A demo tape of these tracks worked its way to Mark Kamins, a New York-based DJ/producer. Soon, Bray and Madonna broke off from the group and began working on some dance/disco-oriented tracks. In 1980, she left the band and formed Emmy with her former boyfriend, drummer Stephen Bray. Madonna originally played drums for the band, but she soon became the lead singer. Upon returning to New York, the pair formed the Breakfast Club, a pop/dance group. In 1979, she became part of the Patrick Hernandez Revue, a disco outfit that had the hit "Born to Be Alive." She traveled to Paris with Hernandez, and it was there that she met Dan Gilroy, who would soon become her boyfriend.
She studied with choreographer Alvin Ailey and modeled. She moved from her native Michigan to New York in 1977 with dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. During the 2000s and 2010s, Madonna continued to be driven by that restless artistic spirit, a move that may not have resulted in as many hits, but helped put the entirety of her body of work into perspective, emphasizing the common threads and consistency that run throughout her music-connections that were as evident on new albums such as 2019's Madame X as they were on retrospectives like Finally Enough Love, a 2022 chronicle of her dance club hits.
As Madonna entered her second decade of stardom, she continued to take artistic risks she delved into modern R&B for 1994's Bedtime Stories and electronica for 1998's Ray of Light. Madonna recorded many of the pop anthems that defined that decade - "Like a Virgin," "Material Girl," "Live to Tell," "Papa Don't Preach," "Open Your Heart," "Like a Prayer," "Express Yourself" - and, in the process, she created the archetype of a modern pop star: one whose music was inextricably tied with its visual representation, and one who was loathe to trade upon past glories. As she arrived at the dawn of the MTV era, she seized the possibilities of music videos, creating a series of sexy, stylish clips that earned her the reputation of a provocateur while also establishing the network as the bastion for hip culture in the 1980s. Over a career that lasted for decades, Madonna ushered underground sounds into the mainstream, specializing in trends percolating in dance clubs. Fusing post-disco dance with effervescent pop, "Borderline" seemed unexpected and fresh, a trick that soon became her signature. Madonna changed the trajectory of popular music not long after "Borderline" became her first Top Ten hit in 1984.
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