Music (Madonna album) them to U2. The concert was broadcast live on HBO from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan August 26, 2001. The "Drowned World Tour 2001" DVD was released in all regions on November 13, 2001. "Music" was released as the lead single from the album on August 21, 2000 by Warner Bros. Records. "Music" has been praised by contemporary critics. Some compared it with Madonna's older songs, like "Into the Groove (1985) and "Holiday" (1983). "Music" achieved international success by topping the charts in 25 countries worldwide. It became Madonna's 12th number-one single on the US "Billboard"
Helen Lawrence (opera singer) absent from many a singer on the international scene” BBC Music Magazine, January 2001 Her last recital, of Russian song-settings of Pushkin, was released on the Beulah label in 2000 as a double CD album together with a re-issue of a 1979 recital of soprano operatic arias, entitled Portrait of an Artist. Helen Lawrence (opera singer) Helen Lawrence, whose grandparents came from Russia, was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in Italy. Her singing teacher in Milan was Adelaide Saraceni who had been one of the stars of the Toscanini seasons at La Scala