Newer PostOlder PostM O N D AY, J U LY 2 4 , 2 0 0 6Radio Abandons MadonnaI've been having this story bounce around in the back of my mind for awhile but never blogged about it.</p><p> In short, I've been very surprised thatthe terrific pop singles from Madonna's current album haven't beendoing well on the charts.</p><p> Billboard blames the hip-hop-centric attitudeof Top 40 right now.</p><p> Certainly her tour is going gangbusters.</p><p> Andworldwide Madonna has sold some 8 million copies so far.</p><p> But"Confessions on a Dance Floor" should go double or triple platinumhere and it has barely gone platinum.</p><p> But as long as she can end upwith sales of 10 million worldwide, it won't matter.</p><p> Has Madonnabecome one of those artists who do much better in Europe than here?POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 2:50 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Radio Abandons Madonnahttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/07/radio-abandons-madon... 1 of 37/28/09 11:33 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SMichael in New YorkBiboyAaron POPSURFING.COM: Radio Abandons Madonnahttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/07/radio-abandons-madon... 2 of 37/28/09 11:33 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Radio Abandons Madonnahttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/07/radio-abandons-madon... 3 of 37/28/09 11:33 PM