Ranking All 13 Madonna Studio Albums From Worst To Best

13. Hard Candy (2008)

Mixing the R&B sensibilities that had dominated the charts with her solid musical foundation as a pop artist, Hard Candy sounds like it should have worked, but it just isn't very good.

With lead single '4 Minutes', featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, being the only real stand out, this album is one that you could feasibly miss. Only '4 Minutes' reached the highs that Madonna was used to in her career, reaching number 1 in 21 different countries.

However, the song is hugely dominated by Timberlake, with some critics noting that it feels more like a Timberlake song featuring Madonna than the other way around.

The album faced heavy criticism for over-production, with some believing that Madonna may have left a lot of the work to producers Pharrell Williams and Timbaland. Other's speculate she just wasn't as interested in the album as she had been her previous works.

It doesn't add anything to Madonna's career, and is by far the worst of her studio album releases.