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Madonna: The Veronica Electronica Edition (Encore)

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The Miracle of Madonna's Return to the Studio

Madonna was never going to be a power diva at the level of Celine Dion or Mariah Carey but she was now equipped with the strongest chops of her career. Trance and trip hop were the young sounds Madonna felt closest to, especially after her fruitful experiments on singles with Nelly Hooper and Massive Attack. None of Madonna's prior electronic singles had made much of a dent on the pop charts. Electronica was already proving more hype than hit; mega-platinum superstars who were trying on the style were falling flat.

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