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Originally posted by Satellites
Um I love Gaga but her peak right now does not rival any legend and damn sure not Janets.
At Janets peak Poetic Justice—garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Her album at the time .janet debuted with the largest first week sales in history for a female artist at the time with 350,000 units sold 20 million worldwide and the album was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time. Not to mention her groundbreaking record deal and her chart run of 19 consecutive Billboard Top 10 singles in a row 7 of them being from one album. And she snatched a Rolling Stone cover that remains iconic and controversial to this very day.
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I would be the first to say that GaGa's era rival's anybody's peak, including Janet's. She may not have a movie etc going on but that's because she's new, Janet was a veteran--plus she had her family--by the time she starred in Poetic Justice.
GaGa did it all on her own, and she is every bit as big as any new superstar can be. The only people bigger were Madonna during Like a Virgin/True Blue, MJ during Thriller and maybe a couple others like Whitney (Bodyguard) and Prince (Purple Rain). It's obvious that GaGa will one day be in their realm.