Teenage Dream
by Katy Perry

Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-08-24
Overall rank: 2,590th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 212 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (35th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (417th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,590th)

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Overall rank: 2,590th | 2010s rank: 417th | 2010 rank: 35th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
57/100 (from 212 votes)
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95/100
From 10/24/2025 16:12 | #311448
Katy somehow created one of the most iconic pop albums with the most iconic cover ever, most of these songs are pop perfection. I can easily call Teenage Dream the pop bible.
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From 05/13/2025 07:19 | #308971
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2011 Grammys. The winner was The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
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60/100
From 11/26/2020 14:42 | #261439
Her most enjoyable album. There are some songs that are a total disaster (the most obvious one being "Peacock"), but there are also many moments of simple and catchy pop music. Overall, 60/100.
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60/100
From 04/15/2020 05:25 | #249961
The first four songs are pretty strong — especially the title track. But then it's a quick and steep decline from fun radio pop to focus-group cliches.

E.T. is awesome tho
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Rating:  
85/100
Honestly? It's good. Musically one might call it a fantastic pop record, and they would not be wrong. The politics of the lyrics are of course hard to swallow at times. It's one of those albums that I can't quite tell whether it is brashly feminist and sex-positive, or just shallow, consumerist, and hyper-sexualized. A little bit of both, of course. But goddamn her voice is good, and she knows how to write a melody like not many others.

And hey, if you don't enjoy pop music, why are you over here bagging on it anyway? When people talk about your favorite hard rock album as "just a bunch of screaming," or some analogous criticism, you naturally think to yourself "well they just don't understand this type of music." Its the same thing here, and I can tell you because I woulda rated this a 20/100 probably just one year ago. Now Lorde is in my top 20. It's just an exposure thing. Not an attack, but food for thought.

85/100 (Very Good)
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20/100
From 06/16/2019 17:10 | #237631
Not good.
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80/100
From 12/28/2018 11:50 | #228189
Maior álbum pop de sua década, cada escolha de single foi um grande acerto
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From 10/23/2018 16:12 | #223107
eugh
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30/100
From 06/30/2018 23:20 | #217548
Sure this is music. Just dont try to tell me its art. Nothing expressive about the album except the skin she flashes on the cover. Utter trash.
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100/100
From 02/21/2018 05:10 | #209051
One of the most legendary pop albums. Full points should be obvious.
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