Confessions On A Dance Floor - Commercial Response

Commercial Response

Confessions on a Dance Floor peaked at number one in 40 countries, earning a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records as the album topping the charts in most countries. In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 350,000 copies in its first week. It became her sixth number one album on the chart and the third consecutive album to debut at the top, following Music (2000) and American Life (2003). To date, the album has sold over 1.703 million copies in America, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On December 14, 2005, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies of the album. In Australia, the album debuted at the top of the chart for the issue dated November 21, 2005. It has since been certified two times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) denoting shipments of 140,000 copies. The album also debuted at the top of the charts in Canada, with first week sales of 74,000.

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart becoming Madonna's ninth number-one album and eventually selling over 1.6 million copies. That same week, the first single from the album, "Hung Up", topped the singles chart. The album became the fifth consecutive Madonna album to top the chart. The album also went to number one on the European charts and, on September 13, 2006, was certified four times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). In Ireland, the album debuted and peaked at number three. In France, the album debuted at position 113 on the albums chart. The next week, it jumped 112 places to reach number one. In Hong Kong, the album was awarded a Gold Disc Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for becoming one of ten biggest-selling international album for 2005. Across Europe, the album peaked at number one in Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Although it was released in one and half months of 2005, Confessions on a Dance Floor was still the sixth world's biggest-selling album of the year, with sales of 6.3 million copies according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Worldwide sales of the album stand at 11 million copies.

Madonna won the "Best International Female Solo Artist" at the 2006 BRIT Awards. She also won "World's Best Selling Pop Artist" and "Best Selling U.S. Artist" at the 2006 World Music Awards for the album. She was nominated for five awards at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for the music video of the album's first single, "Hung Up". Madonna also got nominated for "Best Album of the Year", "Best Pop Video", and "Best Female Artist" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006. Rolling Stone ranked Confessions on a Dance Floor as the twenty-second top album of 2005. In early 2007, she won a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Dance/Electronic Album" at the 49th Grammy Awards.