American singer and songwriter Madonna has recorded songs for thirteen studio albums, three compilation albums, three soundtrack albums and two remix albums. She has provided background vocals for songs recorded by other artists, as well as featured on duets.
After being associated with music bands like Breakfast Club and Emmy, Madonna signed with Sire Records (an auxiliary label of Warner Bros. Records) in 1982 and released her self-titled debut album the following year. She is the sole writer of most of the songs on the album. Madonna was followed by Like a Virgin (1984) and True Blue (1986). From then on she released a series of commercially successful albums, including the Grammy Award winners Ray of Light (1998) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Madonna has collaborated with a number of songwriters throughout her career and has co-written and co-produced the majority of her songs, with many of them reaching number-one on the music charts around the world, including "Like a Virgin", "Into the Groove", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up" and "4 Minutes".