Originally posted by IMPACTNET.

You're damn right we're gonna celebrate Janet having a #1 album in her 4th decade of music. Not every artist can have one of those. Especially Cyndi, who couldn't make it out of the 80's. While you use Spotify streams as your receipts, we'll use Janet's influence and artistry which has been referenced and emulated since she released Control. We'll use the fact that her skills as a performer and visual artist pushed the live and music video medium forward. We'll use the fact that her Control album progressed R&B music and we'll use the fact that her music is STILL referenced in pop culture, including by the president. We'll use THOSE receipts, hope those streams keep you warm at night though.




And those two covered songs are bigger than her. What has those two songs done to change pop culture? What influence has the two covered songs had on other artists? You all have a severely narrow view of longevity. Longevity is not just having your song covered on some singing competition. Longevity is not just having some high streams. Longevity is your artistry making a mark on the industry and pop culture and not only impacting, but influencing it via the artists that come after you and the paradigm shifting and becoming what it is today because you existed. You can look at the music industry before Janet Jackson and after and you'll see a shift. The same can't be said for Cyndi.

Originally posted by halcyonday

Janet's fans celebrating her quick little #1 album in the US, when it's the only market where she's a "legend". The receipts have already proven that Janet's songs are forgotten. We're in the streaming era so we'll use the streaming receipts. Michael sister's fans can stay in 1990, when she was a bit relevant.