Madonna pays tribute to 'genius, otherworldly' producer William Orbit

The situation

The Queen of Pop worked with Orbit several times over the years, most notably on her genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning album Ray of Light

Why this counts

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What precedes this

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Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The lens

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of madonna, pays, tribute, genius, otherworldly: The Queen of Pop worked with Orbit several times over the years, most notably on her genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning album Ray of Light.