After ample teasing, July 3 saw Madonna finally lift the lid on ‘Confessions II‘ – her fifteenth studio album and conceptual successor to 2005’s global blockbuster ‘Confessions on a Dancefloor.’

Her first LP since ‘Madame X’ marched to the top of the Billboard 200 in 2019, ‘Confessions II’ serves as home to the critically acclaimed Sabrina Carpenter-assisted ‘Bring Your Love’ as well as bass-buoyed cuts assisted by Stromae, Martin Garrix, Feid, and the Pop icon’s eldest daughter Lola Leon.

Having mounted a royal promotional campaign that’s seen her trumpet news of the project from Grindr to FIFA and beyond, industry insiders have already weighed in with what they believe the fruit of the aggressive push will be.

Details inside.

Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’

Predicted First-Week Sales (SPS):  100,000 – 110,000 units

Predicted Billboard 200 Debut:  #1

If reports from top music business analysts are to be believed, ‘Confessions On a Dancefloor II’ will dance to the #1 spot on next week’s Billboard 200 thanks to first-week sales slightly north of 100,000.

The sum would give Madge her 10th championship run on the tally, making her only the third woman in history to have double-digit chart-toppers on the all-genre hitlist following Barbra Streisand (11) and Taylor Swift (15).

What’s more, ‘Confessions’ catapulting to the top of the Billboard 200 would crown Madonna the first woman to score a #1 hit on the chart in the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s.

Among all artists, however, Streisand holds the record for most consecutive decades of Billboard 200 #1 hits (6) – 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s.

Keep it locked to That Grape Juice for the final sum attached to the first week of ‘Confessions II’ when the numbers are revealed on Sunday (July 12).

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