American singer Madonna has released 87 singles and 23 promotional singles and charted with 16 other songs. In 1982, she signed a contract with Sire Records, and released her first two singles before launching her eponymous debut album. Her first entry on the US BillboardHot 100 was "Holiday", which also became her first top-ten hit song in several other countries. The following year, she achieved her first number-one single in Australia, Canada, and the US with "Like a Virgin" from the album of the same name. In 1985, Madonna released her second US number-one single, "Crazy for You", and her first UK number-one single, "Into the Groove", both from feature film soundtracks. Soon after, all five singles from her third studio albumTrue Blue —"Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach", "True Blue", "Open Your Heart", and "La Isla Bonita"—reached number one in the US or the UK. The title track from Madonna's fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, made her the female artist with the most US number-one singles in the 1980s. The album's next singles, "Express Yourself" and "Cherish", both peaked at number two on the Hot 100, giving Madonna the record for the most consecutive top-five singles by any act with 16. In 1990, Madonna released "Vogue" from the albumI'm Breathless, which topped the charts in all major music markets. With "This Used to Be My Playground", Madonna became the female artist with the most US number-one singles at that time. Her fifth studio album, Erotica, was her least successful release up to that point, with only its title track and "Deeper and Deeper" reaching the US top ten. Her 1994 studio album Bedtime Stories spawned the lead single "Secret", which became her record-setting 35th consecutive UK top-ten single. The album's second single, "Take a Bow", remains her longest-running US number-one single with seven weeks atop the chart. "Frozen", from the 1998 studio album Ray of Light became her first ever single to debut at number one in the UK. All the follow-up singles from the album were also top-ten hits in several countries. In 2000, Madonna scored her 12th US number-one single, "Music", from the album of the same name. The title track of her ninth studio album American Life topped the charts in Canada, Italy, and Switzerland, despite only peaking at number 37 in the US. In 2005, Madonna released "Hung Up" from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor, which remains her best-charting song worldwide and earned a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for topping the charts in more countries than any other song. With "Hung Up" going platinum, Madonna surpassed The Beatles for having most gold certified singles in the US. "4 Minutes", the lead single from her 11th studio album, Hard Candy, scored Madonna her 37th Billboard Hot 100 top-ten, surpassing Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten singles. The song also extended Madonna's record as the female artist with the most UK number-one singles with 13. As of February 2008, she has sold more than 115 million singles worldwide. Madonna ended the 2000s as the best-selling physical singles artist of the decade in the US. "Give Me All Your Luvin'", the lead single from Madonna's 2012 studio album, MDNA, became her 25th number-one single in Canada and her record-extending 38th US top-ten single. "Bitch I'm Madonna" from her 2015 studio album Rebel Heart, was her 45th single to top the US Dance Club Songs. She became the artist with the most number ones on a singular Billboard chart, surpassing George Strait who earned 44 number ones on the Hot Country Singles chart. In 2020, "I Don't Search I Find", a single from the 2019 album Madame X, became her 50th dance number-one song and made Madonna the only artist to achieve a number-one song in a singular Billboard chart in five consecutive decades. According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo artist in the Hot 100 chart history, second overall behind the Beatles. In the United Kingdom, Madonna scored a total of 63 top-ten hits and 12 number-two peaks. At the 40th anniversary of the GfK Media Control Charts, Madonna was ranked as the most successful singles artist in German chart history.
