Roy

With the quickness... this is my desktop:

With the quickness... this is my desktop:

AND THE BEAT GOES ONNNNNNN

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

With the quickness... this is my desktop:

With the quickness... this is my desktop:

That's my boy! 

MAY U LIVE FOREVER, MUTHA. LOVE U TO ETERNITY AND BEYOND.

TODAY, WE DANCE 4 U.

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

AND THE BEAT GOES ONNNNNNN

*silently humming Superstar*

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

*silently humming Superstar*

AND THE BEAT GOES ONNNNNNN

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

*silently humming Superstar*

Madonna,
Thank you for being there for 15 year old Roy who has a mental breakdown in the classroom as a result of bullying and identity issues.
Thank you for being there for 17 year old Roy who decided to come out to his family about being gay.
Thank you for being there for him when he needed some pep talk on self-confidence and self-esteem.
...and thank you for being there for him always, throughout the highs and lows in his life.
I can't imagine a better artist to be the main soundtrack in my life than her. I am forever grateful to her for continuously inspiring everyone to be themselves, to fight for what's right and to love unconditionally.
Happy birthday, queen. We love you! 

AND THE BEAT GOES ONNNNNNN

Happy Birthday, dear Madonna!!!!
LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER FOR OUR QUEEN OF POP!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

From a certain point in her career on, she defaulted to what became the industry norm: the actual writers getting only part of the credits, or sometimes none at all (Max Blagg with Sky Fits Heaven, for example; they settled for him being paid for letting her use his lines, and getting no writing credit, but she couldn't release it as a single) in a sort of a "do you want to have a song of yours in a record that's gonna do numbers and be attached to a big name, or not?" kind of deal... not saying that it's in bad faith, but... when basically all the powerful and prominent singers in the industry do this, why would any of them try to be the fair one, and give up on some royalties' bucks?
Curtiss Maldoon (writer of Sepheryn, which was the basis for ROL) once said: "I was a bit annoyed at first because Madonna wanted 30 percent just for changing a couple of lines, but then I realized that 15 percent of millions is a lot better than 100 percent of nothing. I did very well out of it. It's been a life-changing experience. I'd say I'm financially secure for at least the next five to 10 years as a result of 15 percent of one track by Madonna."
From a business perspective, giving up on (at least some part of) their writing credits is not only tempting (in the case of starting artists, it's promised as a way to help launch their careers), and for olders ones, like Curtiss Maldoon, it's a source of income. I mean, we're long past the days when albums sales actually made the bulk (or any lol) of the money, and what they make from streams is actually offensive. Since the most money for these big artists was made through touring (which does not make a big profitable margin as it did 1 or 2 decades ago), I think that compensates for that, though... don't know how it works in other countries, but I know that here in Brazil you need to submit a form with the songs played/sung, so that they calculate how much you have to pay for the writers... on a long thread about the TGS concerts here, they mentioned that for just that minute and something that she sang The Girl From Ipanema, Tom Jobim was paid a good amount of money... and considering that it's usually calculated by the attendance, you see that replacing I Will Survive and DCFMA for EY and Music in the Rio concert was not only an artistic, but a business choice as well...
Sorry, went on many tangents here, but it's because this writing credit debates usually get to my mind... just because big artists have their names on the credits (and sometimes before the people who actually did the bulk of the work) it doesn't mean a lot... is it ethical that M does this? Very likely not. Is she the only one or was she the first to do this? Absolutely not. Is the music industry going to change to tendency? Also not. If anything, it might actually get "worse".

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