anywayyys, LIKE I SAID earlier in this thread: there is NOTHINg iconic about Janet. She has been OUTDONe, OUTPEAKEd, & OUTPREGNATEd by Beyoncé in EVERY avenue. Janet only has Rhythm Nation, which barely makes "best of" lists while Beyonce goes top 3 along with Janet's more famous sibling.
You Janet stans will stay irate & nipple exposed, the end.
Janet's four albums (not counting the self titled and DreamStreet)
Control - Critically acclaimed, Pleasure Principle video, the phrase Miss Jackson if Your Nasty, etc.
Rhythm Nation - Critically acclaimed, the RN video, Escapade (which Bey learned) Miss You Much CHAIR DANCE, Black Cat which Janet wrote and produced, the only album to have seven top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album, etc
janet. - Critically acclaimed, Rolling Stone magazine cover, That's The Way Love Goes video, If video, Again nominated for best song at the Oscars, etc
The Velvet Rope - Critically acclaimed, the red hair, I Get Lonely video, Together Again being one of the best selling singles of all time, etc.
There's so many, I can't even. There are several things artists do now because of Janet.
At the end of the day, one of these women was selling ten million copies of her GH at 29, and at the same age the other one couldn't break two million with her fourth album.
The Velvet Rope is on Rolling Stone's list of top 500 albums of all time isn't it ? I'm not sure can a janet stan clarify for me .
oh nvm i took this from google lol
In 2007, Jackson’s Control and janet. were listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as two of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time, coming in at #87 and #151, respectively.[30]
In 2007, Jackson was named by Forbes and E! Entertainment Television as one of the twenty richest women in entertainment, coming in at #7.[31]
According to the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, Jackson is the most-searched person on the web.[32]
So far in her career, Jackson has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide and more than 70 million singles worldwide.[33]
In 2003, Jackson’s Design of a Decade 1986/1996, Rhythm Nation 1814, Control, janet. and The Velvet Rope were listed on the BMG Music Club’s 100 Biggest Selling Albums in the U.S. coming in at #9, #35, #58, #63 and #95, respectively.[34]
In 2003, Jackson’s The Velvet Rope and Rhythm Nation 1814 were named by Rolling Stone Magazine as two of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, coming in at #256 and #275, respectively.[35]
Jackson’s “Scream”, with brother Michael, is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Expensive Music Video Ever Made. The video is the most expensive of all time at a cost of USD 7 million.[36]
“Scream” also became the first single in Billboard history to debut in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart. The single also made the highest debut on the Hot Dance Club Play chart at number twelve. [37]
Jackson’s HBO special, The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden, was watched by more than 15 million viewers and garnered 13 Emmy nominations. The two-hour concert crushed the ratings of all four major networks in homes that subscribed to HBO.[38]
Debuting at #19 on Billboard Radio Monitor R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Jackson’s “Call on Me” is the highest debuting single on that chart since TLC’s “No Scrubs” debuted at no.13 in February, 1999.[39]
Jackson’s janet. became the first album from a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart during the Nielsen SoundScan era.[40]
Despite releasing only three albums in the 1990s, Jackson was named by Billboard as the second biggest artist of the decade, behind only Mariah Carey. [41]
Jackson is the only female artist in history to have five back-to-back #1 studio albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. [42]
Jackson is the first artist to have #1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. [43]
Jackson is the only artist to have seven top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album , specifically Rhythm Nation 1814. [44]
With sixteen #1 hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, Jackson is the female artist with the second most #1 singles on that chart, second only to Aretha Franklin who has eighteen. [45]
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.[46]
tl;dr BiTCH!
am not here to proof read your thesis
Janet's four albums (not counting the self titled and DreamStreet)
Control - Critically acclaimed, Pleasure Principle video, the phrase Miss Jackson if Your Nasty, etc.
Rhythm Nation - Critically acclaimed, Video, choreography, the only album to have seven top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album, etc
janet. - Critically acclaimed, Rolling Stone magazine cover, That's The Way Love Goes video, If video, Again nominated for best song at the Oscars, etc
The Velvet Rope - Critically acclaimed, the red hair, I Get Lonely video, Together Again being one of the best selling singles of all time, etc.
There's so many, I can't even. There are several things artists do now because of Janet.
So critically acclaimed yet failing to top the "best of" or "decade" lists like Miss Knowles.
Destiny's Child member controversy > Titty controversy
The Superbowl is still being parodied to this day. Most people forgot about the Destiny's Child member fiasco. Even on ATRL, people forgot Beyonce's personality change.
Janet's four albums (not counting the self titled and DreamStreet)
Control - Critically acclaimed, Pleasure Principle video, the phrase Miss Jackson if Your Nasty, etc.
Rhythm Nation - Critically acclaimed, the RN video, Escapade (which Bey learned) Miss You Much CHAIR DANCE, Black Cat which Janet wrote and produced, the only album to have seven top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album, etc
janet. - Critically acclaimed, Rolling Stone magazine cover, That's The Way Love Goes video, If video, Again nominated for best song at the Oscars, etc
The Velvet Rope - Critically acclaimed, the red hair, I Get Lonely video, Together Again being one of the best selling singles of all time, etc.
There's so many, I can't even. There are several things artists do now because of Janet.
