Madonna's consecutive record

[corey]

On final AT10, Casey said Madonna has at least one chart hit every calendar year for 24 consecutive years since 1983 till 2006.
Only Elton John has done that.

I want to clarify Madonna hit the TOP40 every year or hit the ENTIRE chart every year.

I know Elton has the record of the most consecutive years with the top 40 hit on the Pop chart for 26 years (1970-1995).

Does Madonna has the record in the second place in that category ?

[mkarns]

Using the Radio and Records chart, which seems to be the chart source of record in recent countdowns, Madonna made the pop top 40 each year from 1983 to 2003, plus 2005, 06, and 08. (If you use Billboard, she skipped 1988.) So that leaves 2004 out of the top 40, though I'm not sure about the entire chart.

[freakyflybry]

"Me Against The Music" was still lingering in the top 40 the first week of 2004 (as Casey himself mentioned on his last AT40.)

[mstgator]

^ Thanks, of course, to AT40's quirk of being several chart weeks behind during the first week of January.