop royalty" clichés, but what the hell: We had a 20-minute audience with the Queen of Pop and her Crown Prince.

So how was the show for them? "I think she killed it" was JT's assessment. As for Madge, "Yeah, it was very good. It was a bit airless -- a bit of a hotbox in there." Well, it was plenty hot out in the audience, so I can imagine what it was like for them onstage.

Of course, during the Confessions Tour, Madonna had a habit of shutting off all air conditioning in the venues, reducing arenas to 20,000-strong steamrooms. "It's true -- I generally don't like AC," she admitted, "but I could have appreciated it in this instance!"

These record-release club shows of Madonna's have become something of a tradition for her last few albums, and they tend to be tightly paced affairs. This was no exception -- 35-or-so minutes, or as I put it to her, "no fat."

"Are you saying that my big shows have fat on them?" she shot back. Yikes, here she comes! Madonna likes to come after me: John as punching bag. It's cool. "No, of course not," I replied, "but there's just not a lot of chit-chat in these shows."

Justin chimed in, telling Madonna, "I think you just had a woman moment!"

However, she explained, short-and-sweet is the point of these shows. "It's more like, the record's out -- you know, it's a sampler? Like with those chocolate boxes, you just get all the best stuff -- and no chocolate-covered cherries, 'cause everyone throws that sh-- out!"

Ah, the inevitable candy reference: perfect for the sex-and-lollipops vibe of Hard Candy. Even Justin admitted that at first, he was a bit surprised to learn the show would be so short, but then he added, "After watching it in rehearsal I was like, 'That's perfect,' 'cause like she says, you get enough of a taste of it to want some more."

The show was yet another how-to in pop showmanship, and Madonna spared nothing. The band was tight, the six dancers were tighter. The visuals included retro NYC subways and graffiti, a crew decked out in Kangols and Day-Glo during "Music," lasers on the disco-fied "Give It to Me" -- the production values were as high as any you'll find in a 3,000-capacity venue.

So how long does it take to put something like this together? "Well, this time the rehearsal period was a bit short and mad," Madonna said. "I felt like we got thrown into a juggernaut. I like just a tiny bit more preparation -- I would have liked two weeks but only got 10 days. Of course, Justin doesn't like to work as much as I do."

"I do!" JT demurred.

Madge relented. "Well, I don't know -- you're a fast learner, I'm not. And also, I get a little obsessive about details."

No matter -- JT is one guy who seems like he rolls out of bed ready to perform. And when black-booted Madge was joined by white-jacketed Justin for "4 Minutes" -- to a deafening roar from the crowd -- it was unquestionably the high point of the night. They jammed, bumped, grinded, worked the stage and made the already urgent, driving song drive even harder.

While that was the only appearance from Justin -- who not only inducted Madge into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, but also worked extensively with Timbaland on Hard Candy -- during the show, he told us that there could have been another. "She pretty much had the set list done and everything how she wanted it," he recalled, "and we talked on the phone about 'Miles Away' [a wistful, acoustic tune that's one of the album's standout tracks], and originally I said, 'Yeah, I wanna come on and play the guitar riff that I came up with for the song.' But she was like, 'Well yeah, but that comes before '4 Minutes,' and I was like, 'Oh. OK.' " Yep, the lady calls the shots.

Madonna ended up playing that guitar part on 'Miles Away' herself -- and later strapped on an electric for a rocking "Hung Up" that ended with a Joan Jett moment: a feedback-filled amplifier grind. I wished she would have gone further back in time for at least one old chestnut ("Borderline" was rumored, but it didn't happen), but who's complaining? There's plenty of time for all that on Madonna's Hard Candy tour later this year.

But on Wednesday night, it was a candy sampler -- and a chance to see Madge and JT, the pop superhero tag team, together. If they're not saving the world, at least they're making our corner of it a pretty fun place.

source : mtv.com

MTV will broadcast a brand new Madonna interview as part of their 'MTV News' program during the next few days.
Below are the airtimes to the different segments of the interview.

MADONNA ON MILEY
Fri 5/2- 9:50am, EST, 1:50pm, EST

MADONNA CONCERT WRAP
Fri 5/2- 10:50pm, EST
Sat 5/3- 1:50am, EST, 7:50am, EST

MADONNA ALBUM NEWS
Sat 5/3- 11:50pm, EST
Sun 5/4- 4:50am, EST, 6:50am, EST
Mon 5/5- 1:50am, EST, 4:50am, EST, 9:50am, EST, 10:55am, EST

source : madonna.com

Madonna once sang that she was living in a material world, at a point when even the most astute observers would have given her career two more years at best. They weren't the first or last people she's made fools of. In fact, her cultural impact has been so immense that now we all live in a Madonna world. Pop icons as diverse as the Spice Girls, Camille Paglia, Page Six, Robbie Williams, Heat magazine, Gwen Stefani, "Big Brother" and Courtney Love are all close to unthinkable without her.

Which would be a dubious legacy, were it not for the fact she's released so many life-affirming, radio-dazzling, zeitgeist-riding songs along the way, from "Holiday" to "Hung Up", via "Virgin" and "Vogue". And yet she's never got the credit she deserves. Twenty five years after finding fame, Paul McCartney was covering "Ferry Cross The Mersey" with Stock, Aitken & Waterman and David Bowie was releasing embarrassing concept albums about his marriage to supermodel Iman. Madonna, meanwhile - at the exact same stage in her career - has just released her most discussed, dissected album since "Erotica".

Deservedly so. "Hard Candy" is a gaudy, uneven and thrilling pop record. Detractors will find much to loathe here - the blatant commercial lunge for the US hip hop market, the tedious innuendos, the awful rap Kanye West is allowed to deliver in "Beat Goes On" for no apparent reason other than the fact he's Kanye West - but for those who love the way Madonna gets her sticky fingerprints all over every musical style she touches, there is much to savour.

Many have commented on how obvious Madonna's choice of producers is on "Hard Candy", but far too little has been written about how she has made them raise their game. When was the last time Pharrell Williams delivered a slice of disco as Chic sleek as "She's Not Me", let alone seen it invested with the drama and unpredictability Madonna brings here? Has Timbaland ever seen his trademark fat, ominous beats taken to such dark, ambiguous, emotional places as Madonna does on the wonderful "Voices"? And while Pharrell might be able to turn out slight but sprightly guitar strums like "Spanish Lessons" in his sleep, it takes Madonna to make them as playful and melodically sweet as this.

Are there flaws? Well, let's count the ways. The lame, tame single entendres of the otherwise brilliant "Candy Shop". The grotesque lyrical self indulgences of "Dance 2night". The outdated, messy "Incredible". But who cares when they're matched against the hypnotic "Heartbeat" or the titanic "Four Minutes". Songs as good as this - and the obviously fruitful collaboration between Madonna and Williams - are what makes "Candy Shop" her best record since "Ray Of Light". We live in a Madonna world. And as long as she keeps releasing albums as vivid, relevant, distinctive and modern as this, we will for a some time yet.

8 out of 10 stars