Madonna - Girl Gone Wild (Radio Version)

Record breaking Billboard Top Ten single for Madonna

In only it's second week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" bolts from No. 13 to No. 10, becoming Madonna's record 38th U.S. Top Ten single.

Madonna breaks her own record of 37 Top Tens; Elvis Presley is in second place with 36 Top Ten hits, The Beatles in third place with 34. "Give Me All Your Luvin'" sold a stellar 165,000 digital downloads in the past week.

As a nice bonus, The "Glee" with Ricky Martin rendition of Madonna's 1987 classic "La Isla Bonita" enters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 99, underscoring the love for this track a quarter century after its initial release.

Source: Madonna Tribe

Madonna radio interviews with Carson Daly and Ryan Seacrest

Madonna was quite talkative today as she did not only speak to Ryan Seacreast by also got on the phone with Carson Daly.

Click on the links below to listen to the interviews.

Carson Daly interview

Ryan Seacrest interview

"The Madonna 2012 World Tour" itinerary (so far...)

EUROPE

29 May - Tel Aviv, Israel - Ramat Gam Stadium - On Sale Feb. 10

03 Jun - Abu Dhabi - Yas Arena - On Sale Feb. 27

07 Jun - Istanbul, Turkey - Turk Telecom Arena - On sale soon

11 Jun - Zagreb, Croatia - Maksimir Stadium - On Sale Feb. 17

14 Jun - Milan, Italy - Stadio San Siro - On Sale Feb. 13

16 Jun - Florence, Italy - Stadio Franchi - On Sale Feb. 13

20 Jun - Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi - On Sale Feb. 16

24 Jun - Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade de Coimbra - On Sale Feb. 11

28 Jun - Berlin, Germany - O2 Arena - On Sale Feb. 13

02 Jul - Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken Stadium - On Sale Feb. 13

04 Jul - Gothenburg, Sweden - Ullevi Stadium - On Sale Feb. 17

07 Jul - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Ziggo Dome - On Sale Feb. 11

12 Jul - Brussels, Belgium - Stade Roi-Baudouin - On Sale Feb. 17

14 Jul - Paris, France - Stade De France - On Sale Feb. 14

17 Jul - London, UK - Hyde Park - On Sale Feb. 10

21 Jul - Edinburgh, UK - Murrayfield Stadium - On Sale Feb. 10

24 Jul - Dublin, Ireland - Aviva Stadium - On Sale Feb. 17

29 Jul - Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadion - On Sale Feb. 24

01 Aug - Warsaw, Poland - National Stadium - On Sale Feb. 17

07 Aug - Moscow, Russia - Olimpiski Arena - On sale soon.

08 Aug - St. Petersburg, Russia - SKK Arena - On sale soon

12 Aug - Helsinki, Finland - Olympic Stadium - On Sale Feb. 14

15 Aug - Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena - On Sale Feb. 20

18 Aug - Zurich, Switzerland - Stadion Letzigrund - On Sale Feb. 24

21 Aug - Nice, France - Stade Charles-Erhmann - On Sale Feb. 14

NORTH AMERICA

28 Aug - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center - On Sale Feb. 13
30 Aug - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre - On Sale Feb. 18

01 Sep - Quebec City, QC - Plains of Abraham Site - On Sale Feb. 17
04 Sep - Boston, MA - TD Garden - On Sale Feb. 13
06 Sep - New York, NY - Yankee Stadium - On Sale Feb. 13
10 Sep - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place - On Sale Feb. 13
12 Sep - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre - On Sale Feb. 13
15 Sep - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall - On Sale Feb. 27
19 Sep - Chicago, IL - United Center - On Sale Feb. 13
23 Sep - Washington, D.C. - Verizon Center - On Sale Feb. 13
29 Sep - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena - On Sale Feb. 13

02 Oct - Seattle, WA - Key Arena - On Sale Feb. 13
06 Oct - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion - On Sale Feb. 13
10 Oct - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center - On Sale Feb. 13
13 Oct - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand - On Sale Feb. 27
16 Oct - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center - On Sale Feb. 27
20 Oct - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center - On Sale Feb. 27
24 Oct - Houston, TX - Toyota Center - On Sale Feb. 27
27 Oct - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena - On Sale Mar. 5
30 Oct - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center - On Sale Mar. 5

01 Nov - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center - On Sale Mar. 5
03 Nov - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center - On Sale Feb. 27
10 Nov - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena - On Sale Mar. 5
15 Nov - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena - On Sale Mar. 5
17 Nov - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena - On Sale Mar. 5
TBC - Miami, FL - To Be Confirmed - On Sale Soon

The tour will also visit South American and Australia. Additional cities and venues to be announced. Itinerary subject to change.

"The Madonna 2012 World Tour" - official press release

Madonna is having a huge party and everyone's invited. The Madonna 2012 World Tour begins May 29th 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel it was officially announced by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour's international promoter. The shows will include arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights including the Plains of Abraham in Quebec and a return visit to South America as well as Australia where she has not performed in 20 years. The tour will stop in 26 European cities including London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

The first of 26 North American shows is scheduled for August 28th in Philadelphia and includes a September 6th show in NY's Yankee Stadium and an October l0th performance at LA's Staples Center. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning February 10th in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom, with North American tickets going on sale beginning February 13th. Tickets for North America are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. A complete itinerary of Madonna 2012 follows this release.

The announcement of Madonna's 2012 World Tour follows an extraordinary week which included a monumental extravaganza of a performance at the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime which was seen in over 200 countries by over a billion people. Last week also saw the release of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'" from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records - scheduled to be released on March 26th. Pre orders have already catapulted MDNA to No. 1 on iTunes in 51 countries including the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Canada, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. The single's video directed by Megaforce which also stars Nicki Minaj and MIA previewed on American Idol. Additionally, the Madonna directed Golden Globe Award winning film "W.E." opened in NY and LA with other markets to follow later in the month. "Madonna's track record as a world class entertainer and touring artist speaks for itself. Her artistry, talent and creative productions get bigger and better with each tour and Madonna 2012 will be no exception. We are thrilled to have her back on the road and know her fans feel the same," commented Arthur Fogel, CEO Live Nation Entertainment Global Touring and Madonna tour promoter.

US residents ordering tickets online to a US performance will receive their choice of a digital or physical copy of Madonna's new MDNA album with every ticket purchased.

Breaking records again...

Not only did Madonna achieve 114 million viewers for her show yesterday - the most ever for a Super Bowl half-time performance - but the Queen also shattered the Twitter record for a live performance!

Madonna's half-time show peaked with 10,245 tweets per second flying during halftime. The Nielsen company said Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience on the NBC network was the most-watched television program in U.S history.

Sunday's figure topped the 111.0 million who watched the Super Bowl a year ago. It was the 7th straight year of increases in the TV audience for the annual NFL championship.

Twitter reports the flurry of real time response was an all-time record for live entertainment.

Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'", which she performed at the halftime festivities of last night's Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, blasts onto multiple radio format charts. soaring onto Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs chart at No. 24 as the format's Greatest Gainer (2,766 opening-week plays).

Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show reviews

From the "LA Times":

To label the selection of Madonna as a halftime performer at the Super Bowl as curious is to neglect the surreal history of what has become one of the year’s most discussed 10 minutes of music on American television. From the high-water mark Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake nip slip to the weird nonsequitur Rolling Stones gig to a children’s choir singing “Michael Row the Boat Ashore,” the Super Bowl has never been short on ridiculousness.

But all different kinds of musical craziness had nothing on this year’s Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show performance. Madonna was defiantly unconcerned with the more conservative red state wing of the football fan base who’d never be caught dead singing along to one of her songs, and her halftime show was pure spectacle by the Cleopatra of the game.

Think about it. In less than 10 minutes, America watched marching warriors pulling a massive chariot; faux trumpeters announcing the arrival of Madonna; a man name Redfoo with a ridiculously large afro fronting a duo called LMFAO; a polyglot British-Sri Lankan rapper slyly flipping the bird at the camera; a cartoonish multiple-personality Nicki Minaj; and a charismatic Buddha of a singer with a golden voice in one of the best bandleader outfits ever created, to say nothing of his stunning black choir robe.

At the center of it all was Madonna in her element, vogueing with a break-dancing lyre player, riding a bejeweled human serpent, slipping into her best single of the ’00s, “Music”, dancing near a tightrope walker who did a back flip as she passed, and sitting on Redfoo’s shoulders during a mash-up with LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.” We saw Madonna looking absolutely silly as a 53-year-old cheerleader with equally noncheerleaders M.I.A. and rapper Minaj, and, perhaps most improbable of all, Madonna in front of a church choir pretending to be chaste.

In fact, if you break down the show, produced by Stuart Price (known to dance fans under his moniker Les Rhythmes Digitales), the whole thing was arguably more outrageous than the notorious Jackson nipple shot. Madonna’s new album, “MDNA”, is a sly reference to the drug Ecstasy; M.I.A.’s father was part of a Sri Lankan rebel group called the Tamil Tigers (once listed as a terrorist group by the State Department); LMFAO is an acronym in text slang for “laughing my … ass off;” and singer Cee Lo Green hit the big time with a song about a middle-finger kiss-off. In this company, Minaj looked positively PG.

But despite its success AND extravagance, this whole halftime package most of all was little more than an ingeniously well planned - and shockingly transparent - advertisement for “MDNA”, and not much more. The rollout for the album began with the announcement that she’d be performing at the Super Bowl and was teased by a music video released Friday for her new single, “Give Me All You’re Luvin’”, featuring Minaj and with a remix also featuring LMFAO, which, of course, she performed. Talk about marketing to a lot of eyeballs.

But then Madonna is Madonna for a reason. And we saw it firsthand Sunday.

From "Billboard":

It’s Madonna Louise Ciccone’s world, we’re just living in it. The pop icon took to the world’s biggest stage to rock three-and-a-half older tracks and a playful new song during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Entering on a golden throne pushed by an army of dancing Roman gladiators, the 53-year-old singer started things off with her 1990 classic “Vogue.” Around ten backup dancers kept the pace as she sauntered the scene in a head piece and black thigh-high boots.

Across the field flashed an impressive digital collage of Vogue magazines, in a nice touch of corporate scenery.

By the time “Music” revved up, she was down to four very acrobatic backup dancers on a bandstand. To the side of the stage - playing the parts of “Hey Mr. DJ” - were those party rocking dudes of LMFAO at which point “Music” began getting an infusion of the SoCal duo’s biggest hits, “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy And I Know It.”

Those with sharp eyes may have noticed Madonna slipping a bit while she was atop the bandstand, but she quickly recovered with a smile.

Then came the new song “Give Me All Your Luvin.’” The track’s two guest stars - Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. - made the trip to Indy and got wrapped up in the Rome/Cleopatra-esque concept. The cheerleader-themed track was a perfect pick for halftime show, no doubt.

M.I.A. may have caused a bit of controversy when at the end of her rapping bit, she flipped the bird at the camera while saying the lyrics, “I’mma say this once, yeah, I don’t give a s–t.”

As her new single wound down, a marching band made its way to center stage for a quick interlude of “Open Your Heart” with the big-voiced Cee-Lo adding soul. Backing tracks seemed to be dispatched of at this point and the two sang live until the end of the show, it appeared.

For the finale, Madonna pulled out all the stops with the perfectly picked “Like a Prayer.” Her voice, strong and clear, was aided by Cee-Lo and a massive choir of backup singers in robes for the 1989 gem.

When the spectacle was over, the singer was released down an escape hatch of sorts and the words “World Peace” were blazoned across the field.

According to the AP, around 110 million people were expected to watch the Super Bowl this year.

It was Madonna’s first time in the halftime spotlight for the Super Bowl and comes right as she debuts her single, “Give Me All Your Luvin.’” The track is off “M.D.N.A.,” Madonna’s 12th studio album and first for Interscope, which will be released March 26.

Before kickoff, country couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert sang a rousing version of “America the Beautiful” and Kelly Clarkson took on national anthem duties. It was a performance clear of mistakes, unlike last year when Christina Aguilera flubbed her lines.

From "People":

Eli Manning and Tom Brady may know their way around the football field, but Sunday night, New England Patriots and New York Giants fans could take a break from taking sides to root for the queen of the (ever intricate) stage: Go Madonna!

The Super Bowl halftime show kicked off with a royal welcome as an army of gladiators escorted the veteran performer onto Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium stage. With a diamond-studded gold crown, Madonna, 53, launched into her hit “Vogue” as the stage flashed covers of the iconic fashion magazine.

Next on the set list: her 2000 dance jam “Music.” Joining her on the stage were the guys behind LMFAO - Stefan (Redfoo) and Skyler (SkyBlu) Gordy – who teamed with Madonna to sing samples from their hits, “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy and I Know It.”

With a stage that was as flashy and glittering as her dance moves, Madonna then performed her new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. - in full-on cheerleading uniforms - who are also featured on the song. (M.I.A. also gave the finger during her solo, an act that eluded the NBC censors.)

But the finale of the 12-minute performance was classic Madonna. With a hand from Cee Lo Green, she swapped her gladiator queen assemble for a glittering black robe to sing her 1989 hit, “Like a Prayer” (which she opened with samplings of “Open Your Heart” and “Express Yourself.”).

Backed by a gospel choir, the fiery performance ended with a true sizzle: The stage burst into a cloud of smoke as the singer belted out the final note out of sight. The final message of the show - “World Peace” - was illuminated on the stage.

“I’m going to come in halfway between the church experience, and I’m going to have to deliver a sermon that’s going to have to be very impactful,” she previously said of her nerves leading up to game day. “I have to put on the greatest show on earth in the middle of the greatest show on earth”.

From "ABC news":

Madonna went over the top with the Super Bowl halftime show as only the Queen of Pop could, doing a sequin and gold-studded medley of some of her greatest hits - “Vogue,” “Like a Prayer” - and a couple of her newer songs.

The Material Girl pledged not to repeat the sins of her past pop star predecessor, Janet Jackson, and expose herself on stage. She succeeded in that, but there was one glaring wardrobe malfunction - she zipped a curly blonde lock of hair into the coat she wore for her final song, making it look like she had a mane of lustrous chest hair underneath all those sequins. M.I.A., the U.K.-born rapper/pop star who joined Madonna for “Give Me All Your Luvin,” did worse, though, and gave the entire Super Bowl viewing audience the middle finger, presumably causing the second-long freeze frame that happened midway through “Give Me All Your Luvin.”

The show began with a Cleopatra-like Madonna rising up from an army of gladiator dancers. Wearing what appeared to be 5-inch stiletto boots, she performed complicated dance routines without a flaw, most memorably when she did the “Party Rock” shuffle with the crazy kids from LMFAO.

M.I.A and Nicki Minaj guest starred, joining Madonna in a pep rally-esque performance of her latest single. Cee Lo stole the show at the end, donning a silver marching band helmet and a glimmering black robe to duet “Like a Prayer” with Madonna. But the back up dancers deserve the most praise — whether leaping over bleachers or jumping on a tightrope, they nailed it.

From "EW":

Madonna was careful, in interviews before the Super Bowl, to say how nervous she was, how no one had to worry about her plotting to incite controversy. But instead of resulting in a cautious, tedious performance, Madonna gave a joyous, unironic, open-hearted one. She deployed guest stars including Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj, and M.I.A., but they never stole her glowing spotlight. From her entrance hoisted aloft by Roman-soldier dancers to the massed choir that sent her off, she was both in full command and full of generosity toward her massive audience.

Commencing with a rendition of “Vogue” that used the magazine’s logo as part of the stage set, Madonna offered full-throated vocals coupled with tight choreography. If the visual transitions didn’t have any flow (Roman togas to pulsating stadium-seating steps to space for a tight-rope walker), the songs did. After the cool warm-up of “Vogue,” Madonna moved smoothly into “Music.” There was certain mashing-up of music with LMFAO that didn’t add much to the proceedings. She led into her current single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” as a sweet piece of Katy Perry-style pop. It’s not among her best songs, but Madonna rendered the tune with a playful vigor, shaking gold pom-poms with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Toward the end of the song, a marching band trooped onstage, led by Cee Lo Green as drum major.

Aiming to end on a note of uplift, Madonna and Green donned choir robes and brought forth a large choir for “Like A Prayer.” Singing from a raised platform, Madonna and Green’s voices soared, and just when I thought she was going to ascend to the heavens, she instead descended into… well, not hell - that would have been out of keeping with the mood of this show - but she dropped away in a puff of smoke.

Now the carping will begin in living rooms and throughout the internet: Was she lip-synching? Did she make a few wobbly moves? Was M.I.A. being a naughty girl?

Me, I don’t care. I was happy to see Madonna smiling so much, giving it her all, plugging her product with such gleeful abandon. It wasn’t a thrillingly innovative performance, but that’s not what the Super Bowl half-time show is about anyway: It’s a time to hear some hits well-played, with more imagination and energy than, say, the Black-Eyed Peas provided last year. By this measure, Madonna’s Super Bowl performance was a bright delight.

Halftime Super Bowl XLVI

"Give Me All Your Luvin’" video reviews

Spin: "Her attempt to find a bridge between sports, love, and fame falls a bit flat… but in the end, the football players and cheerleaders in the video are all literally faceless passersby. They, like the two high-profile MC's, are all here in service of the Queen of Pop - they are shouting ‘M, A, D, Madonna’ and taking bullets for her, after all."

Rolling Stone: "It’s a goofy and fun clip, though the faceless cheerleaders in the background are more creepy than amusing."

Chart Rigger: "What seems to be just below the surface is a big F-U to all the pop hoes who have tried to snatch away Madonna’s crown without giving proper credit. Those faceless cheerleaders in the background? That’s you, Gaga, Ke$ha, Jessie J, etc. ‘Maybe you’ll do fine as long as you don’t lie to me, and pretend to be what you’re not.’"

MTV Buzzworthy: "‘Give Me All Your Luvin” harks back to the sound that made Madonna stick - solid bubblegum pop with a healthy dose of camp and fun. And while we’re sure the football theme might have something to do with that little halftime show she’s planning at the Super Bowl this weekend, it also speaks to a larger idea: Madonna’s never been the cute and innocent homecoming queen, but those wholesome, all-American football players still wanna kick it with her."

PopDust: "Each featured performer delivers her lines as you might expect: Nicki employs heavy physical accessories, bending and stretching facial muscles while leaving her derriere available for momentary gawking; M.I.A. slouches back in a chair to rattle off what’s on her mind, seemingly so relaxed you’d dare not to interrupt her."

Vulture: "Because Madonna is Madonna, there is still some attempted weirdness tucked into the corners of this video - like, say, the babydoll nursing, or the cracked-out, triple-Marilyns dream sequence. At one point, the football players start taking bullets for Madonna, because that is the natural order of things: Madonna & sports, and everything else."

Arjan Writes: "After building a reputation for being controversial and pushing the envelope once in a while, it’s surprising to see that Madonna decided to let the aesthetic of this video be guided by a mainstream, All-American sporting event. But then again, she’s a savvy businesswoman and with the eyes of all of America on her half-time performance this Sunday, it only makes sense to fully leverage that opportunity to promote this new single."

The Wall Street Journal: "First off, the 53-year-old pop star appears to be in better shape than many college students, which is crazy. She also gets points for picking two of the coolest collaborators around–M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj–and getting them to literally serve as cheerleaders for the Madonna brand."

Record breaking start

Madonna's upcoming album "MDNA" (to be released on March 26th) has already broken records: it is currently No.1 in 52 countries and it sold already 2 million copies (on pre-orders alone).

Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj)

Madonna at the Super Bowl press conference

It's not even Sunday, and already Madonna has people leaping to their feet in applause.

At a Thursday afternoon presser in downtown Indianapolis, the Material Girl said that she's been checking out the moves of New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz.

The accomplished entertainer - she's performing at halftime of Super Bowl XLVI, a gig she says is every Midwestern girl's dream - said she appreciates Cruz's end-zone salsa moves.

"I have absolutely no criticism of his moves. In fact, he's inspired me. I'm going to show 'em to you and you tell me what you think", she said before stepping away from the podium and doing an impromptu quick salsa. "You think he'd approve?"

Judging by the applause, and hooting and hollering from the media, the answer is yes.

As far as her show on Sunday, she's being mostly tight-lipped. She revealed that she's performing four songs -- three vintage Madonna tunes and a new one, "Give Me All Your Luvin'", that drops on iTunes Friday.

"The envelope I'm pushing is just for a spectacular show which I think will entertain all age groups and hopefully will be a feast for the eyes and the ears", she said.

She also - when asked - swore there would be no pop star repeat of a halftime show gone wrong.

"Great attention to detail has been paid to my wardrobe. There will be no wardrobe malfunctions. Promise", she said, drawing laughter from the crowd.

And Madonna, who pretty much intimated that she's rooting for the Giants - come on, she lives in New York now - even had some advice for ailing New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.

"A lot of people would say I'm a bit of a masochist. I would tape my ankle and say prayers", she said. "Take an anti-inflammatory and go out there".

Source: ESPN

"Madonna - The Complete Studio Albums (1983 - 2008)"

The official Warner Music Press Release:

RELEASE DATE - MARCH 9, 2012

CLAMSHELL BOX, 11CDS IN PAPER SLEEVES

As the world’s top selling female artist of all time Madonna is not only the Queen of Pop but one of the most influential artists on modern music. Since her debut album, released in 1983, she has worked tirelessly to reinvent herself and her music through three decades and has built a huge and dedicated fan base worldwide.

On March 9th 2012 Rhino UK will release "Madonna - The Complete Studio Albums (1983 - 2008)", an amazing 11CD collection of all of Madonna’s studio albums from the first 25 years of her legendary career.

Housed in a clamshell box with albums in paper sleeves this is a brilliantly compact, value set and a perfect way to own Madonna’s amazing catalogue.

The box set contains the following albums:

Madonna (remastered)
Like a Virgin (remastered)
True Blue (remastered)
Like a Prayer
Erotica
Bedtime Stories
Ray of Light
Music
American Life
Confessions On a Dance Floor
Hard Candy