Madison Elle Beer (born March 5, 1999) is an American singer. Born in New York, she began posting covers to YouTube in early 2012. Beer gained substantial media coverage when Justin Bieber posted a link to one of her covers. She released her debut single, “Melodies”, in 2013.

In 2018, Beer released her debut EP, As She Pleases. The project was supported by the singles “Dead” and “Home with You”, both of which were certified Gold by the RIAA. The following year, Beer signed with Epic Records, later releasing her debut studio album, Life Support in 2021. The album was supported by several singles, including “Selfish”, which gained traction on the media sharing app TikTok, leading to the single’s RIAA Gold certification.

Aside from her solo work, Beer has voiced the virtual character Evelynn in the League of Legends virtual band K/DA. As a member of the group she has released the internationally charting singles “Pop/Stars” (2018) and “More” (2020). She has also appeared on television series such as Todrick (2015) and RuPaul’s Drag Race (2020), and in the film Louder Than Words (2013).

Madison Elle Beer was born in Jericho, New York, to a Jewish family on March 5, 1999. Her father, Robert Beer, is a real estate developer, and her mother, Tracie, worked as an interior designer before putting that aside to help navigate Madison’s career. She has a younger brother named Ryder. Beer appeared on the cover of Child magazine after winning a modeling competition at four years old. When she was around six or seven years old, she was sexually abused by someone who was around her frequently. Her parents divorced when she was seven. She celebrated her bat mitzvah in 2012.

Beer began posting videos on YouTube of her singing covers of popular songs in early 2012. They gained the attention of Justin Bieber, who tweeted a link to her cover of Etta James’s “At Last” to his followers. This caused Beer to trend worldwide on Twitter and gain substantial media coverage. Bieber signed Beer personally to the record label to which he is signed, Island Records, and at the time she was managed by Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun.[19]

Beer partnered with Monster High, and recorded a theme song for the franchise titled “We Are Monster High”. In February 2013, Cody Simpson re-released his song “Valentine” with Beer, which was played on Radio Disney, but was never officially released. On September 12, 2013, Beer released her debut single and music video called “Melodies” which was written by Peter Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Thomas Barnes and Ina Wroldsen. The video featured a guest appearance by Bieber.

Beer began work on her debut album which was slated to have pop and R&B influences, stating there “will be slow songs, sad songs, happy songs, songs about boys, and songs about being who you are. I’m making sure I’m happy with all of the songs, because if I am not happy with them, I can’t expect anyone else to be, you know?” The album is believed to have been scrapped.

“Unbreakable” was the second single released by Beer. The song was released on June 17, 2014, and was written by Jessica Ashley, Evan Bogart, Heather Jeanette Miley, Matt Schwartz, Emanuel Kiriakou and Andrew Goldstein and was produced by the latter two.[26] On February 16, 2015, it was announced that Beer was set to be a featured artist in a new single by DJs Mako titled “I Won’t Let You Walk Away”. The song was released for digital download on February 24, 2015, along with a music video. The song reached number 43 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, number 33 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs, and number 19 on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts in the United States. On September 24, 2015, Beer released “All For Love” featuring American duo Jack & Jack.

Beer recorded her EP, titled As She Pleases, over a three-year period. It was released on February 2, 2018. The same month, she walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2017 show at Milan Fashion Week. “Dead” was released as the lead single from the EP on May 19, 2017. The music video was later released on August 3, 2017. Beer then released “Say It to My Face” as the second single from the EP on November 3, 2017. The music video was released on November 15, 2017.

On March 10, 2018, “Home with You” was released as the third and final single from the EP. In August 2018, the song peaked at number #21 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, making her the only female solo artist on the charts without a major music label. She made her official festival debut at Lollapalooza on August 2, 2018, in Chicago. Beer was featured on “Blame It On Love”, a song from French DJ David Guetta seventh studio album 7. The video game developer Riot Games released a song and music video for “Pop/Stars” on November 3, 2018. The song is performed by Beer, Miyeon, and Soyeon from (G)I-DLE and Jaira Burns under a virtual K-pop group named K/DA. This song was used as a theme song for the online game League of Legends towards the end of 2018. On November 9, 2018, Beer released “Hurts Like Hell” featuring American rapper Offset.