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Photo Credit: MTV International / CC by 3.0 Madonna is a free agent after the expiration of her decades-long Interscope deal. In 2011, Madonna signed a three-album deal with Universal Music Group's Interscope Records. The release of Madame X in 2019 conclud... Read More...

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