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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts
Janet's music is kind of local in a way. She doesnt have a really dedicated international stanbase like her brother, Madonna, or even some of the newbies do. Even Whitney has a bigger stanbase and Whitney wasnt even a pop star in the traditional sense of the word.
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So you know all her fans around the world do you?
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Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 tour was the biggest selling debut
world-wide tour in history. The tour solidified her status as a
trailblazing entertainer with cutting edge choreography, unparalleled stage
production, theatrics and spectacles, winning over audiences across the
board and breaking global box office records along the way. She wowed the
world with over 100 performances in 90 cities. The first international
shows were in Japan, where she sold out the Tokyo Dome (48,000 capacity)
with four shows in seven minutes, creating the record for the fastest sell
out in the history of the Tokyo Dome.
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In all Janets Tours Have been attended by over 8million fans and is the 3rd most successful black touring act of all time behind Tina Turner And Her brother Michael Jackson.
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That's The Way Love Goes reached number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; the top five in Finland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; and the top ten in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, and Sweden. The song is to date the biggest selling single by a female artist in South Africa, spending 9 weeks at no.1.
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Janet’s biggest selling single worldwide is “Together Again”; in 1998 it was the 4th biggest selling single of the year in Europe (2nd biggest for a female, only outsold by Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”). Worldwide sales according to Virgin Records are over 6 million copies, one of the largest selling singles ever from a female artist. “Together Again” spent nearly 50 weeks in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100
It also remains one of the longest charting hits in Billboard history. “Together Again” sold over 760,000 in the UK making it one of the biggest selling singles ever in the UK from a female artist, “Together Again” sold over 600,000 copies in Germany also earned a Platinum certification just 2 months after it was released. “Together Again”, also went Platinum in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, and even went Double Platinum in New Zealand.
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Yep. so local
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