[NICHOLE]

Originally posted by Lasers

Janet disagrees with you tbh

She actually wanted to collab with Aaliyah's "mediocre" ass.

You girls will never learn. All of your faves were here for Aaliyah, no matter how mad her slayage made you.

What does Janet's opinion have to do with mine? Regardless of what Janet thinks of her, I personally think Aaliyah is mediocre. Who's mad, honey? Cause at the end of the day, Aaliyah's "SLAYAGE" was NOTHING compared to Janet's reign.

[TMTURKEY]

Originally posted by Lasers

Aaliyah was the FIRST teen act of the 90's to go platinum. Damn. Give the girl her credit..

Y'all don't know sh!t.

Educate em

[NICHOLE]

Originally posted by TMTURKEY

Your spiteful for coming @ me this hard. I never intended to make it seem like Aaliyah was the FIRST IT GIRL of all time. I obviously had some grammatical errors and couldn't get my point across.

Let me be great bitch.

Or you could proof read your thread & come with receipts before you go talking out of your ass and getting mad when you get clocked with receipts. Just a suggestion.

[Bey_Rihstan]

Not Nichole dragging

[Kings.]

Originally posted by Truth Teller

Yes she was. Brandy and Monica have admitted it too. The fact that Aaliyah had a triple platinum album in 94 urged record labels to sign and actively promote similar artists. She changed the game

I'm so tired of people trying to discredit Aaliyah because of stale receipts and Wikipedia numbers. Sure other females were outselling her but none of them was outshining her. She just never had a real label or a good team. Her physical singles were sloppy and poorly timed limited releases and her promo was US restricted and basic

Aaliyah's triple platinum album doesn't hold a candle to Brandy's 5x Platinum US/16 million WW sophomore album

And let's not forget The Boy Is Mine being at #1 for 1 weeks STRAIGHT and being better than anything Aaliyah has ever released

[Bey_Rihstan]

Basically the way feel about it is that Sure Aaliyah had some success, but it seemed minimal when Brandy Came out

[FantasyRide]

she was probably 1st, although i think Brandy's image was more associated with the whole teen 'it' girl thing because of moesha, cinderella and her music was more clean

[TMTURKEY]

Originally posted by NICHOLE

What does Janet's opinion have to do with mine? Regardless of what Janet thinks of her, I personally think Aaliyah is mediocre. Who's mad, honey? Cause at the end of the day, Aaliyah's "SLAYAGE" was NOTHING compared to Janet's reign.

Janet can't even sing.

[NICHOLE]

Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan

Basically the way feel about it is that Sure Aaliyah had some success, but it seemed minimal when Brandy Came out

Which means Brandy was the first teen it girl of the 90's, which answers the threads questions, but since it's not the answer TMTURKEY wants to hear he's infuriated!

[dazjaali]

Originally posted by TMTURKEY

Aaliyah was out before Brandy sweetheart....

She came out before Brandy, but her album didn't have the impact that Brandy's album did. Brandy will forever be the first and biggest teen It girl of the 90's

[WheresJay]

Originally posted by Lasers

Aaliyah was the FIRST teen act of the 90's to go platinum. Damn. Give the girl her credit..

Y'all don't know sh!t.

No one is really discrediting Aaliyah. Her achievements are acknowledged and her impact is undeniable. But when it comes to IT girl of the 90's, it must go to Brandy. Yes, Aaliyah was first. Her impact may be the only reason why we have Brandy and Monica but that doesn't mean she was bigger than them. 1994-1999 were owned by Brandy.

Both Monica and Aaliyah had their hits. Monica having a a lot of Top 40 success while Aaliyah had #1's on the R&B airplay charts.

I think the only reason why Aaliyah didn't dominate the 90's was because her music wasn't catering to a broad audience. Her music kind of just stayed in the R&B realm, with the exception of "The One I Gave My Heart To" which was a great ballad and charted at #9 on the Hot 100. She just didn't crave attention and stayed true to her vision. She did exceptionally well considering her style and terrible team.

[NICHOLE]

Originally posted by TMTURKEY

Janet can't even sing.

Yet she still sold upwards of 100 million records. Control was 6x platinum, and that wasn't even her peak or greatest selling album. Did Aaliyah ever sell that much in her career? How about before her death? Don't inject your unneeded, subjective opinion into an argument over RECEIPTS, sweetheart. The numbers don't lie.

[Auris]

Brandy and Aaliyah were both it girls who happened at about the same time.

Don't start a stan war just accept both

[evyonce]

Brandy

[ChrisRTW]

Originally posted by NICHOLE

Yet she still sold upwards of 100 million records. Control was 6x platinum, and that wasn't even her peak or greatest selling album. Did Aaliyah ever sell that much in her career? How about before her death? Don't inject your unneeded, subjective opinion into an argument over RECEIPTS, sweetheart. The numbers don't lie.

What does that have to do with her vocals?
But drag ha!!

[Nippy'sReceipts]

The teen R&B it girls of the 90s were Brandy, Aaliyah, & Monica.
And in that order.

Brandy was the Black Cinderella in that Cinderella movie and had her own sitcom. I dont think it gets more It Girl than that.

[WheresJay]

Originally posted by FantasyRide

she was probably 1st, although i think Brandy's image was more associated with the whole teen 'it' girl thing because of moesha, cinderella and her music was more clean

Exactly, she was just set up for overall stardom. Aaliyah's music was "grown" and experimental in ways that didn't work well into Top 40 at that time. Again, her career was still strong considering this. Aaliyah is not to be discredited, she was still a strong presence and well respected.

[WheresJay]

Originally posted by AriNikoBradshaw

Brandy and Aaliyah were both it girls who happened at about the same time.

Don't start a stan war just accept both

It should really just stop here. MONICA, BRANDY AND AALIYAH WERE THE TRINITY.

[NICHOLE]

Originally posted by ChrisRTW

What does that have to do with her vocals?
But drag ha!!

Janet wasn't the greatest singer. Was Aaliyah tho? Cause Beyonce came out of the womb singing circles around her, as did Brandy and literally every other R&B singer.

[KingOfUrbanPop]

Obviously, Aaliyah was the 1st debuting part of the Teen TRINITY and had a platinum album when Brandy came out with TWO top tens. Brandy debuted in TV/Film first though.