True Blue
by Madonna

Album
True Blue by Madonna
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-06-30
Overall rank: 1,479th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 355 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1986 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (228th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,479th)

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Madonna bestography

True Blue is ranked 4th best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 621 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,729.

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True Blue rankings

True Blue rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,479th | 1980s rank: 228th | 1986 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).

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True Blue ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 355 votes)
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65/100
 !		07/27/2026 01:27 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,51977/100
 
75/100
 !		07/04/2026 17:40 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,14669/100
 
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 !		07/04/2026 13:37 mostlymor  Ratings distribution  6,96679/100
 
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 !		07/03/2026 01:07 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,23183/100
 
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 !		06/28/2026 00:11 serpico  Ratings distribution  87586/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.


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True Blue comments

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85/100
From 07/14/2026 14:58 | #315270
Mestra na produção de música popular, detentora dos símbolos pop, uma obra de arte.
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85/100
From 05/11/2023 06:03 | #296873
Still sounds great now and includes a couple of my all time favourite Madonna singles
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/02/2023 03:39 | #296531
Might be my favorite so far.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 10/26/2022 14:03 | #290813
Album Rating: 72.78
(655/9)

1.Papa Don't Preach. 82
2.Open Your Heart. 85
3.White Heat. 76
4.Live To Tell. 85
5.Where's The Party. 51
6.True Blue. 71
7.La Isla Bonita. 96
8.Jimmy Jimmy. 40
9.Love Makes The World Go Round. 68
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Rating:  
85/100
From 12/25/2018 18:45 | #227861
Madonna mostrava que não era apenas uma garota de sorte fabricada pela indústria! Ela tinha muita coisa a dizer e todo uma industria para transformar!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 02/19/2018 06:42 | #208802
Fun album!
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Rating:  
70/100
From 07/06/2017 18:10 | #193801
Fading as the years pass
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Rating:  
80/100
From 04/19/2017 17:25 | #189522 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After the album "True Blue", Madonna truly became female superstar of the 1980's with male superstars Micheal Jackson and Prince. My favourite tracks are "Live to Tell" and " True Blue.
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60/100
From 07/06/2016 20:33 | #170715
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75/100
From 10/22/2014 06:36 | #124987
A good pop album. Papa Don't Preach & Live To Tell are by far the best tracks. Tracks 5-9 which made up Side 2 on vinyl are not great apart from La Isla Bonita
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