Madonna may have made overall Billboard history this week when her latest single, ‘Popular‘ (led by The Weeknd and featuring Playboi Carti), charged onto the Hot 100 and made her the first female act to have charted a new single in each of the last five decades, but the tune’s appearance on the hitlist also marked a unique personal milestone.

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‘Popular’ arrived at #43 on the refreshed Hot 100, entering as the week’s second-highest premiere for a new female-led song (following the #13 landing of Latto and Cardi B‘s ‘Put It On Da Floor‘).

The positioning comes as the highest the Pop titan has reached since her solo ‘Rebel Heart‘ hit ‘B*tch I’m Madonna‘ nested at #84 on the tally in 2015.

Faring even better on this week’s Billboard’s ‘Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs’ chart, however, ‘Popular’ premiered #14 – marking Madonna’s second highest-charting hit on the rhythmic tally since peaking at #9 with her classic ‘Like a Virgin’ in 1985.  In fact, ‘Popular’ comes as the 64-year-old’s first appearance on the R&B ranking since her 1995 hit, ‘Human Nature,’ peaked at #57.

Her 16th appearance on ‘Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs’ chart overall (spanning back to 1983’s ‘Holiday‘), the Queen of Pop proves yet again that her musical reign is not limited to just one genre.

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