Will Madonna Win a Grammy (or Three) for ‘Confessions II’?
Categoria: Musica
How Grammy voters slowly came to embrace the Queen of Pop.
Por Billboard | 07/07/2026
The strong early response to Madonna ’s Confessions II makes it seem likely that it could win for best dance/electronic album at the 69th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 7 — 20 years after Confessions on a Dance Floor danced off with the honor in 2006. That would make Madonna the first woman ever to win twice in that category (which was introduced in 2005), and would give her the longest span of wins in that category (a title currently held by The Chemical Brothers , whose wins span 14 years). Related Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’: All 16 Tracks Ranked Madonna Is Back With ‘Confessions II’: Stream It Now Everything We Know About Madonna’s ‘CONFESSIONS II’ (So Far) Confessions II has a solid 83 rating at crit-aggregating website Metacritic, the second-highest rating for any of the 10 post-2000 Madonna albums listed. (The only one with a higher rating is the 2009 compilation Celebration .) Billboard ’s Kate Bain wrote about the album on its Friday (July 3) release day: “Altogether, Confessions II is a stunner, playing as a modern take on club music that simultaneously evokes the genre’s previous eras without ever falling into pastiche.” In a subsequent Billboard ranking of all the album’s tracks, Bain and Joe Lynch, who identify themselves as “two lifelong Queen of Pop acolytes,” write: “Madonna comfortably veers between insecurity and omnipotence, candor and camp, spiritual fortification and libidinous release on her most compelling release since, well, Confessions on a Dance Floor. ” Madonna could also win Grammys for individual tracks on the album. Warner Records is tentatively planning to enter “I Feel So Free” for best dance/electronic recording and either “Dancerteria” or “Bring Your Love” (feat. Sabrina Carpenter ) for best dance pop recording. The latter hit may be submitted for pop duo/group performance. If it is accepted there, it cannot also compete for best dance pop recording. The project will also compete for album, record and song of the year; best music film for Confessions II: The Film ; and best music video for “Bring Your Love.” If Madonna wins in all three dance categories, it will be the second time she has won three Grammys in one night (after 1999) and it would take her career tally of Grammy wins into double digits. To date, Madonna has won seven Grammys, a healthy total, but one that may be lower than you would expect for an artist of her stature and longevity. Grammy voters took their time warming up to Madonna. Madonna wasn’t even nominated for best new artist in 1984 or 1985. She wasn’t nominated in any of what are often called the Big Four categories – album, record or song of the year plus best new artist – until 1999, when Ray of Light was up for album of the year, and its title track competed for record of the year. She was nominated for record of the year again two years later for “Music” – her only other nod in a Big Four category to date. T