HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (I figured I'd start a brand-new thread, since it's a big update). Acclaimed Music has updated its site to include more songs and albums lists, and it's expanded its database to include 6,000 ranked songs (and plenty more bubbling under). Madonna is ranked as the No. 32 artist (up from 50 on last year's update)- the webmaster says not to take too much stock in the artist lists, as it only considers an act's top 15 albums and songs in the ranking and other reasons- but, it certainly gives an idea of the act's reverence. Madonna is No. 21 songs act, and No. 91 albums act. Some things to keep in mind: * Year-end lists were not nearly as prevalent in the 80s and part of the 90s (that, or the ones attainable are limited) as they were to become in the late 90s-on. * Multi-critic lists are ones eligible for year-end lists; single-critic lists sometimes are included for all-time lists * "Later" singles sometimes don't get as much list love as "earlier" singles from an album (especially third singles and beyond) * Genre-specific lists are not included at AM unless it's from a source specializing in the genre, or includes experts from the genre in compiling the list (i.e. a Rolling Stone list of the Top 100 Country Albums wouldn't be eligible) * Current criteria for best-of artist lists (i.e. Greatest Madonna Songs) is dependent on a few factors: size (30 and up, it looks these days); number of critics (if one and it meets other criteria, one may be OK); must have commentary for each track BORDERLINE (No. 963)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 2Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month No OrderBlender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 84Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderDave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) 787Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 101Spin (USA) - The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (1989) 23Swellsville, Chuck Eddy (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 80s (1990) 17TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011) No OrderQ (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No OrderSunday Times (UK) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2007) 8Rolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) No OrderSpex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999) No OrderToby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No Order HOLIDAY (No. 1,413)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 20Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderDave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) 746Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 54Pitchfork (USA) - The Pitchfork 500 (2008) No OrderShredding Paper (USA) - The 50 Greatest Singles Ever (2002) 46Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 88Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No OrderThe Guardian (UK) - 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009) No OrderRolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) No OrderToby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No OrderGiannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No Order LUCKY STAR (No. 4,296)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010) 1002Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 9Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderRolling Stone (Germany) - The Best Singles of 5 Decades (1997) No Order LIKE A VIRGIN (No. 230)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 5Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderCMT (USA) - Impact: Songs That Changed the World (2002) No OrderConsequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012) 46Life (USA) - 40 Years of Rock & Roll, 5 Songs for Each Year 1952-91 (Updated 1995) No OrderLife (USA) - Dozen Discs That Shook the World (2005) No OrderNPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) No OrderPause & Play (USA) - 10 Songs of the 80's (2003) No OrderPause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week No OrderPopMatters (USA) - The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared (2003) 25Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1994?) 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HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Post-Immaculate Collection Era EROTICA(No. 2,621)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 8Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderSlant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011) 34Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No OrderEnd of Year Lists Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 24Select (UK) - Singles of the Year 30Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year 8SECRET(No. 2,652)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 25Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderOUT (USA) - The 50 Gayest Songs of the 1990s (2011) No OrderSlant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011) 42Washington Blade (USA) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2004) No OrderEnd of Year Lists Village Voice (USA) - 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This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No OrderQ (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 609Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No OrderQ (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No OrderSunday Times (UK) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2007) 7Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003) 90Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No OrderEnd of Year Lists Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year 6Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year NomineeRolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year 3Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 4Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 10Select (UK) - Singles of the Year 13Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year 10Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 7FROZEN(No. 2,719)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 24Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderQ (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No OrderTheater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - 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Singles of the Year 7New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 10Select (UK) - Singles of the Year 2Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 4Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Singles of the Year 3MUSIC(No. 595)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 13Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderConsequence of Sound (USA) - The Top 50 Songs of the 2000s (2009) 22Rhapsody (USA) - The Top 100 Tracks of the 2000s (2009) 52Rolling Stone (USA) - The Top 100 Songs of the 2000s (2009) 66Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 25VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of the 00s (2011) 28Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 778Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No OrderSunday Times (UK) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2007) 9Laut (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 2000s (2009) 4Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009) No OrderRock de Lux (Spain) - The 15 Best Singles of the 2000s (2009) 10Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No OrderEnd of Year Lists Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year 11Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year NomineeRolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year 1Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year 8Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 5Dotmusic (UK) - Singles of the Year 6Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 9Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year 25New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 59Playlouder (UK) - Singles of the Year 9Select (UK) - Singles of the Year 4Dagsavisen (Norway) - Singles of the Year 2Rumba (Finland) - Tracks of the Year 4Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 1Zündfunk (Germany) - Singles of the Year 1Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Singles of the Year 15Magic (France) - Singles of the Year 5Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year 1DON'T TELL ME(No. 2,926)Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010) 1002Arizona Republic (USA) - 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The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No OrderSteve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings (2013) 601-700Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No OrderSORRYBest of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010) 1002Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 106End of Year Lists Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 And, here are the songs' ranked order in the Acclaimed Music top 6,000: 179. Like a Prayer 220. Into the Groove230. Like a Virgin568. Vogue 594. Ray of Light595. Music814. Hung Up963. Borderline1,217. Material Girl1,392. Beautiful Stranger1,412. Papa Don't Preach1,413. Holiday1,442. Live to Tell1,456. Justify My Love 2,102. Express Yourself2,124. Crazy for You2,621. Erotica2,652. Secret2,719. Frozen2,916. Open Your Heart2,926. Don't Tell Me4,231. Where's the Party4,296. Lucky Star5,022. Die Another Day5,700. Who's That Girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Are we posting other females in here? If so, I'd prefer to have the actual names- let's keep the "nicknames" to the pop princess forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Of course they are. As past threads didn't include other acts' info, I was kinda hoping to just keep this an all-Madonna thread/discussion, and not have all that other stuff cluttering it up. Why not start a thread in the pop-princess forum with all of their pertinent acclaimed info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Good- I see you're on top of the deletions. It's OK to reference others' rankings in this thread, when discussing Madonna's, but having posts with all their info is a bit much. Thanks for the cooperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Here's the movement/trend for songs' and albums' ranks, vs. last year's update. Keep in mind that 2013 songs were added to the site this year, which affect rankings, as do other tracks faring better on lists that were added. Albums Madonna (+601 positions) Like a Virgin (-29) True Blue (+55) Like a Prayer (+24) Ray of Light (+10) Music (+395) Confessions on a Dancefloor (+612, at least; was bubbling under top 3,000 with last update) Songs (that were ranked top 3,000 last year; "Open Your Heart" is the only one that was BU last year, that's now top 3,000) Borderline (-91)Holiday (-385)Like a Virgin (-39)Material Girl (-165)Into the Groove (-19)Crazy for You (-5)Papa Don't Preach (-124)Live to Tell (+859)Like a Prayer (+91)Vogue (-19)Justify My Love (+74)Secret (-121)Ray of Light (-56)Frozen (+181)Beautiful Stranger (-249)Music (+5)Don't Tell Me (-155)Die Another DayHung Up (+83) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonnasuperfan01 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Great topic! I think it would be great to keep only Madonna related info in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Dream Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 And, here are the songs' ranked order in the Acclaimed Music top 6,000: 4,231. Where's the Party I'm surprised that Where's The Party made it in the top 6,000 while much better known songs like La Isla Bonita, Deeper and Deeper, This Used To Be My Playground, Take A Bow, and Sorry didn't. Always interesting to see which songs these critical rankings choose to highlight and which ones they overlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 There may be weighting for entries that weren't singles (since singles get cited more often than non-singles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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