Here's a thought:

[Roy 7,613]

In her first two albums, Madonna and Like a Virgin, why is her voice slightly pitched up? 

[G House 1,953]

I don't think it's pitched, I think it's just that she were young then. The voice is something that evolves and changes with time.

[RebelHeARTPOP 415]

Borderline was modulated upward though, do we have any in original key performances of LAV?

 

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[mr00mister 893]

i don't remember where, but i read that on Madonna and Like A Virgin, her voice was pitched up because the label was aiming her to young girls. from True Blue onwards, she didn't allow it anymore because she wanted to be taken seriously.

[Bobo 1,218]

I think MDNA is pitched up as well, at least on Love Spent, TUTR, GMAYL...gosh can't even remember the other songs on there (not my favorite album).

 

True Blue seems to be closer to her natural tone than the first two albums where she earned the Minnie Mouse label. By Erotica it was husky, then it changed for Evita and ROL. Hard Candy sounded very nasal if you know what I mean. Then pitched up for MDNA and RH was just far too obviously processed when it didn't need to be.

[Fighter 28,798]

I don't know why they put so much of that robotic voice. If it's an artistic choice always (I know it is in some cases bc its trendy) or if its for pitch correction. If it's to correct her voice and make it more perfect, there are ways to do it in a more subtle way, the artifacts can be really ugly, especially on ballads.

[gafuller 1,653]

While I do believe some of her material is pitched up for the effect or perfecting, I also believe that in the studio she can achieve some higher ranges. When she's moving about (especially as she's gotten older) it's easy to see that the need to stay in control of both performing and singing has gone hand in hand. It's easier to sing lower where there's more control and try going high and losing it live. I can go high or low as I wish but I'm sure the older I get, that won't be the case.

[Enrico 15,827]

You probably know this already:
 

 

Still this other one doesn't sound true to me:

[NowRadiate 3,331]

I read somewhere that they tried to make madonna sound more like cyndi lauper who had a bigger following at the time.

cyndi has a higher pitch.