Celebration

Madonna’s Celebration is her third greatest‑hits collection, released in 2009 as her final album under Warner Bros. Records, and designed as a career‑spanning overview from her 1982 debut through the late 2000s. Issued in multiple formats—including a 36‑track double CD and an 18‑track single disc—it compiles digitally remastered hits selected by Madonna and her fans, pulling from every major era with songs like “Holiday,” “Like a Virgin,” “Into the Groove,” “Like a Prayer,” “Vogue,” “Ray of Light,” “Music,” and “Hung Up.” The release is framed as a “thank you” to fans and a capstone to three decades with Warner, arriving alongside a companion DVD, Celebration: The Video Collection, that assembles 47 of her music videos.

In addition to catalog staples, Celebration includes new material: the title track “Celebration,” a Paul Oakenfold‑produced club single that updates her dance‑floor sound for late‑2000s EDM, and “Revolver” featuring Lil Wayne, plus the bonus track “It’s So Cool” on some digital editions. Critics generally agreed that, despite debates over omissions and sequencing, the set functions as a dense snapshot of “34 songs that changed the world,” showing how she moved from post‑disco club cuts to sophisticated pop, electronica, and R&B‑infused hits while staying at the center of mainstream culture. As a package, it reads less like a traditional studio album and more like an audio museum of Madonna’s evolution, closing one chapter of her career while clearing the path for her subsequent work with new label partners.