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SHE may dress like a hooker from space, but any doubts over Lady Gaga's right to the title Queen of Pop can be safely laid to rest now.

This week sees the electro dance diva top the singles chart once again with Telephone and her album The Fame is still defiantly hanging on to the top spot after a whopping 62 weeks in the charts.

Gaga has not only knocked Madonna's crown clean off her head, she's forcibly shoved the pop icon off the throne, screaming “move over Madge, there's a new bitch on the block.”

After a glorious reign of more than 30 years, it's the end of an era, but the sinewy man-eater has had her time and, let's face it, hasn't exactly fought a hard battle to keep her spot at the top.

Preoccupied with divorcing her Mockney hubbie, chasing Brazilian toy boys and shopping for babies in Third World countries, Madonna has taken her eyes away from the prize.

Having defined the rules of what makes a modern pop royal, the Material Girl really should have seen this coming.

But I'm saving up my crocodile tears for another day, because on closer examination Lady Gaga is a more than acceptable replacement for the bolshy diva.

With her penchant for outrageous costumes, lesbian leanings, fetish for bondage and a potty mouth which would make Gordon Ramsay blush, the Poker Face singer has all the hallmarks of a pop royal.

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The question now is, how will Her Majesty keep her crown from slipping or being snatched back?

Barring nailing it to her head – and I wouldn't put it past her – Gaga has little choice but to hold on tight and hope the tsunami wave she's currently riding doesn't diminish to an underwhelming splash.

Taking a note from Madonna's manual of success, the secret to a long and happy reign is re-invention.

However, Lady Gaga has already taken image change to an extreme, morphing into ever more surreal and fantastical characters on a seemingly minute-by-minute basis.

Where she goes after her current incarnation is anyone's guess, but what is for sure is we'll be eagerly awaiting her next transformation.

Personally, I'd like to see her replace her head with a giant glitter ball, implant clap-operated neon lights under her pasty white skin and become a human disco.

Of course, any talk of Lady Gaga's coronation is woefully premature.

It is not even two years since she exploded onto the music scene and the fireworks could soon fizzle out.

Madonna doesn't take defeat easily either and I'm sure it won't be long before she bares her teeth and sharpens her claws ready for a regal showdown.

And when she does, I want front row tickets for the carnage.

But perhaps the pair could share the throne afterall. Queen Mum Madge? Just a thought.

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