Interesting discussion I ran across on FB, and I decided to see what ATRL thinks...
Which of these divas owned 1993?
Janet Jackson
Toni Braxton
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
All four had huge projects that dominated the year (Janet Jackson had 'janet.,' Whitney Houston had 'The Bodyguard,' Mariah Carey had 'Music Box,' and Toni Braxton debuted with her self-titled album.).
Take all of the following into account:
--Album sales
--Single/chart success
--Tours
--Awards
--Impact
Didn't Music Box sell like 32 million copies worldwide? Isn't "I Will Always Love You" one of the best-selling singles of all time?
Mariah had the best sales. That one single by Whitney Houston remains one of the best-known and iconic songs of all time. Janet Jackson's janet. album is iconic and crucial to Popular music as we know it today. And I haven't seen Mariah or Whitney's tours, I already know that the Janet. World Tour is better than either of theirs. I know nothing about Toni.
Mariah for album sales. Whitney for single success. Janet for impact and touring.
Janet and Whitney over Mariah and Toni. Janet and Whitney's era were both iconic, but also very IMPORTANT.
Your stanning shades are on too hard for Janet.
Mariah had better album sales than her with Music Box selling 32 million. Mariah had better performing singles than her with "Hero" becoming one of the biggest ballads ever, and "Without You" becoming her best performing song Worldwide in her career.
Only thing Janet has on her is touring, impact is debatable kinda.
Whitney and Mariah.
janet. didn't anything outside the us.
It sold 20 million copies worldwide.
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Originally posted by iHypeMusic
Your stanning shades are on too hard for Janet.
Mariah had better album sales than her with Music Box selling 32 million. Mariah had better performing singles than her with "Hero" becoming one of the biggest ballads ever, and "Without You" becoming her best performing song Worldwide in her career.
Only thing Janet has on her is touring, impact is debatable kinda.
Commercial success =/= impact. Why is that so damn hard to grasp? Yes MB was more successful than janet., but nowhere near as important, impactful or iconic.
This
is known everywhere. People still pay tribute to her by taking pictures like this to this day. The MB era is forgotten.
Isn't "I Will Always Love You" one of the best-selling singles of all time? 
> Mariah > 
> Toni
Yes MB was more successful than janet., but nowhere near as important, impactful or iconic.