Consider your favourite artist one of the best vocalists of all time?

If so, you’ll be interested to learn of Yahoo’s brand new list, naming their Top 250 female singers of the 20th century- compiled with the aid of Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, Past perfect, Amazon, Cynamans, UGO, Listverse, Rocklist, Essence, Timout, Acclaimed Music, and Youtube. 

Sure to surprise some while pleasing others, the list comes courtesy of vocal teacher/songwriter Jessica Eisenberg, responsible for the message placed above the Top 250 below!

Check it out…

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“The show is over, say goodbye”

Madonna‘s 1994 foray into R&B wasn’t as well received as she would have wanted. Still with ‘Bedtime Stories’, the icon delivered many an underrated cut. On the singles-front, we feel like one in particular doesn’t get as celebrated as it should. Of course, we’re referring to the stunning ballad ‘Take A Bow’.

Penned by Babyface (who also provides background vocals), the gem shares the same theme as Rihanna’s and Leona’s songs of the same name. Indeed, the lyrics see Madge congratulating her love interest for fooling her with flying colors and breaking her heart – urging him to take one final bow and leave.

Although it seems to be forgotten by many – including Madonna, who never performed it on any tour – it’s interestingly the diva’s longest running #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with 7 weeks at the top. Its mellow groove paired with the Babyface affiliation helped it reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B chart. Unfortunately its US success didn’t translate into an overseas triumphant. Expect for a few countries, the track was only a moderate hit in Europe ending her run of 35 consecutive Top 10 singles in the UK.

A gorgeous song deserves a gorgeous video and that’s exactly what the track’s accompanying clip is… GORGEOUS.

Echoing the Spanish-flavor of the song, the visual – shot in Spain – had a Corrida theme and featured Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz. Directed by Michael Haussmann, it depicts a dysfunctional relationships between an aristocrat M-Dolla and a passionate Muñoz.

With beautiful lyrics, a solid vocal performance, and an amazing video, we don’t quite understand how this missed the “signature songs” boat; qualitatively, it sits comfortably beside classics such as ‘Live To Tell’ and ‘Drowned World’.

Either way, with Ms. Ciccone putting in motion plans for her next studio effort, we ask you to join us at TGJ HQ in a prayer circle to guaranty that she delivers tunes and videos as solid and qualitative as these. Clearly a woman who once was able to bless the world with something this good shouldn’t settle for trend-chasing and “recession videos”

Your thoughts?

With ‘ARTPOP’ on course to welcome sales around the 375,000 units figure next week, Lady GaGa touched down at ‘The Howard Stern Show‘ for an interview she no doubt hopes will push interest in the well received release.

One of their talking points? ‘Like A Prayer’ icon Madonna, whom GaGa now considers a foe following a series of remarks made by the ‘Take A Bow’ belle regarding GaGa’s supposed imitation of her groundbreaking work.

Now meet us below for a fresh take on the catty matter!

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‘Take your medication Miley…a short vacation Miley…’

For one reason or an unfortunate other, those who either were too young to remember or yet to be born when Madonna and Britney Spears enjoyed their respective peaks, have been fed a gross mistruth by in recent years.

A mistruth, that claims that controversy and ‘rubbing critics the wrong way’ saw both ladies afforded the praise and acclaim they enjoyed then and still enjoy today.

Perhaps in trying to justify the messiness and lack of musicality that stops their favourite acts from reaching icon status, the misinformed willingly overlook the dedication both women showed to their craft on and off stage when deciding that ‘this talentless one’ and ‘that talentless one’ have what it takes to be the next ‘insert name of icon’.

Now watch the confused soul that is Miley Cyrus compare her VMA performance to that of Britney Spears‘ and Madonna‘s, in an interview with MTV below…

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All hail the Queen!

Madonna may be 55-year-old, but she’s proving that not only is she one of the world’s top performers, she’s the most bankable.

Forbes have unveiled their list of The Top-Earning Celebrities 2013, with the original Material Girl coming out on top.

Find out why after the jump…

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Last week Billboard unveiled a series of countdowns celebrating the 55th anniversary of the ‘Billboard Hot 100’ – the standard chart ranking system of today’s popular music.

Highlighting everything from the top 100 songs to every #1 song since the tally’s 1958 inception, the article courted little backlash given the fact they were based on legit statistics and not popular opinion…that is, until they unveiled the Hot 100’s top acts.

Now – days after the listing first hit the net – some fans are still up-in-arms about how pop icon Madonna landed as the top solo act in history, beating the likes of Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder.  A feat all the more alarming when some recount the number of chart-toppers rivals Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey have had as well.

So, as always, we turn to you – That Grape Juice faithful – for your input.  Is this worth the fuss?

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Natalie Cole has showered praise on fellow icon Beyonce this week, billing her the ‘new Madonna’ in an interview with The Grio.

Want to know what she said?

Peep her accurate assessment of the ‘Standing on the Sun‘ star below… (more…)

Over the course of her illustrious career, Madonna has teased and toyed with a number of looks. It’s little surprise, then, that the Pop Queen showed up and showed out at the New York screening of her ‘MDNA Tour’ special.

The 54-year-old donned a male suit for the star-studded event, which saw the recently wrapped trek previewed to media ahead of its EPIX debut on June 22d at 8pm ET.

One of the most spectacular and controversial extravaganzas of last year, ‘Madonna: the MDNA Tour’ was filmed primarily in Miami as well as other locations. Factually, the highest grossing tour of 2012, the spectacle was seen by over 2.2 million people across the world over the course of its 88 (sold-out) shows.

More power to her!

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Britney Spears has been relatively quiet as of late, but oh is she keeping busy.

The Pop force has been diligently cooking up her eighth studio album, which has already been ordained one of music’s most anticipated releases. Indeed, the follow-up to 2011’s ‘Femme Fatale’ has been the subject of much speculation – from who’s working on it (beyond will.i.am) to when it’ll be arriving.

It comes as little surprise then that the singer’s fans are rejoicing following the star’s phone interview with Ryan Seacrest this morning.

Calling in to plug her new Smurfs song ‘Ooh La La’, the 31-year-old was refreshingly responsive when quizzed about what folk really want to know about – the album.

Flip the hood to hear what she had to say…

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As two of the show’s strongest magnets, Beyonce & Madonna‘s contributions to ‘The Sound of Change’ last Saturday still has viewers from all the around buzzing with excitement.

What these fans may not know, is that before the show kicked off at London’s Twickenham Stadium, both ladies caught up with ‘The Today Show’ to explain their relationship with the empowering cause and why they feel giving girls the tools to succeed is anything beneficial to all of us.

Watch below…

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Queen of Pop Madonna reigned over Billboard Touring charts this year with her blockbuster ‘MDNA’ tour.  Seeing it smash the box office to the tune of a whooping $305 million generated sales with 2.2 million in attendance overall, the Material Girl is undoubtedly hoping fans tune into EPIX in similar droves to see her perform her latest material as well as the golden oldies.

Set for air June 22nd at 8pm ET, new clips from the forthcoming show have made their way to the net.  Proving that even past the half-century mark she can still get down with the best of ’em, see her high-spirited showing of her 2012 hit ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ below:

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Pop royalty will be getting their due praises at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards according to recent reports.

Airing live from the Las Vegas MGM Grand Casino, allegedly feuding pop icons Madonna and Prince are set to be the night's honorees amidst a star studded performance lineup that will see the latter show off one of his latest hits.

Details inside:

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