No singer can combine seemingly vapid lyrics with a bubblegum beat and transform it into an iconic anthem quite like Madonna. After all, that’s exactly why she is known as the Queen of Pop, and that’s ...

“It’s a natural urge for computer buffs to perfect everything because they can, and we were very wary of that.” So said William Orbit in a July 1998 interview with Keyboard magazine in which the Ray ...

During a 2015 interview with HuffPost, Madonna was asked to name her most iconic songs and the first she mentioned was “Like a Prayer.” Madonna’s career has been full of religious provocations and ...

Today marks a milestone in pop music history. Forty years ago, on January 23, 1985, Madonna released “Material Girl,” the second single from her groundbreaking album Like a Virgin. The song, with its ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Madonna's "Love Won't Wait" debuts just outside the top 40 on ...