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CellarDweller:
In 1998, Madonna had just had a hit with "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", and the Evita movie. She was also expecting her first baby, abut to turn 40, and Madonna wanted to go into a different musical direction.
Madonna worked with new producers, and came up with "Ray Of Light". The CD was a critical and commerical success. No only did it get back to the (near) top of the Billboard charts (her prior CD got to #6), but it earned Madonna a handful of Grammy awards (Best Music Video, Best Dance Recording, and Best Pop Vocal Album).
The CD "Ray Of Light" got to #2 on the Top 200 chart. "Frozen" got to #2. The single "Ray Of Light" got to #5, and the last single "Power Of Good-bye" hit #10.
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CellarDweller:
The year 2000 came, and gave us a new Madonna CD.
After the success of "Ray Of Light", Madonna was ready to continue the hit streak. She released "Music" to more commercial and critical acclaim. The CD "Music" hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the single of the same name also hit #1. It was the first time that Madonna had managed that feat since 1989, when she did it with the "Like A Prayer" single and CD. "Don't Tell Me" was also released as a single, and it hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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CellarDweller:
After the success of "Music" in 2000, Madonna decided to release another greatest hits collection, focusing on her 90s hits (The Immaculate Collection was her 80s hits).
So in 2001 Madonna released GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2).
Unlike Madonna's prior hits collections, this CD had no new songs on it. However, it did have to previously released tracks, that were on soundtracks and ever on any Madonna CD before.
Those two tracks were "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (from Evita) which had hit #8 on the Hot 100, and "Beautiful Stranger" (From Austin Powers) which got to #19 on the Hot 100.
GHV2 got to #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
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CellarDweller:
Madonna's next CD was released in 2003, and began what seemed to be a slide downhill for her career.
2003 gave us "American Life". The CD seemed to be off to a good start by hitting #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The first single was from the James Bond soundtrack, "Die Another Day". This song got to #8 on the Hot 100 singles chart.
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However, things went downhill from there. The CD was quick to drop from the charts, and the follow up single "American Life", only got to #37 on the Hot 100. Two more singles were released, and failed to hit the Hot 100 at all.
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CellarDweller:
It was still 2003, and Madonna felt that perhaps the music on "American Life" was pushed aside too quickly, so she took a gamble, and released a remix CD, similarly to "You Can Dance" back in the 80s.
"Remixed & Revisted" featured songs from "American Life" in remixes that were supposed to give the music new life. It was a mistake. The CD never got higher than #115 on the Billboard Hot 200, Madonna's worst charting CD ever, and any songs that were given to radio received little to no airplay, and never charted.
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