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I Feel So Free: Madonna Makes a Comeback on Dance Charts


Key Takeaways

  • Chart Performance: Madonna’s “I Feel So Free” debuted at No. 1 on the Dance Digital Song Sales chart.
  • Streaming Release: The track was first available on iHeartRadio’s Pride Radio before its wider release.
  • Chart History: This song marks Madonna’s 10th top 10 entry on Digital Song Sales since its inception in 2004.
  • Recent Rankings: The song also debuted on multiple Billboard charts, including Hot Dance/Pop Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay.

Madonna’s “I Feel So Free,” the first song released from her forthcoming Confessions II studio album (due July 3 via Warner Records), debuts on four Billboard charts (dated May 2), including a No. 1 arrival on the Dance Digital Song Sales tally. It also takes a bow on Digital Song Sales, Hot Dance/Pop Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay.

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The track arrived exclusively via iHeartRadio’s Pride Radio on Friday, April 17, before becoming widely available through streaming services and digital download stores, alongside an official visualizer.

In addition to its No. 1 entrance on Dance Digital Song Sales (Madonna’s second leader on the 16-year-old chart), “I Feel So Free” arrives at No. 6 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales, marking her first appearance on the ranking since 2024, when “Like a Prayer” debuted on the ranking, 35 years after its release, following its appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine. “Free” becomes her 10th top 10 on Digital Song Sales, which started in 2004.

Speaking of “Like a Prayer,” DJ Josh Fawaz’s cover of “Like a Prayer” climbs 5-3 on Dance Digital Song Sales, debuts at No. 19 on Digital Song Sales and starts at No. 11 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.

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“I Feel So Free” also opens at No. 12 on Hot Dance/Pop Songs — her first entry on the one-year-old chart, following seven appearances on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (the latter chart is now a DJ-centered ranking).

Plus, the track debuts at No. 14 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, her 17th entry on the 23-year-old ranking, and first since “Populate,” with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, in 2023. It’s also her highest-charting song on the list in 14 years — dating to “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., in 2012 (No. 11 peak).

Even more impressively, only four songs have had higher debuts on Dance/Mix Show Airplay this decade: “Looking for Me” (Paul Woolford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax; No. 4 debut in 2020), “Don’t Forget My Love” (Diplo and Miguel; No. 12 in 2022), “Favour” (FISHER and Tones And I; No. 12 last week) and “You” (Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae; No. 13 in 2021).

The May 2-dated charts reflect the April 17-23 tracking week, as reported by Luminate.

Dance Digital Song Sales ranks the week’s top-selling download songs in the dance genre, while Digital Song Sales is the overall weekly sales chart for all downloaded songs. Hot Dance/Pop Songs is a multi-metric chart that blends streams, airplay and sales to rank the week’s most popular dance/pop tracks and the Dance/Mix Show airplay tally ranks the week’s most popular songs ranked by radio airplay detections at dance-formatted stations and mix show plays on mainstream top 40 and select rhythmic stations.

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