Top 40 Madonna songs.....

Straight from Billboard magazine in celebration of Madonna's 55th birthday. Detailed info in link. http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/499398/madonnas-40-biggest-billboard-hits

40 --- Rain
39 --- Oh, Father
38 --- Don't Cry For Me Argentina
37 --- Holiday
36 --- Hanky Panky
35 --- Rescue Me
34 --- Hung Up
33 --- Die Another Day
32 --- Ray Of Light
31 --- Erotica

30 --- Deeper And Deeper
29 --- Keep It Together
28 --- You'll See
27 --- Borderline
26 --- Don't Tell Me
25 --- Frozen
24 --- Lucky Star
23 --- Dress You Up
22 --- This Used To Be My Playground
21 --- Angel

20 --- 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake)
19 --- Secret
18 --- La Isla Bonita
17 --- Cherish
16 --- True Blue
15 --- Express Yourself
14 --- Causing A Commotion
13 --- I'll Remember
12 --- Material Girl
11 --- Who's That Girl

10 --- Open Your Heart
09 --- Music
08 --- Live To Tell
07 --- Papa Don't Preach
06 --- Like A Prayer
05 --- Justify My Love
04 --- Take A Bow
03 --- Crazy For You
02 --- Vogue
01 --- Like A Virgin

My first question was about the years of each song, but I see the original article includes them. The thing that shouts out at me is that only 2 are all that recent (4 Minutes and Hung Up) and even the latter of those is quite a while ago now.

So, a truly fascinating list, almost all of which are great songs, but it does rather give the lie to the myth that she has sustained her success over the whole 30 years. Though a by-product of the current downgraded charting system and the music industry as a whole, it has to be faced that her last album didn't do very well. And though she did more than enough to earn her "Queen of Pop" crown in the 80s and 90s, there are bigger, younger, better acts around nowadays filling her shoes better than she currently does.