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Critically, the album is claimed to have Madonna's most full-bodied vocals. Vocally, the album was also a marked change from Madonna's earlier work; as the singer underwent vocal training lessons for her 1996 film Evita, her vocals exhibited greater breadth and range, in addition to a fuller timbre. Madonna's vocals all through the tune lack vibrato, and have drawn comparisons to medieval music. A promotional instore VHS compilation titled Rays of Light was launched within the United Kingdom in 1999, compiling all the music movies to all five singles from the album. On February 24, 1999, Madonna carried out "Nothing Really Matters" on the 41st Grammy Awards ceremony at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. On September 10, she opened 1998 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City with the efficiency of "Shanti/Ashtangi" and "Ray of Light" that includes Lenny Kravitz on guitar. After some errors in her pronunciation of Sanskrit shloka "Yoga Taravali" in the course of the track "Shanti/Ashtangi", the BBC organized for Madonna to take telephonic lessons to learn the basic appropriate pronunciation of Sanskrit words from eminent scholar Vagish Shastri. She then made the mandatory pronunciation corrections on the album. The album was later launched in the United States on March 3, 1998. In New Zealand, a field set of Ray of Light and The Immaculate Collection was launched to accompany the album. |
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