MDNA
by Madonna

Album
MDNA by Madonna
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-03-23
Overall rank: 24,397th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
53/100 (from 162 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (552nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (5,435th)
Award Best albums of all time (24,397th)

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Madonna bestography

MDNA is ranked 17th best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 624 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,717.

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Overall rank: 24,397th | 2010s rank: 5,435th | 2012 rank: 552nd  Overall chart history
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53/100 (from 162 votes)
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From 07/13/2012 04:04 | #46347
Madonna has fallen into parody. For shame.
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45/100
From 11/30/2014 16:32 | #128348
Possibly her worst... But it still has a few standounds like I'm A Sinner or Falling Free.
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70/100
From 09/11/2012 15:35 | #50397
not my cup of tea, this. but bad? there is nothing bad with this album in my ears.
pathetic madonna-hatred hinders a lot of guys (guys who hate strong women?) from even listening to this, I suspect. we all have our crosses to bear.
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75/100
From 06/21/2012 12:46 | #44949
Farrrr not Madonna's best album but still farrrrrrr not as bad as everyone tries to prove. 'MDNA' is decent Dance album. 'Masterpiece' and 'Gang Bang' are my favorite tracks
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From 05/06/2012 19:48 | #41655
one of my favorite madonna album.every single in this album is great.mdna delivers.
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