A concept some Navy can't seem to grasp. Their iconic hits are:
Britney: BOMT, Oops, and Toxic.
Rihanna: Umbrella.
The difference is Britney is actually a figurehead of pop music. Rihanna is just there. She'll be like Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. 30 years from now someone will look up Billboard chart stats and be like "who is the hell is she and why did she have so many hit songs I've never heard?"
Acclaim that would be a no she doesn't have an album as acclaimed as Control, Rythm Nation and damn sure no where near as acclaimed as The Velvet Rope.
As far as touring that's a given as back in Janet's prime tour gross expectancies were different, just like album sales in this climate the expectancy are different now. Janet still did very well though
And you stated she topped her in each way and I disagree rihanna even at this point in time is no where near as good of a dancer or even performer. I'm not even gonna get into her talent with song writing and overall production. But like I said again you can go along thinking that if you like even though it is not correct. However don't misconstrue my statement in that I will deny rih's accomplishment's or think they are not noteworthy
Acclaim : 7 grammys, Rated R being compared to Velvet Rope is good enough and being on the immortal lis
Performance : Rihanna is growing as a vocalist and soon a dancer, shes only 25 same age group that Janet started with and yet shes "competing" with older women than her.
A concept some Navy can't seem to grasp. Their iconic hits are:
Britney: BOMT, Oops, and Toxic.
Rihanna: Umbrella.
The difference is Britney is actually a figurehead of pop music. Rihanna is just there. She'll be like Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. 30 years from now someone will look up Billboard chart stats and be like "who is the hell is she and why did she have so many hit songs I've never heard?"
A concept some Navy can't seem to grasp. Their iconic hits are:
Britney: BOMT, Oops, and Toxic.
Rihanna: Umbrella.
The difference is Britney is actually a figurehead of pop music. Rihanna is just there. She'll be like Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. 30 years from now someone will look up Billboard chart stats and be like "who is the hell is she and why did she have so many hit songs I've never heard?"
A concept some Navy can't seem to grasp. Their iconic hits are:
Britney: BOMT, Oops, and Toxic.
Rihanna: Umbrella.
The difference is Britney is actually a figurehead of pop music. Rihanna is just there. She'll be like Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. 30 years from now someone will look up Billboard chart stats and be like "who is the hell is she and why did she have so many hit songs I've never heard?"
I agreed with some of your points (WFL is IMO bigger than Umbrella in retrospect) until the bold. You don't have to be a stan to know that she will be remembered .
Acclaim : 7 grammys, Rated R being compared to Velvet Rope is good enough and being on the immortal lis
Performance : Rihanna is growing as a vocalist and soon a dancer, shes only 25 same age group that Janet started with and yet shes "competing" with older women than her.
But acclaim is broader than just Grammy Awards and even if we were to go there, Janet has 6 grammy awards. And over 100's and 100's of accolades to her name throughout her career (including legendary awards given to her for her impact upon music). Janet from critics is also very noteworthy and more prevalent hence why Control, Rythm Nation & The Velvet Rope will always be cited as some of the best albums of all time. Not going to get into how much people included your fave has praised her and considered her an amazing artist and influence.
As far as performing goes rihanna still sucks. At age 19 janet was pulling off choreography like this with her third and classic album:
something rihanna hasn't done anything impressive choreography wise. Now let's compare their performance at around the age of 24/25.
Just from this one performance Janet still wins. You can make the argument that rihanna does indeed sing live but still it's not all that impressive when compared to the vocals of other starlet's at that age (i'm talking Whitney, Mariah & hell even Bey)
A concept some Navy can't seem to grasp. Their iconic hits are:
Britney: BOMT, Oops, and Toxic.
Rihanna: Umbrella.
The difference is Britney is actually a figurehead of pop music. Rihanna is just there. She'll be like Brenda Lee and Connie Francis. 30 years from now someone will look up Billboard chart stats and be like "who is the hell is she and why did she have so many hit songs I've never heard?"