Circus
by Britney Spears

Circus by Britney Spears
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-12-02
Overall rank: 19,174th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
58/100 (from 91 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (356th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,518th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,174th)

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Britney Spears bestography

Circus is ranked 6th best out of 12 albums by Britney Spears on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Britney Spears is Blackout which is ranked number 3042 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 496.

Britney Spears album bestography « Higher ranked (13,379th)
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Circus track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 63 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 19,174th | 2000s rank: 3,518th | 2008 rank: 356th

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Average Rating: 
58/100 (from 91 votes)
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08/21/2025 20:17 SUPERJEFF6  Ratings distribution  55190/100
 
80/100
 
06/07/2025 04:06 iamstripped  Ratings distribution  1681/100
 
80/100
 
07/19/2024 16:12 TheBert  Ratings distribution  10489/100
 
65/100
 
06/26/2024 20:28 Lefty21  Ratings distribution  51875/100
 
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02/27/2024 15:19 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,22468/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.2/100, a mean average of 56.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 26.8.

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80/100
From 01/20/2019 11:39 | #230082
Abuso um pouco da produção, mas ainda sim é bom. Canções que dominaram as rádios.
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From 10/22/2018 15:02 | #222980
After the excellent "Blackout", Britney and her PR team make a move towards brushing up her image after a chaotic 2007, resulting in drab, underwhelming tunes. I'd listen to the tongue-in-cheek "If U Seek Amy" and the decent enough ballad "Unusual You" and dump the rest.
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From 10/26/2016 16:43 | #177476
Passable pop album that pales in comparison to its visionary predecessor "Blackout". Weak tea.
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From 09/20/2012 17:32 | #50839
She's actually better here then she was at her peak. Womanizer is the type of track that will bring her back. Still, she's no album artist. A few singles and a bunch of filler.
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