Madonna's Chart Resurgence is Short Lived as �Rebel Heart� Drops Out of ...

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And so, its over. Madonnas chart resurgence was short lived as Rebel Heart is now at number 105 on iTunes. The album had a big jump last week after Madonnas great appearance on Jimmy Fallons Tonight show. But there was no follow up, except for Madonnas kiss thing with Drake. Shock doesnt sell albums the way it used to, I guess. The single we thought might take off, b***h, Im Madonna, is also gone from the iTunes singles chart and isnt being played on radio.

The good news, I guess, is that last weeks chart which comes out today has Rebel Heart up to number 32 on hitsdailydoubles combined chart. Rebel Heart sold 16,108 copies altogether after the Fallon show, which is better than nothing but not enough to keep the Material Girl in quarter horses at the Southampton riding academy. She could still play horseshoes, however.

And so, on to the tour this fall. Well always have a special place in our rebel hearts for Madge.

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Source: http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/04/15/madonnas-chart-resurgence-is-short-lived-as-rebel-heart-drops-out-of-itunes-top-100

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Madonna Bests Paul McCartney As World's Richest Recording Artist

Madonna tops a new list of the world's wealthiest recording artists, besting fellow 1 percenters Paul McCartney and Dr. Dre. According to Wealth-X's net worth valuation of the pop queen, Madge is worth a staggering $800 million.

That's significantly less than the one billion the New York Post valued her at in 2013, but it's far ahead of Sir Paul, whose net worth Wealth-X places at $660. For those of you who thought Macca had more scratch, keep in mind that his wife, Nancy Shevell, is worth a reported $300 million. So although the McCartney couple is worth more than Madge, the former Beatle isn't richer than her on his own.

Following McCartney comes Dr. Dre who -- despite that massive Beats deal with Apple -- is at No. 3 on the list with $650 million. Speaking of rap moguls, Diddy is the fourth-wealthiest recording artist in 2014 -- although at this point, both Dr. Dre and Diddy are more businessmen than active recording artists.

But keep in mind that this is a list of the world's wealthiest recording artists. When you include musicians as a whole, you open the list up to composers and theater moguls like Andrew Lloyd Webber -- a man worth around $1.2 billion. So clearly,Cats pays better than Beatles.

Here's Wealth-X's full list of 10 Richest Recording Artists. Amounts are in U.S. dollars.

1) Madonna $800 million

2) Paul McCartney $660 million

3) Dr. Dre $650 million

4) Diddy $640 million

5) Celine Dion $630 million

6) Bono $590 million

7) Mariah Carey $520 million

8) Jay Z $510 million

9) Elton John $450 million

10) Beyonce $440 million

Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6334796/madonna-paul-mccartney-worlds-richest-list

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