Clearly Beyonce. Janet impact is QUITE local, kind of not her fault since internet and YT wasn't common during her peak. But Beyonce still. Every singer today is inspired by her. Be it X Factor auditions to Diamond album sellers. Janet was overshadowed by Whitney, Mariah and Madonna even. She's basically the Britney of her generation.
This image is horrendous. Those dance moves are just basic ranges of human motion and had been done well before Janet was born and would've been done if Janet had never been famous.
Instead, you should've pointed out that Janet helped create the dancing-focused pop star and was a major influence (and still is) on most of those artists.
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I got that image from another site and it was based on critics comparing the moves from the RN video to those. TTWE was compared for the warehouse setting, Alejandro for the military choreography and outfits, Run the World for some of the choreography and military theme, and Fight for this Love for some of the choreography and outfit (which she said was inspired by Janet). The fact that just ONE of Janet's videos alone draws that many comparisons from critics speaks volumes.
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and that's where it ENDS.
It goes alot farther than that. She's basically the pioneer and blueprint for most female pop singers (and they've ALL mentioned being inspired by her).
Set the standard for female choreography
Brought the headset mic to prominence
The first to use the midriff baring style
Pioneered the teen pop evolution from virgin to sex vixen (Miley, Britney, Rihanna, Usher all followed this)
Has several of the most infamous and acclaimed pop albums of all time
Her songs are often sampled by newer artists
First female to feature a rapper on a song
The Superbowl incident literally changed television and was the most watched moment of all time, made her the most searched person ever
Bey will have an amazing legacy but not in the same way. Many of the things she's done were already pioneered and originated by Janet, which gives her the advantage.
I got that image from another site and it was based on critics comparing the moves from the RN video to those. TTWE was compared for the warehouse setting, Alejandro for the military choreography and outfits, Run the World for some of the choreography and military theme, and Fight for this Love for some of the choreography and outfit (which she said was inspired by Janet). The fact that just ONE of Janet's videos alone draws that many comparisons from critics speaks volumes.
It goes alot farther than that. She's basically the pioneer and blueprint for most female pop singers (and they've ALL mentioned being inspired by her).
Set the standard for female choreography
Brought the headset mic to prominence
The first to use the midriff baring style
Pioneered the teen pop evolution from virgin to sex vixen (Miley, Britney, Rihanna, Usher all followed this)
Has several of the most infamous and acclaimed pop albums of all time
Her songs are often sampled by newer artists
First female to feature rapper on a song
The Superbowl incident literally changed television and was the most watched moment of all time, made her the most searched person ever
Bey will have an amazing legacy but not in the same way. Many of the things she's done were already pioneered and originated by Janet, which gives her the advantage.
Set the standard for female choreography
Brought the headset mic to prominence
The first to use the midriff baring style
etc, etc is NOT important, nor facts.
First and foremost, I can list Bey entire resume, but why?
I know where she stand and who look up to her.
Keep telling yourself that: The Superbowl incident was a positive thing, lol.
and also, blueprint for most female pop singers? REALLY? LMFAO
Sis... I don't know who told you that, but it's not true. Not you claiming Miley and Rihanna, and even Usher being inspired by her. Lmfao. Rihanna style is FAR more like Bey than Janet. Miley is FAR more like Madonna, than Janet. And Usher is FARRRR more like Michael than Janet. But I'm sleep doe
hmmm actually I wanna change my vote to queen janét she's kind of the blue print for all pop stars when u think about it. who knows what will happen though Beyoncé is far from over
Set the standard for female choreography
Brought the headset mic to prominence
The first to use the midriff baring style
etc, etc is NOT important, nor facts.
First and foremost, I can list Bey entire resume, but why?
I know where she stand and who look up to her.
Keep telling yourself that: The Superbowl incident was a positive thing, lol.
and also, blueprint for most female pop singers? REALLY? LMFAO
Sis... I don't know who told you that, but it's not true. Not you claiming Miley and Rihanna, and even Usher being inspired by her. Lmfao. Rihanna style is FAR more like Bey than Janet. Miley is FAR more like Madonna, than Janet. And Usher is FARRRR more like Michael than Janet. But I'm sleep doe
They're important because they're things still seen in everyone that came after her. I didn't say it was positive but it had a huge impact and was the inspiration for a ton of the social networks everyone uses now. Not too many others can say that.
The part about Miley, Rih, and Usher is about their image. They all started out innocent and transitioned to being more sexual as an adult. Janet was the first popstar to start that and that's why she's credited for it.
"Ms. Jackson more or less invented the teen-pop makeover, blazing the trail that Usher and Ms. Spears and all the rest would later follow."
"Miley no longer wanted to be Hannah Montana so she worked on developing the fast twitch muscle fibers in her ass cheeks, similar to what Janet Jackson did when she got tired of being Penny from “Good Times”
I can post alot more receipts but there's too many. They've all been compared to Janet in some way.
Miley with We Can't Stop being compared to the theme of Control and the VMA performance compared to the Superbowl, Usher and alot of his choreography, Rihanna and her image in general (which is heavily Janet inspired, especially the GGGB, Rated R and Loud eras).
She has artists of all genres citing her as an influence and naming songs after her in the past year alone.
Bey's also been compared to Janet alot but here's the most recent:
"Blow," the best track here, evokes Janet Jackson circa The Velvet Rope"
Even the themes of some of Bey's songs are compared to Janet because she did it first. I love them both, but this is what gives her a greater legacy overall. She's the originator and the blueprint.
Beyoncé and Janet Jackson's creative paths might be more similar than you realize. In terms of a child star maturing and transforming from daddy's little pop princess to an iconic global superstar, there are parallels between 1993's Janet and 2013's Beyoncé albums.
… long before her accidentally exposed nipple during a Super Bowl half-time show made her an Enemy of the State, Jackson was a chubby-faced girl in black, who smiled nice and spoke softly at the camera, who promised suitors she’d be “worth the wait.” The last of the Jackson Dynasty, her music was autobiographical ("Control"), sure, and socio-politically conscious (the critically-acclaimed "Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814"), but never sexy, and certainly never sexual. This video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)," released in 1990, was Janet’s first official makeover that repositioned her public image. The ’93 record, released when Jackson was 27, drove the point home. Like Knowles, Jackson also broke managerial ties with her father, seeking more autonomy, a move that has proven to be instrumental in the successes of both artists.
For Beyoncé, dropping her father Matthew Knowles allowed her to be free in a way she couldn't totally before. I guess Ms. Tina, Beyoncé's mom like Mrs. Jackson before her, is more forgiving, but according to Beyoncé, like Janet all those decades ago, mommy didn't get to hear those breathy sex-positive lyrics before the general public either. Some things aren't ever for mom's ears, no matter how old you are I guess.
From Janet To BEYONCÉ: Why It Matters When Black Women Sing About Sexuality
This album is widely successful because it makes women feel good about themselves. I can see how that might be confusing for some.
A little over three weeks since "BEYONCÉ" took the Internet hostage in the middle of the night, the buzz for the artist’s self-titled release has not waned, and she seems unlikely to release any hostages. I can still expect to see “SURFBOARD” (who knew you could spell that so many ways?) as the caption of choice on my homegirls’ latest selfies, and I rang in my New Year drunk in love with my fatty, daddy.
As listeners continue to speculate just what “watermelon” means (note: it’s not what you think), an important message has been lost in translation, particularly among men. Shocking. This, the album where Beyoncé Knowles emerges as more than song-of-the-year-YouTube-video-wunderkind for the girls and the gays, has escaped them. The album about female independence is the album they don’t seem to understand.
Knowles’ fifth album is personal and intimate in the same way another mononymous, punctuation-for-purpose release, "janet." was. So said Rolling Stone in its review of Janet Jackson’s 1993 album:
“janet.'s Janet is a more complete sexual being than most of pop's black women are allowed or allow themselves to be. No Hottentot Venus (an objectified, sexually available black female) exploiting her legs (Tina Turner), hair (Neneh Cherry) or blackness (black drag queen Madonna), Jackson evades reductive sexuality by demanding love and respect from both her partner and herself. She wants you to touch her, and love's got to do with it because "that's the way love goes." Janet won't stand for a trade-off — she wants love and sex.”
Before then, and long before her accidentally exposed nipple during a Super Bowl half-time show made her an Enemy of the State, Jackson was a chubby-faced girl in black, who smiled nice and spoke softly at the camera, who promised suitors she’d be “worth the wait.” The last of the Jackson Dynasty, her music was autobiographical ("Control"), sure, and socio-politically conscious (the critically-acclaimed "Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814"), but never sexy, and certainly never sexual.
This video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)," released in 1990, was Janet’s first official makeover that repositioned her public image. The ’93 record, released when Jackson was 27, drove the point home. Like Knowles, Jackson also broke managerial ties with her father, seeking more autonomy, a move that has proven to be instrumental in the successes of both artists.
Here are women who sing about sex. Sexuality. Contemporary womanhood. Wholeness. Arrival.
Well it's no surprise that Janet has the bigger legacy now but if Beyonce continues with this momentum than I'm sure a a few years she'll pass Janet and ultimately she'll have the bigger legacy.
[QUOTE=Signs;19261107]Clearly Beyonce. Janet impact is QUITE local, kind of not her fault since internet and YT wasn't common during her peak. But Beyonce still. Every singer today is inspired by her. Be it X Factor auditions to Diamond album sellers. Janet was overshadowed by Whitney, Mariah and Madonna even. She's basically the Britney of her generation.[/QUOTE]
Now, sis. Since when was Britney overshadowed by anyone during 1998-2008? She was the one overshadowing the rest.
This thread needs to die already. Once again, the girls here are judging legacy by crossover success and current relevancy. Beyonce is more relevant than Aretha and Tina currently, does that diminish their output?
Janet has the bigger legacy than Beyonce. Similar to how Aretha is the blueprint for soul singers after her, Janet is the blueprint for dancers. Her contributions to the music industry are tremendous. It doesn't matter whether YOU or your country know about it. That's your problem.
Let's not act like Janet is a nobody when Beyoncé herself mentioned her as a top 3 inspiration in her latest Documentary and also when the Rocket video took many notes from Any Time, Any Place. Don't make me clock y'all uneducated ATRLers.