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Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Estadio River Plate – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Dec. 4-5, 7-8, 2008
$18,274,292
263,693 / 263,693
4 / 4
$181.36, $27.35
Live Nation Global Touring/Time For Fun
Madonna Estadio Nacional – Santiago, Chile – Dec. 10-11, 2008
$11,385,499
146,242 / 146,242
2 / 2
$314.87, $35.33
Live Nation Global Touring/Time For Fun
Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Foro Sol – Mexico City, Mexico – Nov. 29-30, 2008
$10,428,743
104,270 / 104,270
2 / 2
$296.44, $20.85
Source: Billboard.com
Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet” concert tour was the biggest-grossing music tour of 2008 in North America, raking in $105.3 million, concert tracking magazine Pollstar said on Monday.
The Material Girl, whose 58-show world tour finished in Brazil last week, was closely followed by another solo diva — Canadian-born Celine Dion, who made $94 million in North America from her first tour since ending an almost five-year residency in Las Vegas a year ago.
Rock veterans The Eagles were third on Pollstar’s list, grossing $73.4 million for their tour to support possibly their last studio album “Long Road out of Eden”.
Country music star Kenny Chesney ($72.2 million) and rock band Bon Jovi ($70.4 million) came in fourth and fifth.
The Top 10 grossing tours of North America were rounded out by Bruce Springsteen and the E street band ($69.3 million), Neil Diamond ($59.8 million), Rascal Flatts ($55.8 million), The Police ($48.0 million) and veteran rocker Tina Turner ($47.7 million).
Pollstar’s Top 10 list did not include global tour earnings for the year.
Source : reuters
Madonna having dinner in London with Gwyneth Paltro, and Chris Martin yesterday.
3) Madonna, “Hard Candy” Finally, the ex-Mrs. Ritchie stopped trying to educate the world with songs about starving children, world politics and spiritual growth and relented to make the disk fans wanted all along — one packed with pure, catchy dance-pop — the best of its kind since her debut, in fact. Facing 50, Madonna threw herself a kind of party record that doubled as the best present fans could hope for.
Source: DailyNewsMusic.Com
The Queen of Pop beat British rockers ‘The Verve’, whose video of ‘Love Is Noise’ followed behind in popularity on the social networking site.
Meanwhile, Blur frontman Damon Albarn too had a reason to raise a toast, with his animated band Gorillaz becoming the most popular on the Internet, reports the Daily Express.
The English rockers won the most listened to act title leaving behind fellow artists such as Oasis, Coldplay, and Amy Winehouse to trail.
Vocalist Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon had announced in December that the alternative rock group would undergo reformation after being missing from the scene for five years.
Pop Top Artists #46
Top 200 Albums – Artists #47
Top 200 Albums – Albums #53
Top Comprehensive Artists – #52
Top Comprehensive Albums – #55
Top Digital Albums – #14
Hot 100 Artists – #49
Hot 100 Songs – #23 (4 Minutes)
Hot Singles Sales – #5 (4 Minutes) and #16 (Give It 2 Me)
Hot Digital Songs Artists – #34
Hot Digital Songs – #10
Hot Digital Tracks – #9 (4 Minutes)
Pop 100 Artists – #40
Pop 100 Songs – #33 (4 Minutes)
Hot Dance Club Play Artists – #12
Hot Dance Club Play Tracks – #24 (4 Minutes) and #32 (Give It 2 Me)
Hot Dance Singles Sales Artists – #1
Hot Dance Singles Sales – #2 (4 Minutes) and #5 (Give It 2 Me)
Hot Dance Airplay Artists – #3
Hot Dance Airplay – #12 (Give It 2 Me) and #14 (4 Minutes)
Top 25 Tours – #3
Top 25 Boxscores : #3 Madonna at Stade de France, Paris (Sep 20-21, $17.583.211) / #13 Madonna at Wembley, London (Sep 11, $11.796.838) / #15 Madonna at Medison Square Garden, New York (Oct 6-7, 11-12, $11.527.375) / #20 Madonna at Dubendorf Airfield, Zurich (Aug 30, $11.093.631)
Top Venue Grosses (Capacities 10-15 000) – Madonna at MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas ($8.397.640)
Top Venue Grosses (Stadiums) – Madonna at Stade de France, Paris (Sep 20-21, $17.583.211)
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Artists – #11
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Songs – #4 (4 Minutes) and #63 (Give It 2 Me)
Top Canadian Albums – #9
Hot Canadian Digital Songs – #4 (4 Minutes)
European Hot 100 Singles – #5 (4 Minutes) and #30 (Give It 2 Me)
Euro Digital Songs – #3 (4 Minutes)
Euro Digital Tracks – #2 (4 Minutes)
Source: Billboard.com
Madonna with her kids and Guy Ritchie at the Kabbalah centre in London (December 27 2008)
Source: Globo.com
Happy Holidays AbsMad!
We wish you lots of laughs, good music, great food, delicious drinks and good times spent with friends and family. Oh .. and presents!
Everyone loves presents!!
Thanks for another great year!
Lots of love, Captain Jay.
Madonna is set to enjoy a luxury holiday season after reportedly splashing out $7,500 on wine laced with silver.
The Material Girl is said to have purchased 25 bottles of luxury Spanish alcohol brand 24K Silver in Valencia, made by Artesanos del Vino.
The company’s director Alberto Fernandez tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, ‘It’s made by mixing a liquor containing silver dust into a sparkling rose.’
Source: Contactmusic.com
Madonna completed the final leg of her world tour and arrived back in London (December 23 2008). A Separate van had delivered her luggage to her Mayfair house.
