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1 hour ago, Levon said:

At the time, she was one of the hottest US stars around. She already had four top ten hits, and it didn't make sense for her to be left out of the project, especially since she was more successful chart-wise at the time than the likes of Sheila, E., Bette Milder, La Toya, Dionne Warwick, Bob Geldof, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, Jeffrey Osborne or Kim Carnes.

But @tscott might be right: She probably became a star too fast/unexpectedly at that time, which was also shown by the fact that Crazy For You unexpectedly ousted We Are the World from #1.

On the contrary, all those people you mentioned (aside to La Toya) had either established a career for at least a decade before, if not worked with some of the biggest known acts throughout the 70's.  Bette Midler had already been in the business for more than a decade, had two #1 hits,  several top 10, but mostly famous for the song and movie, The Rose which was in 1979.  Sheila E worked and was a hugely established percussionist with some of the most popular artists, such as Diana Ross, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Richie, and Marvin Gaye. Dionne Warwick had been in the business since the 60's and had a number #1's, top ten songs and albums since the early 60's.  Bob Geldof also had been in the business for years, mostly famous for his work with Pink Floyd, but obviously pulled in because of his work on  the "Do You Know It's Christmas" charity single that was out months prior in 1984.  Kenny Loggins had hit songs and albums for nearly a decade.  Kim Carnes was in the business for more than a decade and had her biggest hit three years prior.  Pretty much everyone on the song, were established acts if not had worked with well established acts that were part of the song  Latoya is the only one who really didn't much have much of a musical career at that point, but come on, she's the sister of  Michael Jackson one of the writers of the song.  She and her brothers were definitely present to help out. So see, Madonna was yet to make a very big impact.  She certainly was making some noise, but nothing to the capacity (yet) of any of the acts included on that song. Again, I don't believe she was ignored; I just think she wasn't really thought of to be included at the time.

45 minutes ago, Levon said:

At the time, she was one of the hottest US stars around. She already had four top ten hits, and it didn't make sense for her to be left out of the project, especially since she was more successful chart-wise at the time than the likes of Sheila, E., Bette Milder, La Toya, Dionne Warwick, Bob Geldof, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, Jeffrey Osborne or Kim Carnes.

But @tscott might be right: She probably became a star too fast/unexpectedly at that time, which was also shown by the fact that Crazy For You unexpectedly ousted We Are the World from #1.

On the contrary, all those people you mentioned (aside to La Toya) had either established a career for at least a decade before, if not worked with some of the biggest known acts throughout the 70's.  Bette Midler had already been in the business for more than a decade and became hugely famouse for The Rose which was in 1979.  Sheila E worked and was a hugely established percussionist with some of the most popular artists, such as Diana Ross, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Richie, and Marvin Gaye. Dionne Warwick had been in the business since the 60's and had a number #1's, top ten songs and albums since the early 60's.  Bob Geldof also had been in the business for years, mostly famous for his work with Pink Floyd, but obviously pulled in because of his work on  the "Do You Know It's Christmas" charity single that was out months prior in 1984.  Kenny Loggins had hit songs and albums for nearly a decade.  Kim Carnes was in the business for more than a decade and had her biggest hit three years prior.  Pretty much everyone on the song, were established acts if not had worked with well established acts that were part of the song  Latoya is the only one who really didn't much have much of a musical career at that point, but come on, she's the sister of  Michael Jackson one of the writers of the song.  She and her brothers were definitely present to help out. So see, Madonna was yet to make a very big impact.  She certainly was making some noise, but nothing to the capacity (yet) of any of the acts included on that song. Again, I don't believe she was ignored; I just think she wasn't really thought of to be included at the time.

30 minutes ago, Levon said:

At the time, she was one of the hottest US stars around. She already had four top ten hits, and it didn't make sense for her to be left out of the project, especially since she was more successful chart-wise at the time than the likes of Sheila, E., Bette Milder, La Toya, Dionne Warwick, Bob Geldof, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, Jeffrey Osborne or Kim Carnes.

But @tscott might be right: She probably became a star too fast/unexpectedly at that time, which was also shown by the fact that Crazy For You unexpectedly ousted We Are the World from #1.

On the contrary, all those people you mentioned (aside to La Toya) had either established a career if not worked with some of the biggest known artists throughout the 70's.  Bette Midler had already been in the business for more than a decade and became hugely famouse for The Rose which was in 1979.  Sheila E worked and was a hugely established percussionist with some of the most popular artists that were included in this, such as Diana Ross, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Richie, and Marvin Gaye. Dionne Warwick had been in the business since the 60's and had a number of top ten songs and albums since then.  Bob Geldof also had been in the business for years, and was mostly famous for his work with Pink Floyd at that point, and was already known for his work with the "Do You Know It's Christmas" charity single that was out in late 1984 for the Holidays.  Kenny Loggins had hit songs and albums for nearly a decade.  Kim Carnes was in the business for more than a decade and had her biggest hit three years prior.  So pretty much everyone on the track were well established acts if not had worked with well established acts.  Latoya probably is the only one who really didn't much have much of a musical career at that point, but come on, she's the sister of one of the writers of the song.  She and her brothers were definitely present to help out. Madonna was yet to make a very big impact yet.  She certainly was making some noise, but nothing to the capacity (yet) of any of the acts included.