i would say Britney has the most potential, while Janet has had the most obvious impact. I'm placing long term bets on Britney though because the second she decides to do a sit down interview and/or a tell-all book about her breakdown, it will be liked a bigger and better comeback than the Circus era.
Also, from the whispers that I'm hearing, that day doesn't seem to be tooo far off. And X Factor seems to have rejuvenated some of her old fighting spirit
These Britney stans kill me. Admittedly Britney's more relevant today but when are you guys gonna get into discussions on how she's contributed to MUSIC. How she did something innovative that had a lasting impact on MUSIC. How you can trace her artistry directly through her MUSIC. Get real Britney stans you stan for a statistic, which is fine, but know your place when it comes to ARTISTS with receipts in critical acclaim, influence, impact in music and pop culture in addition to commercial success.
does Janet even get ANY recurrent airplay?
can ANYONE that isn't 20+ (i'm being extremely generous) name a janet jackson song?
no one's checking for her
so before anyone talks about Janet Jackson's impact on MUSIC, we would have to know how that impact is translated now? Timeless songs that everyone knows? Nope. Iconic performances? Nope. Well save for that Superbowl fiasco...
Touring success? nope. Legends TOUR like Legends. Janet Jackson can't sell out asia.
Britney's done in 13 years what Janet had like 30 years to do.
Really? So Britney helped break down the color barrier and open doors for black artists to crossover? She was also of the most important people to use the music video as an art form? And she contributed to the progression of music from the late 20th century and beyond through innovation in performance and genre? And she did this in THIRTEEN YEARS? Oh wait...none of this ever happened.
Janet's career is FAR superior to Britney. Her legacy is 2500x more immense, her career far more important and essential to music history and pop culture.
does Janet even get ANY recurrent airplay?
can ANYONE that isn't 20+ (i'm being extremely generous) name a janet jackson song?
no one's checking for her
So... your argument is if the songs currently don't play on the radio, it proves that she's done nothing for music? Or if they can't name a JJ song because they're too young, this proves she had less impact than Britney Spears did? What kind of nonsense is this? First off, I must clearly listen to the radio more often than you do, and the same ish is always on replay - there is hardly any "way back playback" (as it's referred to in Canada), it pretty much sticks to what's on Billboard. There';s just no space for older music - not even music from 2010. Second off, you can't use someone else's ignorance as an argument - I don't go to <10 year olds to find out what who legends are??
Lets use an example here. People under 20 barely know what Michael Jackson did and probably think Justin Bieber is far superior - they probably only know anything about him because of his well publicized funeral. JB may one day become better than MJ, but at the current moment you have to be crazy to think JB > MJ, right? We have to wait a while to see how much JB influences his genre. MJ is one of his idols. Britney Spears has said Janet is one of her idols - I mean, how much more evidence do you need?! BS' career might have been quite different if not for JJ. The career you're trying to argue is superior to the other's might have crumbled if someone hadn't paved that path beforehand.
People actually think that Britney has a superior career and more impact than Janet?
Janet Jackson is one of the most important artists of the modern era. She actually matters when it comes to the progression of popular music in the late 20th century and beyond, through her combination of live performance, the music video as an art form, her sexuality in musical image, her contribution to the blurring of the color barrier, and her musical innovation. Just by that alone, she's light-years ahead of Britney. Add in her record sales, acclaim, awards, tour grosses and iconic moments and it's beyond overkill.
Why is this so hard to grasp? Is it because everyone here is a sophomore in high school? You can literally pinpoint the change in music by going through the names. Madonna's sexuality, Janet's breakdowns, Whitney's belts, and Mariah's melisma. Britney is mega-successful, but it is very damn arguable that Janet has had a better career.
Britney is more respected and in fact more talented as well.
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13 years into her career, Britney decided that maybe music wasn't the way to go and moved to reality TV.
You mean 7 years into her music career? She did that circa 2005, didn't she? Before her ""COMEBACK"" lol
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If Janet was to release an official remix of Gangnam Style RIGHT NOW with those rules she would get a #1 too. Let's not give Britney merit for something Rihanna deserves alone.
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Without Britney on the remix, the song didn't do as well. You sit there and ponder whatever you would like.
By the time the Remix was released she was already top 3 in Pop, if not #1. Am I wrong?
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Britney's done in 13 years what Janet had like 30 years to do.
She's done what? Sold more? Because impact-wise, respect-wise she hasn't achieved what Janet took... 2, years to get? Control era did more for music than her whole career could. Let alone the others until All For You.
does Janet even get ANY recurrent airplay?
can ANYONE that isn't 20+ (i'm being extremely generous) name a janet jackson song?
no one's checking for her
so before anyone talks about Janet Jackson's impact on MUSIC, we would have to know how that impact is translated now? Timeless songs that everyone knows? Nope. Iconic performances? Nope. Well save for that Superbowl fiasco...
Touring success? nope. Legends TOUR like Legends. Janet Jackson can't sell out asia.
Britney's done in 13 years what Janet had like 30 years to do.
You have to look at it this way though. We don't know where Britney will be 30 years into her career. 13 years into her career Janet was still in her prime.
Britney's fire lasted all but about 4-6 years. After the Britney album everything went to hell.
Janet at Britney's age was still seen as a music force, Britney is seen as a stiff joke now outside her fan base,
People actually think that Britney has a superior career and more impact than Janet?
Janet Jackson is one of the most important artists of the modern era. She actually matters when it comes to the progression of popular music in the late 20th century and beyond, through her combination of live performance, the music video as an art form, her sexuality in musical image, her contribution to the blurring of the color barrier, and her musical innovation. Just by that alone, she's light-years ahead of Britney. Add in her record sales, acclaim, awards, tour grosses and iconic moments and it's beyond overkill.
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Really? So Britney helped break down the color barrier and open doors for black artists to crossover? She was also of the most important people to use the music video as an art form? And she contributed to the progression of music from the late 20th century and beyond through innovation in performance and genre? And she did this in THIRTEEN YEARS? Oh wait...none of this ever happened.
Janet's career is FAR superior to Britney. Her legacy is 2500x more immense, her career far more important and essential to music history and pop culture.
Janet. It's not close, contrary to what some think. The Janet stans have given examples of how she helped progress music. I mean what more do you want? As far as females who shaped music and pop culture, I'd say Janet is second only to Madonna. So there you have it.
does Janet even get ANY recurrent airplay?
can ANYONE that isn't 20+ (i'm being extremely generous) name a janet jackson song?
no one's checking for her
so before anyone talks about Janet Jackson's impact on MUSIC, we would have to know how that impact is translated now? Timeless songs that everyone knows? Nope. Iconic performances? Nope. Well save for that Superbowl fiasco...
Touring success? nope. Legends TOUR like Legends. Janet Jackson can't sell out asia.
If Janet was to release an official remix of Gangnam Style RIGHT NOW with those rules she would get a #1 too. Let's not give Britney merit for something Rihanna deserves alone.
Everybody knows that song went to #1 because of Britney Spears and for that reason alone.
Honey most music today sounds like Britney's 2004 single Toxic. Just as most music in 2004-5 sounded like Britney's 2001 single I'm A Slave 4 U. Britney is more influential than you like to give her credit for.