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Originally posted by Jimmy.
Neither are legends. Britney probably, though.
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Oop the shade.
Although I consider both legends I'm fine with people thinking Britney is just an icon but Janet is definitely a legend.
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Originally posted by Team_Avatar
Janet has sold more than Britney, and paved the way for performers like Britney to be successful. Have some respect.
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The only thing that is accurate is that she paved the way for sure and yes people need to respect Janet. Britney was inspired partly and influenced partly by Janet and that can't be disputed.
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Originally posted by Team_Avatar
This isn't just a Janet issue. Everyone - Britney, Beyonce, Rihanna, - will live in Michael's shadow. He did everything they've done before they did it.
At least Janet carved out her own. This obviously isn't the most accurate barometer, but most people I know don't think of Janet as Michael's sister, but as her own artist on in her own right.
She completely redefined pop music in the 90s with Jimmy Jamm and Terry Lewis, paving the way for pretty much every single female entertainer afterwards. Have several seats, because the truth is Britney wouldn't be a damn thing if Janet hadn't been successful.
Also, besides a couple of cute, disposable albeit iconic songs, Britney couldn't touch Janet's level of acclaim. When Britney's single handedly changed and ushered in the sound of a genre then we can begin to entertain this discussion.
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Yeah the OP wanted a hit thread. I love these kind of debates I just wish it was Janet v Madonna or mariah v whitney or comparable artist
yo umake a point about MJ.
That said, Janet did carve out her own niche.
to my point for the anti Britney's is that artist like Britney, Rihanna, Beyonce did as well.
Now yes Beyonce has approached her inspiration and influence different than Britney's who I put in the category of Pink and Usher who took from the best and made it their own and gave credit to influences right away and not passed it off as their own.
But Britney single handedly changed the pop musical landscape for teen pop in the late 90s/00s as well as the ability for these little disney/nickolodean girls to transition their image to legit teen queens to adult pop stars by playing a naughty innocent or innocent naughty image that captivated girls boys men and women and playing both sides of suggestive good girl with a wink with ironic and clever visuals and songs. Before Britney teen girls were not able to last because they didn't have a brand of pop they carved as their niche. They were just bubblegum pop artists for the moment and after you have an artist that was able to shift her music and image to not only represent the sign of the times but also change with the times and carve out her own lane. these pop girls have said it way too often. For good and bad reasons, an industry without Britney in the late 90s/00s would have been completely different.
Perhaps people needed to really experience that era to understand that...who knows?
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Originally posted by Rei
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and that's not even close to the other 15+ comments from the actual artist as well as reputable publication and just sheer logic.
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Originally posted by swissman
Legendary? Janet.
Iconic? Britney.
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I can accept that. That said, this thread is somewhat inaccurate to begin with then.
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Originally posted by Gary
This is a dumb thread. Obviously Janet is considered more legendary.
Britney is definitely a legend too.
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That's my thing but Janet is on the level of Whitney, Madonna, Mariah, MJ prince legends.
Britney is on the Eminem, Jennifer lopez, Beyonce, Usher, Justin timberlake (I want to say pink so bad but I'm white knuckling that one for now)