{"id":171535,"date":"2026-07-13T17:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=171535"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:34:23","slug":"michael-jackson-and-madonna-make-billboard-history-by-sharing-the-top-10-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/michael-jackson-and-madonna-make-billboard-history-by-sharing-the-top-10-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson and Madonna make Billboard history by sharing the top 10 for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A historic moment for two music legends<\/h2>\n

Michael Jackson and Madonna<\/strong> have both built some of the most successful careers in music history, but they have rarely shared the Billboard top 10 at the same time!\u00a0While both artists collected countless hit albums, their biggest releases were usually spaced too far apart to compete directly on the charts. However, the two pop legends marked a new chart milestone in July 2026 after dominating pop culture for decades.<\/p>\n

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Madonna’s latest studio album, CONFESSIONS ll<\/strong>, just debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 18). With this impressive debut, the Queen of Pop joins the King of Pop in the top 10. This time around, Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller<\/strong> album falls from #7 to #8 on the latest chart, following a massive interest in his music thanks to the Michael biopic. Surprisingly, this is just the second time that the two pop titans have shared the top 10, with the first time taking place around 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

Their rare shared history on the Top 10 of the Billboard 200<\/h2>\n

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Michael Jackson and Madonna previously appeared in the top 10 at the same time on December 1, 2001. During that week, the King of Pop’s Invincible album dropped from #3 to #4 in its third week on the tally, as Madonna’s hits compilation GHV2:\u00a0Greatest Hits Volume 2 entered the chart at #7. But why have they rarely crossed paths in the Top 10, especially in the ’80s, which was the most prolific time for both artists?<\/p>\n

Madonna first entered the Top 10 on October 6, 1984, with her self-titled debut album. When that happened, Michael Jackson’s legendary Thriller had already exited the Top 10 (which had dominated from January 1983 to June 1984). They almost met up on September 19, 1987, with Madonna’s Who’s That Girl soundtrack at #11. That same week, the King of Pop’s Bad entered the chat at #1.<\/p>\n

Then again, the pop royals almost shared the same Top 10 space on January 23, 1988, when Madonna’s remix album You Can Dance peaked at #14. Simultaneously, Michael’s Bad charted at #4, marking yet another moment in which the two music legends could have been together with Top 10 full-length projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A historic moment for two music legends Michael Jackson and Madonna have both built some of the most successful careers in music history, but they have rarely shared the Billboard top 10 at the same time!\u00a0While both artists collected countless hit albums, their biggest releases were usually spaced too far apart to compete directly on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":171611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3940],"class_list":["post-171535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news","category-pop","tag-michael-jackson"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171615,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171535\/revisions\/171615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}