:Could everyone try to calm down and focus on the main objective - trying to improve the Madonna article.  I sincerely believe that's what everyone is trying to do, but approaching it from different directions.  The "Queen of Pop" thing is not the biggest problem here.  There's a sentence in the article that describes Madonna as one of the most important people in the history of the world.  Really, that kind of overstatement does her a disservice.  She's made an incredible, unique contribution to pop music, culture etc but that's barely acknowledged in favor of a bunch of meaningless praise.  Can we please look at the entire article, and rather than give examples such as Bette Midler, which is not a particularly good article, please compare it to the various singers, actors, performers etc who are the subjects of featured articles.  There are numerous "bad" articles that we could use as a rationale for the development of the Madonna article but I would prefer to draw inspiration from the best articles rather than the mediocre.  There is some justification for the "Divine Miss M" reference.  She was actually known by that moniker early in her career as it was a character she created and for a time she was that character on and off-stage.  Her stage show and album used the same name - it was a strong connection.  Maybe not strong enough for the lead sentence, but it doesn't compare with the media created "Queen of Pop" tag. 

Once again I draw your attention to WP:LEAD.  Please take a few moments to read it so that we can at least try to tackle this from the same angle instead of all this bickering, which is doing nothing but harm.  Nothing should be in the lead section that is not in the article because the lead is meant to be a summary of the article.  If the "Queen of Pop" reference is so important, please discuss it in the article so it at least has some context.  "She's commonly called "Queen of Pop".   Big deal - what does that mean?  There's no attempt to place it into any context, there's no meaning, no explanation.  Please try to keep personal opinions aside and use WP guidelines to approach the article objectively.  Wikipedia:What is a featured article? is also full of useful tips on what to aim for.  This used to be a featured article (believe it or not), and there's no reason it can't be again.