Madonna tops the charts in Italy and the UK with "Confessions II"

Eleven years after her last chart-topper, Madonna is back at the top of the Italian album chart. “Confessions II” debuts straight in at number one on the Fimi/GfK-NIQ chart, simultaneously topping the ranking dedicated to CDs, vinyl and cassettes.
The popstar's new record, made up of 16 tracks mixed in sequence, tackles themes such as love, trauma, loss and rebirth, putting Madonna back at the very top of the chart.
Slipping to second place behind her is Ultimo with “Il giorno che aspettavo. La favola per sempre edition”, released after his huge concert in front of 250,000 fans at Tor Vergata. Rounding out the podium is Geolier with “Tutto è possibile”, while the Neapolitan rapper also holds eighth place with “Dio lo sa – Atto II”, which has now been on the chart for a whopping 109 weeks.
Olly stays put at number four with “Tutta Vita (sempre)”. Bresh and Shiva swap places, though, with Bresh climbing to fifth with “Mediterraneo (dopo il mare)”, a reissue of his third studio album, while Shiva drops to sixth with “Vangelo”.
The bottom half of the top ten shows no changes: Bad Bunny holds seventh with “Debí Tirar Más Fotos“, followed by Geolier with “Dio lo sa – Atto II”, Achille Lauro with “Comuni Mortali” and Samurai Jay with “Amatore”, closing out the chart at number ten.
On the singles chart, the highest new entry belongs to Fred De Palma, Anitta and Emis Killa, who go straight in at number one with their new track.

Topping the charts in the US and UK too

But Italy is far from an isolated case: “Confessions II”, Madonna's fifteenth studio album, is making a huge impact internationally. Having already topped the charts in Italy and the UK, the record now looks set to debut at number one in the United States too — a result that's anything but a given for an artist with more than forty years of career behind her, and one who sits well outside the promotional dynamics that today drive TikTok trends or Spotify's most influential playlists.
In the US, initial projections put first-week sales at around 82,000 copies, but those estimates proved far too cautious. In the days before release, industry outlet Hits Daily Double had already suggested a debut somewhere between 100,000 and 110,000 units, forecasting a run at the top spot.
The final numbers exceeded even the most optimistic expectations: according to Hits Daily Double, “Confessions II” opened with 126,706 equivalent units, including 107,640 physical copies and more than 18,000 generated by streaming. These are especially striking figures in today's record market, particularly when set against the numbers posted by many other established popstars of the Eighties, Nineties and 2000s.

With this result, Madonna outpaced Olivia Rodrigo, whose album “You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love” tallied 100,141 units in its fourth week on the market. Further back came rapper Ken Carson, seventh with “Xperiment” and just over 42,000 copies.
Attention now turns to the second week of sales, traditionally marked by a steep drop-off. A further boost could come from the promotion of “Danceteria”, one of the catchiest, most radio-friendly tracks on the new album.
In the UK too, “Confessions II” went straight in at number one. According to the Official Charts Company, the album sold 48,502 units in its opening week, split between 35,445 physical copies, 6,577 digital downloads and 6,480 units from streaming.
This UK success also cements Madonna's place further in chart history: she is now the first American female artist to reach number one with an album in five different decades. On the all-time list of artists with the most number-one albums in the UK, she also sits in fifth place, tied with Elvis Presley.
All in all, Madonna's musical comeback has gotten off to the best possible start.

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