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LISA

Lalisa Manobal is a rapper, singer, and dancer best known as a member of the globally renowned K-pop girl group, BLACKPINK. LISA is best known as a member of one of the most popular K-pop girl groups BLACKPINK. Beyond her success with BLACKPINK, LISA has broken several records globally as a solo artist with singles “Lalisa” and “Money” charting in the top 10 of the Billboard Global 200 and “Money” holding the record as the longest-charting song by a solo female K-pop artist on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and on the U.K. Singles Chart. LISA broke three Guinness World Records in 2023 as the most Instagram followers for a K-pop artist (currently at 104M followers on the platform), she is also the first solo K-pop winner at both the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV European Music Awards. LISA recently released her new single and music video, “New Woman,” ft. Rosalía via LLOUD Co./RCA Records. The new single follows the release of her hit single “Rockstar” which quickly propelled to the top of the charts following its release. Outside of music, LISA is set to star in the upcoming season of the hit HBO Original series, The White Lotus, season 3. Along with her global dominance in music and unparalleled stage presence, she is known for her unique fashion sense and trendsetting style, making her a prominent force in the global fashion industry. She has had several major partnerships and is currently the face of Bulgari and Louis Vuitton.

LiSA

岐阜県出身。 TV アニメ「Fate/Zero」「ソードアート・オンライン」「魔法科高校の劣等生」「鬼滅の刃」シリーズなど数々の人気アニメ主題歌を担当し、国内外でヒットを記録。’18年には初のベストアルバム「LiSA BEST -Day-」「LiSA BEST -Way-」を2タイトル同時リリース、オリコンウィークリー1位・2位を独占。Spotifyにおいては、2020年「海外で最も再生された国内アーティスト」１位、2020年、「紅蓮華」が「海外で最も再生された国内アーティストの楽曲」１位にランクイン。(2020.12.04) 日本人初、月間リスナー300万人を記録（2020.08)といった偉業を達成。2023年現在「紅蓮華」6億回、「炎」3億回、「crossing field」2億回再生を突破。 2021年9月、LiSAの全楽曲の総ダウンロード数は国内で約640万ダウンロード、全世界で約1,350万ダウンロードとなり、総ストリーミング数は国内で約18億回再生、全世界で約30億回再生といった記録に到達。2022年にはSpotifyで日本のアーティスト史上4組目となる、ストリーミング10億回再生を突破。今もなお様々な記録を更新し続けいている。 圧倒的な熱量を持つパフォーマンスとポジティブなメッセージを軸としたライブが人気を博し、アニソンシーンだけでなく数多くのロックフェスでも活躍するライブアーティストとして、その存在感を示している。 Dubbed as J-Pop's "rock heroine," LiSA is a singer from Gifu, Japan who is breaking down genre and language barriers with her powerful live performances and catchy melodies. Having gained both domestic and global prominence through a string of hit anime theme songs for fan-favorite anime titles such as "Fate/Zero," the "Sword Art Online" series, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," etc., she also proved to be a hit on the live circuit, drawing in fans from all genres thanks to her voice and stage persona. As the only singer of her kind to headline both anime and rock festivals, she constantly tops the charts and sells out arena venues in Japan, and has also performed in numerous countries around the world, including two solo tours in Asia.

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Currents

No stranger to turning a critical eye toward both the external commotion and internal battles that rage deep within the confines of one’s own mind, post-metalcore innovators Currents don’t pretend that life is a bed of well-manicured roses. Rather, it has been by way of exploring the forbidden realms of a tortured psyche and ferociously searching for meaning amidst uncertain chaos that the band has won the hearts of metal fans across the globe; a feat evidenced by 80+ million catalog streams and packed tours supporting the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:52qKfVcIV4GS8A8Vay2xtt" data-name="Ice Nine Kills">Ice Nine Kills</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3et9upNERQI5IYt5jEDTxM" data-name="Thy Art Is Murder">Thy Art Is Murder</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5p9CTsn5ueGU4oScNX1axu" data-name="August Burns Red">August Burns Red</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vd2HnNh4pdYa9gDVHFjEu" data-name="As I Lay Dying">As I Lay Dying</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6qO6LhD6FuXK5e2PtfAIMz" data-name="We Came As Romans">We Came As Romans</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0OgdRTPItr9dw4XYp4JJUx" data-name="Fit For A King">Fit For A King</a>, and more. Currents’ second full-length album The Way It Ends (2020) saw the group connect with their largest audience to date, selling over 6,000 vinyl despite the global touring shutdown, rocketing to No. 2 on the Top New Artist and Current Hard Rock Billboard Charts, and earning glowing praise from prominent outlets such as Kerrang! Back with their first new material since their popular sophomore record, Currents&#39; latest single ‘The Death We Seek’ not only taps back into this darkness, but continues to push the story. Biding their time for the right moment to strike, Currents – much like the apocalyptic collapse foretold in their latest single – plow ahead like an unstoppable force, expressing their vision through anguished eyes, pounding riffs, and the powerful desire to lay the groundwork for the plotlines of a larger story still to come.

Until I Wake

Until I Wake is a Metal-core band from Buffalo, New York with explosive energy, a good look, a fresh new vibe, and a unique sound of their own! Since their debut on January 25th, 2020 they have landed multiple tracks on Spotify&#39;s Editorial Playlists and have broken over 25 Million Streams!

Too Close to Touch

Over the course of a decade and two full-length releases, Lexington, Kentucky post-hardcore band Too Close To Touch have earned continuous praise for their skillful musicianship and intricate arrangements highlighting each member’s technical ability. The glue that held them together throughout it all was beloved front man Keaton Pierce who met his untimely death in 2022. A play on one of his many nicknames, the final TCTT album For Keeps is a celebration of the late vocalist, sourced from a library of unfinished and unreleased material and brought to life by friends in The Word Alive, Cane Hill and Bad Omens.   “ ‘For Keeps’ is our last gift to the Too Close To Touch community,” guitarist Mason Marble explains. “We would never have existed without Keaton and will not exist without him in the future.” “To be able to give it closure is a blessing,” drummer Kenny Downey continues. “To have this much of him left, his lyrics and emotions captured... not a lot of people have that.”   Offering an explosive mix of indie-rock cool and punk-blasted emo pop energy, the band has toured extensively with the Vans Warped Tour and acts such as Waterparks, Issues and Crown the Empire. The band’s releases include the EP series I’m Hard To Love, But So Are You, Nerve Endings (2015), and Haven’t Been Myself (2016). Too Close to Touch is Keaton Pierce (vocals), Mason Marble (guitar), and Kenny Downey (drums).

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ILLENIUM

Denver-based producer ILLENIUM is one of the most successful crossover electronic artists today, topping the U.S. dance charts, garnering +5B streams and headlining the world’s top festivals.
 
 Following his 2016 debut album, ‘Ashes,’ ILLENIUM broke into the mainstream via his 2017 album, ‘Awake,’ which includes his classics "Crawl Outta Love," "Fractures" and "Feel Good," with Gryffin ft. Daya. A critical and commercial success, ‘Awake’ topped the iTunes Top Electronic Albums Chart in 12 countries with +100M streams.
 
 In 2019, ILLENIUM released ‘Ascend,’ his third full-length album and his major label debut. As one of the biggest electronic releases of the year (+1B collective streams), the album topped Billboard&#39;s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and secured a Top 20 hit on the Billboard 200. The album includes the hit tracks "Takeaway" with The Chainsmokers ft. Lennon Stella, "Good Things Fall Apart" with Jon Bellion, "Crashing" ft. Bahari, "In Your Arms" with X Ambassadors and “Take You Down,” which chronicles his past battles with drug addiction.
 
 Recognized as one of Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Artists of the 2010s, ILLENIUM brings his dynamic music to life via his live show, which has dominated festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and EDC. His 2019 Ascend Tour, which featured a five-piece live band, sold out landmark venues like Madison Square Garden (NYC), STAPLES Center (L.A.) and three consecutive nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Denver).

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Awaken I Am

Tragedy. As their first US tour came to a close in March of 2018, tragedy struck AWAKEN I AM on their home soil in Brisbane, Australia. On the morning of May 15, guitarist Connor Verner-Oakley’s 22-year-old life was cut short by the hands of an intentional reckless driver, whose unsuccessful attempt took the wrong life. While in the US, the band was able to cut “Dissolution,” sadly the final recording starring Oakley (released April 30, 2018). Following the accident, the remaining members of AWAKEN I AM dove straight into the writing/recording process with producer Taylor Larson (The Word Alive, Asking Alexandria). Apart from two songs written before his passing, all the titles entirely focus as a tribute to Oakley. Some directed towards their fallen brother, others at the responsible party - those songs from those sessions proved to be both cathartic and inspiring. Drummer Luke McKenzie divulges, “’Dissolution’ was the last track we had the privilege of recording with Connor, he was so proud of it. We shared the same dream with him and we hope to make him proud by keeping that dream alive with The Beauty In Tragedy.” Beauty. On the EP’s title, McKenzie adds, “Through all of the pain our goal was to take a completely tragic situation and make something beautiful from it which brought about the name The Beauty In Tragedy. Recording this album was a chance to be sad, angry, confused and try to find a way to come to terms with the grief the best we can through music.”

The Plot in You

Through balancing even the most extreme dynamics, The Plot In You consistently overturn and upend expectations. On any given track, it might seem like they’re about to go one way, but the band will turn on a dime and shift course before the crowd can even catch a breath. This uncanny element of surprise has entrenched the gold-selling Ohio quartet—Landon Tewers [vocals], Josh Childress [guitar], Ethan Yoder [bass], and Michael Cooper [drums]—on the cutting edge of heavy music. Whether it be threads of alternative, electronic, pop, or R&B, nothing is off limits, and everything is fair game for their creative process. That process has continued to morph. Following a series of fan favorite releases, the band made major waves with DISPOSE [2018]. “FEEL NOTHING” surged on social media as a viral phenomenon, generating hundreds of millions of streams and picking up a gold certification from the RIAA. The musicians only maintained this momentum with Swan Song in 2021. Hysteria rated it “9-out-of-10.” Simultaneously, they sold out shows coast-to-coast. During 2023, the band kickstarted another era with Vol. 1. “Divide” generated 9 million Spotify streams right out of the gate followed by “Left Behind,” exploding to the tune of 15.9 million Spotify streams. Upon the arrival of “Forgotten,” Revolver praised it among the “6 Best New Songs Right Now.”

Memphis May Fire

Memphis May Fire is a sonic confessional, confronting the brokenness so many feel, and challenging that darkness with an aggressive call toward a hard-won victory. They have steadily amassed a strong catalog while bringing a high level of audience participation and engagement to festivals, clubs, and theaters all around the globe. The band’s ambitious sixth record, Broken, is a bold declaration of resilience. It fashions music into a sharp sword, dedicated to cutting free the bonds of self-doubt. Broken is both a perfect distillation of everything the band has achieved creatively, with the group’s signature passion and diversity, and a bold leap into the future. Singer Matty Mullins, emboldened by a renewed purpose and the type of humility derived from personal struggles not dissimilar to the stories the band hears from their fans, leads the charge against a backdrop of instantly memorable hooks and bottom-heavy crunch, skillfully performed by guitarist/co-founder Kellen McGregor, longtime bassist Cory Elder, and drummer Jake Garland. Consistently journeying to connect with as many people as possible, Memphis May Fire has toured with a diverse list of important rock and metal acts that includes Killswitch Engage, Sleeping With Sirens, Black Veil Brides, Sevendust, and Atreyu. The unity of purpose is palpable at a Memphis May Fire show, as both the audience and band share their life experiences, their dreams and fears, through the power of transcendent music.

In This Moment

Since coming to life in 2005, In This Moment have presided over a diehard fan base under the watch of “mother” figure and frontwoman Maria Brink—joined by co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Howorth, bassist Travis Johnson, guitarist Randy Weitzel, and Kent Diimmel. As millions convened upon the group’s otherworldly and unforgettable concerts, they quietly emerged as one of the most influential and impactful bands of the 21st century that has amassed over 1.3 billion cumulative streams to date. In addition to the Gold-selling album, Blood, the quintet have garnered six Gold and Platinum singles, followed by a trifecta of Top 25 entries on the Billboard Top 200 with Black Widow & Ritual. With a stream tally well past 250 million, Ritual elevated the group to new creative and critical peaks as well. Along the way, they assembled their seventh full-length, the aptly titled Mother. Whereas Ritual hinted at a bluesy sonic sorcery, Mother breathes the activating mantra of an unbreakable spell, commenced on the GRAMMY® Award-nominated lead single “The In-Between.” In 2022, the band released Blood 1983, a reimagined EP commemorating the ten-year anniversary of Blood, and most recently had their song “I Would Die For You” appear on the soundtrack for John Wick: Chapter 4. The band’s eighth album GODMODE is set to be released October 27, 2023.

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Bullet for My Valentine

Metal veterans Bullet For My Valentine have announced their self-titled, seventh album, Bullet For My Valentine. The album, which will be released on 5 November 2021, via Spinefarm Records, sees the band open a bold new chapter and is easily their heaviest, fiercest album so far. Since Bullet For My Valentine formed in 1998, the Welsh metallers have become one of the biggest bands in metal, selling over 3 million albums worldwide and scoring three gold albums, as well as defining British metalcore with their now classic debut, The Poison. Bullet For My Valentine follows the success of their last album, 2018’s Gravity, which saw the metal juggernauts play their biggest shows to date, including a UK arena tour and a massive show at London’s Alexandra Palace. But this time around, the band have taken things back to basics. Bullet For My Valentine is stacked with squealing solos and monstrous riffs that will delight fans both new and old.

Shinedown

Multi-platinum band Shinedown Brent Smith [vocals], Zach Myers [guitar], Eric Bass [bass, production], and Barry Kerch [drums] – have cemented their status as one of the most vital and forward-thinking powerhouses in modern rock. Their most ambitious and masterfully realized work to date, their seventh studio album Planet Zero firmly places the group in the pantheon of artists capable of moving the culture forward on the strength of their singular vision, uncompromising honesty, and fierce commitment to constant evolution. The record-breaking band have achieved astronomical success while embodying the kind of creative dynamism that defies expectation and transcends boundaries. They were named #1 on Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists Chart, after notching the most ever #1s in the 40-year history of the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart with a string of consecutive #1 hit singles. Tickets at shinedown.com.

Disturbed

Emerging out of Chicago at the turn of the century with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms. They make the kind of music that pushes you to hold on tighter, fight harder, and persevere forever. It’s why they’ve quietly claimed a place at the forefront of 21st century rock with record-breaking success, sales of over 17 million-plus units, nearly 8 billion streams, and sold out shows around the globe. The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated quartet have notched five consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200, occupying rarified air alongside Metallica—the only other hard rock group to accomplish this feat. Since their influential 5x-platinum debut The Sickness in 2000, they have built a bulletproof catalog highlighted by a procession of smashes, including the platinum “Stupify,” “Inside The Fire,” and “Land of Confusion,” 2x-platinum “Stricken,” 6x-platinum “Down With The Sickness,” and 7x-platinum “The Sound of Silence,” to name a few. The latter notably received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Performance” as the band earned “Best Rock Artist” at the 2017 iHeartRadioMusic Awards. Still, Disturbed never stop, igniting their next chapter with their 2022 album Divisive featuring their 15th #1 at Rock Radio “Hey You,”“Unstoppable,” and more.

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Starset

Visionary media collective STARSET have carved out a unique path as part cinematic rock band, part conceptual storytellers, weaving an intricate narrative through multimedia and redefining the concept of a truly immersive entertainment experience. Led by enigmatic front man and PhD candidate Dustin Bates, the band have made a mission to take fans on a journey through music, video, AR-integrated performances, a Marvel graphic novel, and online experiences, blurring the lines of science, fact, and fiction.

Dayseeker

Casting off the conventions of the post-hardcore genre, Dayseeker offers up their expansive fifth LP, Dark Sun. Entering the studio with budding producer and close personal friend, Daniel Braunstein, the band embraces dark undertones combined with 80’s synthpop styling - showcasing decades of influence all wrapped within the band’s core identity. From opening track to closing note, it’s clear that the band has discarded what may have been expected and instead chosen to embrace something most artists struggle to ever find: themselves.

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Nothing More

NOTHING MORE combines the cerebral and sublime. The music Jonny Hawkins, Mark Vollelunga, Daniel Oliver, and Ben Anderson make together is primal, elemental, and even carnal. Their foundation is heady and heavy, filled with creative nuance that rewards repeated listens, while the catchy hooks always soar, intertwined in a delicious dance between accessibility and experimentation. They’ve already earned three GRAMMY nominations and two gold plaques along the journey. 2022’s SPIRITS, which produced songs like “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE MEANS” and the Top 5 smash “TIRED OF WINNING,” indulged the outer edges of NOTHING MORE’s esoteric leanings without sacrificing melody. Two years later, CARNAL brings them full circle with focused precision. CARNAL harkens to their breakthrough 2014 self-titled set and the bombastic energy of songs like “This is the Time (Ballast),” while powerful interludes and trippy transitions anchor it all together. If SPIRTS was water, CARNAL is fire. NOTHING MORE sound biting, visceral, and in-your-face. Kerrang! named NOTHING MORE one of 22 Artists Shaping the Future of Rock, alongside Nine Inch Nails, Twenty One Pilots, and Bring Me The Horizon. And frontman Hawkins, who met guitarist Vollelunga before they were old enough to drive, appeared with Billie Joe Armstrong, Dave Grohl, and Hayley Williams in the English tastemaker’s Top 50 Greatest Rockstars in the World. Built to last, here to stay.

Imminence

<a href="spotify:album:2Y829lRmVlI3TPz4lklUcy" data-name="The Black">The Black</a> is here. From Sweden with love. 
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Madonna

Madonna changed the trajectory of popular music not long after "Borderline" became her first Top Ten hit in 1984. Fusing post-disco dance with effervescent pop, the song was unexpected and fresh, a trick that soon became her signature. Over a career that lasted for decades, Madonna ushered underground sounds into the mainstream, specializing in trends percolating in dance clubs. As she arrived at the dawn of the MTV era, she seized the possibilities of music videos, creating a series of sexy, stylish clips that earned her the reputation of a provocateur while also establishing the network as the bastion for hip culture in the 1980s. Madonna recorded many of the pop anthems that defined that decade -- "Like a Virgin," "Material Girl," "Live to Tell," "Papa Don't Preach," "Open Your Heart," "Like a Prayer," "Express Yourself" -- and in the process she created the archetype of a modern pop star: one whose music was inextricably tied with its visual representation, and one who was loathe to trade upon past glories. As Madonna entered her second decade of stardom, she continued to take artistic risks; she delved into modern R&B for 1994's Bedtime Stories and electronica for 1998's Ray of Light. During the 2000s and 2010s, Madonna continued to be driven by that restless artistic spirit, a move helped put the entirety of her body of work into perspective, emphasizing the common threads and consistency that run throughout her music -- connections that were as evident on albums such as 2019's Madame X as they were on retrospectives like Finally Enough Love, a 2022 chronicle of her dance club hits. She moved from her native Michigan to New York in 1977 with dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. She studied with choreographer <a href="spotify:artist:45X1TddJM8P59KzH65Dea8">Alvin Ailey</a> and modeled. In 1979, she became part of <a href="spotify:artist:1CcEgi464SWZsKY5579u7z">the Patrick Hernandez Revue</a>, a disco outfit that had the hit "Born to Be Alive." She traveled to Paris with <a href="spotify:artist:1CcEgi464SWZsKY5579u7z">Hernandez</a>, and it was there that she met Dan Gilroy, who would soon become her boyfriend. Upon returning to New York, the pair formed <a href="spotify:artist:4nsuck0htFQjVl6OCKVzRb">the Breakfast Club</a>, a pop/dance group. Madonna originally played drums for the band, but she soon became the lead singer. In 1980, she left the band and formed <a href="spotify:artist:0dRCnsC8CE0tKq4f7TNBpp">Emmy</a> with her former boyfriend, drummer Stephen Bray. Soon, Bray and Madonna broke off from the group and began working on some dance/disco-oriented tracks. A demo tape of these worked its way to Mark Kamins, a New York-based DJ/producer. Kamins directed the tape to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sire+Records%22">Sire Records</a>, which signed the singer in 1982. Kamins produced Madonna's first single, "Everybody," which became a club and dance hit at the end of 1982; her second single, 1983's "Physical Attraction," was another club hit. In June of 1983, she had her third club hit with the bubbly "Holiday," which was produced by <a href="spotify:artist:6JjTnHt1P7gQXlcFDoI4IC">Jellybean Benitez</a>. Madonna's self-titled debut album was released in September of 1983; "Holiday" became her first Top 40 hit the following month. "Borderline" became her first Top Ten hit in March of 1984, beginning a remarkable string of 17 consecutive Top Ten hits. While "Lucky Star" was climbing to number four, she began working on her first starring role in a feature film, Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan. Madonna's second album, the <a href="spotify:artist:3yDIp0kaq9EFKe07X1X2rz">Nile Rodgers</a>-produced Like a Virgin, was released at the end of 1984. The title track hit number one in December, staying at the top of the charts for six weeks; it was the start of a whirlwind year for the singer. During 1985, Madonna became an international celebrity, selling millions of records on the strength of her stylish, sexy videos and forceful personality. After "Material Girl" became a number two hit in March, Madonna began her first tour, supported by <a href="spotify:artist:03r4iKL2g2442PT9n2UKsx">the Beastie Boys</a>. "Crazy for You" became her second number one single in May. Desperately Seeking Susan was released in July, becoming a box office hit; it also prompted a planned video release of A Certain Sacrifice, a low-budget erotic drama she filmed in 1979. A Certain Sacrifice wasn't the only embarrassing skeleton in the closet dragged into the light during the summer of 1985 -- both Playboy and Penthouse published nude photos of Madonna that she'd posed for in 1977. Nevertheless, her popularity continued unabated, with thousands of teenage girls adopting her sexy appearance, being dubbed "Madonna wannabes." In August, she married actor Sean Penn. Madonna began collaborating with <a href="spotify:artist:0sZa9vWsMzMfgEjnLqWCdI">Patrick Leonard</a> at the beginning of 1986; <a href="spotify:artist:0sZa9vWsMzMfgEjnLqWCdI">Leonard</a> would co-write most of her biggest hits in the '80s, including "Live to Tell," which hit number one in June of 1986. A more ambitious and accomplished record than her two previous albums, True Blue was released the following month, to both more massive commercial success (it was a number one in both the U.S. and the U.K., selling over five million copies in America alone) and critical acclaim. "Papa Don't Preach" became her fourth number one hit in the U.S. While her musical career was thriving, her film career took a savage hit with the November release of Shanghai Surprise. Starring Madonna and Penn, the comedy received terrible reviews, which translated into disastrous box office returns. At the beginning of 1987, she had her fifth number one single with "Open Your Heart," the third number one from True Blue alone. The title cut from the soundtrack of her third feature film, Who's That Girl?, was another chart-topping hit, although the film itself was another box office bomb. The year 1988 was relatively quiet for Madonna as she spent the first half of the year acting in David Mamet's Speed the Plow on Broadway. In the meantime, she released the remix album You Can Dance. After withdrawing the divorce papers she filed at the beginning of 1988, she divorced Penn at the beginning of 1989. Like a Prayer, released in the spring of 1989, was her most ambitious and far-reaching album, incorporating elements of pop, rock, and dance. It was another number one hit and launched the number one title track as well as "Express Yourself," "Cherish," and "Keep It Together," three more Top Ten hits. In April 1990, she began her massive Blonde Ambition tour, which ran throughout the entire year. "Vogue" became a number one hit in May, setting the stage for her co-starring role in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy; it was her most successful film appearance since Desperately Seeking Susan. Madonna released a greatest-hits album, The Immaculate Collection, at the end of the year. It featured two new songs, including the number one single "Justify My Love," which sparked another controversy with its sexy video; the second new song, "Rescue Me," became the highest-debuting single by a female artist in U.S. chart history, entering the charts at number 15. Truth or Dare, a documentary of the Blonde Ambition tour, was released to positive reviews and strong ticket sales in the spring of 1991. Madonna returned to the charts in the summer of 1992 with the number one "This Used to Be My Playground," a single featured in the film A League of Their Own, which featured the singer in a small part. Later that year, Madonna released Sex, an expensive, steel-bound soft-core pornographic book that featured hundreds of erotic photographs of herself, several models, and other celebrities -- including Isabella Rossellini, <a href="spotify:artist:6futYSDVulYR2PktBjTB5W">Big Daddy Kane</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4IKQKM9T5OIshijgLD8ZyK">Naomi Campbell</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7GXXMm3DB1VswVcuGyInUd">Vanilla Ice</a> -- as well as selected prose. Sex received scathing reviews and enormous negative publicity, but that didn't stop the accompanying album, Erotica, from selling over two million copies. Bedtime Stories, released two years later, was a more subdued affair than Erotica. Initially, it didn't chart as impressively, prompting some critics to label her a has-been, yet the album spawned her biggest hit, "Take a Bow," which spent seven weeks at number one. It also featured the <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA">Björk</a>-penned "Bedtime Stories," which became her first single not to make the Top 40; its follow-up, "Human Nature," also failed to crack the Top 40. Nevertheless, Bedtime Stories marked her seventh album to go multi-platinum. Beginning in 1995, Madonna began one of her most subtle image makeovers as she lobbied for the title role in the film adaptation of <a href="spotify:artist:4aP1lp10BRYZO658B2NwkG">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>'s Evita. Backing away from the overt sexuality of Erotica and Bedtime Stories, Madonna recast herself as an upscale sophisticate, and the compilation Something to Remember fit into the plan nicely. Released in the fall of 1995, around the same time she won the coveted role of Evita Peron, the album was comprised entirely of ballads, designed to appeal to the mature audience that would also be the target of Evita. As the filming was completed, Madonna announced she was pregnant and her daughter, Lourdes, was born late in 1996, just as Evita was scheduled for release. The movie was greeted with generally positive reviews and Madonna began a campaign for an Oscar nomination that resulted in her winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy), but not the coveted Academy Award nomination. The soundtrack for Evita, however, was a modest hit, with a dance remix of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and the newly written "You Must Love Me" both becoming hits. In 1997, she worked with producer <a href="spotify:artist:2AHGrNDMKFi8rHqQ8kJqfl">William Orbit</a> on her first album of new material since 1994's Bedtime Stories. The resulting release, Ray of Light, was heavily influenced by electronica, techno, and trip-hop, thereby updating her classic dance-pop sound for the late '90s. Ray of Light received uniformly excellent reviews upon its March 1998 release and debuted at number two on the charts. Within a month, the record was shaping up to be her biggest album since Like a Prayer. Two years later she returned with Music, which reunited her with <a href="spotify:artist:2AHGrNDMKFi8rHqQ8kJqfl">Orbit</a> and also featured production work from <a href="spotify:artist:27lxMew0VdF2G8vaCjaQXn">Mark "Spike" Stent</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0Ohm3LvFp7wzkvMeiTDPKQ">Mirwais</a>, a French electropop producer/musician in the vein of <a href="spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi">Daft Punk</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1P6U1dCeHxPui5pIrGmndZ">Air</a>. The year 2000 also saw the birth of Madonna's second child, Rocco, whom she had with filmmaker Guy Ritchie; the two married at the very end of the year. With Ritchie as director and Madonna as star, the pair released a remake of the film Swept Away in 2002; the movie didn't fare well with critics or at the box office. Her sober 2003 album, American Life, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts but it didn't generate any hit singles in America, but it did produce two hit singles in the U.K., "Nothing Fails" and "Love Profusion." That same year also saw the release of Madonna's successful children's book, The English Roses, which was followed by several more novels in future years. Confessions on a Dance Floor marked her return to music, specifically to the dance-oriented material that had made her a star. Released in late 2005, the album topped the Billboard 200 chart and was accompanied by a worldwide tour in 2006, the same year that I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, a CD/DVD made during her Re-Invention Tour, came out. In 2007, Madonna released another CD/DVD set, The Confessions Tour, this time chronicling her tour of the same name. She inched closer to the completion of her <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Bros.%22">Warner Bros.</a> contract with 2008's Hard Candy, featuring collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:0KuF7reCTOZwV7YJnHQqgr">the Neptunes</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5Y5TRrQiqgUO4S36tzjIRZ">Timbaland</a>. As poorly received as it was, the bold album boasted a Top Five hit in "4 Minutes," and it was supported with the Sticky & Sweet Tour, which concluded in September 2009 (a month prior to her filing for divorce from Ritchie) and produced yet another CD/DVD package, released in 2010. It was her final <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Bros.%22">Warner Bros.</a> release and set the stage for her long-term recording deal with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Live+Nation%22">Live Nation</a>. Madonna began work on her 12th album midway through 2011, with the goal of releasing it early in 2012. The subsequent full-length, MDNA, featured production from French electronic musician and DJ <a href="spotify:artist:1bj5GrcLom5gZFF5t949Xl">Martin Solveig</a>, as well as longtime collaborator <a href="spotify:artist:2AHGrNDMKFi8rHqQ8kJqfl">Orbit</a>. The album's title, an abbreviation of Madonna's name, appeared on the heels of her performance at the 2012 Super Bowl. Preceded by the Top Ten single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (featuring <a href="spotify:artist:0hCNtLu0JehylgoiP8L4Gh">Nicki Minaj</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0QJIPDAEDILuo8AIq3pMuU">M.I.A.</a>), MDNA debuted at number one across the world, including the U.S. and U.K. Her MDNA Tour took up the rest of the year, as she performed in Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America. She filmed a concert special, and also released the live album MDNA World Tour in September 2013. At the beginning of 2014, Madonna announced that she was starting work on her 13th studio album. Taking to social media to capture the process, she revealed that recording sessions with the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6">Avicii</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5fMUXHkw8R8eOP2RNVYEZX">Diplo</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x">Kanye West</a> had taken place. Excerpts from the sessions leaked toward the end of 2014, forcing Madonna to release a digital teaser EP by the end of the year. The full release of Rebel Heart came in March 2015; the album peaked at number two in the U.S. and U.K. She toured from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2016, playing more than 75 dates in North America, Europe, and Asia. In April 2019, Madonna began to issue singles leading up to the June release of her 14th album, Madame X, starting with "Medellín," a collaboration with Colombian reggaeton singer <a href="spotify:artist:1r4hJ1h58CWwUQe3MxPuau">Maluma</a>. The album featured co-production by <a href="spotify:artist:0Ohm3LvFp7wzkvMeiTDPKQ">Mirwais</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5TAipisjquAkq2o7lzMJyc">Mike Dean</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5fMUXHkw8R8eOP2RNVYEZX">Diplo</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1aZENDSuD4XXPlue0RJwSj">Jason Evigan</a>, as well as collaborations with guest artists including Brazilian singer <a href="spotify:artist:7FNnA9vBm6EKceENgCGRMb">Anitta</a> and rappers <a href="spotify:artist:1zNqQNIdeOUZHb8zbZRFMX">Swae Lee</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0VRj0yCOv2FXJNP47XQnx5">Quavo</a>. Upon its June 14, 2019 release, Madame X debuted at number one in the U.S. and number two in the U.K., generating four number one Billboard Dance Club hits: "Medellin," "Crave," "I Rise," and "I Don't Search I Find." Madonna's remarkable four-decade run at the top of the Dance Club charts was chronicled on Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, a 2022 compilation that featured nearly all of her chart-topping dance singles. Finally Enough Love was the first release in a prospective reissue program by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner%22">Warner</a>, launched in 2022 to celebrate her 40th anniversary as a recording artist. This catalog series coincided with Madonna developing a biopic chronicling her own career, a film she planned to direct herself. In June 2023, she joined <a href="spotify:artist:1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ">the Weeknd</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:699OTQXzgjhIYAHMy9RyPD">Playboi Carti</a> for the song "Popular" as part of the soundtrack to the Netflix drama The Idol. A month later, she embarked on The Celebration Tour, her first greatest-hits-themed live show. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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