Sure this would make sense if we weren't ON a music forum. Every person on here clearly has a large interest in pop culture yet they try to shade some of the biggest artists of all time by saying they've never heard of them like that's embarrassing for the artist rather than themselves?
Let them embarrass themselves. I bet those who shade divas whom had impacted the industry before the 00s are 14 years old or toddlers whom like someone like Taylor Swift.
Janet. She is almost never brought up by media or whatever. I knew of her as a "successful" sister of Michael.
I knew Mariah but didn't know about her legacy or impressive sales.
Atrl has a big interest in R&B girls that are no longer relevant. I didn't know (and still don't care) about any of them. Plus the ones that are moderately successful (but local) like Ciara, Kelly Rowland, etc.
Janet is the only one I can really understand. Of course I always knew who she was, but I wasn't familiar with how massively successful she was at one point. And I knew some of her songs but didn't necessarily know who sang them. The media truly obliterated all traces of her after Nipplegate
People in third world countries dont know the woman trying feed them and keep them from becoming sex slaves... Knowing who is trying to help you isnt important as long as people get the help they need.