Aaron Evans

It isn't about the album's charting no, but it is handicapping certain songs by having their streams split and it handicaps the albums themselves when that is where the emphasis has turned. 
Catalogue streaming is what's in right now. Rather than hits being priority, acts with a legacy are emphasizing their catalogues to great effect. The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and more have all seen a massive increase in their album''s engagement with tracks that are not just their hits finding success. 
It's just silly to be drawing attention to a compilation album rather than the album itself. 
For example, Material Girl on Celebration has 314,507,744 streams--it's one of her most popular songs on the platform. But the Material Girl that's on Like a Virgin--the exact same song with no remixing or edits--only has 44,857,570 streams which means that when people listen to the song, they're not being taken to the album but rather Celebration. If they combined the two versions into one tag, then a song that gets a massive amount of engagement will in turn shine a light onto it's parent album, not a slapped together singles collection. 
Warner has made it clear that they want to reemphasize her discography, not just her singles. If that is their goal, then it's dumb to be actively pulling attention away from the album and instead giving it to a compilation album. It's showing that her team is out of touch with what the trends are for legacy acts right now and they're causing her to miss out on a lot of the benefits that other acts are receiving by choosing to emphasize their actual discography. 
It doesn't help when there's different versions of many of the albums that are on there sitting right alongside maxi singles. Her page is clogged with a lot of superfluous things that don't serve much purpose (there is no need for both versions of Erotica to be on there for example). For those who're just discovering her, there is no sense to be made of where you're meant to begin, what's what, and where to find what you're looking for. 

Hopefully this will trigger Emily to upload the Sorry video in HD, the current "official" version is a 4:3 letterbox.

Hopefully this will trigger Emily to upload the Sorry video in HD, the current "official" version is a 4:3 letterbox.

Hopefully this will trigger Emily to upload the Sorry video in HD, the current "official" version is a 4:3 letterbox.

I think a re-issue of Celebration would be a good idea. There's demand for a physical re-print for sure. But they would need to fix it for streaming so that the glitches and correct edits of certain songs (I'm looking at you Dress You Up) aren't continuing to divide her catalogue streaming numbers and confuse new fans with bastardised versions (i'm looking at you Express Yourself). A re-release for physical and a tidy up of the old one for digital would satisfy needs I think.
We all know there'll be Ultimate Madonna for her 50th anniversary which will be the definitive Best Of as she sails into retirement. Not much point in doing another one for the current times.
 

I think Warner should re-release Celebration 4 LPl with an extra OUTER COVER inspired by the poster of the tour.  
Something like this (I made): 
 

After I Found Love: #1’s Remixed, and Rebel Heart (Demo Assembly), it’s time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s career with a series of remastered EPs !

These EPs will be released chronologically and regularly (2 eras per week) to be enjoyed progressively. Yes, every single era got the same treatment. Let’s start with the First Album era. You’ll find the tracklists in the second post right below.
While these remasters were initially done and compiled by myself back in late 2020 – early 2021, new mixes (such as the Finally Enough Love ones) and quality upgrades were taken into account since then and are also present here in remastered form.

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The official source is the lyric video... Spotify lyrics are taken from Musixmatch and any fan can upload lyrics there.

I think this may have something to do with it being added to Spotify's "Big On The Internet" playlist, naturally giving it a stream boost.

I think this may have something to do with it being added to Spotify's "Big On The Internet" playlist, naturally giving it a stream boost.

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another reason why the 'writers' of this article are showing how fucking stupid they are

I have a feeling that there's a high chance the Madonna (The First Album)-era singles will be released next year…

ppl brings iTunes achievements with 5 downloads  cause its the only chart where Madonna is actually charting these days 
/since billboard is closed dance chart/
 
so leave it to us ! it's all that we have!

 
 
 

I really love the demo, it's so addictive, I have it on-repeat since yesterday!
I'm one of those that don't like the cover art as well, but hey, I don't care if he's a trained graphic designer or not cause it's Madonna's choice. I guess she likes Aldo's style, it's like the third time she hired him right?
Anyway I feel awful for him that he can't share his love for Madonna here.

Hey everyone!
For those who expected something more similar to what was in Madonna's stories (the 2014 instrumental with the 2019 vocals), here's a quick mix I've done myself that is similar to that. This is by no means perfect but I've done it for fun and felt that some of you might want to have something like that.

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That's the vibe I'm getting.  Makes sense.  The anniversary of the 2nd single release is coming up in March.  I can see another RHINO release for Record Store Day in April 2023, possibly for Burning Up.  The re-issue  campaign has just only begun.  Possibly another Record Store Day Release in November 2023 for Holiday?  This has only just gotten started.  I'll be curious if Ray of Light album and it's singles will get an anniversary release as well being it's the 25th Anniversary.  If I recall @GregVsMattstated the next year has a lot in store for us.  He's been spot on every time.  I'm excited!

I believe that the whole interscope thing just means that the recording copyright on the track is owned by her, but she had to license it to Interscope Records due to the fact they still own exclusive distribution rights on the all the music she recorded between 2011 and 2015.

I'm one of the few who actually thinks the cover art looks cool.  I like the how the edges makes it like an aged 45 sleeve.  The look and the font make it further retro.
I was hesitant in believing it was going to be released today, but I'm glad it has been released now. Her team did jump on this in a timely manner.  I'm betting more mixes are coming our way in January.  I personally think the sped up and slow versions work for Tik Tok, being just a small clip of the song is used, but It just sounds ridiculous hearing it as a whole song.  But I get why it's been released.  This is exactly what the people want.  It's a smart move and it will definitely punch up her streaming numbers.  Another win for Madonna. 

Who knows - let’s leave it up to the tiktok generation to decide ? Maybe someone will revive Spanish lesson on there and we can have a slowed version plus edit one and edit two - at this point I’m totally devastated by this reissue campaign so far 🥹🥹

I have a feeling that there's a high chance the Madonna (The First Album)-era singles will be released next year…

If it's true, she's possibly capitalizing on what is exactly going viral, but I have a feeling another version will be released in January along with a video.  She did the same with the Sickick's Frozen mix.  She first released the viral version and then started releasing alternate versions of that.

This kind of makes sense actually and would suggest that previous contracts with Interscope are still in place for the Madame X Version. As it was already released physically, they obviously have certain release rights for it for a certain period of time. However, if she is releasing the demo version which was never submitted to Interscope, she can just release it herself under the Boy Toy banner as it is a different recording.
For those whining about her releasing a demo which you've already had (illegally) for 8 years, it's not about you, it's about new listeners and raising her online profile which will benefit us all in the long run. Sped-up versions are very popular at the moment, they're not really about listening to the full song at that speed, but as ways to showcase dance videos or whatever on tic-toc. No need to complain if that's not your thing, it has a specific purpose. See RAYE's new single Escapism for example. 
I think this could do quite nicely for her.

Out this Friday according to a reliable insider from ATRL.
1. Back That Up To The Beat (demo version) 3:31
2. Back That Up To The Beat (sped up version) 3:12
℗ 2022 Boy Toy, Inc.
2022/12/30

In case anyone is unaware, there’s multiple versions that are trending on tiktok. One is the original 2014 demo. Second is a sped & pitched up version of the demo, and third’s a slowed and pitched down version of the demo.  So what we need is an ep 
Back That Up - 2014
Back That Up (Sped Up) 
Back That Up (Slowed Down) 
Back That Up (Madame X) 
Back That Up (Mike Dean 2023 remix)

Discovered this song a while ago and noticed that the intro/outro is very similar to the mixed (not unmixed) album version of "Hung Up". It opens on the sound of a clock ticking, and it returns during the fade-out.