Like Madonna, political commentator and author Candace Owens is no stranger to garnering headlines for controversy.

Unlike the 65-year-old diva, Owens – who has been slammed over the years for ruffling the fan bases of Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Lil Nas X, Beyonce, Lizzo, Cardi B, and more – thinks there should be an age limit set on performers.

Taking aim at Madge in a scathing review of her otherwise critically acclaimed ‘Celebration Tour,’ Candace royally slammed the Queen of Pop – even likening her current performance skills to that of a 2-year-old.

Claiming the songstress looks ‘lost’ on stage and comparing her dance moves to that of a “zombie,” hop inside to see what the TV personality says that has Madonna’s fans up-in-arms.

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Madonna once famously declared “The most controversial thing I’ve ever done is to stick around.”

And as her ‘Celebration Tour’ danced into London again this week and that soundbite blared through the speakers, those words proved more resonant than ever.

As widely reported, the legendary diva was forced to postpone the hotly anticipated global trek when she was hospitalized with a bacterial infection in the summer. The news cast a cloud of doubt over both the tour and her health more broadly.

Yet, as she has done countless times throughout her 41-year career, the Queen of Pop defied the odds to rise like the phoenix she is and take flight on what is unquestionably one of her most liberated live offerings to date.

That Grape Juice was on hand at London’s O2 Arena for the trek’s latest show.

Join us after the jump for our exclusive review of ‘The Celebration Tour’

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Despite rendering some of Pop music history’s most memorable hits (see: ‘1999,’ ‘When Doves Cry,’ ‘Let’s Go Crazy,’ etc.), an easy standout in Prince‘s prized discography comes courtesy of 1986’s ‘Kiss.

The fourth of his five career Hot 100 chart-toppers, the tune – which smooched the summit of the all-genre hitlist for two weeks that year – has seen its commercial impact outweighed only by its enduring critical and cultural significance.

A mainstay on ‘Best Ever’ lists over the years, the Gold-certified smash is featured in the top 20 of Billboard’s ‘500 Greatest Pop Songs of All Time,’ the top 10 of NME’s ‘150 Greatest Singles of All Time‘, and the top 100 of Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Songs of All Time.’

In a more recent toast to the legacy of ‘Kiss,’ the latter publication rolled out yet another all-time ranking that has the legendary tune towering over the competition.

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Over 50 years after making its debut the Glastonbury Festival is still finding ways to tread new territory.

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Thanks to its 46-week stay on the Hot 100, Kelly Clarkson‘s smash ‘Since U Been Gone‘ not only shines as her longest-charting hit yet on the tally but also one of the biggest of her career.

For that reason and others, the 2004-released tune was crowned the best Pop song to have debuted in the 2000s courtesy of Billboard’s ‘500 Best Pop Songs’ list.

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Having already secured ranking on Rolling Stone‘s ‘500 Best Songs of All Time’ (#426), Nicki Minaj is no stranger to seeing her 2011 megahit ‘Super Bass‘ lauded for its enduring legacy.

The historic Diamond-certified smash, which still stands as the most popular member of her prized discography over a decade after its release, got its most recent homage courtesy of Billboard’s ‘500 Best Pop Songs.’

There, it not only towered above every other female rapper’s placement but also made the 40-year-old the second-highest placed Black woman overall, runner-up only to Pop icon Whitney Houston who finished at #1 on the tally with her timeless classic ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody.’

Look inside to see what number ‘Bass’ bounced to on Billboard’s coveted count.

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As owner of three of the top 10 longest-running Hot 100 solo #1 hits of all time (‘Irreplaceable,’ ‘Baby Boy,’ and ‘Crazy in Love‘), it only makes sense that Beyonce – already named Billboard’s “greatest Pop star of the century” – finds her name printed more than any other female act on site’s recently published ‘500 Best Pop Songs’ list.

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Queen of Pop Madonna may be reigning over headlines for her triumphant return to stage courtesy of the globe-trotting ‘Celebration Tour,’ but now the icon has even more to celebrate thanks to a recent Billboard ranking that finds her in a familiar spot: #1.

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‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody,’ the lead single from Whitney Houston‘s 1987 eponymous sophomore album, not only hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the height of its popularity (becoming her fourth in what would go on to be a record-setting string of 7 consecutive chart-toppers) but it would eventually nab 7x Platinum status at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The measure denotes sales equivalence of 7 million in the United States.

In fact, the latter organization has it listed as her second highest-certified hit in the country to date following the gargantuan ‘I Will Always Love You.’

A staple at weddings as well as TV and movie soundtracks over the last 3 decades, the enduring legacy of the Narada Michael Walden-produced smash got yet another nod thanks to Billboard’s recently published list of the “500 Best Pop Songs.”

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Cher has made no secret of her distaste for fellow Pop icon Madonna over the years, but – let her tell it now – the two have buried the hatchet of their multi-decade long beef.

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At 64-years-young, Queen of Pop Madonna is still getting into the groove and garnering royal thumbs up from dedicated fans and well-wishers after a highly publicized health scare forced her to postpone the forthcoming ‘Celebration World Tour.’

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Madonna has broken her silence after being hospitalized with a serious “bacterial infection.”

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