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Originally posted by Reverie
"Two top selling solo LPs"
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People don't understand context. Between the 60s and 80s, R&B acts selling 300k - 500k per album with one or two top ten hits on the R&B chart was a success for them and the label. Janet's first two albums were deemed successful in their time. The whole "commercial disappointment" notion became used as back story to illustrate how Janet became a music icon on her own merits. I see why it's used - using it as a jumping point, while indirectly crediting Her success to Her own talent - but these "journalists" need to be a bit more thorough and investigative in their "journalism". Also, by calling them flops, people are indirectly belittling the success of R&B acts of that time.
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Cuz yeah that's not bad at all then