Madonna’s ‘True Blue’: All 9 Songs Ranked

The album is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026.

Madonna in 1986

Herb Ritts

Casual Madonna fans might be surprised to learn that her biggest selling album of all time globally isn’t her acclaimed 1989 blockbuster Like a Prayer, her 1998 magnum opus Ray of Light or her return-to-form 2006 comeback Confessions on a Dance Floor, but the 1986 LP which — as shown by its classic Herb Ritts-shot cover — best harnessed her blonde ambition: True Blue.

Indeed, despite hosting three U.S. Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits (and a further two top five hits), spending five weeks atop the Billboard 200 and being certified platinum seven times over by the RIAA in less than a decade, the Queen of Pop’s third album seems strangely underappreciated compared to the rest of her iconic oeuvre.