[9] In 2024, Beer released "Make You Mine," for which she received a nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.

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 an Ashkenazi Jewish family on March 5, 1999.

[1] 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.

[16][17] Beer began posting videos on YouTube of her singing covers of popular songs in early 2012.

[18] They gained the attention of Justin Bieber, who tweeted a link to her cover of Etta James's "At Last" to his followers.

In February 2013, Cody Simpson re-released his song "Valentine" with Beer, which was played on Radio Disney,[22][23] 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.

[27] 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.

[28] 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 same month, she walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2017 show at Milan Fashion Week.

[38] Beer was featured on "Blame It On Love", a song from French DJ David Guetta seventh studio album 7.

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.

[40] Beer was featured on "All Day and Night" by DJs Jax Jones and Martin Solveig under their alias Europa.

[45] In January 2020, she released "Good in Goodbye" as the lead single from her debut studio album, Life Support.

[59] The album received generally favorable critic reviews with Dani Blum of Pitchfork calling it "ambitious yet shallow, seemingly intent on proving its own seriousness".

[63][64] That same month, Beer confirmed in a podcast interview with The Zach Sang Show that she had already started working on the follow-up to Life Support, saying "We have seven songs on the second album already, and we had four days of a writing camp.

[67][68] Beer revealed to Manchester Evening News that her upcoming second studio album was "coming together really nicely" and she was working on songs for it.

[77] On July 22, 2022, Beer released the soundtrack song, "I Have Never Felt More Alive", for Lionsgate's Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Virginia Gardner–starrer film Fall.

[84] Beer has stated that her inspirations in her music and songwriting are Arctic Monkeys,[85] Lana Del Rey, Daft Punk, Melanie Martinez, Lady Gaga,[86] and Ariana Grande.

[93] Beer has struggled with mental health issues and has stated that social media and the internet have contributed to them.

The incident, which she says reminded her of the sexual abuse she experienced as a child, contributed to her developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attempting suicide twice.

[96] In November 2024, Beer's single "Make You Mine" was nominated for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.