Disco Ball World

When a gay friend of mine gushed about the Madonna concert on a (private, secret) list-serv, someone responded by criticizing his taste in music and mocking Madonna herself. And he rapidly replied with the following objective evidence of her Goddesshood (all of this from memory, of course...):

Confessions on a Dance Floor has been number one in Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark,
Ecuador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Japan (international
albums only), Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro,
Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey,
Ukraine, UK, Uruguay & USA. (total of 43 countries - This is a
record)

Madonna has a million achievements to rave about but here are some
of the biggest:

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Madonna is the most
successful female recording artist of all time.

According to Warner Bros. Records, Madonna has sold over 250 million
records (75 million singles and 175 million albums), more than any
other female recording artist.

Madonna has 12 No. 1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart,
the same number as Diana Ross and The Supremes and behind only
Mariah Carey's 16 among female artists.

Madonna has 6 No. 2 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart,
the most for a female artist, tying her with Elvis Presley for the
record.

Madonna has the most Top 5 singles by a female artist on Billboard's
Hot 100 Chart (27).

Madonna has the most Top 10 singles by a female artist on
Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (35).

Madonna has the most Top 20 singles by a female artist on
Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (42).

Madonna has the most Top 30 singles by a female artist on
Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (44).

Madonna has the most Top 40 singles by a female artist on
Billboard's Hot 100 Chart (47).

Madonna has the most certified (RIAA) singles by a female artist
with 24 Gold, Platinum, or Multi-Platinum singles.

Madonna has sold an estimated 26 million singles in the US, the most
by a female artist.

Madonna has 5 No. 1 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart, the
same amount as Janet Jackson and behind only Barbara Streisand's 8
among female artists.

Madonna has 5 No. 2 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart,
behind only The Beatles' 6 and Frank Sinatra's 7.

Madonna has 15 Top 10 albums on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart,
behind only Barbara Streisand's 26 among female artists.

Every album Madonna has released has gone Top 10 in the US except
for her two remix albums, You Can Dance and Remixed & Revisited.

In the US, Madonna, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey,
Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks are the only
female artists with multiple Diamond (shipped over 10 million
copies) albums.

Madonna has sold a certified (RIAA) 66 million albums in the US,
behind only Barbara Streisand's 72 million among female artists.

Madonna is the most successful dance artist in music history; she
has 33 #1 singles on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play Singles Chart,
more than twice the number of her nearest rival Janet Jackson.

Madonna also has 25 #1 singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Single Sales
Chart, more than three times the number of her nearest rivals
Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, and Notorious B.I.G.

Madonna has 10 No. 1 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 12 No. 2 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other artist ever.

Madonna has 42 Top 5 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other artist ever.

Madonna has 55 Top 10 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 60 Top 20 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 60 Top 40 singles on the UK singles chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has spent a total of 21 weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart,
more than any other female artist.

From "Like A Virgin" in 1984 to "Secret" in 1994, Madonna had an all-
time record 34 consecutive Top 10 hits on the UK singles chart.

Every single Madonna has released in the UK has gone Top 20, and all
but five of them have gone Top 10.

Madonna has sold over 14.6 million singles in the UK, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 8 No. 1 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 4 No. 2 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 15 Top 5 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any
other female artist.

Madonna has 16 Top 10 albums on the UK albums chart, more than any
other female artist.

From the Evita Soundtrack in 1996 to Music in 2000 Madonna had 3
consecutive #1 albums on the UK albums chart, an all time record for
a female artist.

Every album Madonna has released has gone Top 10 in the UK and her
self-titled debut is the only one to miss the Top 5. (Her 2003 EP
Remixed & Revisited was not allowed to appear on the UK album chart
as it was too short to qualify as an album.)

In the UK, Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the highest
selling album ever by a female artist at 12x Platinum for shipments
of over 3.6 million copies. Overall it is the 7th highest selling
album ever in the UK.

In the UK, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are the only artists ever to
have a No. 1 album and No. 1 single in three different decades.

Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the highest selling greatest
hits album ever by a female artist with estimated worldwide sales of
over 23 million copies.

Madonna has had more music videos played more often on MTV than any
other artist.

Madonna was voted by MTV viewers as the greatest music video icon
ever on the network's 25 Greatest Video Stars.

Madonna was named the sexiest recording artist ever on VH1's 100
Sexiest Artists.

In 1986, Madonna received the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video
Music Awards honoring her for outstanding achievements in the realm
of music video.

Madonna is the most successful act in the history of MTV's Video
Music Awards with an all time record 67 VMA nominations and 19 VMA
wins.

In 2004 Madonna became one of the five founding members of the UK
Music Hall of Fame, joining Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Marley,
and U2 as automatic inductees.

Maverick Records is the most successful "vanity label" in music
history. While under Madonna's control it generated well over $1
billion for Warner Bros. Records, more money than any other
recording artist's record label.

Madonna is the richest female singer in the world with an estimated
net worth of over $850 million.

Madonna has commercially released 53 singles in the U.S. While her
first two releases, 1982's "Everybody" and 1983's "Burning Up,"
failed to break onto The Billboard Hot 100, every commercially
released single through 2004's "American Life" charted. Her lowest
peaking entry is "Nothing Really Matters" which stalled at No. 93,
while her most successful chart title is "Take A Bow," which spent
seven weeks at No. 1. Only five of her commercially released singles
failed to reach The Billboard Hot 100: "Everybody" and "Burning Up,"
along with two singles from 2003: "Hollywood" and "Nothing Fails"
and "Love Profusion" (2004).

2002's "Die Another Day" was her 35th single to hit the top ten on
The Billboard Hot 100. Only Elvis Presley has more top ten entries,
with 38.

2003's "Me Against The Music" (with Britney Spears) was her 46th top
40 hit on The Billboard Hot 100. She has the most top 40 hits of any
female artist, and is tied with Stevie Wonder for fourth place among
all artists with the most top 40 singles on The Billboard Hot 100.

In 2000, "Music" became her 12th No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100.
That total ties her with The Supremes tally of chart-toppers. Only
Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, The Beatles, and Elvis Presley have
more.

Madonna has placed a single in the top 40 of The Billboard Hot 100
every year since 1983 (save for 1988, when she had no releases
whatsoever).

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),
Madonna has 24 gold singles (500,000 units shipped) to her credit,
the most for any female artist. She now ties The Beatles for second
place behind Elvis Presley among artists with the most gold singles.

From Borderline in 1984 - Cherish in 1989 Madonna achieved 17
consecutive top 10 singles.

From Lucky Star in 1984 - Cherish in 1989 Madonna achieved 16 top 5
singles.

From Holiday in 1983 -Take A Bow in 1995 Madonna achieved 32
consecutive top 40 singles. Madonna's second longest top 40 streak:
Madonna also achieved 7 consecutive top 40 singles from Beautiful
Stranger in 1999 - American Life in 2003. From Borderline in 1984 -
Cherish in 1989 Madonna achieved 17 consecutive top 10 singles.
From Lucky Star in 1984 - Cherish in 1989 Madonna achieved 16 top 5
singles. Madonna has never since had such a streak as impressive as
this. Although from Keep It Together in 1990- Deeper And Deeper in
1993 Madonna achieved 8 consecutive top 10 singles.

From Holiday in 1983 -Take A Bow in 1995 Madonna achieved 32
consecutive top 40 singles.

Madonna's second longest top 40 streak: Madonna also achieved 7
consecutive top 40 singles from Beautiful Stranger in 1999 -
American Life in 2003.

Madonna won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress for her portrayal
of Evita Peron.

Madonna is the oldest and only 80s female artist to have a video
retired on MTV's TRL (February 2006) with "Hung Up". "Hung Up" spent
11 days at number one on TRL including its 50th showing.

"Sorry" reached the top spot on the United World Chart, ending the
fifteen week reign of "Hung Up" on the chart, bumping it to number
two. Madonna is the first artist, since the creation of the chart,
to have two singles sitting at the top two positions on the chart in
one week. Madonna (and Cher) have the track with most weeks spent at
No. 1 Hung Up and Believe. Madonna has the track with most points in
a week (Hung Up) on the United World Chart.

Billboard are reporting that for only the second time in history,
one artist is #1 on all four of Billboard's dance charts. The single
is of course Sorry, which is #1 on the Club Play, Dance Singles
Sales and Dance Radio Airplay surveys while Confessions On A Dance
Floor rules the Top Electronic Albums list. The only other time this
happened was the week of December 03 2005, when Madonna's Hung Up
was in charge on the three dance singles charts and 'Confessions On
A Dance Floor' was #1 on the Electronic chart.

"Hung Up" has been number 1 in following countries: Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras,
Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Mexico, The Netherlands,
Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom. (A
total of 42 countries�also a record.)

From 1988 to 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records named Madonna
as the Most Successful Artist on Record for the unprecedented
worldwide success of the True Blue album, which hit number one in 28
countries.

Madonna is the only recording artist to have a top-ten hit on the
Billboard Hot 100 with at least one single from every album (Madonna
to Confessions on a Dance Floor) that has had a single released.

According to Billboard Magazine, Madonna is the Top Female Act of
the 1980s. The magazine also declared her as the Second Top Act of
the 1980s, behind Michael Jackson.

In the first six months of 1985, Madonna had six separate hit
singles on the Billboard Charts (and five videos in rotation at once
on MTV).

From 1985 - 2003, Madonna has received 25 Billboard awards and
citations.

Madonna's US Number Ones (12)
Like A Virgin (1984) - 6 weeks
Crazy For You (1985) - 1 week
Live To Tell (1986) - 1 week
Papa Don't Preach(1986) - 2 weeks
Open Your Heart (1987) - 1 week
Who's That Girl (1987) - 1 week
Like A Prayer (1989) - 3 weeks
Vogue (1990) - 3 weeks
Justify My Love (1991) - 2 weeks
This Used To Be My Playground (1992) - 1 week
Take A Bow (1995) - 7 weeks
Music (2000) - 4 weeks

Madonna is the third oldest female to place a number one at the
Billboard Hot 100. The single "Music" reached the number-one spot
when Madonna was forty-two years one month old (September 2000). She
is behind Tina Turner's single, "What's Love Got to Do with It?",
which made number one when Turner was forty-five years old (1984),
and Cher whose single, "Believe," reached number one when Cher was
fifty-two years old (1999).

Madonna's Hung Up Single
1) 51st Madonna single to enter the Hot 100 Singles Chart.
2) 36th Top 10 Single (A record for a female artist and ties with
Elvis Presley's 36).
3) 42nd Top 20 single (A record for a female artist).
4) 44th Top 30 single (A record for a female artist).
5) 47th Top 40 single (Again a record for a female artist coming
behind only to Elvis Presley who has 104, Elton John with 54 and The
Beatles with 51).

Madonna's US Number one albums
Like A Virgin(1984)
True Blue (1986)
Like A Prayer (1989)
Music (2000)
American Life (2003)
Confessions On A Dancefloor (2005)

On the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, Madonna is the only artist
in history to achieve seven top-ten hits from one album (American
Life). Madonna is also the only artist ever to achieve seven
consecutive number-one hits on this chart twice. (This information
is according to Billboard magazine, which was published in the Q&A
section.)

For only the second time in Billboard history, one artist is No. 1
on all four of Billboard's dance charts. Madonna's "Sorry" (Warner
Bros.) made it to number one on the Club Play, Dance Singles Sales
and Dance Radio Airplay surveys while "Confessions on a Dance Floor"
rules the Top Electronic Albums list. The only other time this
happened was the week of Dec. 3, 2005, when "Hung Up" by Madonna was
in charge on the three dance singles charts and "Confessions" was
No. 1 on the Electronic tally.

Madonna's Number One Dance Hits (36)
GET TOGETHER (2006)
SORRY (2006)
HUNG UP (2005)
LOVE PROFUSION (2004)
NOTHING FAILS (2004)
ME AGAINST THE MUSIC (2003)
HOLLYWOOD (2003)
AMERICAN LIFE (2003)
DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)
IMPRESSIVE INSTANT (2001)
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL (2001)
DON'T TELL ME (2001)
MUSIC (2000)
AMERICAN PIE (2000)
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER (1999)
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS (1999)
RAY OF LIGHT (1998)
FROZEN (1998)
DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (1997)
BEDTIME STORY (1995)
SECRET (1994)
FEVER (1993)
Deeper and Deeper (1993)
Erotica (1992)
JUSTIFY MY LOVE (1991)
VOGUE (1990)
KEEP IT TOGETHER (1990)
EXPRESS YOURSELF (1989)
LIKE A PRAYER (1989)
YOU CAN DANCE (LP CUTS) (1987)
CAUSING A COMMOTION (1987)
OPEN YOUR HEART (1986)
"Angel" / Into the Groove"(1985)
"Material Girl (1984)
"Like a Virgin" (1984)
"Holiday" / "Lucky Star" (1983)

RIAA Certifications
Madonna has 25 gold singles
BORDERLINE
LIKE A VIRGIN
CRAZY FOR YOU
ANGEL/INTO THE GROOVE (12")
PAPA DON'T PREACH
TRUE BLUE
LIKE A PRAYER
EXPRESS YOURSELF
KEEP IT TOGETHER
VOGUE
HANKY PANKY
JUSTIFY MY LOVE
RESCUE ME
THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND
EROTICA
I'LL REMEMBER (THEME FROM WITH HONORS)
SECRET
TAKE A BOW
YOU'LL SEE
YOU MUST LOVE ME
FROZEN
RAY OF LIGHT
DON'T TELL ME
MUSIC
HUNG UP
Four Platinum Singles
LIKE A PRAYER
VOGUE
JUSTIFY MY LOVE
MUSIC
One Multi Platinum Single
VOGUE

"Justify My Love" was the first-ever video single in history and has
been certified 8x platinum for sales of over 400,000 units.

Madonna was named by MTV Asia as the Artist of the Millennium in
2000.

For its 20th Anniversary, MTV ran a 100 Best Videos Poll: "Ray Of
Light" came at number four, "Frozen" was #50, "Justify My Love" at
#76 and "Like A Prayer" at number eighty-eight.

Vh1 listed "Like A Prayer" number two, "Justify My Love" number
seven, "Ray Of Light" number forty, "Material Girl" #54, "Like A
Virgin" #61 and "Borderline" #84 in its 100 Greatest Videos Of All
Time

In 2000, MTV ranked "Like A Virgin" at #8 and "Vogue" at #18 in the
Top 25 Most Played Music Videos of All Time

"What It Feels Like For A Girl" holds the world record for the
highest selling DVD single.

Truth or Dare (In Bed with Madonna) earned critical raves and took
in over $ 10,000,000 at the US box office, and $ 15,000,000 in
overseas box office, making it the most commercially-successful
documentary ever made in the 20th century.

Madonna's Evita was the highest grossing musical film of the 1990s
(it also made more money than any musical film in the 1980s). It
made $50,047,179 at the domestic box office and $91,000,000 overseas
for an impressive worldwide box office total of $141,047,179.

Sex, a 128-page coffee table book priced at $49.95 hit # 1 on the
non-fiction bestseller lists of both the New York Times and
Washington Post and sold a record 500,000 copies around the world in
just one week.

In 2003 Madonna released her first of five children's storybooks,
The English Roses. It holds the world record as the fastest-selling
children's picture book in history. Since then Madonna has released
another four children's books, all of which have gone on to major
success.

The English Roses was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and
was simultaneously released in over one hundred countries.

All of Madonna's concert tours have sold out globally, making her
one of the most successful live acts to ever have performed. In 2004
her Re-Invention World Tour was the most successful tour of the
year, selling out globally despite ticket prices upwards of $300 US.

The August 5, 1990 telecast of the "Blonde Ambition Tour" on HBO
received a 21.5 percent rating and a 31 percent share of the viewing
audience, beating out all network competition and becoming the
highest rated non-sports event ever to broadcast on the said
network.

The December 3, 1990 appearance of Madonna on ABC's Nightline
regarding the banning of the "Justify My Love" video became the
highest-rated episode of the late-night news program that year,
outranking the August 24 telecast about the Iraqi troops who had
surrounded the US Embassy (that precipitated the 1991 Gulf War).
Saturday Night Live's 90-second broadcast of the "Justify My Love"
video became the highest-rated episode of the show that season.
CNN's Showbiz Today's highly-publicized 112-second video clip
garnered the greatest number of viewers the show had the week it was
aired.

Vh1 and Entertainment Weekly ranked Madonna's show-stopping "Like a
Virgin" performance on the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards as the eighth
Top Music Moment in US Television History

In 1989, Madonna was declared by People Magazine as one of the 20
Who Defined the Decade

Time Magazine named Madonna among the Faces of the Decade in 1989.
Madonna was crowned by Musician Magazine as the "Artist of the
Decade" in 1989.

Billboard Magazine's Music of the '80s Poll honored Madonna as Pop
Artist of the Decade, Dance Artist of the Decade, and Dance Single
of the Decade (Into the Groove)

Madonna is # 5 on Entertainment Weekly's of Top Entertainers of the
Half Century (1950 - 2000)

Madonna is # 9 on People Magazine's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

In 1999, Rolling Stone Magazine declared "Blond Ambition Tour" as
the Greatest Concert of the 1990s.

Rolling Stone named "Ray of Light" as among the Essential Recordings
of the '90s

People Magazine included Madonna in its 1999 list of 25 Legends of
the Past 25 Years

Madonna is featured in the 100 Most Important Women of the 21st
Century book of Ladies Home Journal published in 1998.

In 2002, Life Magazine ranked Madonna as the sixth Top Rock and
Roller of All Time, the only female artist who made the top-ten.

Rolling Stone's 2001 list of the Top 100 Albums Of All Time includes
Ray Of Light at #29, Music at #52, Like A Prayer at #62 and The
Immaculate Collection at #99: Madonna has more albums on the list
than any other female solo artist.

VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists ranked Madonna at #1.

VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs included "Vogue at #4 and "Into the
Groove" at # 40.

VH1's 100 Greatest Women ranked Madonna at #1.

VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons placed her at # 7, behind
Marilyn Monroe at # 6 and in front of Michael Jordan at # 8, she was
also the second highest charting musician on the list, second only
to Elvis Presley at # 3.

A chronological list of awards won by Madonna:

1985
UK NME Survey - Top Singles Artiste of The Year
Billboard Music Awards
Top Pop Artist
Top Pop Album Artist - Female
Top Pop Singles Artist
Top Pop Singles Artist - Female
Top Dance Club Play Artist
Top Dance Sales Artist
Top Music Video: "Madonna"
ARC Weekly Top 40
Bravo Otto Award (Golden) for best female singer
Top Single of the Year, "Like a Virgin"

1986
Billboard Music Awards
Top Music Video: "Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour"
MTV Video Music Awards
"Video Vanguard"- Career Achievement
Juno Award (Canada)
Best International Album, "True Blue"
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Music Performer
UK Best Selling Albums of the Year
True Blue - 1,275,000
Billboard Music Awards
Top Pop Singles Artist
Top Pop Singles Artist - Female
Top Dance Sales Artist
American Music Awards
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Female Music Video, "Papa Don't Preach"
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied w/Whitney Houston)
World Music Video Awards
America's Most Popular Video (Papa Don't Preach)
The World's Most Popular Video (Papa Don't Preach)
American Video Awards
Best Female Performance (Papa Don't Preach)
ASCAP Pop Music Award
Best Song Writing (Live to Tell)
Bravo Otto Award Gold Best female singer of the year
Much Music Video Awards
Best Female Artiste
Best Video (La Isla Bonita)
BMI Pop Award � Most Performed Pop Song (Live To Tell, Open Your
Heart, La Isla Bonita)

1988
BMI Pop Award � Most Performed Pop Song (Who's That Girl)
1989

Billboard Music Video Award
Best Video "Express Yourself"
Billboard Music Awards
Top Adult Contemporary Artist
Billboard Magazine's Music of the '80s Poll
Top Pop Artist of the Decade
Dance Artist of the Decade
Dance Single of the Decade - "Into the Groove"
MTV Video Music Awards
"Artist of the Decade"- Career Achievement
Viewer's Choice Awards, "Like a Prayer"
Best Direction, "Express Yourself"
Best Art Direction, "Express Yourself"
Best Cinematography, "Express Yourself"
International Music Awards
Best Female Singer, "Like a Prayer"
Rockbj�rnen (Sweden)
Best International Artist
Best International Album

1990
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Editing, "Vogue"
Best Cinematography, "Vogue"
Best Direction, "Vogue"
Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Awards
Best single, "Vogue"
Best video, "Vogue"
Best Dressed Female
Sexiest Female Singer
Rolling Stone Critics Awards
Best Tour, "Blond Ambition World Tour"

1991
Academy Awards
Best Original Song, "Sooner Or Later" (M&L: Stephen Sondhiem)
Grammy Awards
Best Long Form Music Video, "Blond Ambition World Tour: Live!"
American Music Awards
Favorite Dance Single, "Vogue"
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Long-Form Video, "Immaculate Collection"
Rolling Stone Critics Awards
Best Video, "Justify My Love"
Hype of the Year
Juno Award (Canada)
Best International Single, "Vogue"
AMFAR - Award of Courage (US)
Smash Hits Award (UK)
Most Fanciable Female Artiste & Best Female Solo Artiste"

1992
Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Awards
Best Dressed Female
Rockbj�rnen (Sweden)
Best International Artist
Telegatto Award (Italy) - Best International Artist

1993
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Art Direction, "Rain"
Best Cinematography, "Rain"
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Film
and Television Music Awards
Best Songwriting, "This Used to Be My Playground"
Rolling Stone Reader's Poll
Best Dressed Female

1995
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Female Video, "Take a Bow"
Billboard Music Awards
Top Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female
Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist
Vh1 Music Fashion Awards
Most Fashionable Artist
ARC Weekly Top 40
# 4 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Female Artist of the Year)
Top Single of the Year, "Take a Bow"

1996
Billboard Music Awards
Artist Achievement Award
Echo Awards (Germany)
Best Selling Artist
ASCAP Awards
Best Pop, "You'll See"
MTV Latino Awards
Best Female Artist (special award)
Best Video, "Veras" (special award)

1997
Academy Award
Best Original Song, "You Must Love Me Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber &
Lyrics by Tim Rice]"
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (Evita)
Best Original Song (You Must Love Me)
Best Picture - Musical or Comedy (Evita)
Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll
"Like A Virgin"
Echo Award (Germany)
Best International Female
American Moviegoers' Awards
Best Female Actress, "Evita"
Best Director, Alan Parker
Golden Satellite Awards
Best Picture (Evita)
Best Original Song (You Must Love Me)
Best Costume Design (Penny Rose)

1998
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Best Song, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
Much Music Video Awards
Best International Video, "Ray Of Light"
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist
Top Hot Dance Club Play Single: "Ray of Light"
Rolling Stone Reader's Poll
Best Dance/Electronica
MTV Video Music Awards
Video Of the Year, "Ray of Light"
Best Female Video, "Ray of Light"
Best Direction, "Ray of Light"
Best Editing, "Ray of Light"
Best Choreography, "Ray of Light"
Best Special Effects, "Frozen"
Vh1 Fashion Awards
Most Fashionable Artist
Most Stylish Music Artist
The Versace Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Female Artist
Best Album "Ray of Light"
Rockbj�rnen (Sweden)
Best International Artist
Best International Album, "Ray of Light"

1999
RIAARecording Industry Association of America
Top Selling Female Rock Singer of the Century
Grammy Awards
Best Pop Album, "Ray Of Light"
Best Short Form Music Video, "Ray of Light"
Best Dance Recording, "Ray of Light"
Best Recording Package, "Ray of Light"
Fryderyk Awards (Poland)
Best International Album, "Ray Of Light"
Danish Grammy Awards
Best International Female Artist
Best International Album, "Ray Of Light"
Playboy Awards
Best Pop/Rock Album, "Ray Of Light"
Edison Awards (the Netherlands)
Best International Female Artist
Besst International Album, "Ray Of Light"
NRJ Music Awards (France)
Best International Female Artist
NRJ Music Awards (The Netherlands)
Best International Female Artist
Croatian Porin Music Awards
Best International Album, "Ray Of Light"
Best International Video, "Frozen"

2000
Grammy Awards
Best Original Song from a Motion Picture, "Beautiful Stranger"
Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Awards
Best Single, "Music"
Rolling Stone Critics Awards
Best Single, "Music"
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Female Artist
Best Dance Artist
Billboard Awards
Best Music Video, "Music"
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Hot Dance Club-Play Artist
Top Hot Dance Club-Play Single, "Music"
Top Hot Dance Club-Play Artist - Female
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Music"
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist - Female.
Premios Amigo Awards (Spain)
Best International Female
Ivor Novello Award
Most Performed Work, "Beautiful Stranger"

2001
Grammy Awards
Best Recording Package, "Music" (album)
Brit Awards
Best International Female Artist
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Dance Club Play Artist
International Dance Music Awards
Best Solo Dance Artist
Best Pop Dance Record, "Music"
Best Dance Video, "Music"
Golden Giraffe Awards (Hungary)
Best International Album, "Music"
Danish Grammy Awards
Best International Album, "Music"
Best International Hit, "Music"
Edison Awards: (the Netherlands)
Best International Female Artist
Capital FM Awards
Favorite International Solo Artist
NRJ Music Awards (Sweden)
Best International Artist
NRJ Music Awards (France)
Best International Pop/Rock Album, "Music"
Best International Artist
MVPA Awards
Best Direction Of A Female Artist, "Don't Tell Me"

2002
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales Artist
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Die Another Day"
International Dance Music Awards
Best Solo Dance Artist
ASCAP Pop Music Awards
Most Performed Song, "Don't Tell Me"
DVD Awards
Best Music DVD, "Drowned World Tour Live"
AOL Viewer's Choice Awards
Best Television Concert, "Drowned World Tour"
American Music Award
International Artiste of The Year

2003
American Music Awards
International Artist of the Year Award
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales Artist
Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, "Die Another Day"
Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards
Theatre Event, "Up For Grabs"
MVPA Awards
Soundtrack Video Of The Year, "Die Another Day"
Shangay Awards (Spain)[16]
Best International Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
Best International Artist

2004
UK Music Hall of Fame - Founding Member
NRJ Music Awards
Life Achievement Award
Dancestar Awards
Best Chart Act
Billboard Music Awards
Best Selling Dance Single, "Me Against the Music"
Billboard Year-End Charts
Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist
Top Hot Dance Singles Sales Artist
ARC Weekly Top 40
No. 1 Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2005
Billboard Backstage Pass Awards
Top Tour, "Re-Invention Tour"

2006
Rockbj�rnen (Sweden)
Best International Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
Pink Paper Awards
Best Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
Best Single, "Hung Up"
Best Musical Artist
Best Live Event, "KoKo Club Mini-Show"
NRJ Music Awards (France)
Best International Artist
Virgin. Net Music Awards
Best Solo Female Artist
Best Song, "Hung Up"
Boyz Awards
Best Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
Best Single, "Hung Up"
Best Solo Star
Best Pop Act
TRL Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Retired Videos Award for "Hung Up"
Brit Awards
Best International Female Artist
NME Awards
Sexiest Female Artist
ECHO Awards (Germany)
Best Rock/Pop International Female Artist
Hit of the Year for "Hung Up"
Space Shower Music Video Awards (Japan)
Best International Video for "Hung Up"
Arion (Greece)Music Awards[17]
Best Selling Single, "Hung Up"
Best Selling Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
21st Annual International Dance Music Awards
Best Pop Dance Track for "Hung Up"
Best Dance Video for "Hung Up"
Best Dance Artist Solo
Salut! d'Or Awards (France)
Best International Female Singer
Best Song, "Hung Up"
Best Video, "Hung Up"
Amadeus Music Awards (Austria)
Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
Popcorn Awards (Hungary)
Best International Hit Single, "Hung Up"
Shangay Awards (Spain)
Best International Album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
Best International Artist

'nuff said.