We all know that the perpetual Material Girl has been busy in the studio working on her new album, what with it’s leaked singles and announcements that she’s enlisted the likes of lady rappers Nicki Manaj and M.I.A. as guests. We’ll have to wait for mid-2012 for the official line-up, but it’s now been announced that the upcoming release won’t be Madonna‘s swan songs.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the ink is still wet on Ms. Ciccone’s deal with Interscope Records to distribute three new albums, the last of which should drop sometime after Madonna’s 60th birthday. She’ll be paid a relatively measly $1 million per record, but don’t cry for her, Argentina! Combined with her massive haul from sure to be blockbuster tours (the latest was the top grossing ever for a solo artist) and the gazillion dollar deal she signed with Live Nation a few years back, she’ll be well stocked in private jets and Malawian babies for decades to come.
We’re confident that the queen of reinvention won’t have any trouble figuring our just what a pop diva should look and sound like at 60.
Next chance to catch her live and possibly hear some new album previews combined with the classics? The halftime show during the Super Bowl on February 5. We certainly expect a surprise guest or two…and perhaps a wardrobe malfunction, if we’re lucky.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Scott Wallis is the co-host of the Swish Edition comedy & interview talk show. He’s already in line for Madonna’s next concert tour.
Photo via Madonna
ashton cruz
“the last of which should drop sometime after Madonna’s 60th birthday.” …. after she’s 60??? well at least the whole “wearing her underwear outside her clothes ” will finally make sense.
Jake
Madonna is the most influential and important female in music history. Age shouldn’t matter as long as the music is badass. Hard Candy was by no means her best (Confessions was amazing though) so I’m excited to see her go in a new direction. Madonna still sets a high bar and nobody, not GaGa, Britney, Janet, Rihanna, Katy or the others will ever top Ms Ciccone.
Idi Amin Dada
This talentless old hag needs to give it up. Just retire already and enjoy all that money, honey!
Dennis
Well, if Cher and Tina Turner (and on the straight side, The Rolling Stones) can still ‘serve it up’ well into their 60’s (and beyond), Madonna should have NO problem making relevant music and putting on a great arena show for many more years.
@#3 Idiot A-mean Doodoo
Beyotch, you’ze clearly blind, deaf and mentally challenged, so I’ll try to be kind. Madonna has been an ICON for decades, and deservedly so…show some respect.
LandStander
@Jake: While I will admit that Madonna has been influential, calling her the “most influential and important female in music history” is completely inaccurate. Did you know Queen Elizabeth I, born in 1533, was a musician? In fact, Oxford University published a timeline of important Women in the history of music. You’ll notice Madonna is not on the list. If it were not for these women before her, Madonna would be *nothing*. Is she important? Yes. Is she “the most influential and important female in music history”? Not even close.
Here is the timeline, take a look! There have been hundreds of amazingly talented female musicians.
http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/page/womentimeline
christopher di spirito
@Dennis: Of course the difference is, Cher and Tina Turner are genuinely talented. Madonna isn’t.
Justin Russo
Can some please explain to me the gay male worship of Madonna?
Spike
Poor Madge, just doesn’t know when it’s time to call it quits.
Yes, Cher and Tina Turner are well into their 60’s and still performing.
Madge is no Cher or Tina Turner however.
shle896
Madonna continues to do the impossible, stay on top 30 years into her career. We love her because of her fearlessness and her constant stretching as an artist. Over the years, she’s been told her career was over more times than she has dollars, yet every time, she continues to remain on top, both commercially and artistically. She’s a force of nature and she never disappoints. She has an incredible work ethic and she does good with her money. We admire her self-discipline. That’s why so many gays love her, never mind the fact that she is and always has been a true supporter of our rights.
I don’t understand the haters. If you want to joke and hate on a singer, choose someone more deserving, like say, I don’t know, that crack-whore Whitney Houston, not on Madonna who’s drug-free and hard-working and very talented.
jason
She’s still prancing about with her long, flowing hair in a desperate attempt to look “sexy” and youthful. Sad. I suppose that, if you don’t have much talent to begin with, you need gimmicks to sustain people’s attention.
Basically, our Madge was a media whore with a marketing strategy. These women don’t have any talent to begin with.
Sean
Wow, there are some bitter, lonely queens trashing her age I’m betting you won’t look half as good at her age. Madonna is the ultimate icon. She doesn’t possess the greatest pipes but works with what she’s got and wrote dozens of the greatest pop songs of all time…yeah that’s were she kills Cher, Tina, Whitney, Britney, Rihanna and the others. Madge isn’t manufactured or told what to sing, she decides on her own and has been telling her haters to f-off for 30 years.
christopher di spirito
@shle896: Madonna is “still on top”? Of what? An 18 year old Puerto Rican boy?
She keeps trying to be a movie director and her efforts are an epic fail. One critic called W.E. ‘Galactic-level awfulness’ and another said “If Pauline Kael weren’t already dead, W.E. would’ve killed her.”
Madonna should stick to catchy, forgettable, techno dance tunes. That’s as far as she can reach.
jason
Madonna better than Whitney? Please, Louise, get a grip…on cheese.
For starters, Madonna has an awful voice. She was able to disguise it through the tricks of the recording studio – eg AutoTune. Live, she sounded awful. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if most of her concerts involved the use of pre-recorded vocals to which Madonna was basically mouthing the words.
When you use the word “diva”, make sure that you use it sparingly. Otherwise, it comes off as if you don’t know what you’re talking about. Madonna ain’t no diva.
Sean
@jason: Nobody would ever say she has a better voice than Whitney Houston but she’s a far better artist. Dylan, Lennon, Bowie, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash, Mick Jagger etc are all examples of great artists that don’t have technically great voices. You’re naive if you think Madonna can’t sing…YouTube Sooner of Later at the Oscars, Mother and Father acoustic..,,I can list dozens of examples.
alan brickman
She was raising money for gays and aids when the govt refused to deal with these issues..and all you can do is make jokes about her?? “Respect the Madgesty” I always say…no wonder equal rights are taking so long….
Seth
@alan brickman: Well said. Madge was doing stuff for the gay community and threating us like real human beings when Lady GaGa was still in diapers. It’s a lot easier to stand up for equality in 2011 than it was in 1987!
Ben
I seriously don’t understand people who STILL say that Madonna isn’t talented. She is one of the most well-rounded show-girls of our time and the female Michael Jackson. Anyone who says that Madonna can’t sing has not seen EVITA. For that matter, just listen to Ray of Light — when Madonna wants to be more of a vocalist, she is, and when she wants to sing simple pop songs, that’s what she does. The woman is the most successful selling female artist in the history of music and the most successful selling solo touring artist EVER. These are not stats you give to a talentless flash in the pan. Madonna is savvy, talented, and a living legend. It’s a shame that some people still UNDERESTIMATE how BRILLIANT she is.
Bob
Fuk dis cranky ho.
Riker
Nice to see the Bitter Old Queen Brigade out in full force.
Red Meat
She is going to keep ruining her fake image? Good, too many are still blinded and need some cleansing.
jason
Madonna used you. She used gay people as stepping stones to build her fortune. Are you so dumb that you can’t see it? Once she made her fortune and didn’t need the gays anymore, she hitched her wagon to Kabbalah, a very homophobic religion. If you can’t see it, you need eye drops.
As for her dedication to AIDS causes, how on earth is that related to gay rights? AIDS has nothing to do with gay rights. If you think it does, you are truly unbalanced.
Spare me the spiels about her being gay-friendly. Her shtick appealed to sexist and homophobic men.
seaguy
Long Live the Queen of Pop!
Jeff
Madonna is the benchmark for which all other female entertainers are judged. She IS the standard. To be honest, I’m not a *huge* fan of her, but I have to admit that she’s probably the most famous woman (at least in music) of the last hundred years.
seaguy
@Justin Russo: Can someone please explain why some people have to be so negative and bitter in attacking Madonna and her fans. I am glad my life is not so pathetic.
AlphaOmega
Shame on Queerty for making this about Madonna’s AGE. You could have easily written this as “Madonna Inks Deal For Three More Albums,” but no, you took the LOW ROAD and brought it back to the woman’s AGE. You’re truly disgusting. This blog just lost a lot of credibility.
dynamo
L-U-V MADONNA!!!
BubbasBack
Well, Craponna is back hehehe… Pull out the wheelchair! Burp.
jason
Madponna was one of the prime users of AutoTune. Hers was music for AutoTune-loving gay twits in clubs who like to shake their uteruses to any tune, no matter how bad, with a dance beat. If a record producer put a beat to an Anita Bryant song, these guys would still dance to it.
Gh92
I can’t wait until britney spears and lady gaga are 50. (Believe it or not, it WILL happen). It’s going to be so much fun, being nasty and derogatory towards them… splendid.
anthony
Ok let’s get one thing right Madonna can sing and she is talented. She doesn’t have a voice like Whitney, Babs,or Mariah but she can sing. Youtube her singing live and you will see. Also she is the worlds best selling female singer ever with the highest grossing solo tour (male or female) ever so how can she not be talented. And unlike Brit (who i love) Whitney, Barbara, Madonna writes her own music. I would love to see Whitney or Cher or Barbara write a full album. It would never happen cause they have OTHER people write their songs and they just sing it not to say they can’t sing I’m just saying they would never be able to write a full album. And yes Madonna might be in her 50’s but she is still relevant. Tell me when Whitney or Cher or anyone from the 70’s or 80’s (females) had a number one album recently or are even still around.She truly is a legend and I for one am happy I got to witness the greatest female artist of all time. She made her mark in music history and she keeps going. I love u Madge and even though ur movie attempts aren’t that good your music will live on forever. And i will give credit where credit is due. Madonna’s only challenger is Mariah cause not only does Mariah sing like and angel but Mariah.actually writes her own music and always has and that’s what I respect most about Madonna and Mariah the fact that they write all their songs unlike most of the female singers today
jet charters
Terrific article! That is the kind of information that should be shared across the web. Disgrace on Google for no longer positioning this publish upper! Come on over and visit my website . Thanks =)