Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart, as Ken Carson and Sienna Spiro Also Bow in Top 10

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

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Madonna‘s “Confessions II,” her first new album in seven years, found an appreciative audience awaiting her return. The album bowed with 134,000 equivalent album units, more than enough to push her past the still highly successful Olivia Rodrigo record to land on top of the Billboard 200 album chart.

Billboard reported Sunday that the debut for “Confessions II” set some recent high-water marks for Madonna. Breaking down that 134K figure: The album delivered Madonna’s best streaming week ever, with SEA units of 19,000, representing 20.1 million on-demand streams. Album sales were robust, too, with 114,000 physical or digital copies sold, amounting to the singer’s best sales week since 2012.

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