Madonna – Madame X / Maverick Audio CD 2019 / 00602577582714

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Madame X is the fourteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on June 14, 2019, by Interscope Records. The album became her final studio album under the three-album contract with the record company. The record was creatively influenced by her expatriate life in Lisbon, Portugal, after relocating there in summer 2017 when seeking a top football academy for her son David Banda. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the album with a number of musicians, including Mirwais, Mike Dean, Diplo, The Picard Brothers and Jason Evigan, during a process that lasted for 18 months. Madame X also features guest appearances by artists Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee, and Anitta.

Madame X is a concept album which represents a complete musical and lyrical departure from Madonna's previous releases, focusing on Latin, trap, art pop and world music, while dealing with political-oriented themes, including sexism, gun control, freedom of speech, racism and gay rights. To promote it, four singles were released: "Medellín", "Crave", "I Rise" and "I Don't Search I Find", while "Dark Ballet" and "Future" were promotional singles. To further promote Madame X, Madonna gave a number of televised performances and embarked on the Madame X Tour, an all-theatre tour which visited North America and Europe, from September 2019 to March 2020, and was chronicled in the documentary of the same name.

Madame X received generally positive reviews from music critics. Many of them complimented its progressive sound in comparison to her previous efforts, deeming the album as "bizarre" and called it her best since 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor, while others were ambivalent towards its lack of cohesiveness. Madame X debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, becoming her ninth number-one album in the United States. Elsewhere, it reached number-two in countries including Australia, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, while peaking within the top 10 in other 10 regions. By the end of 2020, Madame X had sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

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