The Fame Monster
by Lady Gaga

Album
The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-11-10
Overall rank: 1,567th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 376 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2009 (20th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (251st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,567th)

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The Fame Monster is ranked as the best album by Lady Gaga.

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- This album (1,567th)
The Fame Monster Lower ranked (1,751st) »
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The Fame Monster track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Bad Romance
Average Rating: 77 (139 votes)Comments: View 5
2.
Alejandro
Average Rating: 74 (102 votes)Comments: View 7
3.
Monster
Average Rating: 70 (81 votes)Comments: View 4
4.
Speechless
Average Rating: 71 (80 votes)Comments: View 3
5.
Dance In The Dark
Average Rating: 73 (79 votes)Comments: View 1
6.
Telephone
Average Rating: 75 (105 votes)Comments: View 7
7.
So Happy I Could Die
Average Rating: 70 (79 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
Teeth
Average Rating: 67 (73 votes)Comments: View 1

The Fame Monster rankings

The Fame Monster rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,567th | 2000s rank: 251st | 2009 rank: 20th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 16 minutes ago).

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The Fame Monster ratings

Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 376 votes)
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 !		07/26/2026 15:51 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,46373/100
 
75/100
 !		07/16/2026 11:53 glebrus  Ratings distribution  46981/100
 
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 !		06/18/2026 23:15 ecocruzr  Ratings distribution  13468/100
 
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 !		05/12/2026 16:53 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100
 
85/100
 !		05/09/2026 17:50 HoldenM  Ratings distribution  1,84884/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.0.


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The Fame Monster comments

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85/100
From 5 days ago | #315421
Gaga alcança o status de lenda aqui. Sem se repetir e repleto de referências pop, explorar o lado não tão bom da fama.
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85/100
From 05/09/2026 17:50 | #314373
Are we saying this is her best? It could be!
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100/100
From 10/21/2025 22:37 | #311412
The dark pop bible. This album will be studied in music schools.
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From 05/13/2025 07:17 | #308968
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2011 Grammys. The winner was The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
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70/100
From 12/23/2023 05:21 | #300604
Gaga just oozes personality, and that alone carries most of this album. The singles are the strongest material, as is common with modern pop albums - but the songs in between remain varied and interesting enough (if occasionally cringe-inducing on the lyrical front). I also love the adventurous electropop sound that the producers put together; lots of it has aged stunningly.
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45/100
From 10/23/2020 18:10 | #259662
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85/100
From 12/27/2018 11:23 | #228031
O auge da mãe mostra. Deliciosas batidas eletrônicas, grandes ganchos, voz com personalidade e video clipes e shows impecáveis. A ultima grande superstar!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/23/2018 15:13 | #227743 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Huh. Seems like all the elitist rockists and prog obsessives deliberately come here to vote down a popular artist’s songs in bulk.
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