"for its enduring relevance and how it redefined Madonna as an artist, it should be"". Author Sancho Xavi from ""El País"" commented in an article for the newspaper that ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" started the during the 21st century and popularized the revivals concept of others musical genres during the first decade. Justin Myers from the UK Official Charts Company commented: ""An 'imperial phase' is when a pop star is at the pinnacle of their career, shifting stacks of records, having big hits, selling out arenas, owning the radio and being generally unavoidable and untouchable. Many pop acts barely"
"""Slant Magazine"" ranked the album at the third position on his list of the top ten albums of 2005. The same magazine considered the album the 38th best one from the 2000s. Three critics writing for Stylus Magazine also included ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" in their year-end lists of the best albums of 2005. Q Magazine named the record the 26th best one of 2005. On their ranking of the best albums from 2005, ""The Observer"" listed the album at number 26. By the end of the 2000s, ""Slant Magazine"" placed the album at number 38 on their list"
"sales of 74,000. It was present on the chart for a total of 46 weeks and received a quintuple platinum certification from Music Canada (MC) for total shipment of 500,000 copies in the country. In Australia, ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" debuted at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for the issue dated November 21, 2005, and was present for a total of 33 weeks within the top 50 of the chart. It was certified two times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) denoting shipments of 140,000 copies. It debuted at number five on the New Zealand"
"single, ""Toxic"", which two years later won at the 47th Grammy Awards as Best Dance Recording, also winning a 2005 ASCAP Award for most performed song. Bloodshy and Avant subsequently produced all three new songs on Spears' 2004 """", and also produced the theme song for her """" reality series in 2005. After working with Spears, the duo continued to work with high-profile pop stars such as Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, and Sky Ferreira. In 2005, Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and co-produced two tracks with Madonna for her ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" album. They also produced tracks for Ms."
"""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005), which borrowed strong influences from the genre, especially from 1970s artists and bands such as ABBA, Giorgio Moroder, the Bee Gees and Donna Summer. Britney Spears' album ""Blackout"" (2007) contained influences of Euro disco. The mid-to-late 2000s saw the arrival of several new dance-pop artists, including Rihanna, Kesha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. This period in time also saw dance-pop's return to its more electronic roots aside from its disco ones, with strong influences of synthpop and electropop; Rihanna's singles in the dance-pop genre, including ""Don't Stop the Music"" and ""Disturbia"", contained electronic influences,"
"UK Singles Chart in April 2005. She scored a second number one on the US dance chart in August with ""Ride the Pain"". In August 2005, Richardson released her debut album on Virgin Records. Recorded with the help of record producer Stuart Price of Les Rythmes Digitales, Zoot Woman and Madonna's ""Confessions On A Dancefloor"" fame, the album drew comparisons to a young Annie Lennox or Madonna thanks to her coolly emotional delivery with a sultry sexual charge. Richardson collaborated with other producers on the album, Guy Sigsworth on the song ""New Shoes"" and Jacknife Lee on ""Ride The Pain""."
"a climactic effect. He favours keeping the original vocal arrangement of songs and re-contextualizing the lyrical content in creating his new versions. Price is best known for his work with Madonna's tenth studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005). He began collaborating with Madonna as musical director for her 2001 Drowned World Tour after remixing some of the tracks on her Music album via Mirwais. He reprised the role for her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour and 2006 Confessions Tour. Price created remixes for the album's singles ""Hung Up"", ""Sorry"" (under the Man with Guitar alias), ""Get Together"", and ""Jump"","
"set composed by a DJ. It was acclaimed by critics, with Keith Caulfield from ""Billboard"" commenting that the album was a ""welcome return to form for the Queen of Pop."" The album won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" and its lead single, ""Hung Up"", went on to reach number one in 40 and 41 countries respectively, earning a place in ""Guinness World Records"". The song contained a sample of ABBA's ""Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"", only the second time that ABBA has allowed their work to be used. ABBA songwriter Björn"
"""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005) are among the best-selling of the decade. Both were universally acclaimed by critics. The first was also nominated for five Grammy Awards while the second won one. Madonna also had four highly successful tours in the 2000s. The Re-Invention Tour which grossed $125 million in just 56 shows making it the highest grossing of 2004, The Confessions Tour went on to gross over $190 million in 60 shows becoming the highest grossing tour by a female ever. Her final tour in 2008/09 was Sticky and Sweet Tour which become the highest grossing female tour"
"eighth studio album, ""Music"" (2000). Violence and vandalism were the themes of subsequent few releases, ""What It Feels Like for a Girl"" (2001), ""Die Another Day"" (2002) and ""American Life"" (2003), the latter being pulled from release due to the Iraq war of 2003. ""Hung Up"", lead single from ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005) was a tribute to John Travolta and his movies. Madonna's recent videos for ""Celebration"" (2009), ""Girl Gone Wild"" (2012), and ""Living for Love"" (2015) were received favorably for paying homage to her past videos and a return to her dance roots. Madonna's music videos are"
"since Jean-Michel Jarre. The emergence of the French sound was well-timed as dance music's popularity in the influential UK market was peaking commercially with general electronic music. Further international commercial success continued into 2000 with Bob Sinclar, Etienne de Crécy, Benjamin Diamond and Modjo achieving hit singles around Europe. In late 2005, pop superstar Madonna released ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"", an album with significant French house influences in several of its songs. As of the mid to late-2010s, there is a resurgence in interest in French house, with material being released from artists such as Folamour and Mirrorball Disco"
"Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco is the reissue of British group Steps fifth studio album ""Tears on the Dancefloor"" (2017), with several new recordings added as bonus cuts. Following their reunion performance at G-A-Y on New Year's Eve of 2016 to celebrate their twentieth anniversary, Steps announced that their fifth studio album ""Tears on the Dancefloor"" would be released in April 2017 and its supporting concert tour, the Party on the Dancefloor Tour, would take place in November and December later that year. The album, which peaked at number-two"
"Confessions (Liza Minnelli album) Confessions is a studio album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli, released through Decca Records on September 21, 2010 in the United States. The album, recorded while Minnelli was recovering from knee surgery, marked her first studio release in nearly fifteen years. Originally, the story was these recordings were old tapes that a neighbor in Beverly Hills had discovered, having been recorded some 10 or more years earlier but this story changed after the album's release. The original press release reads: "" Liza Minnelli (pictured) showed up at her neighbor Bruce Roberts' Beverly Hills door"
"of Fame as one of its five founding members, along with the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and U2. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked her at number 36 on its special issue of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, featuring an article about her written by Britney Spears. In January 2005, Madonna performed a cover version of the John Lennon song ""Imagine"" at Tsunami Aid. She also performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in London in July 2005. Her tenth studio album, ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"", was released in November 2005. Musically the album was structured like a club"
"Confessions Tour"". The album was recorded at Wembley Arena on August 15 and 16, 2006, during the London stop of her 2006 Confessions Tour, which was promoting her 2005 studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"". It was the first release from her new production company, Semtex Films and was released in both DVD and CD formats, capturing the tour as directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The DVD release consists of the full twenty-one song set list of the tour, while the CD captures thirteen highlights from the same. The tour was first shown on NBC during the Thanksgiving of 2006."
"on Halloween. The compilation's release date was pushed back, originally planned to be released as a CD, it was released as a soundcloud playlist instead. The compilation features remastered versions of songs from the band's first four albums. Blood on the Dance Floor's fifth album, ""Evolution"" was released on June 19, 2012 along with a deluxe edition that featured acoustic versions of two songs. Two music videos and four singles were released from the album. The album featured tracks in collaboration with Haley Rose, Amelia Arsenic, Shawn Brandon, Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte, Elena Vladimirova, and Deuce for"
"Tears on the Dancefloor Tears on the Dancefloor is the fifth studio album by British group Steps. It was released on 21 April 2017, by Steps Music LLP. Following two years of planning, recording began in October 2016. The Alias was enlisted to serve as the executive producer for ""Tears on the Dancefloor"" and various songwriters submitted songs for the group to record, including Steve Mac, Ina Wroldsen, TMS and Fiona Bevan. It also features a cover version of ""Story of a Heart"" by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, a cover of ""I Will Love Again"" by Lara"
"Madonna's performance on the tour and was finished during the recording of Madonna's tenth studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"". The DVD+CD containing the documentary and a live album of highlights from the show was also released in May 2006. The DVD contained a two-hour long look at the tour, including its rehearsal plus some performance footage, while the CD offers thirteen songs of the set list plus the rock demo of ""I Love New York"". The documentary was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Barry Walters from ""Rolling Stone"" commented that ""Jonas Akerlund's 2005 kinetic yet personable documentary of Madonna's"
"The advertisement featured Madonna and other artists jammed in a phone booth. On October 17, 2005, the song made its premiere during a live ten-minute radio interview between Ryan Seacrest and Madonna. It was also made available as a master ringtone with various mobile service providers. ""Hung Up"" was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on October 18. The song was added to episodes of """" and """" on November 7 and 9, 2005, respectively. While promoting ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"", Madonna played both ""Hung Up"" and the next single ""Sorry"" at Luke & Leroy's nightclub in"
"for her. In 2000, Madonna scored her 12th US number-one single, ""Music"", from the album of the same name. The title track her ninth studio album ""American Life"" (2003) topped the charts in Canada, Italy, and Switzerland while its songs ""Nothing Fails"" and ""Love Profusion"" went number one in Spain. In 2005, Madonna released ""Hung Up"" from her tenth studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"". It became her most commercially successful song to date, peaking at number one in 41 countries and earned a place in the 2007 ""Guinness Book of World Records"" for topping the charts in more"
"sales of 43% to 59,969 copies, but remained on the top as ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" debuted atop the UK Albums Chart. It remained at the top position for three weeks and a total of 40 weeks on the Singles Chart. According to the Official Charts Company, by the end of 2005, ""Hung Up"" was Madonna's biggest selling single with 339,285 copies since ""Music"" sold 390,624 copies in 2000. It was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and has sold 625,600 copies in the UK to date. In Ireland, the song debuted at number two on the"
"duo's official YouTube channel promoting the album, lead singer Dahvie Vanity said the album ""represents my blood, sweat, and tears. My entire life and emotions."" The album is notable for its collaborations, the opening track ""Rise and Shine"" featuring rapper Deuce. Other notable collaborations include Joel Madden of Good Charlotte and Amelia Arsenic of Angelspit. Blood on the Dance Floor Evolution (Blood on the Dance Floor album) Evolution is the fifth studio album by American electronica duo Blood on the Dance Floor, released internationally on June 19, 2012. It is their first release to appear on the US ""Billboard"" 200,"
"Evolution (Blood on the Dance Floor album) Evolution is the fifth studio album by American electronica duo Blood on the Dance Floor, released internationally on June 19, 2012. It is their first release to appear on the US ""Billboard"" 200, and is their best-selling effort to date, peaking at No. 42 on the Billboard Albums Chart. David Jeffries from AllMusic gave the album a mixed review, saying """"Evolution"" is awesome or awful depending on your point of view"", and discussed and/or criticized some themes of the album. He picked ""Unforgiven"", ""Frankenstein + the Bride"", ""Fantasyland"", and ""The Last Dance"" as"
"the live album, ""The Confessions Tour"". Jump (Madonna song) ""Jump"" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005). Written by Madonna, Stuart Price and Joe Henry, the song was supposed to be released as the third single of the album. However, since ""Get Together"" was decided as the third single, ""Jump"" was released as the fourth and final single from the album, on October 31, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records. The song incorporates techno music with tributes to Pet Shop Boys. Madonna sings in her lower register in the song."
"Records issued ""A Decade in the Grave"" on October 28, 2005, a five-disc box set. The first two discs are 'best-of' material, the third is a rarities collection, the fourth disc is from one of the band's first concerts back in 1995, and the final disc is a live DVD from 2005. In November 2005, Chris Barnes joined the Finnish death metal band Torture Killer as lead vocalist for a side project. His new bandmates saw this as a huge compliment, having started out as a Six Feet Under and Obituary cover band. Barnes sung vocals on their 2006 studio"
"Kills"", which was written in collaboration with Freddie Mercury. ""Future Lovers"", a song from American recording artist Madonna's 2005 album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"", has a bass line inspired by Donna Summer's Moroder-produced hit ""I Feel Love"". Furthermore, Madonna opened her 2006 Confessions Tour with a medley of ""Future Lovers"" and ""I Feel Love"". The version of ""Live To Tell"" Madonna performed on The Confessions Tour heavily samples Moroder's song ""Tears"". Suns of Arqa's album ""Technomor"" includes the track ""Moroder Vibe"" which contains elements of ""I Feel Love"". Underworld's 1999 album, ""Beaucoup Fish"", contains a song titled ""Shudder/King of"
"down and walked off stage. Durst was eventually sued for breach of contract (for not completing the show) by Chicago lawyer Michael Young in a class-action suit. In May 2005, ""The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)"" was released. Sammy Siegler took over drumming duties for the band for much of the album. At Durst's insistence, the album was released as an underground album, without any advertising or promotion. The album sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide, peaking at number 24 on the ""Billboard"" 200. Durst later announced that despite the album's title, no sequel to ""The Unquestionable Truth"" would be produced. Later"
"would be the album's second single. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Tears on the Dancefloor"". Notes Tears on the Dancefloor Tears on the Dancefloor is the fifth studio album by British group Steps. It was released on 21 April 2017, by Steps Music LLP. Following two years of planning, recording began in October 2016. The Alias was enlisted to serve as the executive producer for ""Tears on the Dancefloor"" and various songwriters submitted songs for the group to record, including Steve Mac, Ina Wroldsen, TMS and Fiona Bevan. It also features a cover version of ""Story of a"
"Minogue's experience and choice of collaborators resulted in ""the thirtysomething Minogue upstaging soulless, brainless music by younger American pop tarts like Britney [Spears] and Christina [Aguilera]"". Robbie Daw from Idolator pointed out that Britney Spear's recording of her 2004 hit ""Toxic"", Madonna's comeback album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005), Paris Hilton's musical debut ""Paris"" (2006), and radio stations' shift towards playing ""more groove-oriented sounds"" all followed the release of ""Fever"", although he admitted that ""we have no way of knowing whether Kylie Minogue's eighth studio album was directly responsible for these pop happenings"". Chris True from AllMusic, in his"
"Tour"" video album, commented that, ""A great song like 'Get Together' is splendidly sung (whoever tweaks the levels on her mic is a genius), but its celebratory, keep-it-together message is compromised by the contradictory feelings of bondage (oppression) conveyed by having two backup dancers equipped with reins around their heads."" In the live video album release, ""Get Together"" was excluded from the CD package but was included in the track listing of the DVD. Get Together (Madonna song) ""Get Together"" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" (2005). Produced by"
"Confessions (Usher album) Confessions is the fourth studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on March 23, 2004, by Arista Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2003 to 2004, with its production handled by his longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri, along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Lil Jon, among others. Primarily an R&B album, ""Confessions"" showcases Usher as a crooner through a mixture of ballads and up-tempos, incorporating musical genres of dance-pop, hip hop and crunk. The album's themes generated controversy about Usher's personal relationships; however, the album's primary producer Jermaine Dupri claimed the"
"Come Down' was available at the record stores in the band's hometown in 1997. Jack White's independent label Third Man Records often produces limited editions of their releases on colored, multi-colored and glow-in-the-dark vinyl. American singer songwriter Madonna released her 2005 album ""Confessions on a Dance Floor"" on a double pink vinyl. Her 2008 Hard Candy album was released on a triple package, which two of these LPs are ""candy swirled"" vinyl discs (pink-white and blue-white ""candy swirled"" discs like a starlight candy). The alternative band Jars of Clay released a limited edition version of their 'Inland' album using coke"
"tried to justify as loose talk on ""Newsnight"" or ""Question Time"", until reminded of a passage in his own book as a direct source. ""attitude"" frequently acquires exclusive interviews within the gay market. These exclusives include Daniel Radcliffe's only gay press interview, Madonna's first worldwide press interview for her ""Confessions On A Dance Floor"" album, Elton John and David Furnish's only print interview for their civil partnership in December 2005, Heath Ledger's only gay press interview, Take That's first print interview after re-forming, Kylie Minogue, who always gives ""attitude"" her launch interviews and Robbie Williams's only cover story interview on"