Madonna Releases 16-Track Confessions II, Her First Sequel Album in 21 Years
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Updated · Billboard · Jul 3
Madonna Releases 16-Track Confessions II, Her First Sequel Album in 21 Years
3 articles · Updated · Billboard · Jul 3
Summary
Billboard critics Katie Bain and Joe Lynch ranked all 16 songs on Madonna’s newly released Confessions II, calling it her strongest set since 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor.
Stuart Price, who helmed the 2005 album, returns after reconnecting with Madonna on her Celebration Tour, giving the sequel its clearest link to the Billboard 200-topping original.
Top-ranked songs include “Good For the Soul,” “Everything” and “Danceteria,” while standout collaborations feature Lola Leon, Sabrina Carpenter, Stromae, Feid and Martin Garrix.
The album mixes club euphoria with mortality, family and memory, drawing on Madonna’s 2023 near-death experience and her early-1980s New York life rather than simply remaking the earlier disco record.
Confessions II is Madonna’s first sequel album, emerging after years of online speculation and extending a dance-floor vision that also nods to Ray of Light and Bedtime Stories.