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(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

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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) 1002
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 27
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 285
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Pitchfork (USA) - The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s (2009) 434
Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 33
Washington Blade (USA) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2004) No Order
End of Year Lists
Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year 2
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 17

DIE ANOTHER DAY
(No. 5,022)

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) 1002
Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 236
End of Year Lists
Eins Live (Germany) - Singles of the Year 3
Intro (Germany) - Singles of the Year 12
Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 24
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year 43

HUNG UP
(No. 814)

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 22
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Top 100 Songs of the 2000s (2009) 76
Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 36
The Guardian (UK) - The 75 Best Singles of the 2000s (2009) 20
Indiespot (Spain) - The 1000 Best Songs of the 21st Century (2009) No Order
Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 100 Best Songs of the 21st Century (2006) 8
Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 50 Best Songs of the 21st Century (2013) 46
Quart (Hungary) - The 50 Best Pop Hits of the 2000s (2009) 20
End of Year Lists
Blender (USA) - Songs of the Year 42
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Singles of the Year 3
Pitchfork (USA) - Singles of the Year 26
Stylus (USA) - Singles of the Year 11
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 7
New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 39
Planet Sound (UK) - Singles of the Year 7
Playlouder (UK) - Singles of the Year 26
The Observer (UK) - Singles of the Year 1
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Singles of the Year 1
Rockmusica (Finland) - Tracks of the Year 13
Eins Live (Germany) - Singles of the Year 9
Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 3
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Songs of the Year 5
Trax (Spain) - Tracks of the Year 9

BUBBLING UNDER THE TOP 6,000

BURNING UP

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 21
Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 80s (2011) 97

ANGEL

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) 1002
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 10
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order

LA ISLA BONITA

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 19
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Michaelangelo Matos (USA) - Top 100 Singles of the 1980s (2001) 101
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
End of Year Lists
New Musical Express (UK) - Singles of the Year 49

TRUE BLUE

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Dave Marsh (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1989) 258
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No Order

CAUSING A COMMOTION

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order

DEEPER AND DEEPER

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Arizona Republic (USA) - Madonna's 30 Best Singles of All Time (2013) 30
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of the 90s (2011) 36

THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013) 39
End of Year Lists
Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 41

TAKE A BOW

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) 1002
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings (2013) 601-700
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No Order

SORRY

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) 1002
Slant (USA) - The 250 Best Singles of the 2000s (2010) 106
End of Year Lists
Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 23

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And, here are the songs' ranked order in the Acclaimed Music top 6,000:

179. Like a Prayer
220. Into the Groove
230. Like a Virgin
568. Vogue
594. Ray of Light
595. Music
814. Hung Up
963. Borderline
1,217. Material Girl
1,392. Beautiful Stranger
1,412. Papa Don't Preach
1,413. Holiday
1,442. Live to Tell
1,456. Justify My Love
2,102. Express Yourself
2,124. Crazy for You
2,621. Erotica
2,652. Secret
2,719. Frozen
2,916. Open Your Heart
2,926. Don't Tell Me
4,231. Where's the Party
4,296. Lucky Star
5,022. Die Another Day
5,700. Who's That Girl

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Of course they are. :laugh:

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?

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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. ;)

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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 Day
Hung Up (+83)

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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.

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