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Madam X

Madam X, born Crissi, is a Greek-British DJ and producer in UK bass, dubstep, and grime, and founder of the KAIZEN label and club night.

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly, Puccini's 1904 opera in three acts with libretto by Illica and Giacosa, tells of Cio-Cio-San, a Nagasaki geisha abandoned by Pinkerton. A La Scala fiasco, the Brescia revision became one of the world's most performed operas.

Madame X (album)

Madame X is Madonna's fourteenth studio album, released June 14, 2019 on Interscope; a Lisbon-inspired, multilingual art-pop record with Maluma, Anitta, Quavo, and Swae Lee that debuted at US #1 and scored 70 on Metacritic.

Madame X Tour

Madame X Tour, Madonna's 2019-2020 all-theater tour for her album Madame X, ran from New York's BAM to Lisbon, London, and Paris, ending early under French Covid-19 restrictions; a 2021 Lisbon-filmed concert film followed.

Madan Mohan (music)

Madan Mohan (मदन मोहन; 1924–1975) was a Hindi film music composer, remembered as the master of the filmi ghazal, who composed for Bombay cinema from 1950 until his death in 1975.

Madchester

Madchester: late 1980s to early 1990s Manchester and Salford music scene, also called baggy, fusing indie rock, acid house, and psychedelia around the Haçienda, Factory Records, Happy Mondays, and the Stone Roses.

Madchild

Madchild is Canadian rapper Shane Bunting (born 1975), founding member of Swollen Members and a four-time Juno winner, who rebuilt his career as a solo artist on Battle Axe Records after a publicized Oxycontin addiction and 2011 US entry ban.

Maddahi

Maddahi (Persian: مداحی) is a Shi'a devotional vocal tradition from Iran in which a maddāh chants praise and elegies for the Prophet's family, especially during Muharram.

Maddie & Tae

Maddie & Tae, the country duo of Maddie Marlow Font and Taylor Dye Kerr, formed in 2010, topped Country Airplay with "Girl in a Country Song" (2014) and "Die from a Broken Heart," and split in December 2025.

Maddie Poppe

Maddie Poppe (Madeline Mae Poppe, born 1997) is an American singer-songwriter from Clarksville, Iowa, winner of American Idol season 16 (2018), first Iowan to win, known for Whirlwind and Going Going Gone.

Maddox Batson

Maddox Batson (born 2009) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter from Tennessee and Alabama, signed to Warner Records, known for "Tears in the River," the First Dance EP, a co-write on Lana Del Rey and Quavo's "Tough," and his 2026 worldwide tour.

Maddy Prior

Maddy Prior (Madelaine Edith Prior, born 1947) is the English folk singer who co-founded and fronts Steeleye Span, known for Gaudete and All Around My Hat, plus Silly Sisters, the Carnival Band, and a solo career.

Made for Me

"Made for Me" is a 2023 R&B ballad by Muni Long (Priscilla Renea), released Sept 15, 2023 on Def Jam, produced by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, and JordanXL. Written about her baby son, it went viral on TikTok via the "Twin, where have you been?" challenge, peaked at No. 20 on the Hot 100, and its live version won the 2025 Grammy for Best R&B Performance.

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven (1995) is Queen's fifteenth and final studio album, a posthumous release built on Freddie Mercury's last vocals, recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux; it topped charts in 13 countries and sold over 20 million copies.

Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)

Made in Japan is Deep Purple's 1972 double live album, recorded August 15–17, 1972 at Osaka's Festival Hall and the Tokyo Budokan by the Mark II lineup, released December 1972, a US Top Ten million-seller and landmark live album.

Made in the A.M.

Made in the A.M. is One Direction's fifth and final studio album, released November 13, 2015, its first without Zayn Malik and last before the 2016 hiatus; it topped the UK chart as 2015's fastest-selling album.

Made Kuti

Made Kuti, also known as Made Anikulapo-Kuti, is a Nigerian Afrobeat multi-instrumentalist, son of Femi and grandson of Fela Kuti, born in Lagos in 1996.

MadeinTYO

MadeinTYO (Malcolm Jamaal Davis, b. 1992, Honolulu) is an Atlanta-based rapper behind the 2016 hit 'Uber Everywhere' (Hot 100 #51, RIAA platinum), founder of Private Club Records with his brother 24hrs.

Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux, American jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist born 1974 in Athens, Georgia, raised in Paris; debut Dreamland 1996, breakthrough Careless Love 2004, ninth album Let's Walk 2024.

Mademoiselle K

Mademoiselle K is a French rock group led since 2006 by singer, guitarist, and bassist Katerine Gierak, whose gold-certified debut album Ça me vexe (2006) brought a wide French audience.

Madeon

Madeon (Hugo Pierre Leclercq, born 1994, Nantes) is a French electronic producer whose 2011 Launchpad mashup "Pop Culture" went viral; albums Adventure (2015), Grammy-nominated Good Faith (2019), and Victory (2026), plus Shelter with Porter Robinson.

Madhan Karky (மதன் கார்க்கி வைரமுத்து)

Madhan Karky (மதன் கார்க்கி வைரமுத்து), born 1980 in Chennai, is a Tamil film lyricist, dialogue writer, and computer scientist, son of Vairamuthu, creator of "lyric engineering", Kiliki, and KaReFo.

Madhubanti Bagchi

Madhubanti Bagchi (মধুবন্তী বাগচী), Indian playback singer and composer from Kolkata; hits include Egiye De, Aaj Ki Raat (Stree 2), Uyi Amma, Shararat; 2025 Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer.

Madhura Audio

Madhura Audio (మధుర ఆడియో) is a Telugu music label based in Hyderabad, Telangana, founded by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy, known for film soundtracks like Pelli Choopulu and Mallesham.

Madhushree (सुजाता भट्टाचार्य)

Madhushree (सुजाता भट्टाचार्य), born Sujata Bhattacharya 1969 in Kolkata, is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, and Telugu films, known for A.R. Rahman collaborations and the Sony Stardust Award for "Kabhi Neem Neem" from Yuva.

Madilu System

Madilu System, born Jean de Dieu Bialu Makiese (1950–2007), was a Congolese rumba singer, lead voice on TPOK Jazz's hit "Mario", later called Congo's King of Rumba.

Madingo Afework

Madingo Afework was an Ethiopian singer from Gondar who rose from the azmari tradition to national fame, releasing albums including Aydergem before his death in 2022.

Madison Beer

Madison Beer (Madison Elle Beer), American pop singer discovered by Justin Bieber via a 2012 YouTube cover of "At Last"; albums Life Support, Silence Between Songs, and locket (2026); two Grammy nominations; engaged to Justin Herbert.

Madison McFerrin

Madison McFerrin, also Maddie McFerrin, American independent singer-songwriter and daughter of Bobby McFerrin; known for looped a cappella soul (Finding Foundations EPs), You + I (2019), I Hope You Can Forgive Me (2023), and SCORPIO (2025).

Madison Ryann Ward

Madison Ryann Ward (born 1995, Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American faith-based singer-songwriter of pop, R&B, gospel, and blues; former OU volleyball player, ex-American Recordings artist, now independent on Zelda House Records with albums A New Thing and Purified Love.