Milestones involving girls/women inspired by Marlyn Monroe

Love to Love You Baby is Donna Summer's breakthrough tune.

Marilyn Monroe is the muse behind Donna Summer's breathy, sexy and sultry vocals for Love to Love You Baby.

Four Seasons of Love, the fourth studio album by Donna Summer, features herself channeling Marilyn Monroe's most famous pose being used in The Seven Year Itch.

I Feel Love by Donna Summer represents the future with a completely synthesized backing track.

Donna Summer's I Feel Love is the blueprint for electronic dance music (EDM), which features many genres, including dance-pop, techno, trance and synth-pop.

Holiday is Madonna's big breakthrough tune.

Borderline is Madonna's first top ten hit in the United States, having entered the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1984 and eventually reaching the top ten in June 1984, just three months later.

Lucky Star is Madonna's first top five single in the United States, having entered the Hot 100 chart at number 49 in August 1984 and eventually reaching number 4.

Riding high on Borderline's chart success in 1984, Lucky Star was released in the United States.

Incidentally, both Borderline and Lucky Star are two successful hit songs instrumental in establishing Madonna's early success on the Billboard Hot 100, also cementing her presence in pop music.

The music video for Madonna's Lucky Star features her style - especially the ribbons, lace gloves and layered accessories - which has since been imitated by young people, including girls/women.

Also in 1984, Like a Virgin, which is the title track from Madonna's second studio album, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late-December, becoming her first ever number one hit in the US.

Outside the United States, Like a Virgin also topped the pop charts in both Canada and Australia.

For Like a Virgin, it cemented Madonna's status as a global pop superstar.

Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly serve as the co-writers of Madonna's Like a Virgin.

Shot at Ren-Mar Studio in Los Angeles and directed by Mary Lambert, the music video for Madonna's Material Girl tune is inspired by her admiration for pop culture/sex icon Marilyn Monroe.

The music video for Madonna's Material Girl song is based upon Marilyn Monroe's iconic and famous Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

After its release, the phrase "Material Girl" has become a popular nickname for Madonna.

In February 1985, while on the set of the music video for Material Girl, Madonna met Hollywood star Sean Penn, with whom she began a relationship and married six months later in August 1985.

While on the Virgin Tour, Madonna also met its music director Patrick Leonard.

Due to her relationships with Sean Penn and Patrick Leonard, Madonna released the pop ballad Live to Tell, used in her husband's 1986 film At Close Range, with her other collaborator doing the music.

James Foley, who directed At Close Range, also directed the music video for Madonna's Live to Tell.

The Live to Tell music video, directed by James Foley (At Close Range), has Madonna utilizing subtle glamour, a departure from her previous ones, and inspired by icons like Marilyn Monroe.

Plus, Live to Tell's music video is Madonna's first not to use dance routines, instead, a cinematic style.

James Foley also directed two other music videos for Madonna: Papa Don't Preach and True Blue, the latter being the name of her 1986 album, which features all three mentioned hits.

La Isla Bonita, which Madonna and Patrick Leonard co-wrote with Bruce Gaitsch, features some of the elements from Latin America, like flamenco guitar, Latin drums/percussion and maracas.

For Madonna, La Isla Bonita is her first foray into Latin pop.

Vogue features Madonna name-checking the sixteen stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, like her idols Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe (plus husband Joe DiMaggio), in its spoken-word bridge.

Upon the release of Madonna's Vogue tune, nearly half of these Hollywood stars already died.

Greta Garbo is the first survivor named by Madonna in Vogue to die after its release in 1990.

Lauren Bacall, who is with Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire, is the last survivor of the sixteen Golden Age of Hollywood stars that Madonna mentions in Vogue, dying in 2014.

Ray of Light (1998) is Madonna's 7th studio album.

The Drowned World Tour (2001) is the fifth concert tour by Madonna to support her seventh and eighth studio albums Ray of Light and Music; it is her first since 1993.

Madonna's Drowned World Tour is the highest-grossing solo tour of 2001.

...Baby One More Time serves as a breakthrough success for Britney Spears as a solo artist, but also a revival of the teen pop genre.

Many of the lyrics for Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time song reflect her emotional aches after a breakup and her longing to return to her ex-boyfriend.

In contrast to the lyrics reflecting emotional aches, the lyric "Hit me, baby, one more time" for Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time tune is not violence, but rather a plea for a phone call.

The music video for ...Baby One More Time features Britney Spears donning a school uniform (with a midriff-baring navel).

For the iconic music video for Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time tune, it mixes innocence (school uniform) with sexuality (exposed midriff), making her a sexy and provocative fashion icon.

Plus, thjs iconic and controversial music video for Britney Spears' breakthrough tune ...Baby One More Time sparks debates about young pop stars being sexualized.

What begins this iconic ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears is the iconic 3-note piano riff, plus a clicking drum groove, followed by a sexy and sultry vocal fry-laden ad-lib: Oh, baby, baby.

Sometimes is Britney Spears' second single.

(You Drive Me) Crazy is Britney Spears' third single, noting similarities to ...Baby One More Time.

Oops!... I Did It Again also notes similarities to ...Baby One More Time.

The ad-lib "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" (repeated twice) is used prior to the first verse, but also following the second chorus of the Britney Spears tune Oops!... I Did It Again.

Just before the signature vocal ad-lib in its introduction, another ad-lib being used in the Britney Spears song Oops!... I Did It Again is a quiet "Mmm, yeah."

Lucky is a Britney Spears song, which tells the story of an eponymous Hollywood actress, who, despite having beauty, wealth and celebrity, is lonely in the inside, being a tragic showgirl.

For this Lucky music video, Britney Spears plays a dual role: the narrator who observes the eponymous actress, and Lucky herself, contrasting between public fame and private loneliness.

Marilyn Monroe is the inspiration for Britney Spears' Lucky music video portrayal.

Stronger is an innovative song for Britney Spears in both music and lyrics, but also the best song in the Oops!... I Did It Again album.

What the lyrics for Britney Spears' Stronger mean is that they reflect on resilience after a breakup.

The chorus for Britney Spears' Stronger tune recalls a lyric from her breakout ...Baby One More Time song: "My loneliness ain't killing me no more," symbolizing independence and strength.

Before its first verse, the introductory ad-lib in Britney Spears' Stronger tune has something soulful and emotive with a vocal crack: Ooh, hey, yeah.

Some other ad-libs in Britney Spears' Stronger include Baby.

For the Stronger music video, it has a darker tone, but also has Britney Spears embracing an edgier and more mature image.

Likewise, the second half of this Stronger music video finds Britney Spears driving from the party in a Ford Mustang during a thunderstorm.

Walking in the rain for Britney Spears in this Stronger music video conveys soul, emotion and youth.

Echoing human tears, rain uses water drops, true to Britney Spears' Stronger music video.

Besides, the rain in Britney Spears' Stronger music video turns her into a real Disney princess with a modern pop music twist.

I'm a Slave 4 U is a major step forward for Britney Spears in that she has a hot, sexy and sultry image, coupled with her sexy and breathy vocals and a sexy sound à la rhythm & blues.

The music video for I'm a Slave 4 U features Britney Spears in an exotic and sweaty Asian bathhouse, otherwise a sauna, filled with global travellers, meant to feel like a club scene.

Marilyn Monroe is a key influence on Britney Spears' sexy persona in both I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys.

For Britney Spears' post-2001 work, inspired by Janet Jackson, it has I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys.

Having been intended for Janet Jackson's 2001 studio album, which is known as All for You, both I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys end up on Britney Spears' 2001 album.

Together, I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys are hot, sexy and sultry tunes for Britney Spears because they have aspirate onsets/offsets and vocal fry to convey sexy and soulful emotion.

Dream Within a Dream (2001-2002) is the fourth concert tour by Britney Spears in support of her third studio album (2001); it has 7 segments, with the last one being an encore.

Britney Spears' DWAD tour (2001-2002) is a transition from a teen pop idol into a mature artist.

Ending the DWAD tour (2001-2002) is Britney Spears' dramatic ...Baby One More Time version.

Rain pours down on Britney Spears for this ...Baby One More Time finale in her own Dream Within a Dream tour (2001-2002), conveying sex, soul, emotion and youth.

Chameleon Productions does the rain for Britney Spears' DWAD tour (2001-2002).

Starting off as a slow and soulful ballad, this ...Baby One More Time encore in Britney Spears' Dream Within a Dream tour (2001-2002) transitions to an upbeat techno version.

As the ...Baby One More Time encore in the Dream Within a Dream tour (2001-2002) goes on, Britney Spears, taking off her hat, stands on a suspended platform in the rain, as do her dancers.

For Britney Spears, getting caught in the rain for this ...Baby One More Time encore in her own Dream Within a Dream tour (2001-2002) leaves her hot and sexy with wet hair.

Using crop top, jeans and a cowboy hat, Britney Spears appears with wet hair in a sexy way during this rain-drenched ...Baby One More Time finale in her DWAD tour (2001-2002).

Mirroring human tears, rain uses water droplets, and this holds true to Britney Spears' slow, soulful and emotional ...Baby One More Time introduction in her DWAD tour (2001-2002).

In the rain, Britney Spears is a hot, sexy, sultry, soulful and emotional girl for her slicked-back wet hair during this ...Baby One More Time encore in her DWAD tour (2001-2002).

Plus, Britney Spears looks, feels and sounds like she is shedding tears to cry in the rain during the slow introduction of this ...Baby One More Time encore in her DWAD tour (2001-2002).

Bob Mackie designed the 4-piece bustier, covered in Swarovski crystals, for the 1981 Las Vegas stage production Jubilee!, in collaboration with Pete Menefee.

Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, both idols for Britney Spears, also work with Bob Mackie.

The rainy ...Baby One More Time encore ending Britney Spears' DWAD tour (2001-2002) makes her a crying Disney princess with a modern pop music twist.

Toxic has a sample of Tere Mere Beech Mein from the 1981 Indian film Ek Duuje Ke Liye.

Me Against the Music is a duet between Madonna and Britney Spears.

What makes Me Against the Music a fitting duet is that Madonna symbolizes the old generation, while Britney Spears, who often calls Madonna her idol and a major influence, symbolizes the new.

During the Like a Virgin/Hollywood medley, which was held at the 20th anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna and Britney Spears share a kiss.

Beautiful Stranger, Boys and Work It Out are some of the pop music tunes in the Austin Powers media franchise, each being performed by Madonna, Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

Madonna stars in the Beautiful Stranger music video in promotion of the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me film.

Just 3 years later, both Britney Spears and Beyoncé appear in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

Plus, Marilyn Monroe inspires Madonna, who, in turn, inspires both Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

For Beautiful Stranger by Madonna, it has a psychedelic pop sound.

The original Boys version, which is being performed solely by Britney Spears, features her sexy, sultry, sensual, steamy, soulful, breathy, husky and emotional rap-sung vocals à la Marilyn Monroe.

Work It Out by Beyoncé, like Boys by Britney Spears, uses rhythm & blues, funk and soul.

Doing the music for both Boys (Britney Spears) and Work It Out (Beyoncé) is the signature work being made by The Neptunes, a duo comprising Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.

Likewise, Madonna has Die Another Day, the theme tune of the eponymous 2002 James Bond film.

For Madonna, she is unique in recording a theme tune for both a James Bond parody film and an actual James Bond film.

Halle Berry stars in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002).

Janet Jackson, whose brother Michael Jackson is also iconic and world-famous, also inspires Britney Spears and her post-2001 work.

Zomba is Britney Spears' former record label and publisher.

Britney Spears' post-2001 work, inspired by Janet Jackson, features I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys.

I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys, both intended for Janet Jackson's 2001 album All for You, end up on Britney Spears' 2001 album.

Together, I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys are hot, sexy and sultry tunes for Britney Spears because they have aspirate offsets and vocal fry to convey sexy and soulful emotion.

Pamela Anderson is in Scooby-Doo (2002), the live-action film version of the franchise created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the latter whose surname is shared with Britney Spears.

Britney Spears makes a cameo appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), similar to Pamela Anderson making a cameo appearance in Scooby-Doo (2002).

Similarly, both Britney Spears and Pamela Anderson have their cameo appearances in the movies being released in 2002 under TimeWarner: Austin Powers in Goldmember and Scooby-Doo.

Whereas Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) is distributed by New Line Cinema, the live-action film adaptation of Scooby-Doo (2002) is distributed by Warner Bros.

Raja Gosnell directed the modern live-action film iterations of the iconic animated series being seen on television: Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2.

Likewise, both Britney Spears and Pamela Anderson are also female pop culture icons involved in Raja Gosnell's live-action film versions of the famous cartoons: Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs 2.

In the Scooby-Doo film (2002), Pamela Anderson has a cameo appearance. 

Britney Spears has her off-screen contribution to the soundtrack of The Smurfs 2 (2013) with her own original tune called Ooh La La, which has a music video.

Plus, both Halle Berry and Pamela Anderson work under Ivana Chubbuck.

Revlon is a company by which Halle Berry has been represented since 1996.

Besides, Revlon has 1966-born stars, like Cindy Crawford and Salma Hayek.

Eva Mendes juxtaposes Cindy Crawford with a Latina ancestry akin to Salma Hayek.

In addition, Eva Mendes is represented by Revlon, which also represents Cindy Crawford and Salma Hayek.

Plus, Eva Mendes works under Ivana Chubbuck, who trains Halle Berry and Pamela Anderson.

1966 is when Cindy Crawford, Janet Jackson, Salma Hayek and Halle Berry were born, a year prior to Pamela Anderson.

Marilyn Monroe is a key idol for female figures, like Madonna, Britney Spears, Cindy Crawford, Janet Jackson, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Pamela Anderson and Eva Mendes.

In her American work, Fabiana Udenio appears in Baywatch, which has Pamela Anderson, plus Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, in which she plays Alotta Fagina.

Not confined to acting, Fabiana Udenio is the first announcer for the new Rai Tre channel while still a teenager.

Whereas other television announcers from Rai have traditional clothes and a fixed/static shot, Fabiana Udenio used a modern wardrobe and made announcements with dynamic camerawork.

Eventually, using Fabiana Udenio's trends, Rai's mid-noughties TV relaunch led to younger faces.

Barbara Matera, Virginia Sanjust di Teulada, Janet de Nardis and Alessia Patacconi are just some of the younger faces relaunching Rai's television section in the mid-noughties.

Nearly 2 months before 2001, Madonna was at the Roseland Ballroom for her first performance in New York since 1993, using a tank top with Britney Spears on the front and Material Girl on the back.

In her first performance in New York since 1993, Madonna used this stage to pay homage and tribute to Britney Spears, whom the media often called Baby Madonna.

The 2001 Britney Spears photoshoot by Mark Abrahams features her wearing a graphic tank top, which depicts her idol Madonna from the photoshoot for Justify My Love (1990).

For her 2001 photoshoot, Britney Spears has Madonna's image from Justify My Love (1990) by Patrick Demarchelier, which is featured in a graphic tank top.

Plus, the bra that Britney Spears used for this ...Baby One More Time finale in her own Dream Within a Dream tour (2001-2002) is by Bob Mackie, whose other clients include Madonna.

In June 2022, Madonna and Britney Spears reunited and recreated the MTV VMA kiss at the wedding reception.

Sabrina Carpenter performs a medley, which comprises three of her successful hit tunes: Please Please Please, Taste and Espresso, at the 41st MTV Video Music Awards.

For her MTV Video Music Awards medley, Sabrina Carpenter uses Madonna's white dress (made in tribute to Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Bob Mackie at the Oscars).

Plus, Sabrina Carpenter's set for the 41st MTV Video Music Awards has an outer space theme being utilized as a nod to the music video for Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears.

In addition, Sabrina Carpenter makes her entrance on a diamond-shaped swing and interacts with space astronauts, all as nods to the Britney Spears music videos, at the 41st MTV VMA.

Besides, during her medley at the 41st MTV Video Music Awards, Sabrina Carpenter also shares a kiss with an alien dancer, recreating the iconic VMA kiss by Madonna and Britney Spears.

At the 42nd MTV Video Music Awards, held on September 7, 2025, Sabrina Carpenter performs Tears, featuring a climactic dance break as rain pours down on her and others, true to this track's name.

Rain has water droplets mirroring human tears, which is true to Sabrina Carpenter's live Tears debut.

The rain-drenched finale of Sabrina Carpenter's Tears debut at the 42nd MTV Video Music Awards is a direct nod to the ...Baby One More Time finale in Britney Spears' DWAD tour (2001-2002).

Before rain pours down on her at the 42nd MTV Video Music Awards, Sabrina Carpenter takes off her white dress to reveal a bustier in her Tears performance.

Sabrina Carpenter's bustier (a nod to one made by Bob Mackie for Britney Spears) for her MTV VMA performance of Tears, coupled with her rain-drenched wet hair, makes her sexy.

Marilyn Monroe, incidentally, serves as a key idol for both Madonna and Britney Spears, both of whom inspire Sabrina Carpenter's performances at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Turn It Up by Paris Hilton is noted for its sexy Britney Spears-like approach.

Scott Storch, who, having worked with Britney Spears, is noted for his urban-pop crossover style that comprises acidy synths and heavy bass, co-created Turn It Up by Paris Hilton.

Paris Hilton's sexy and breathy vocals, à la Marilyn Monroe and Britney Spears, are in Turn It Up.

Some singers being Ashley Alexandra Dupré's favourites include Aretha Franklin and Etta James, the Vocal Trinity and Christina Aguilera.

What We Want and Move Ya Body are the most notable tunes of a brief music career involving Ashley Alexandra Dupré; both use a sexy Britney Spears-like approach (in music and vocals).

Plus, both What We Want and Move Ya Body are indie rhythm & blues-like songs belonging to Ashley Alexandra Dupré, juxtaposing Britney Spears (in music) with Aretha Franklin (in vocals).

As a teenager, Ashley Alexandra Dupré sings Aretha Franklin's iconic version of Respect in the shower, starting her music aspirations.

Both What We Want and Move Ya Body, incidentally, share sexy, explict and provocative lyrics being delivered in a raw, soulful and sexy singing voice by Ashley Alexandra Dupré.

In addition, What We Want by Ashley Alexandra Dupré features sexy, sultry and breathy spoken parts being made à la Marilyn Monroe.

Ashley Alexandra Dupré's brief music work has been influenced by Britney Spears, whose key idol is Madonna, in turn, influenced by Marilyn Monroe.

Like Ashley Alexandra Dupré's other idol Aretha Franklin, Madonna has deep ties to Michigan.

Set to jazz and big-band music, Marilyn Monroe delivers sexy, sultry and steamy performances.

Girls/women influenced by Marilyn Monroe, like Madonna and Britney Spears, have sexy, sultry and steamy performances set to modern music, like rhythm & blues/soul, dance-pop/EDM, etc.