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I'm so glad Madonna donated to this cause. Hopefully they find a vaccine soon. 
 

Hey people, does that forum comparing celebrate Bedtime Stories' latest success in any way? Don't make this positive moment end on a bad note please. Sure there must be another place for you to have that conversation 

I don't believe she needs a studio at this point. If she is indeed inspired, she will be writing lyrics, figuring out her new direction, even recording some voice memos. I think this can be very important because that way she will go straight and seek a producer to share her vision with right after lockdown. Who knows, she might be emailing old pals already exchanging ideas. So to me inspiration to begin a new record is what's important, not whether she has a home studio where she lives. After she starts it will be a year at most that we'll have to wait anyway.

Hard Candy's reportedly on a potato powered machine as Lola's then science project 

When making a special confection, if one uses plenty of heat can the raw sugar be both sticky and sweet? 

Hard Candy's reportedly on a potato powered machine as Lola's then science project 

Rebel Heart vocals were sung into a MacBook. 

Bedtime Stories is a sublimely understated album that has served as the backdrop to many an evening filled with chill vibes and good conversation over the last almost twenty-six years. Madonna served some of her subtlest vocal sweetness ever on it, and it deserves every moment of recognition for being as contemporary and fresh today as it was three decades ago. This will always be the trajectory of the general public when it comes to appreciating her work. I’m very happy to see Bedtime Stories help to restore Madonna’s good reputation as a purveyor of all extraordinary things musical and visual. Madonnanation still sucks, and my thought process will continue to be such that I elaborate on other people’s points of view whether they stay the course of the primary topic or they veer off into expansive dialog worthy of a fanbase! Cheers!

The forum yes of course, this particular topic however is about Bedtime Stories. Maybe start a new topic about forums that some of us will know not to open 

just figure that if she’s laying down vocals for her BF, she probably has a cool recording setup out in the Hamptons, and she’s most probably gotten creative while she can’t be as active as she’d like due to healing from her injuries. 

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/9370383/madonna-mariah-carey-janet-jackson-albums-sales-gains-itunes-store?__twitter_impression=true
It might be the year 2020, but if you glanced at the U.S. iTunes Store’s Top Albums tally this past week, it’d be hard to tell what decade you were in.
Thanks to sale pricing and fan promotion, a trio of older albums by Mariah Carey, Madonna and Janet Jackson all jumped into the iTunes Store's always-updating Top Albums tally. On April 27 and 28, Carey’s 2008 album E=MC2was No. 1 on the iTunes Store’s Top Albums tally, while Madonna’s 1994 set Bedtime Stories visited No. 1 on April 30. Meanwhile, Jackson’s 1986 album Control also visited the top 10 during the week -- and at one point, all three albums were together in the top 10.
According to initial sales reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, E=MC2 sold about 2,000 copies total across all retailers in the U.S. in the week ending April 30. About half of that sum was driven by digital sales on April 27, the day the album topped the iTunes tally. Traditionally, the album sells a negligible figure on a daily basis.
As for Bedtime Stories, it shifted a little over 1,000 copies for the week, while Control sold just under 1,000. Again, the bulk of each album’s sales were driven by digital sales -- nearly 1,000 for Bedtime Stories on April 30 (the day it was No. 1 in the iTunes Store) and a little under, 1,000 for Control across three days (April 28-30). Like with E=MC2, both Bedtime Stories and Control generally sell a negligible figure on any normal day.
It doesn’t necessarily take a large number of sales to reach No. 1 on the iTunes Store’s Top Albums ranking, especially considering album sales have been on the decline for years, and it was a particularly soft week for new releases on April 24. The trio of albums were part of an iTunes Store promotion where more than 100 pop albums were discounted to $4.99 and advertised in a banner ad that appears at the top of the front page of the Store, directing consumers to “$4.99 Pop Albums at a Great Price.”
As generally happens with deeply discounted albums (most new titles sell for at least $9.99), they start to rise up the iTunes Store Top Albums list, since it reacts in real time to customers’ purchases. After that, fans of the divas took notice of the albums dotting the iTunes Store Top Albums list and began awareness campaigns on social media to drive attention to the albums. That promotion then helped engineer more sales for the albums, which brought them to the top 10 of the store. At that point, the albums got much wider attention, since the top 10 of the Top Albums list is visible on the front of the iTunes Store, and casual music fans likely saw the albums in the top 10 -- perhaps encouraging even more sales.
E=MC2 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated May 3, 2008. Bedtime Stories debuted and peaked at No. 3 (Nov. 12, 1994), and Control hit No. 1 on July 5, 1986. None of the albums are expected to re-enter next week’s Billboard 200 chart, despite their surge on the iTunes Store.

The song is perfect as is. 

Definitely, like 11 months after the last good one 

Sure or she had it in her system weeks ago and never faced any symptoms, as antibodies take time to be produced and reach levels that can be detected in the blood. She isn't a child anymore to be completely asymptomatic but we're talking about Madonna so...
It must also mean that by now her bf and her kids have contracted it, amongst others in the house.

But we could do #JusticeForGirlGoneWild !!

Italy is convinced by Madonna glory!!
(and they even equated her to Mussolini, back in 1987)

Bedtime Stories still at #1 and American Life raising up 

Definitely, like 11 months after the last good one 

But would an Erotica discount lead it to the top because the US after nearly 30 years now consider female sexuality to be a thing not to be ashamed of? I'm not sure about that, not even with a discount down to two dollars lol. It would be interesting to see though  Unless it's only fans buying.

Definitely, like 11 months after the last good one 

Exactly and the original plan was to continue promoting the album with 6-7 singles until Christmas 1995 with a tour for the second half of 1995, but Evita changed all that and the album only had 4 singles and no tour and a lot of the extra promo money , Warner's put into Something to Remember, which itself was also very successful (3 million US sales, 10 Million worldwide)
 
So in 94/95 and between BS and STR, Madonna went six times platinum in THE US and sold at least 17 million worldwide, NOT including singles

So... yeah. The fans has been buying and streaming Bedtime Stories today and has started to raise up in the iTunes charts in USA and Canada. Fans has been spreading the word and celebrate the fact with the hashtag #JusticeforBedtimeStories.
 Other fanbases has been doing the same thing

If you are talking about overrated amongst her most ardent fans...I do think the deeper thoughts of the album are not celebrated enough. What made the album popular with fans actually did nothing for me until I got pass that and really listened to it. I definitely do not think it is overrated. 
Madonna albums overall I think are underrated. Most out there just think of spinning on the dance floor or "striking a pose" but do people really listen to what is being said and how it is being said? 

Ray of light is not for every hour. You can't play Little Star or Mer Girl and do your chores or exercise or whatever. But you can drive alone at night and get lost in the music. Or have a headache from a long day when you can't take no more and they will soothe you. Some tracks can seem boring when you are all energised but when you want to talk with yourself you don't need screaming vocals and heavy beats. By the way, To Have And Not To Hold along with Skin are two of the best songs about longing I've even heard. Which is what disappointed me about Crave, that never gives you such chills as those songs. Hope you find the perfect time to enjoy that half of ROL. And Confessions might have been a regular disco album in the 70's. If it were that regular in the 00's, there'd have been like seven other big ones around that time. Where are they?