A chanson is any of a few sorts of melody with French verses, happening from the Middle Ages to the present in an assortment of melodic styles. It is an a mainstream French polyphonic tune set to verse. Hope it helps.
The correct answer is "chanson". A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, which emerged during the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. A chanson is very similar to the madrigal in theme and voicing, which is logic taking into account that the chanson was one of the musical movements that originated the madrigal.
