Today in Madonna History: November 9, 1996

On November 9 1996, the EVITA soundtrack debuted at #7 on the UK albums chart.

Director Alan Parker had this to say about working with Madonna on EVITA:
“The hardest work that anyone had to do was obviously done by Madonna. She had the lion’s share of the piece, singing as she does on almost every track. Many of the songs were comfortably within her range, but much of the score was in a range where her voice had never ventured before. Also, she was determined to sing the score as it was written and not to cheat in any way”.

Today in Madonna History: October 18, 1996

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On October 18 1996, Madonna’s greatest ballads collection, Something To Remember was certified 2x platinum (2 million units) in the USA.

Today in Madonna History: August 31, 1996

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On August 31 1996, Madonna’s Take A Bow spent its 38th and final week on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart in the USA at #9.

Today in Madonna History: August 12, 1996

On August 12 1996, Madonna appeared on the cover of French magazine Tele K7.

Today in Madonna History: April 13, 1996

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On April 13 1996, Madonna’s One More Chance peaked at number 50 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.

One More Chance was released in Japan and Australia (as the second single from Something To Remember) and in the UK and select European countries (as the third single from the ballads collection).

The single was released while Madonna was filming Evita, so it received minimal promotion.  A clips video containing snippets from the Rain, You’ll See, I Want You, Take A Bow and La Isla Bonita music videos was released to MTV.

A fold-out poster bag CD was released and contained the following tracks:

  • One More Chance
  • You’ll See (Spanish Version)
  • You’ll See (Spanglish Version)

Today in Madonna History: April 6, 1996

On April 6 1996, Larry Flick’s review of the single release of Madonna’s Love Don’t Live Here Anymore was featured in Billboard magazine.

Today in Madonna History: March 23, 1996

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On March 23 1996, Madonna’s One More Chance single entered the UK singles chart at number 11. It dropped to number 29 in its second week.

How high do you think One More Chance would have charted if it had a proper music video and single treatment?