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Artist

Madonna

Alternative rock

Alternative rockContemporary R&BDance-pop

Madonna is a Alternative rock and Contemporary R&B act. Their catalogue also touches Dance-pop, Electronic and Folk. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Lil' Louis and Masters at Work. Those roots explain a lot about how Madonna arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dannii Minogue, Paula Abdul, Melanie C, Jennifer Lopez and Spice Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Saint Avangeline, Alanis Morissette, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 360 connections around Madonna, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to Saint Avangeline. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.