i had to come in here and even see if you guys were serious with this thread.
When Rihanna becomes the female blueprint for Pop music, sells as many albums, reinvents what it is to have a music video, becomes one of the world's most awarded artist in history and inspires generations then just maybe she might. But until then let's keep it cute. She isn't coming for Janet anytime soon.
You obviously know nothing about Stevie's catalog. It sits up with The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Aretha. While MJ is down there with Madonna, Prince, and Janet.
It's being realistic. Test my theory in real life, and my answers here will be the same.
No one remembers Madonna's nor The Beatles' discography. Whether it's still memorable in the music industry is irrelevant - I'm talking about real life, not the music industry.
Not one song from any of their discographies are instant, memorable tunes.
OMFG "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Hey Jude", "Lemon Tree", if the Beatles are forgotten then Janet, Beyoncé, Gaga,Katy and so on don't have chance in hell to be in any way remembered.
You obviously know nothing about Stevie's catalog. It sits up with The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Aretha. While MJ is down there with Madonna, Prince, and Janet.
No one, and I mean NO ONE remembers anything from Stevie, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha, etc.
I'll guarantee you if you name a song to any person by any of those 4 artists - no one will know what it is.
MJ has instantly-memorable hits, such as Thriller, Bad, Beat It, etc. The others, however, do not.
Don't be delusional
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OMFG "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Hey Jude", "Lemon Tree", if the Beatles are forgotten then Janet, Beyoncé, Gaga,Katy and so on don't have chance in hell to be in any way remembered.
No one remembers any of those songs . And as a person, they will be. Sadly, their songs will not. I'm not a delusional fan - I know where to admit stuff .
If you doubt what I'm saying, test it. Go up to a couple of people, ask them do they know the any of those songs, and I'll guarantee you that my results will come back positive. Other wise, you both can stop with the irrational thinking.
There's a BIG difference between a classic, and a memorable song. Or even a memorable classic. BIG, BIG difference.
No one, and I mean NO ONE remembers anything from Stevie, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha, etc.
I'll guarantee you if you name a song to any person by any of those 4 artists - no one will know what it is.
MJ has instantly-memorable hits, such as Thriller, Bad, Beat It, etc. The others, however, do not.
Don't be delusional
No one remembers any of those songs . And as a person, they will be. Sadly, their songs will not. I'm not a delusional fan - I know where to admit stuff .
If you doubt what I'm saying, test it. Go up to a couple of people, ask them do they know the any of those songs, and I'll guarantee you that my results will come back positive. Other wise, you both can stop with the irrational thinking.
There's a BIG difference between a classic, and a memorable song. Or even a memorable classic. BIG, BIG difference.
Someone's signature took me here, couldn't believe it wasn't sarcastic
Rihanna's total sales eclipse Janet's, but Janet sold 100M+ records in an era where that was still a very impressive achievement, especially for a black woman. (Which black women had outsold Janet in the history of pop music, besides Whitney and Mariah? Add white women and you get Madonna, Barbra, Celine--Janet is still top ten.) Nobody bought singles in the '80s/'90s like they bought albums... HUGE songs only went platinum, 2x at the most, where big songs sell 4M+ regularly now.
On the other hand, Rihanna's five biggest albums add up to 22-23M. Janet's add up to around 60M. I think that says enough.
Janet is more successful, overall, but Rihanna is more successful for her age. when you consider she's only 25 and has only been in the industry for 8 years, she's done more than Janet did in her first eight years. Janet is 46 with 30+ years in the game, she had far more time to actually achieve more. If you look at where Janet was at her 8-year mark, 'Rhythm Nation' was JUST released.
Of course Janet is going to have better album sales, because she comes from an era were albums were selling like crazy. arguing that point is useless. Just like Rihanna has easily sold more singles. Rihanna has more Grammys, more No.1 singles, and when all is said and done, will probably beat out Janet is most areas (except for Janet's respect as a performer and probably album sales), but yeah.
Hero
Vision of Love
We Belong Together
Always Be My Baby
One Sweet Day.
If you were born in the 90s - late 00s you know this song.
Whitney
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Greatest Love Of All
I Will Always Love You
How Will I Know?
Saving All My Love For You
Everybody knows these songs.
Stevie Wonder might be a stretch but Im gonna say he still has a more memorable discography than Damita.
Mariah has one of the most amorphous and least memorable discographies of all of the biggest pop stars. None of her songs or albums are distinct enough to stick in the public's mind, except maybe WBT for its record-breaking success and comeback hype.
Whitney has a very small handful of memorable hits. I Will Always Love You is one of the most iconic pop music moments of all time. I Wanna Dance is a distant second, and beyond that her discography mostly falls short. Most of Janet's biggest and most iconic hits (Nasty, Rhythm Nation, Together Again, Any Time, Any Place, Let's Wait Awhile, What Have You Done for Me Lately) are either more popular and still referenced for a particular theme, or simply more remembered and well-known than the rest of Whitney's singles catalog.
i had to come in here and even see if you guys were serious with this thread. 
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FIVE if you believe TVR sold ten million.