Madonna had her first hit in 1979, long before the use of autotune. That was also during a time when a singer had to have real talent to make it to the top of the charts.
Somewhere along the line, she wandered off the trail.
‘79 Windy? I’m thinkin’ 1983 or ‘84. don’t remember the title tho.
autotone has made a good number of “country” “singers”....
I just happened to catch this post, and “huh?”
Since when did she have anything before ‘83? Sure as heck noone ever heard of her.
To be fair, Madonna’s “early voice” would not make my “Top 500” female vocalist list, if I had such. “Lucky Star”, though a nice song overall, is almost enough vocally to make me grit my teeth. But, Madonna also has real talent for conveying emotion effectively, on occasion: I always felt “Borderline” connected very well (and was probably a small part of the reason I was never inclined to “play games” with women.)
For me, a great lyric and conveyance of that, behind a “fair” voice is fine.
Boy, are we OT now or what? :-)