Erotica

Madonna's Erotica album was primarily produced by Madonna alongside Shep Pettibone, a New York-based producer and remixer known for his work in house music and dance remixes. Pettibone co-wrote and co-produced the majority of the album's tracks, giving Erotica a distinctive house-influenced sound. Additional production contributions came from André Betts on several tracks.

Erotica was released in 1992 as Madonna's fifth studio album. It came out the same year as the publication of her controversial coffee table book Sex, and the two projects were closely linked in the media coverage of the time. The album represented a significant artistic departure from the mainstream pop sound of her 1989 album Like a Prayer.

The lead single was the title track 'Erotica,' which was released ahead of the album in 1992. The song featured a spoken-word introduction by Madonna in the character of a dominatrix named 'Dita' and reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from the album included 'Deeper and Deeper,' 'Bad Girl,' and 'Fever.'

Erotica sold significantly fewer copies than Madonna's blockbuster albums of the 1980s such as Like a Virgin and True Blue, which had each sold well over 20 million copies worldwide. The album's sales were impacted by controversy surrounding the simultaneous release of the Sex book and the erotic thriller film Body of Evidence. Despite this, Erotica still achieved multi-platinum certification in the United States.