In honor of Madonna's 'The Celebration Tour,' we are breaking down the singer's most iconic tracks on the Hot 100.
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00:00 80s, 90s, 2000s, four decades of music, abec, moi, ML, VC.
00:07 Welcome to the party, bitches.
00:09 After a delayed start due to a medical emergency,
00:11 Madonna's Celebration Tour is in full swing
00:14 and the living legend kicked off her US leg earlier this month.
00:16 In celebration of the queen of pop, we are taking a look at
00:19 Madonna's five biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
00:22 âȘ We took a holiday, holiday âȘ
00:26 Since arriving on the Hot 100 dated October 29, 1983 with Holiday,
00:31 Madonna has earned a total of 58 chart hits, including 38 top 10s.
00:35 âȘ
00:38 âȘ Come on, let's go âȘ
00:41 Let's kick it off with Vogue at number five.
00:43 Her tribute to voguing in the New York City ball scene
00:46 is as iconic as its glamorous black and white music video
00:49 directed by David Fincher.
00:50 âȘ When you call my name, it's like a little prayer âȘ
00:54 One of Madonna's more controversial hits lands at number four, Like a Prayer.
00:57 The song premiered in a two-minute Pepsi commercial in February of 1989,
01:01 but by early April, after pressure from conservative protests,
01:04 Pepsi canceled the ad campaign and ultimately pulled out
01:07 of sponsoring an upcoming tour from Madonna.
01:10 34 years later, in September of this year,
01:12 Pepsi released the shelved commercial to the praise of Madonna,
01:15 who wrote on Instagram,
01:16 "The commercial was immediately canceled when I refused to change
01:19 any scenes in the video where I was kissing a black saint or burning crosses.
01:23 So began my illustrious career as an artist
01:25 refusing to compromise my artistic integrity.
01:28 Thank you, Pepsi, for finally realizing the genius of our collaboration."
01:31 âȘ I've always been in love with you âȘ
01:37 At number three is Take a Bow.
01:39 Even though the two songs above it had stronger overall chart performance
01:42 on the Hot 100, Take a Bow actually spent more time at number one
01:45 than any other Madonna song, seven weeks in early 1995.
01:49 After scoring a number one hit in almost every year since 1984,
01:53 Take a Bow was her first chart topper in three years.
01:55 Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the song with Babyface.
01:58 âȘ Say I'm crazy for you âȘ
02:02 Crazy for You takes the silver medal.
02:03 The track was written and recorded for the 1985 film Vision Quest
02:07 and showed a new side to Madonna as her first ballad to top the Hot 100.
02:11 After spending three weeks at number two on the chart,
02:13 it finally knocked the all-star charity single
02:15 "We Are the World" by USA for Africa out of the top for one week.
02:19 âȘ Like a virgin âȘ
02:23 âȘ Touched for the very first time âȘ
02:26 This feels appropriate.
02:27 Madonna's very first number one, "Like a Virgin,"
02:29 is number one on our list of her biggest Hot 100 hits.
02:33 The title track and lead single from her 1984 album
02:36 spent six weeks atop the chart and became one of the diva's signature songs.
02:40 And how can we forget her iconic performance at the 1984 MTV VMAs?
02:44 The giant cake, the wedding dress, the impromptu choreography.
02:48 It's all part of the Madonna legend that lives on to this day on the Celebration Tour.
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