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    09 Madonna

    By asimina,

    Week 41 / 2009 – October 17
    1 (4) Madonna – Celebration – Warner Bros. – 323.000 (last week: 189k)
    2 (-) Paramore – Brand New Eyes – Fueled By Ramen – 273.000
    3 (-) Barbra Streisand – Love Is The Answer – Columbia – 244.000
    4 (-) Mariah Carey – Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel – Island – 202.000
    5 (-) Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue – Parlophone / Virgin – 160.000
    6 (1) Ayaka – Ayaka’s History 2006-2009 – Warner Music Japan – 142.000
    7 (-) Breaking Benjamin – Dear Agony – Hollywood – 138.000
    8 (3) Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 – Roc Nation / Live Nation – 135.000
    9 (2) Pearl Jam – Backspacer – Monkey Wrench / Island – 119.000
    10 (5) Muse – The Resistance – Helium 3 / Warner Bros. – 118.000
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    “She’s a manifester, if there ever was one,” he says. “First-rate manifester. Madonna makes things happen. Put Madonna up against any twenty-three-year-old, she’ll outwork them, outdance them, outperform them. The woman is broad.”
    “And, of course, here you go: I still love her,” he says. He takes a breath, drives through a red light. If no one is ahead of him, Guy Ritchie does not typically stop. “But she’s retarded, too.”
    It’s rocky getting a divorce, innit? I say.
    “You can’t tell someone when they’re getting divorced that their pain is an illusion,” he says. “I’m ***CENSORED*** telling you, I feel it, I’ve been through that. You have, too. No one can say you don’t feel that.” He drives on, talking more. “That’s the illusion of the illusion. The biggest fundamental is, you need a little ignorance.” We glance along the top of Hyde Park and out of the blue Ritchie says: “My second line is less simple than the first. It hangs some people up.”
    Complete interview at Esquire.com
  14. asimina
    Billboard European Top Albums - Celebration debuts at number 1!
    Billboard European Hot 100 Singles - Celebration drops from #2 to #3

    This week's UNITED WORLD CHART:

    ALBUM: Celebration debuts at #4 with 180.000 copies sold
    SINGLE: Celebration stands still at #6 with 193.000 points this week
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    ALBUM:

    U.K. - #2 (1) with 50.504 copies sold this week (only 1.042 copies from the #1), 129.853 copies sold so far

    Mexico - #2 (NE)

    Australia - #6 (8), the album also gets a Gold certification

    * Over 450.000 copies of the album have already been shipped in Europe!

    SINGLE:

    U.K. - #14 (8)

    DVD:

    Australia - #1 debut!
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    Show us a woman who's sold more than 200 million albums worldwide in her near 30-year career -- a career that's also boasted an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Golden Globe, the title of Best-Selling Female Rock Artist of the 20th Century, as named by the Recording Industry Association of America, and immeasurable influence on pop culture and the generations behind her -- and we'll show you a woman who's more than worthy of multiple greatest hits packages. 'Celebration,' Madonna's third best-of retrospective, hits proverbial shelves this week, and while she says herself she's not one for looking back on her life, she doesn't mind if other folks do it for her.  
    Billboard journalist Larry Flick spoke with Madonna recently, surrounding the release of 'Celebration,' and is sharing the results of that one-on-one interview exclusively with PopEater. In the conversation, the Queen of Pop opens up about her favorite Madonna songs, her desire for more children, what's next on life's checklist and why even she needs reminding of all she's accomplished.
     
    'Celebration' is about to come out. This is your third greatest hits album, but you're not the look-back girl, are you?
     
    No.
     
    So, does it feel weird that everyone's so excited about revisiting your old songs?
     
    No, I'm not thinking that way. I'm happy that people want to hear my old songs. I've written some good songs!
     
    Do you ever listen to them, yourself?
     
    I try not to [laughs]. Actually, sometimes, I do. But the thing is that I'm on tour right now, and I'm doing some of those old songs. Inevitably, I'm going to be sicker of the songs that I'm singing every night. It's nice to revisit songs that I haven't heard for a while, and I think, "Yeah that was a good song. I like that."

    What song are you feeling really good about right now?
     
    That's old?
     
    Yeah.
     
    I like 'Beautiful Stranger.' That's a good one.


    'Celebration' 'Beautiful Stranger'
     
     
     
    Are there are any song that you don't want to celebrate?

    No. They are all a part of me, and an aspect of me, or a pivotal moment for me -- even if they're not necessarily pivotal in a big, public way for me. I can certainly pinpoint what was going on in my life at that time. They're sign-posts.
     
    Is there one song of yours that you think is perfect?

    I certainly have songs that I feel resonate more and speak truthfully more about me than others. Like 'Don't Tell Me.' Or 'Like It or Not.' Also, 'Live to Tell' would be one too.
     
    Do you ever stop and think, "I sure got a lot done"?
     
    [Laughs] Sometimes. That would require free time!
     
    You're not the sit-around girl, either, are you?
     
    No, not much. Not with kids and a job. Every once in a while, I have a moment of reflection. It's usually because I'm forced to look back at it from somebody else's point of view ... or if someone does a retrospective of my career. Then I go, "I did all that?" It's usually someone else reminding me.
     
    You have a knack of writing songs that are pointed and political, but also for writing songs that are carefree and fun. Which do you think hit people stronger?
     
    People who are more politically aware and want to be inspired like songs like 'American Life,' and people who just want to have a good time will like my more let's-have-fun kind of music. I think people are in different moods at different times. I'm in different moods at different times.

    What kind of music are you listening to a lot these days?
     
    I'm listening to a lot of electronic music.
     
    Do you still like going clubbing?
     
    Yes, but I certainly don't go clubbing when I'm on tour, because it's not really good for me. You can't talk loud after shows and stuff in smokey nightclubs
     
    Being on the road sounds like a military operation. How long does it take to get ready for you to go on tour? For you physically?
     
    First, I start to train for several months, just to get my cardiovascular endurance up so that I can sing and dance at the same time. Then putting the show together and figuring out the choreography and experimenting. Then I spend hours and hours with my band and my dancers and my choreographer and my director. It just becomes an endurance test. So by the time the show is put together, I'm physically ready, just from doing it over and over for months.

    At what point do you say "stop, get me outta here, this is too hard"?
     
    Right about now. [Laughs] We did the tour for 4 months, and then we took a break. And now we've been on the road for a couple of months. It feels like a good time to end it. I'm ready to have another creative experience. I don't know how people go on the road for 18 months and do the same show. I couldn't do it.

    Tell me about the working on the track 'Celebration' with Paul Oakenfold. What was it about working with him that was interesting to you?
     
    Paul's done so many remixes for me. We've collaborated on a lot of music, just because of that. Plus, he's been opening for me on most of this tour, and we've hung out together a lot. He's played at parties I've thrown. I like his energy. I like his ability to make people get up and dance. He knows how to work a crowd. He's a very positive person, himself. I heard some of the production that he's done with other artists, and I decided to experiment with him.
     
    The video features your daughter, Lourdes. How did that happen?
     
    She hangs out with the dancers a lot. She's a dancer, herself. The video is about the celebration of music and dance. There's an improvisational moment when we're all in a circle and each dancer does their specialty or a special move that they do well. She wanted to do hers, so she did.
     
    Were you comfortable with her doing the video?
     
    Yeah. She really wanted to do it. It's just a little moment.
     
    Are you getting an inkling that she wants to follow in your footsteps?
     
    No. I don't think she wants to be a singer. I think she wants to be an actress.
     
    How do you feel about that?
     
    I'm fine with it, as long as she finishes school, and takes it seriously. She also plays piano, and she's really into clothes and fashion and style. She can go in any direction. She's got a lot of diverse interests right now. We'll see. I'm not pushing anything. We'll see what she wants to do.
     
    She always seems so poised.
     
    Yeah. She's grown up in the limelight, for sure. She's been protected, but she's been chased by the paparazzi since she was a tiny baby.
     
    How is she dealing with being the big sister? Is she protective?
     
    She's super-sister. She's amazing with the little ones. She has the typical relationship with her brother, Rocco. They're like "I love you"/"I hate you" every five minutes. But with the two little ones, she's great. She's amazing. Very protective.
     
    Are you going to be a Mom to any more kids?
     
    Who knows? [Laughs]
     
    Is that something you'd like?
     
    [More laughter] Y'know, I have my hands full right now! I have no idea! That's all I'm going to say. But we never say never.
     
    That's a good thing! What do you imagine your next record is going to sound like? Have you thought about it yet?
     
    Not really. I love electronic music, so I'm sure that I'll keep doing something in that area. But I don't know who I'm going to work with yet.
     
    What next on your life checklist? What are you hoping to get done?
     
    I have several projects going. I have another script that I've written, and I want to direct another film. Hopefully, I'll be doing that next year. I also have many, many projects going on in Africa right now that I want to bring to fruition, like building a girls school and working on two new documentaries that I want to make. So, I've got lots of projects going.

    Could you ever imagine that your life would turn out this way?
     
    No way!
     
    It's pretty awesome, isn't it?
     
    It's insane. I'm very lucky. I feel truly blessed.
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    Madonna Puzzles!:):)

    By asimina,

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    Puzzzles 49 hey mr dj       48 m rit
    47 rol       46 m pressconference
    45 m guy vogue
    44 m max factor
    43 don`t tell me
    42 m power
    41 m geisha
    40 m by m launch
    39 m dancefloor
    38 live earth la isla
    37 with guy snatch
    36 live earth hung up
    35 snatch premiere with Guy
    34 live earth hey you
    33 live earth rol
    32 m in japan coadf era
    31 m by m
    30 m by m
    29 m by m launch
    28 ritchies arthur
    27 m and justin
    26 m by m
    25 regan cameron
    24 koko
    23 miss american pie
    22 hunter college
    21 jwr
    20 regan cameron
    19 american life
    18 regan cameron
    17 vogue klein
    16 like a prayer
    15 koko afterparty
    14 everybody
    13 lucky
    12 Testino
    11 TRL
    10 don`t tell me
    9 what it feels like
    8 the face
    7 hm darker
    6 Sorry
    5 Versace
    4 Bedtime puzzle
    3 Dah Len
    2 swept away
    Brits backstage 1

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    Ken Regan 1983
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    Steven Meisel Versace 1995
    Versace 1995
    Versace Photoshoot 1995
    1999 MTV VMAs with Sir Paul McCartney
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