Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars outshines Madonna's Madame X to take Number 1 album

Word! Totally agree! It is just something else but I like it:)

The only artist I've found with more Top 2 albums is Elvis Presley with 21 (13 #1s, 8 #2s).
Still very impressive for Madonna though! :)

She is confirmed as number 1 in the US. So it up buttercup.

And Springsteen is rock music. It will always sell well and it benefited from Fathers day.

Why on earth should she retire.

Even after 35+ years Madonna still makes the haters blood boil lol

I think #02 is fantastic for any artist, especially Madonna (that has been around for 35 years). It's her 18th album to be TOP 2, her 6th album too hit #02 (and second this decade). Bruce is also a great artist and had record sales this week in UK (thanks to Father's Day) so there is no shame to Madonna to be #02. Besides, the young artists she had on this album are not successful in UK and are mostly latin (the first single is a latin song) so that wouldn't change a thing for her (in fact, being latin should do her more harm in UK than good). Her first single from her previous album did chart higher and was a solo Madonna song.

Can a CANCER get cancer?

oh wow. another sexist and ageist comment..

She needs to retire because she's debuting at #2 and not #1? Oh boy 99% of this industry should retire then. After almost 40 years and all her albums have debuted at #1 or #2 in the UK. If anything...no one has ever done such an impressive feat.

Exactly the sort if ageist attitude from the likes of you that we could do without. It’s attitudes like yours that prevent her from getting radio and tv airplay. Maybe you should retire your ageist out- dated ideals.

My comment is neither. I couldn't care less about Springsteen's album. She's been making bad music for quite a while. Even Camila Caballo could beat her both in quality and sales.

Whatever that is supposed to mean. Right back atcha boo boo.

Cause her last four albums have been trash. I don't hate her. In fact, I love her old stuff all the way up to COAD. But this tripe is ruining her legacy.

The only thing boiling is the water for my tea, silly queen.

Good for her. Let us predict where it will fall on week two. Outside the top 20? Top 40?

And how many hits has she had since "Celebration"? You fools need to actually buy her music instead of getting your all bunched up.

Nah. It's the fact that she hasn't recorded a good song since 2009.

Camila debuted at number 2 in the UK with 21,561 units just as Madame X. In the US at number 1 with 119,000 album-equivalent units, with 65,000 coming from pure album sales.
"Madame X" is predicted to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 95-105K copies. So it did quite the same as Camila's *debut* album which had 'Havana', biggest hit of the year. Madge still got it.

She doesn't need hits, she's 60 years old. She just need her fans to still see her live, which they do. Even with concert prizes over £250 a ticket people still go and see her. You're incredibly aggressive, it's only pop music.

Will still have been a number 1 album.

Oh please yes you do hate her. It so funny she can still get an reaction after these years.

And you haven’t posted a good comment since 2003

OK

Excellent.

Do I know you? Didn't think so.

Nooooo!!!! It is ART!!!!!!

Her lowest selling and streamed throughout a remarkable career. But yeah, sure.

That is your opionion, fair enough. But stop these retirement comments. No mention that Bruce is almost a decade older....but men are allowed to carry on. On a side note, Madame X is a genius album. I hope in time you see that.

You need to retire. Basic millennials & Gaga stans shouldn’t be allowed near social media. Idiots! Look at Madonnas so called replacements, Beyaaawnce, Britney, Gaga whos last studio album failed to outsell Madonna’s leaked Rebel Heart! Because it was truly uninspiring and a mess! Madonna isn’t making music to please you retards or basics, she’s doing it because she can. She remains the only artist out there who’s making music on her own terms. This is just another chapter to her illustrious career. Gaga meanwhile 😂 3 cancelled tours under her belt and studio albums nobody cares about. That’s failure honey

Well what about Bruce Springsteen then?
He's been around since the 70s far longer than Madonna herself.
He's going to debut at #2 in the United States and Madonna at #1.
Should he retire as well according to your logic?
It's been quite a while since both of them had a hit on the single charts too?
Should the Stones retire, Paul McCartney and all the others too?
Swae Lee, Anita and Maluma more successful artists? You better do your research because they never had any hit or topped the charts in the UK!
BESIDES MADONNA IS A LEGEND!

All albums crunch massively in the second week! That’s the music industry today you idiot! Look at Gagas Flopanne, peaked at number 1 in only 6 countries WW and didn’t even hit number 2 in the U.K. it fell off the top 20 in 3 weeks. She’s only been around 9 years! 😂

No but I can read your comments over the years on disqus.

Most legacy acts don’t have high streaming numbers and sales are plummeting for everyone bar a handful of acts. Go educate yourself on the music industry.

Why are you even here commenting? You clearly hate her.

Why are you so invested in bringing down Madonna? Seems like it would be easier just to let it go, let people who enjoy her have their moment, let her continue to make music that her millions of fans obviously love? I mean, why invest all this time on your keyboard hating on her when you could be doing something productive--maybe write a song or something. Just a thought.

LMAO... she is NOT at #1. By far.

Oops... I meant to say the Top 2! :P