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Madonna on her Prince tribute: 'If he inspired you, you just show it!'

The Queen of Pop performed a tribute to the late Prince at last night's Billboard Music Awards and she took to social media earlier today (May 23) to defend her set. 

Earlier this week, the executive producer of the BBMAs Mark Bracco explained that he was aware of the criticism he received for choosing Madonna for the tribute, but fully supported his own decision and was confident she would do a fantastic job:

"Listen, I think everybody is entitled to their opinion and everyone can have their own opinion, but I will say that we are honoured and could not be more excited for Madonna to be on the show and to pay tribute to someone that was her friend and her peer and her colleague. I think it's going to be fantastic. It's going to be very, very intimate and very respectful, and I think it's something that is really going to pay tribute to Prince as the incredible, groundbreaking artist that he was and the influence that he had on music."

Following her performance at the Billboard Music Awards, Madonna shared the following post on Instagram which explained why she wanted to get involved: "Anyone who wants to do a tribute to Prince is welcome to. Whatever your age Gender or skin Color. If you loved him and he inspired you then show it!!!! I love Prince 4 ever."

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