This is the highest rank for The Immaculate Collection since the Sept. 14, 1991-dated chart, when it was No. 47. The album, released in late 1990, peaked at No. 2 for two weeks in early 1991.

At the time the album was compiled, Madonna was mining less than a decade’s worth of hits. (The oldest, “Holiday,” debuted on Sept. 7, 1983.) However, The Immaculate Collection is easily one ...