After almost 40 years at the top, Madonna is back to her best with a 14th studio album, Madame X.
Boasting 15 tracks, Madame X is heavily influenced by Madonna's experiences of living in Portuguese capital Lisbon.
The ambitious project reunites her with longtime Madonna producer Mirwais and she also forges collaborations with the likes of Mike Dean, Diplo, Latin singer Maluma, and rap stars Future and Quavo, among others.
The album wears its Latin, trap and electro-pop influences on its sleeve, as the vocal style veers between English, Spanish and Portuguese, while a Flo Rida-style vocoder is also ever-present.
The record eases into life with Madonna cha-cha-cha-ing along with Maluma in the album's lead single, Medellin, before the infectious God Control breaks into disco euphoria and features a rhyming verse that conjures memories of Vogue: "People think that I'm insane/the only gun is in my brain/each new birth, it gives me hope/that's why I don't smoke that dope".
