HolidayGuy
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7/31/06-8/6/06
mboy, I don't recall off-hand if last week was the first time ITG was knocked from the perch since Christmastime, but it's back on top this week.
M has 16 recurrent tracks that topped 100 spins last week.Current/Recent Releases:
Get Together: 318 (-57)- .519m (LW: .646M)- 261 (-65) rhythmic; 16 (+4) Hot AC; 37 (+4) Pop; 4 (-) AC
Hung Up: 115 (-17)- .744m (LW: .817m)
Sorry: 94 (+3)- 2.037m (LW: 1.917m)
Confessions on a Dance Floor Tracks
1. Jump: 19 (+2)- .008m
1. Into the Groove: 571 (+60)- 6.579m
2. Borderline: 455 (-76)- 5.673m
3. Holiday: 429 (-24)- 6.486m
4. Crazy For You: 418 (+107)- 4.548m
5. Like a Prayer: 405 (+22)- 5.393m
6. Lucky Star: 283 (+11)- 3m
7. Open Your Heart: 204 (+5)- 2.331m
8. Vogue: 198 (-13)- 2.474m
9. Music: 187 (-5)- 1.901m
10. Don’t Tell Me: 174 (-7)- 1.245m
11. La Isla Bonita: 131 (-11)- 1.646m
12. Dress You Up: 121 (+44)- 1.127m
13. Material Girl: 116 (+7)- 1.024m
14. Live to Tell: 114 (+1)- 1.173m
15. True Blue: 113 (-)- 1.382m
16. Take a Bow: 109 (+6)- 1.052m
17. Papa Don’t Preach: 68 (-1)- .769m
18. Express Yourself: 64 (-11)- .426m
19. Like a Virgin: 62 (-4)- .372m
20. Cherish: 57 (-20)- .532m
21. Ray of Light: 39 (-37)- .43m
22. Secret: 37 (+8)- .509m
23. Burning Up: 23 (-2)- .738m
24. I’ll Remember: 21 (-3)- .156m
25. Angel: 20 (-5)- .25m
26. Beautiful Stranger: 18 (+8)- .13m
27. Everybody: 13 (-)- .356m
28. This Used to Be My Playground: 13 (+4)- .083m
29. Causing a Commotion: 10 (-3)- .381m
30. Who’s That Girl: 11 (+4)- .085m
31. Justify My Love: 6 (-1)- .102m
32. Frozen: 5 (+2)- .063m
33. Die Another Day: 4 (-)- .013m
34. Sidewalk Talk: 4 (+1)- .033m
35. What it Feels Like For a Girl: 3 (-)- .014m
36. Me Against the Music: 3 (+1)- .006m
37.Santa Baby: 2 (+1)- .025m
Played 1x each: Deeper and Deeper, Love Profusion, Megamix, Rain, The Power of Good-Bye, Where’s the Party, You Must Love Me
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That's just it- this proves they still care, no matter how much they want to see her washed up, irrelevant, etc. When they spend so much time talking about it, they're shooting themselves right in the arse.
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Oops- forgot about that CFY Rome thread. I guess when it's her b-day show, the prior song to sing would be... "Happy Birthday."
SO nice to see the Italian love for the Queen!
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Wasn't that the plan for her birthday show? I don't remember reading about it happening in Rome?
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Madonna "crucified" in Rome, Vatican protests
By Rachel Sanderson
ROME (Reuters) - Madonna staged a mock-crucifixion in the Italian capital on Sunday, ignoring a storm of protest and accusations of blasphemy from the Roman Catholic Church.
In a sold-out stadium just a mile from Vatican City, the lapsed-Catholic diva wore a fake crown of thorns as she was raised on a glittery cross during the Rome stop of her worldwide "Confessions Tour."
The Vatican had accused her of blasphemy and provocation for even considering staging the sham crucifixion on its doorstep, anger Madonna further enflamed prior to the show by inviting Pope Benedict to come and watch.
The self-styled "Queen of Pop" went on to pepper her two-and-a-half hour show with more controversial imagery, at one point showing photographs of the pope after those of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
"Did you know two miracles have taken place in Rome?," the star, dressed in skin-skimming black, later joked with the crowd. "Italy won the World Cup and the rain stopped before my show."
The 70,000 fans, crammed into the Olympic Stadium, shrugged off the scandal, by dancing, singing and jumping as she performed songs from her latest album "Confessions on a Dance Floor" and classics, such as "Like a Virgin."
Yet, the cheering lulled when she was raised on the cross and some fans from predominantly Roman Catholic Italy confessed their disappointment.
"The crucifixion was unnecessary and provocative. Because this is Rome, I wish she'd cut it out. But it's Madonna, she's an icon, and that balances out her need to provoke," said 39-year old Roman, Tonia Valerio.
It is not the first time Madonna, whose father is a Catholic Italian American, has caused religious anger for her controversial religious and sexual imagery.
Catholic leaders condemned as blasphemous her 1989 video for hit song "Like a Prayer," featuring burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.
In 2004, a Vatican group warned that her latest religious belief "Kabbalah," a mystical from of Judaism, was a potential threat to the Roman Catholic faithful.
And she looks likely to face another storm when the tour reaches Moscow in September, where the Russian Orthodox Church has advised its followers to boycott the show because of the crucifixion stunt, agency Interfax reported on Saturday.
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Those 50,000+ probably already have COADF.
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LR, there are people who always have written very negative thigns about Madge, without bothering to even try understanding what she was doing. This is no different. M already has made a statement on what she's doing- that's enough. It's all about people only seeing what they want to see.
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Lenny traveled all the way to Rome to see the show, after seeing it a few times in the USA? Hmmm...
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Has Madonna crossed church for last time?
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Chuck Yarborough
Plain Dealer Columnist
Madonna must think she's Sinead O'Connor. She's in trouble with the Vati can. Again. And she's not doing anything as silly as ripping up a picture on national TV. Madge's "Confes sions" show opens with the singer on a mirrored cross, wearing a faux crown of thorns. It drew lots of criticism here, as I reported before, but that's nothing compared to what she's getting in Rome, where she's scheduled to perform on Sunday. Her New York-based publicist, Liz Rosenberg, told the press, "Madonna doesn't think Jesus would be mad at her, as his teaching of loving thy neighbor and tolerance is Madonna's message as well." Ah, the Gospel of St. Madge. But I don't think Rome is buying it. Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, apparently speaking with the approval of Pope Benedict XVI, is calling for the lapsed Catholic to be excommunicated. Excuse me, but if she's a lapsed Catholic, hasn't she already excommunicated herself? I've got a better idea: She's a disciple of kabbalah, which is rooted in Judaism. Why not kill two birds with one stone and put her in a cell with Mel Gibson?
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It's vile, but it's also great and puts a smile on my face. lol It's like the good ol' days.
She's always going to have some pesky detractors, as revered and celebrated as she is. And it just goes to show that people- even the detractors- do still care enough to write so much about her.
She must LOVE it.
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Peaks on the Canadian singles chart are pretty meaningless- we're probably talking 100 copies or less at No. 4! No idea how GT fared on Canada's Digital chart, but it didn't make the top 10 (unsurprisingly).
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Because that would take away from the sensationalism, FMS.
You have Liz in there alluding to the context, and Madonna's own comments thrown into some articles. -
And, from NY Times' Arts, Briefly:
Madonna Raises Hackles, This Time in Rome
At one point during Madonna’s latest show, her world-traveling “Confessions Tour,” she dons a fake crown of thorns and descends on a suspended, glittery cross in a mock crucifixion scene, a scene that is causing some outrage in Rome in anticipation of her scheduled appearance there on Sunday. In an unusual show of religious solidarity, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders in the Italian capital united to condemn her, Reuters reported. “Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is absurd,” the Rev. Manfredo Leone said from the Santa Maria Liberatrice church in Rome. “Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to blasphemy.” Madonna is not a stranger to controversy — her 1989 video for “Like a Prayer” brought her plenty of condemnation — and will apparently not change her show for the Italian audience. People in London do not seem bothered by her antics, though: earlier this week a bronze cast of her hands was unveiled outside Wembley Arena as the first installment in the Square of Fame, intended to be the British equivalent of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
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Here's that full article from the AP, as posted on the NY Times site:
Madonna's Concert Crucifixion Draws Ire
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 4, 2006
Filed at 12:18 a.m. ET
ROME (AP) -- Madonna's plans to stage a mock crucifixion during a Sunday concert in Rome have drawn fire from religious leaders, who have condemned the stunt as ''an act of open hostility'' toward the Roman Catholic Church.
During the concerts of her ''Confessions'' world tour, the American diva appears crucified on a mirrored cross while wearing a crown of thorns.
The prospect of the scene being repeated at the concert in Rome's Olympic stadium, some 2 miles from the Vatican, prompted Catholic officials to denounce the act as a publicity stunt in bad taste.
''To crucify yourself in the city of the pope and the martyrs is an act of open hostility,'' Cardinal Ersilio Tonini was quoted as saying in La Stampa daily on Wednesday. ''It's a scandal created on purpose by astute merchants to attract publicity.''
Muslim and Jewish leaders also condemned the fake crucifixion.
''It's not the first time Madonna stages such an act. We deplore it, we feel it is an act of bad taste,'' said Mario Scialoja, the president of the Muslim World League in Italy.
''We express solidarity with the Catholic world,'' said Riccardo Pacifici, spokesman for Rome's Jewish community. ''It's a disrespectful act, and to do it in Rome is even worse.''
In May, the Catholic League in the United States expressed its discontent for the stunt after Madonna performed it at the tour's opening concert in Inglewood, California.
''Knock off the Christ-bashing,'' Catholic League president Bill Donohue said in a statement. ''It's just pathetic.''
Still, tickets for the Rome concert were selling quickly, with only about 100 left by Thursday, news agency ANSA reported.
Following concerts throughout North America, the ''Confessions'' tour continues through Sept. 21 with dates in Europe and Japan.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Thursday, the singer's New York-based spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said: ''Madonna does not think Jesus would be mad at her, as his teaching of loving thy neighbor and tolerance is Madonna's message as well. The context of Madonna's performance on the crucifix is not negative nor disrespectful toward the church.''
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8/12 Eurocharts
* Albums: COADF moves 52-44, 27 weeks (charting in 12 of the 20 territories used for the chart)
* Singles: GT does reach a new peak, jumping 28-18, 7 weeks (it had reached No. 19 prior)- charting in 13 territories
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The show will go on, though, correct? Unlike the BAT, where she was forced to cancel.
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8/5 Eurocharts
(still not posted at billboard.com, from what I can see, but someone at UKMix posted it)
* Albums: COADF No. 52
* Singles: GT No. 28
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This week's Billboad has the midyear touring info. As reported, Rolling Stones have grossed $147.371m from 45 shows. No2 is U2, with $73.087m (from 28 shows). This info reflects boxscores from 11/1/05 to 5/16/06.
The biggest boxscore of the year thus far is Luis Miguel, form 20 shows(!) in Mexico- a gross of $19.286m. Miguel's top ticket price- in U.S. dollars- was roughly $170. Billy Joel follows, with $19.216m (from 12 sellouts at Madison Square Garden).Joel's top ticket price was $89.50.
As info, the Stones grossed $8.809m from 2 shows at the Tokyo Dome- 78,287 attendance, 86,898 capacity.
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7/24/06-7/30/06
Some of the "last week' numbers were different in this week's "last week" column. As always, I just go by what;s currently listed on the site (so, if you were to look at a total from last week and wonder why the trend difference doesn't match, that's why!)
Current/Recent Releases:
Get Together: 375 (-9)- .519m (LW: .646M)- 326 (+2) rhythmic; 12 (-6) Hot AC; 33 (-6) Pop
Hung Up: 132 (+13)- .817m (LW: .939m)
Sorry: 91 (+4)- 1.917m (LW: 1.467m)
Confessions on a Dance Floor Tracks
1. Jump: 17 (+1)- .018m
2. I Love New York: 1 (+1)- .001m
1. Borderline: 527 (+108)- 5.824m
2. Into the Groove: 506 (-7)- 6.257m
3. Holiday: 444 (+7)- 6.415m
4. Like a Prayer: 378 (-14)- 4.559m
5. Crazy For You: 307 (-28)- 3.644m
6. Lucky Star: 266 (-4)- 3.318m
7. Vogue: 211 (-7)- 2.425m
8. Open Your Heart: 199 (-9)- 2.3m
9. Music: 188 (-11)- 1.776m
10. Don’t Tell Me: 176 (+5)- 1.269m
11. La Isla Bonita: 142 (+40)- 1.56m
12. True Blue: 113 (-5)- 1.292m
13. Live to Tell: 113 (+5)- 1.343m
14. Material Girl: 109 (+13)- 1.322m
15. Take a Bow: 103 (+13)- .918m
16. Dress You Up: 77 (+16)- .98m
17. Cherish: 77 (+22)- .675m
18. Ray of Light: 76 (+41)- .643m (up from 3 to 25 at Pop, 26 to 42 at Hot AC)
19. Papa Don’t Preach: 69 (-3)- .656m
20. Express Yourself: 68 (+5)- .603m
21. Like a Virgin: 65 (-29)- .552m
22. Secret: 29 (-6)- .388m
23. Burning Up: 25 (-5)- 1.027m
24. Angel: 25 (+3)- .568m
25. I’ll Remember: 24 (+6)- .13m
26. Everybody: 13 (+1)- .349m
27. Causing a Commotion: 13 (+4)- .368m
28. Beautiful Stranger: 10 (-23)- .046m
29. This Used to Be My Playground: 9 (-1)- .137m
30. Where’s the Party: 9 (+9)- .141m (all Hot AC)
31. Who’s That Girl: 7 (-3)- .115m
32. Justify My Love: 7 (-1)- .052m
33. Frozen: 3 (-3)- .003m
34. Die Another Day: 4 (+2)- .005m
35. Sidewalk Talk: 3 (-)- .022m
36. The Power of Good-Bye: 3 (+2)- .005m
37. What it Feels Like For a Girl: 3 (+2)- .007m
38. Me Against the Music: 2 (-)
39. Deeper and Deeper: 2 (-)- .032m
40. Rain: 2 (+1)- .007m
41. Love Profusion: 2 (+1)
Played 1x each: Megamix, Nothing Really Matters, Santa Baby
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Not sure if this was posted, but the date has been added to www.confessionstour.com:
Sept. 11 Moscow Moscow University On Sale soon
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bigham, those were last week's European rankings. Billboard's been lax in updating the new charts- it hasn't posted the 8/5 charts as of yet.
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I believe Billboard's figures were $192m, so that would be worldwide.
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The North American leg of Cher's Never-Ending Farewell Tour grossed a heckuva lot, much more than what Madge's current tour grossed. Worldwide, though, Madge's may end up with more. Cher did some non-NA dates, but not nearly as many as she did in NA.
Moscow is happening
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
Posted
Is this the thread for Moscow press reports and such?
Russia & CIS
16:32 GMT, Aug 08, 2006
Jewish group warns Madonna concert organizers, say Russia is an Orthodoxcountry
MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - The Federation of Jewish Communities of
Russia (FJC) said Madonna's stage performances were amoral and urged all religious-minded people to abstain from attending her Moscow concert due on September 11.
"It is obvious to me, whether or not she uses religious symbols, a
person with religious and moral values should not attend her concert
because even without the use of religious symbols this is a very
frivolous and amoral show," head of the press department of the FJC
Boruch Gorin said Tuesday.
As for the use by Madonna of crucifixes in her shows, he said, "It
is even more outrageous precisely considering the image associated with
this singer."
"Various Christian confessions" have expressed their attitude
toward such a use of religious symbols, and "this leaves no doubt that
it is insulting to the feelings of believers," he said.
In her show, Madonna uses Jewish and Muslim religious symbols and
this for "me as a Jew, is shocking," Gorin said, adding that the fact
that she uses in her songs Jewish terminology was "rather illiterate and
inconsiderate."
Gorin stressed that the organizers of such concerts in Moscow,
which he said is "the capital of Orthodoxy," ought to "be more tactful
toward the innermost in human moral; that is faith." Gorin reminded the
audience about the reaction of the Muslim world to the publication in
the Western media of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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