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In honor of Madonna's 'The Celebration Tour,' we are breaking down the singer's most iconic tracks on the Hot 100.

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00:00 80s, 90s, 2000s, four decades of music, abec, moi, ML, VC.

00:07 Welcome to the party, bitches.

00:09 After a delayed start due to a medical emergency,

00:11 Madonna's Celebration Tour is in full swing

00:14 and the living legend kicked off her US leg earlier this month.

00:16 In celebration of the queen of pop, we are taking a look at

00:19 Madonna's five biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

00:22 ♪ We took a holiday, holiday ♪

00:26 Since arriving on the Hot 100 dated October 29, 1983 with Holiday,

00:31 Madonna has earned a total of 58 chart hits, including 38 top 10s.

00:35 ♪

00:38 ♪ Come on, let's go ♪

00:41 Let's kick it off with Vogue at number five.

00:43 Her tribute to voguing in the New York City ball scene

00:46 is as iconic as its glamorous black and white music video

00:49 directed by David Fincher.

00:50 ♪ When you call my name, it's like a little prayer ♪

00:54 One of Madonna's more controversial hits lands at number four, Like a Prayer.

00:57 The song premiered in a two-minute Pepsi commercial in February of 1989,

01:01 but by early April, after pressure from conservative protests,

01:04 Pepsi canceled the ad campaign and ultimately pulled out

01:07 of sponsoring an upcoming tour from Madonna.

01:10 34 years later, in September of this year,

01:12 Pepsi released the shelved commercial to the praise of Madonna,

01:15 who wrote on Instagram,

01:16 "The commercial was immediately canceled when I refused to change

01:19 any scenes in the video where I was kissing a black saint or burning crosses.

01:23 So began my illustrious career as an artist

01:25 refusing to compromise my artistic integrity.

01:28 Thank you, Pepsi, for finally realizing the genius of our collaboration."

01:31 ♪ I've always been in love with you ♪

01:37 At number three is Take a Bow.

01:39 Even though the two songs above it had stronger overall chart performance

01:42 on the Hot 100, Take a Bow actually spent more time at number one

01:45 than any other Madonna song, seven weeks in early 1995.

01:49 After scoring a number one hit in almost every year since 1984,

01:53 Take a Bow was her first chart topper in three years.

01:55 Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the song with Babyface.

01:58 ♪ Say I'm crazy for you ♪

02:02 Crazy for You takes the silver medal.

02:03 The track was written and recorded for the 1985 film Vision Quest

02:07 and showed a new side to Madonna as her first ballad to top the Hot 100.

02:11 After spending three weeks at number two on the chart,

02:13 it finally knocked the all-star charity single

02:15 "We Are the World" by USA for Africa out of the top for one week.

02:19 ♪ Like a virgin ♪

02:23 ♪ Touched for the very first time ♪

02:26 This feels appropriate.

02:27 Madonna's very first number one, "Like a Virgin,"

02:29 is number one on our list of her biggest Hot 100 hits.

02:33 The title track and lead single from her 1984 album

02:36 spent six weeks atop the chart and became one of the diva's signature songs.

02:40 And how can we forget her iconic performance at the 1984 MTV VMAs?

02:44 The giant cake, the wedding dress, the impromptu choreography.

02:48 It's all part of the Madonna legend that lives on to this day on the Celebration Tour.

02:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]

Madonna's Top 5 Hot 100 Hits: "Like A Virgin," "Crazy For You," "Take A Bow" & More | Billboard News

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