Madonna has returned to the top of a major airplay chart for the first time in nearly two decades, signaling renewed radio momentum ahead of her upcoming album. The new single climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay after a sharp surge in plays and a high-profile remix release.
Released April 18 through Warner Records, the track benefited from a 50% week-over-week jump in airplay among round-the-clock dance reporters and mix-show spins on pop stations during the May 15–21 tracking period, according to Luminate data. A remix featuring DJ and producer Peggy Gou, issued May 15, further amplified the song’s reach.
I Feel So Free becomes Madonna’s eighth chart-topper on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay tally, her first leader on any airplay chart since Miles Away in 2008. That places her in a tie with electronic artist Illenium for the sixth-most No. 1s in the chart’s history.
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Madonna’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s
- I Feel So Free — 1 week (May 30, 2026)
- Miles Away — 2 weeks (began Dec. 27, 2008)
- Give It 2 Me — 1 week (July 12, 2008)
- 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) — 1 week (June 7, 2008)
- Jump — 5 weeks (Nov. 11, 2006)
- Get Together — 4 weeks (June 24, 2006)
- Sorry — 7 weeks (Feb. 18, 2006)
- Hung Up — 8 weeks (Nov. 12, 2005)
For context, only a handful of acts have collected more Dance/Mix Show Airplay leaders: David Guetta (21), Calvin Harris (18), Rihanna (12), The Chainsmokers (10) and Ellie Goulding (9).
Madonna currently has two songs charting. Her collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter, Bring Your Love, moved up to No. 20 on Adult Pop Airplay this week and is bulleting at No. 27 on Pop Airplay. This marks her first Adult Pop Airplay appearance since 2019’s “Crave” (which peaked at No. 34) and her first Pop Airplay entry since 2023’s “Popular” with The Weeknd and Playboi Carti (No. 14 peak).
The Adult Pop Airplay placement is notable: Bring Your Love is Madonna’s best showing at that format since “4 Minutes” also reached No. 20 in 2008. Her most successful Adult Pop Airplay run remains “Hung Up,” which climbed to No. 16 in 2005.
Both singles preview Madonna’s forthcoming album, Confessions II, scheduled for release July 3. The original Confessions on a Dance Floor, released in 2005, produced four of her first Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s — a record that helped define her standing in dance radio formats.
Why this matters now: the combination of a new studio album, a crossover remix from a current club tastemaker, and solid radio pickup suggests Madonna is staging a deliberate push to reconnect with contemporary dance and pop audiences. For radio programmers and fans, the recent gains indicate both immediate traction and potential staying power as the July album date approaches.
