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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Trending - Vogue


Song from Madonna's soundtrack album -

Released in March 1990

Genre considered - House

Escapist lyrics 

Included on 3 of Madonna's compilation albums -

Critical & commercial success

Considered a career highlight

The music video is considered one of Madonna's best.
9 nominations at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards

"Best Selling International Single" - 1991 Juno Awards

"Favorite Dance Single" - 1991 American Music Awards 

"Most Performed Song" - ASCAP Pop Music Award

"Vogue" has been performed as recently as Madonna's 2023-2024 Celebration Tour.

The song and the video are cited as influencing the underground subculture into entering mainstream pop culture.

"Vogue" 
- No. 2 on Slant Magazine's The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time (2020)
- No. 11 on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time (2022) 
- No. 23 on Billboard's The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time (2025)
- No. 7 on Billboard's The 100 Greatest LGBTQ+ Anthems of All Time (2025)

"Vogue" 
- Included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
- No. 5 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s
- No. 139 on Rolling Stone's 500 Best Songs of All Time

"Vogue"
"...the most famous fashion song of all time..." (Time)

"Vogue" 
- No. 39 on Billboard Hot 100 in April 1990 ... No. 1 in May 1990
- No. 1 on Billboard Dance Club Play chart 
- No. 16 on Billboard Hot Black Singles chart
- No. 5 on Billboard's list of "Madonna's 40 Biggest Hits" 
- No. 71 on RPM (Canada) 100 Singles Chart in April 1990 ... No. 1 after nine weeks
- No. 19 on ARIA Singles Chart (Australia) in April 1990 ... No. 1 after one week
- No. 15 in New Zealand in May 1990 ... No. 1 after three weeks
- No. 4 on UK Singles Chart ... No. 1 after one week

No. 1 in over 30 countries worldwide

No. 1 on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 

Best-selling single of 1990 (over 2 million copies)

Over 6 million copies sold worldwide
311,000 digital downloads as of April 2019
663,000 copies sold in the UK as of April 2019

Certified Gold in Brazil, Italy, Japan, New Zealand (1), New Zealand (2), & the UK (1 - Physical, 5,000 ... 2 - Digital & Streaming, 15,000)
Certified Silver in France
Certified Platinum in Canada
Certified 2x Platinum in Australia
Certified 3x Platinum in the U.S.

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