Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (1990)

A classic take on a true Diva

Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
Brought back memories of a ground breaking artist who was set on showing the US and the world that a woman can be as sexual as a man. Her take me or leave me sassy spirited style set about fashion trends as well as making way for other woman who express them selves musically or sexually or art was exactly what Madonna set about to show the world. Her acts of humanity is what made this rebels anticts tolerated by many who would just wish she would go away. Well she did show them she is still going strong and has an edge we all love and adore. A must have classic take on Madonna's ground breaking and explicitly shocking historic videos. You get to see controversary at its best with the Like a Prayer video that caused an uproar among christians, parental groups, and even congress that launched Pepsi into a new generation. Pepsi of course responded by dropping Madonna and her video from it's comercial campaign. Buy it now. July 5, 2008

TOP GROSSING TOUR BY A FEMALE ARTIST

Cher Earned The Top Grossing Tour By A Solo Artist
Billboard Changed Cher's Tour Statistics To Award Madonna The Top Grossing Tour By A Female Artist.
The tours were different types of tours, Cher's tour had about 5 times more shows than Madonna's tour, and Madonna's top ticket price was about 5 times higher than Cher's top ticket price.

***I respect the fact that Cher chose to charge about $35 to $75 per ticket on her Living Proof Farewell Tour, and that Cher chose to extend her farewell Tour, doing 325 shows and leaving the prices low***

BILLBOARD BOXSCORE
Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2002
#2 Cher $67,624,323 selling 1,012,037 tickets from 83 shows
Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2003
#3 Cher $76,269,364 selling 1,147,920 tickets from 113 shows
BILLBOARD BOXSCORE YEAR END CHART TOTALS for 2002 & 2003 = $143,893,687 selling 2,159,957 tickets from 196 shows
**with 4 shows "unreported" in this tally. Cher's Farewell tour had 200 shows up to this point.

Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2005
#14 Cher $27,237,641 selling 381,436 tickets from 40 shows
BILLBOARD BOXSCORE YEAR END CHART TOTALS for 2002, 2003 & 2005 = $171,131,328 selling 2,541,393 tickets from 236 shows
**with 89 shows "unreported" in this tally. Cher's Farewell Tour had a total of 325 Worldwide shows

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 11-8-2003 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour played 200 shows, sold 2.2 million tickets and grossed $145 million, becoming the top grossing tour by a female artist. "Every place we could possibly put this show, we've placed it" says tour producer Brad Wavra.

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 5-28-2005 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour is the top grossing tour by a female artist, and that it grossed $194,683,927 selling 2,880,726 tickets from 280 North American shows that realized 90% of her gross potential and played to 92% of capacity. He goes on to report that the Worldwide tour had 325 shows and grossed well over $200 million.
**that leaves 45 "unreported" shows in this tally.

THEN CHER'S TOUR GROSS WAS CHANGED

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 4-22-2006 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour grossed $192.5 million from 273 shows and that Madonna's Confessions Tour has a gross potential in the $200 million range and could become the top grossing tour by a female artist.
**this would leave 52 "unreported" shows on Cher's 325 date Worldwide Farewell Tour.
Tamara Conniff Billboard Magazine Senior Editor 10-14-2006 -reports that Madonna's Confessions Tour is the top grossing tour by a female artist grossing $193 million from 60 shows that sold close to 1.2 million tickets, besting Cher's tour benchmark of $192.5 million "however, Cher remains one of the top divas"

-- Pollstar reports Madonna's Confessions Tour earned $85.9 million from 34 shows with an average ticket price of $183.76.
Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 8-12-2006 -reports that Madonna's Confessions Tour grossed $85.8 million selling 467,312 tickets from 34 North American shows. He goes on to report that Madonna should gross $200 million Worldwide and make "history" by Posting the top grossing tour by a female artist.

MADONNA Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2006
#2 -$194,754,447 selling 1,209618 from 60 shows

***POLLSTAR STATS***
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2002
#3 Cher $73.6 million selling 1,106,471 tickets from 93 shows
$71.89 average ticket price, $875,593 average show gross
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2003
#5 Cher $68.2 million selling 1,034,057 tickets from 102 shows
$65.91 average ticket price, $695,412 average show gross
POLLSTAR TOTAL for 2002 & 2003= $141.8 million selling 2,140,528 tickets from 195 shows
**leaving 5 of the 200 shows "unreported"

Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2004
#17 Cher $29.1 million selling 447,039 tickets from 54 shows
$65.19 average ticket price, $582,807 average show gross.
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2005
#32 Cher $17.8 million selling 252,584 tickets from 26 shows
$70.37 average ticket price, $740,624 average show gross.
POLLSTAR TOTAL for 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 = $188.7 million selling 2,840,151 tickets from 275 shows (of 325 Worldwide shows)
**this leaves 50 "unreported" shows in this tally.

NIELSEN TV RATINGS
CHER Farewell Tour 4-8-2003 NBC 9-11pm
#7 -16.6 million viewers
#10 -5.9/15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Cher was aged 56

MADONNA Confessions Tour 11-22-2006 NBC 8-10pm
#73 -4.6 million viewers
#72 -1.8/5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Madonna was aged 48

Nielsen Soundscan reports that Cher's "Living Proof" album sold 500,000 copies in the U.S, and Madonna's "Confessions on a Dancefloor" sold 1.6 million copies February 9, 2008

anachronistic weirdness

This is obviously very old news. madonna is a ho, she likes to ho, and is in charge of her own hoing. She has also inspired another generation of exploitative hos, and this is obviously all ok because she likes it (as, probably do they). Well, I for one would like to register the opinion that I DON'T like it, and that even if I did, I would not think that it should be brought onto the job. If she wishes to explore her sexuality, I believe it should be on her own time and preferably within the privacy of her own home. It is not interesting. It is not professional. And it is not all about her and what she likes. Thank you.
PS I would give it zero stars, but there are some good hooks in here. I would just rather listen to songs by professionals. December 30, 2007

VINTAGE MADONNA AT HER BEST!!

The Immaculate Collection
For any Madonna fan, this is a must own CD. It contains all of her hits starting with "Everybody," "Holiday," and "Vogue." These are the original single versions and they still hold up wonderfully. Her great dance music and terrific arrangements are all in evidence. Hopefully, this CD will never be discontinued because it has remained a best seller for years. August 1, 2007

Madonna Rocks!!

I loved this collection of videos of Madonna. They were the best from Mtv.All her greatest songs, which I believe are all of them!! It will take you back to the best of the 80's! May 1, 2007

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