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Madonna among Most Anticipated Albums of 2019:

Madonna (TBD)

The Queen of Pop has never gone more than four calendar years between new albums, which would imply that it's time for 2015's Rebel Heart to receive its follow-up -- a notion she's recently confirmed in interviews. ("In between rose mist spray and serums, I’m actually making music. Can’t quit my day job.”) She's been in the studio with old collaborator Mirwais, which is almost certainly good news for longtime fans -- not because the American Life era is necessarily in need of reviving, but because Madonna is usually at her most focused and creative when working with a single trusted collaborator, and not having to (as she recently bemoaned) "go to song writing camps where No one can sit still for more than 15 minutes.” -- A.U.