MADAME X

MADAME X

Release Date: June 14, 2019

1. Medellin (with Maluma)
Madonna Ciccone, Mirwais Ahmadzai, Maluma Londono & Barrera
2. Dark Ballet
Madonna Ciccone & Mirwais Ahmadzai
3. God Control
Madonna Ciccone & Mirwais Ahmadzai
4. Future (feat. Quavo) Madonna Ciccone, Thomas Pentz, Brittany Talia Hazzard & Quavious Keyate Marshall
5. Batuka
Madonna Ciccone, Banda & Mirwais Ahmadzai
6. Killers Who Are Partying
Madonna Ciccone & Mirwais Ahmadzai
7. Crave (feat. Swae Lee) Madonna Ciccone, Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown & Brittany Talia Hazzard
8. Crazy
Jason Evigan, Madonna Ciccone & Brittany Talia Hazzard
9. Come Alive
Jeff Bhasker, Madonna Ciccone & Brittany Talia Hazzard
10. Extreme Occident Madonna Ciccone & Mirwais Ahmadzai (Deluxe only)
11. Faz Gostoso (feat. Anitta)
Carmo, Nuno, Oliveira, Seabra, Vieira, Rodrigues & Madonna Ciccone
12. Bitch I’m Loca (with Maluma)
Madonna Ciccone, L. D’Elia, Maluma Londono, Barrera, JAMES, Rodriguez & Stiven Rojas
13. I Don’t Search I Find Madonna Ciccone & Mirwais Ahmadzai
14. Looking For Mercy
Madonna Ciccone & Brittany Talia Hazzard (Deluxe only)
15. I Rise
Jason Evigan, Madonna Ciccone & Brittany Talia Hazzard

Bonustracks:

19. Funana (Bonus)
20. Back That Up To The Beat (Bonus)
21. Ciao Bella (Bonus)

• I Don’t Search I Find remixed by Honey Dijon was released as a single on December 6 2019
• ‘I Rise’ remixes vinyl released on Record Store Day Black Friday Special November 11 2019 (U.S. only)
• The music video to ‘Batuka’ premiered on July 19
• A remix EP by Tracy Young of ‘I Rise’ was released globally on July 19
• World of Madame X – a 23 minute documentary on the inspiration behind the album premiered exclusively on Amazon Prime June 29
• Madame X got her own dedicated radio channel through SiriusXM through the month of July
• Madonna performed at Pride Island on June 30, setlist included: Vogue, American Life, God Control and I Rise
• Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren aired their interview with Madonna on June 27. Peter van der Vorst met Madonna previously in 2005 for the promotion of ‘Confessions’. He tried to keep things more pleasant this time around, but didn’t fully succeed
• The music video to ‘God Control’ was released on June 26. Jonas Akerlund is the director of this thought-provoking, bold and brave statement about gun control. This is Madonna’s wake up call.
• Madame X reached the top spot in over 60 countries including the U.S.A.
• Madonna was a guest at iHeart Radio ICONS show in NYC on June 20
• A dedicated Madonna Pop Up store opened in the Meatpacking District in NYC on June 20
• Madonna appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on June 20 to discuss Madame X
• A video for ‘I Rise’ in collaboration with TIME was released on June 19
• Concerto in Amsterdam hosted the Dutch releaseparty in collaboration with Universal Music NL and yours truly on June 13. An exclusive goodie bag was put together for the event. The releaseparty was included in ‘Fan Events’ on Madonna’s official website Madonna.com
• Unfortunately Madame X was sold a week before release date in Chile, Argentina and Holland
• An Audience With Madonna hosted by Graham Norton is taped in London on June 13
• Madonna featured in The New York Times Magazine on June 9 in an article titled ‘Madonna at Sixty’. Madonna was not pleased with the end result and commented on it through her Instagram, saying she was sorry she even spent five minutes with the reporter
• The fifth track to be taken from Madame X before its release was ‘Dark Ballet’. A haunting collaboration with Mirwais previously titled ‘Beautiful Game’ and performed in part at the MET Gala 2018 premiered on June 7. The controversial and though provoking music video starring Mykki Blanco premiered the same day
• On June 3 the Today Show announced Madonna would be performing at Pride Island on June 30
• The music video to ‘Crave’ premiered on YouTube on May 22
• There was a Madame X listening party in London on May 22, many who were there (including Lucy O’Brien and Matt Cain) described the album as an experience and that the best was yet to come
• Madonna and Quavo performed at the Eurovision contest 2019. Madonna performed Like a Prayer (same style as MET Gala 2018), a bit of ‘Dark Ballet’ and finished with ‘Future’. She received a lot of criticism because of using flags from Palestina and her vocal performance
• Madonna caused a lot of controversy by not signing the Eurovision contract until the very last days, she was even denied access to the arena to rehearse because it had yet to be signed
• ‘Future’ was released on Friday May 17 as fourth album promo track. On the same day ‘Soltera’ a third collaboration with Maluma was released as well
• Madonna covered British VOGUE (June edition) and included is an interview and brand new photoshoot
• The third single to be taken from was ‘Crave’ a song with Swae Lee on May 10, an audio video was released on YouTube
• Madonna was presented with the Advocate For Change Award at the GLAAD Awards in New York on May 5 2019
• The song ‘I Rise’ was officially available on May 3, this anthemic song features Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting survivor Emma González
• Madonna and Maluma performed ‘Medellin’ for the first time ever at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. Madonna reportedly invested $5 million in the augmented reality.
• The music video to ‘Medellin’ premiered worldwide on April 24 in a special MTV event with a live Q&A in London
• ‘Medellin’ premiered worldwide on April 17 and was played on Apple Music’s Beats 1
• Promo started with posters put up with MX logo on the streets of Paris and MTV adding a 2 day countdown on their social media
• The lead single ‘Medellin’ with Maluma was announced by both Maluma and Madonna through Instagram on April 15
• The title of the album Madame X was revealed by Madonna through Instagram on April 14
• Madonna premiered a snippet of a new song presumably titled ‘Beautiful Game’ at the Met Gala ‘Heavenly Bodies’ on May 7 2018 in New York. 
• Madonna walked the red carpet with Jean Paul Gaultier at the Met Gala. She performed a set later including ‘Like a Prayer’, ‘Beautiful Game’ and ‘Hallelujah’ (a cover)
• Rumoured collaborations include: Starrah, Billboard, Anitta and Cardi B.
• Madonna confirmed through Instagram that she reunited with French producer Mirwais (Music, American Life) and hashtagged #magic a lot