Katy is far from being an acclaimed artist, but if you look at her metascores since One of the Boys, her critical reception has actually been improving over the years.
One of the Boys - 47
Teenage Dream - 52
Prism - 61
Do you think her 4th album will be her highest scoring yet?
I wish. At least a SOLID album, not a bunch of good songs (Dark Horse, Unconditionally, Walking On Air, Legendary Lovers and the deluxe tracks) and the rest garbage..., please.
Not if she keeps on the kind of music that she's known for.
She is in the unfortunate position of deciding between commercial success or critical acclaim. And the acclaim will probably take years and years of work to get
Her metacritic scores are so ridiculous, they all deserve significantly higher. All three are as good as Rihanna's albums or BTW. I think they all deserve low 70s.