Robert Venegas

“MJ is sooooo much bigger than madonna” hot 100 madonna - 12 #1 hits, 32 weeks at no1 (avg of 2.7 weeks per single), 38 top ten hits, 225 weeks in top 10, 58 chart entries MJ - 13 #1 hits, 34 weeks at no1 (avg of 2.6 weeks per single), 30 top ten hits, 187 weeks in top 10, 52 chart entries bb200 madonna - 10 #1 albums, 11 weeks at no1 , 23 top ten albums, 165 weeks in top 10 Mj - 6 #1 albums, 51 weeks at no1 (73% thriller), 11 top ten albums, 340 weeks in top 10 (30% thriller) pure album sales madonna - highest selling album of the 80s: 25M highest selling album of the 90s: 30M highest selling album of the 2000s: 15M Total: 201.9M (14% immaculate collection) MJ - highest selling album of the 80s: 70M highest selling album of the 90s: 30M highest selling album of the 2000s: 4.5M Total: 235.4M (38% thriller) longevity: Madonna: first no1 album: 1984 last no1 album: 2026 MJ: first no1 album: 1983 last no1 album: 2009 Tours: Madonna: highest grossing tour: $411M total tour gross: $1.376B *only during MJ’s lifetime*: $970.2M MJ highest grossing tour: $165M total tour gross: $390M Per decade Madonna: 80s - 82M pure sales, 7 no1 hits, 16 top ten hits, 22 chart entries 90s - 89M pure sales, 4 no1 hits, 16 top ten hits, 24 chart entries 2000s - 40.5M pure sales, 1 no1 hit, 5 top ten hits, 11 chart entries MJ 80s - 105M pure sales, 9 no1 hits, 17 top ten hits, 23 chart entries 90s - 58M pure sales, 2 no1 hits, 6 top ten hits, 14 chart entries 2000s - 31M pure sales, 0 no1 hits, 1 top ten hit, 6 chart entries