The True Queen Of Pop : How Janet Jackson changed the music industry forever 🎶

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  • @iconicallyiconic
    @iconicallyiconic  Před rokem +116

    No Janet slander will be tolerated AT ALL, If there are any negative comments they will be deleted and you will be BLOCKED.
    Enjoy✨

  • @Princessdollamanda
    @Princessdollamanda Před rokem +111

    Whew 18 minutes ?!?!!! The intro alone is iconic. JANET paved the way for the girls 👏🏾 a true legend

  • @83jdc1
    @83jdc1 Před rokem +31

    As a huge Michael Jackson fan I always looked at Janet as Michaels little sister but as I got older I realized she is a legend and genius in her own right.
    I got to see her in tour this year, Amazing show.

  • @AminaPhilosophy
    @AminaPhilosophy Před rokem +62

    I love Janet Jackson. She should have been protected. She still won because her true fanbase never left.

    • @Goose-1999
      @Goose-1999 Před rokem +5

      God is great and her firm stance to her nature won at the end. let it be a lesson of the quiet power and integrity it takes to win the war.

  • @arthajenkins7033
    @arthajenkins7033 Před rokem +25

    Janet still got it going on at 57 she looks amazing snd still selling out arenas after all she's been through nothing but God,her faith in him and being so loving,kind and humble.

  • @dominique9217
    @dominique9217 Před 3 měsíci +8

    One thing about Miss. Jackson is she can rock ANY hairstyle effortlessly 😍

  • @sampopule6480
    @sampopule6480 Před 7 měsíci +13

    Janet is indeed the undisputed queen of pop. The queenship is based on talent, innovation, creativity and leadership. Janet has all these qualities.

  • @zayjamel
    @zayjamel Před rokem +87

    The QUEEN of POP 🙌🏾

  • @PisceanWarrior
    @PisceanWarrior Před 10 měsíci +21

    Not sure what generation you from but thank you for showing respect to Janet and the blueprint she started

    • @iconicallyiconic
      @iconicallyiconic  Před 10 měsíci +10

      I’m a millennial/90s baby. she is a legendary icon and paved the way for so many of todays musicians so I will always respect and love Ms.Jackson🩷

  • @bougiegirlK
    @bougiegirlK Před rokem +26

    I absolutely LOVE Janet 😩 I still am pissed as well about that Super Bowl situation because they did her DIRTYYYY and she didn’t deserve it she is a LEGEND and will always be

  • @tequancarter718
    @tequancarter718 Před rokem +43

    The QUEEN, THE ICON , THE LEGEND......THE BLUEPRINT!. This video was needed & I love every minute of it.

  • @MrDaRiAn21
    @MrDaRiAn21 Před rokem +20

    Queen/Empress of Pop 🫶🏾

  • @PhilQin
    @PhilQin Před rokem +12

    janet is a Real Icon not hyped by the internet

  • @forresthinton8109
    @forresthinton8109 Před 11 měsíci +14

    Correction: Janet has 34 Billboard Awards. They only look at the awards earned during the telecast. But amongst all of the Billboard awarding system, she has 34, second only to Michael's 40.

  • @jonathanjosealvesribeiro7647

    Black Comunnity is Janet Jackson Queen of pop

  • @Boodeemaster
    @Boodeemaster Před rokem +8

    The Empress Of Pop Janet Jackson!

  • @jonjgonzales9152
    @jonjgonzales9152 Před rokem +8

    A True Queen not only of pop. But life. I've seen Janet 6 times and go another 6 times.

  • @RikodiusRex
    @RikodiusRex Před 9 měsíci +7

    Janets movements looked that good because she is completely ripped. Thats helpful. Her core strength is really strong and she never opens in a really a really wide second position. Remember, she's a singer. She's got to maintain her posture so she can sing well and cant compress her ribs or diaphragm and also she has backup who don't have to sing while they dance. Try to dance like her while singing well. Then you'll get the idea of why she moves the way she does. Michael was the same way.

  • @brittanyguyton3987
    @brittanyguyton3987 Před rokem +24

    It is such a coincidence you posted this video, I just got done watching Janet music videos and interview! I love Janet. It would be such an honor to attend a concert and get to meet her. My #1 favorite female artist. I agree with you that Janet had one of the most beautiful smiles. Like you, as a small child, I loved dance. Janet's 90s eras were my favorite. I cannot choose between the Janet or Velvet rope eras, they are both amazing. She was serving looks in these eras. The superbowl issue wasn't as big of a deal as the media made it out out to be. What an great video you put together for Miss Jackson. Love it.

    • @iconicallyiconic
      @iconicallyiconic  Před rokem +3

      She is definitely one of the greatest artist. Thank you babe, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 💕

  • @kellyjones5509
    @kellyjones5509 Před rokem +19

    Her tours are still sold out. Truly a icon!! Like "Lizzo" stated, to her Janet is the queen of pop!!

  • @FearlessLove
    @FearlessLove Před 9 měsíci +4

    She’s The QUEEN. PERIOD

  • @shannonallaround9490
    @shannonallaround9490 Před 6 měsíci +2

    YES JANET IS
    THE TRUE QUEEN OF POP 👑

  • @markushatchett2072
    @markushatchett2072 Před 8 měsíci +4

    She’s the Empress of Pop paved the way for so many black female artists ❤ her and Madonna are my two favorite female artist for Janet deserves all the praise credit respect and recognition for her art she broke barriers love her hands 🙌🏾 down ❤❤❤❤

  • @leiiib
    @leiiib Před rokem +19

    An iconic legend she is indeed. I love how you left the vulnerable moment of you speaking about how dance impacts you and others. It is most certainly one of the best forms of therapy and this is why representation is so important

  • @christaldewberry8442
    @christaldewberry8442 Před rokem +15

    I appreciate this video so much! I loved Janet Jackson since I was about 8 and I am 28 now. Ever since I saw her HBO special of the Velvet Rope Tour, I fell in love with her! I saw her once in 2015 for her Unbreakable tour and I am seeing her next week for her Together Again tour! She is the one & ONLY Queen of Pop! 🎉

  • @curtistisdale8150
    @curtistisdale8150 Před rokem +9

    This is The Greatest Thing I seen in CZcams Thus Far ... Thank You... Janet has to jump on playing Ms. Eartha Kitt ( RIP) another Force Of Nature and get That Oscar ... What I love about Janet is She throws Quiet Shade but never and I mean Never talks 🤧 crap about anyone ... She literally is not Just Drop-Dead Gorgeous but a Real Sweet Human and Someone's Hot Mama...I Love Her and I Love How You Gave Her This Bouquet of Love... You Also Rock!!!! Black Girl Magic is A Real Thing!!! Janet Got It and Guess What So Do You ... Can't wait to see You Got Next To Put Out In The World!!!!

  • @toddbeaton1512
    @toddbeaton1512 Před rokem +4

    Janet jackson is so amazing

  • @jusitnalvarado648
    @jusitnalvarado648 Před rokem +5

    Just saw Janet this month June 10th 2023 and waited for 3 years to see her live was amazing!!! I cried danced and sang

  • @ralphangel561
    @ralphangel561 Před rokem +7

    Music royalty. Thee empress of pop, the legendary Ms Janet Jackson bay bay ❤️❤️

  • @burlhorse61
    @burlhorse61 Před rokem +5

    Queen of pop!!

  • @glenwade6932
    @glenwade6932 Před rokem +7

    Excellent video👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽The clips from youtuber( pop star) showing her influence on her brother mj,Madonna, today's pop stars,rappers says it All...And I Stand on This to me..Janet is the Greatest Entertainer of All Time..I know people will say Mj,Madonna,Prince,Elton,Whitney,Tina Turner, Mariah and Beyonce and that's ok..Because They All are Great..but JANET JACKSON Is my personal Favorite hands down.🤌🏽.Put some respect on her Name☝🏾👊🏽✊🏾 YES The Queen 👑

  • @beautelle1065
    @beautelle1065 Před rokem +6

    And is the Queen of Pop! everything the pop girls are doing now she was doing decades ago and it was about actual talent back then.

  • @addison1031
    @addison1031 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Great job honoring the ICON. I teared up when you talked about Janet's dancing and the influence she has on the art. NO other artist, other than Michael stood 10 toes down in dance than those two. It's sad to see the new generation of dancers and artists always twerking. Your side by side video comparisons was awesome. Again, great job.

  • @DJonez-hi7pj
    @DJonez-hi7pj Před rokem +3

    I Luv Queen 👸 JANET Ms. JACKSON 💕❣️
    I just 'Enjoy' and celebrate HER! 🎉
    JANET is the blueprint, no doubt😡!
    I relate to what U said about dance. I'm terribly shy, but I come alive when I dance! It speaks to people!
    And I saw JANET in B'ham, AL this past May for the "Together Again Tour," and she is untouchable! She "ATE" from the Intro 2the Outro!
    #JANET4Eva🖤✌️

  • @RaeSymone
    @RaeSymone Před 9 měsíci +2

    #THEBLUEPRINT
    #ICONIC #Livinglegend
    #Thebest

  • @aaronellis1978
    @aaronellis1978 Před rokem +6

    Janet Jackson has sold over 160 million records world wide and her net worth has gone up to 360 million. She is only black artist male or female to have four number one albums in four consecutive decades, only black female artist to have a number one album in four consecutive decades. Once she drops her newest album she'll sit alone with being the only artist male or female of any nationality to have a number one album in five consecutive decades . A number one single will bump her to the only artist to have a number one single in five consecutive decades. Currently the only artist to have 7 top five singles off one album (four of them number one). She was the first female artist to have four back to back number one albums. She is the only artist to have a top 10 hit on more than one chart at a time. She holds the top two longest running singles of the Jackson's "That's the way love goes' & 'All For you." For those that don't believe me Google is your friend. The Janet Jackson has 32 billboard records (the most of any artist) & is the most awarded artist alive.

  • @elgia8611
    @elgia8611 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Janet knows how to compete with the best of the best artists from the last decades and still succeed and break records. She stays relevant no matter what controversies or scandals she may face. That's control. 👍😊

  • @barbiesinspiration8799
    @barbiesinspiration8799 Před rokem +24

    Exactly she is OUR QUEEN OF POP! and ain't nothing changing over here * Nene Leakes voice * she has actual talent, was writing her songs, and her dancing was and still is untouchable, her and Michael have been studied by multiple artists for their dancing for years. Had that Superbowl situation not happened she would've broken her own records that have yet to be broken and every single album would have gone double platinum.

  • @phillinsogood
    @phillinsogood Před rokem +7

    We don’t have a lot of SUPERSTARS anymore

  • @cakes3958
    @cakes3958 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Everybody influenced by Madonna was also influenced by Janet. But not everybody who was influenced by Janet was influenced by Madonna.

  • @gemma1874
    @gemma1874 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Janet Jackson: Queen of pop

  • @shanonb8921
    @shanonb8921 Před rokem +5

    THANK YOU FOR GIVING JANET HER FLOWERS, SHE IS THE QUEEN AND THE BLUEPRINT.....CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU JANET ON JUNE 16TH HERE IN THE BAY AREA...

  • @renatoidalino1200
    @renatoidalino1200 Před 11 měsíci +3

    The BLUEPRINT

  • @URLCULTURE1
    @URLCULTURE1 Před rokem +5

    THE QUEEN

  • @ashleyhood7688
    @ashleyhood7688 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Her and her Brother Michael are the world's greatest singers and Dancer ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @phillinsogood
    @phillinsogood Před rokem +3

    My favorite video from her is “Miss you much”

  • @jamesmitchelldancer35
    @jamesmitchelldancer35 Před rokem +2

    I love Janet Jackson my idol 💖😍💖

  • @Kiddo1814yeah
    @Kiddo1814yeah Před rokem +3

    Yes Janet is the true queen of pop!! Take me to a planet where all the girls look like Janet ❤

  • @christianmoneghan4077
    @christianmoneghan4077 Před rokem +4

    My favorite Janet Jackson

  • @Winnib7479
    @Winnib7479 Před 11 měsíci +2

    THANK YOU for this video of how Iconic and influential Janet Jackson is in the music and entertainment industry. I have been a fan of hers and watched her career unfold since the 70's when she appeared on Talk shows with her brothers and on The Jackson's Television Variety Show. I have all of her Album's. Even the first 2 before Control 😊. Two other mile stones Janet has accomplished are that she has had #1 Album's in each of the last 4 decades , and she is the ONLY Artist in HISTORY to have Grammy nominations in 5 music genre's after being nominated for Best Female " Rock " vocal performance for her song Black Cat which she wrote the lyrics and guitar riffs. Janet is truly PHENOMENAL !

  • @taylorperry1799
    @taylorperry1799 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Janet Forever 🌹🌹🌹

  • @reddingmalik
    @reddingmalik Před rokem +5

    THANK YOU FOR THIS ❤

  • @aliciacallegari8482
    @aliciacallegari8482 Před 11 měsíci +2

    True Queen Of Pop love her so much so talented, beautiful, inspired woman ❤️❤️

  • @djohn515
    @djohn515 Před rokem +2

    I saw her in concert May9th it was the best ever

  • @Kiddo1814yeah
    @Kiddo1814yeah Před rokem +2

    Janet is such a great role model and I m so glad she is still inspire young people to this day. She inspired me in 1990 when I was 10 years old and still I look for her after 39 years. Love your video and love the way you express your love for miss janet Jackson. I was lucky enough to experience janet at her pick when she was on top of the game. ❤

  • @divinemoves8953
    @divinemoves8953 Před rokem +2

    Just an absolutely perfect video.💯

  • @lamontwhite7752
    @lamontwhite7752 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Folks can try if they want but she knows who she is out of all female artist she truly is The Queen of pop

  • @XQueenDollX
    @XQueenDollX Před 5 měsíci

    I was born in 98 in Detriot...i grew up listening to all the jacksons and early 90s girl groups....but Janet. Janet i felt in my soul from a young age lotening ti her music now, old and new, causes goosebumps. Its a feeling. Music causes vibrations, vibrations connect us all...and Janet, especially with rhythm nation, i want ot say was trying to reach my generation in our hearts. Something sadly not a lot of people do anymore

  • @jeremyallennossette6426
    @jeremyallennossette6426 Před 11 měsíci +4

    BTW I have another fact😂❤ Madonna came out in 1982 too but Madonna had the advantage but people forget that Janet was the highest selling black female in 1982, people call her debut a "Flop" but it's so off base🥹 "Janet Jackson" was a success and "We" as a people in general can't let that record be overlooked 😊❤

  • @stephengardner1624
    @stephengardner1624 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love Janet. Her music videos was just as amazing as her brother Michael videos. And she had the best concerts. Queen Janet forever.

  • @Bret121
    @Bret121 Před rokem +2

    Love and Respected Janet from her early days Control she's definitely The Blue Print Icon Legend There's only One Miss Jackson ❤🌟

  • @KING-rq2cq
    @KING-rq2cq Před 9 měsíci +2

    Simply the best ❤

  • @mermaidsworldxo5756
    @mermaidsworldxo5756 Před rokem +2

    ❤ one of my favorites

  • @janettehernandez1384
    @janettehernandez1384 Před rokem +1

    Between the ages of 6&7 that's how long i've been a Janet Jackson fan and next Sunday i will be 43. It's hard to pick a favorite Janet Jackson album but like her brother Michael Jackson i have a favorite song from each album that she's done in her career.

  • @tequancarter718
    @tequancarter718 Před rokem +5

    Idk if anyone has mentioned them but I would love to see one for En Vogue ( the original 4 ) . En Vogue set the standard for Girl groups of then & now ......I honestly feel they don't get the credit they deserve .

  • @ashlisarang5381
    @ashlisarang5381 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for this! I’ve been wanting to get into her more

  • @shelbymckinney8888
    @shelbymckinney8888 Před rokem +2

    My personal favorite album of her's is Velvet Rope and I am so glad you are going to do a video on it!

  • @user-jy1ep5rs5s
    @user-jy1ep5rs5s Před rokem +3

    Je suis totalement d'accord avec toi
    Janet is the QUEEN OF POP je sais que Madonna est une icône nous ne pouvons pas parlé de musique sans parler de Madonna mais Madonna c'est la QUEEN OF POP des blancs mais Janet c'est notre Queen of pop je l'aimerais toute ma vie
    It's Miss Jackson if you Nasty
    ❤❤❤

  • @twannifufu
    @twannifufu Před rokem +1

    Brilliant video! You were right the first time: she technically is the 10th and youngest children (Marlon’s twin brother was stillborn).

  • @fashionqueen7323
    @fashionqueen7323 Před 6 měsíci

    One of my idols I love her so much

  • @vincent306
    @vincent306 Před 2 měsíci

    This literally my 5th time watching this video I love this Ms Janet Jackson is my favorite

  • @jeremyallennossette6426
    @jeremyallennossette6426 Před 11 měsíci +2

    So I'm watching this AGAIN 😂on the 34th anniversary of Rhythm Nation and it is bringing me back to when I got separated from my mother and into foster care before eventually getting back together with my birth grandparents ❤ I was not allowed to listen to contemporary music but Karen Carpenter and Janet were the exception 🥹 she wasn't just the girl next door and my Italian and Jew grandmother trusted her 🤣 I busted some kitchen chairs in the 80's too because Ms Jackson said that it was okay 😂 anyway 😂 love this video and yes Jan wasn't just a little black girl singing 🥹💕 she crossed stereotypes and genres and WAS the girl next door for White, black and 🥹 Italian Jew boys like myself ❤

  • @michaelbenjamin4761
    @michaelbenjamin4761 Před 5 měsíci

    Janet Jackson is the Queen

  • @therealmarlonbellamy
    @therealmarlonbellamy Před 4 měsíci

    Fun facts: Taimak (Bruce Leroy from The Last Dragon) was in the Let's Wait A While video, Tyrin Turner (Caine from Menace II Society) was in the Rhythm Nation video & Djimon Hounsou was in the Love Will Never Do Without You video.

  • @BenDiscoversTheWorld
    @BenDiscoversTheWorld Před měsícem

    Janet is iconic

  • @ArnoldLittlejohn
    @ArnoldLittlejohn Před 29 dny

    My first Concert I've been to was Whitney Houston !as a child I was 👌 but I feel asleep at the end of Concert! Next Concert I saw live was Janet Jackson I Couldn't keep my eyes off her!She
    THE MOST BEAUTIFUL/TALENTED FEMALE 🎨 OF OUR TIME!SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE DOES IN HER MUSIC VIDEOS! WHICH I THOUGHT WASN'T POSSIBLE! ALONG SINGING LIVE 🎶 WHICH NO OTHER ARTIST OTHER THAN MICHAEL JACKSON HER BRO!SHE'S THE QUEEN OF ENTERTAINMENT!She Deserves All the flowers in the world ♥️ ✨️! With Her Legacy continues to grow!QUEEN is Janet Jackson!

  • @pliktl
    @pliktl Před měsícem

    THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS

  • @shaywarren6694
    @shaywarren6694 Před rokem +1

    Love this ❤ Please do a video on Janet’s Velvet Rope Album?

  • @odesiacreates
    @odesiacreates Před 4 měsíci

    👑 love that u made this she’s my fav ❤

  • @thesilentdiva
    @thesilentdiva Před měsícem

    I love this woman

  • @Iwant2BYRLova
    @Iwant2BYRLova Před 5 měsíci

    THAT'S RIGHT THE QUEEN!
    IN THE WORDS OF TREACH
    PUT ME ON A PLANET DAMMIT
    Where ALL THE look like JANET!❤

  • @rwiley71483
    @rwiley71483 Před 8 dny

    I agree. No one has surpassed MJ and JJ. No one.

  • @83jdc1
    @83jdc1 Před rokem +1

    I think Velvet Rope is her best album, but control is my favorite. Discipline is also very underrated

  • @billyjohn7846
    @billyjohn7846 Před rokem +1

    You ARE absolutely correct. Janet Jackson IS the 10th child not 9th

  • @travistheentertainertv6870
    @travistheentertainertv6870 Před 4 měsíci

    2004 DamitaJo #2
    2006 20Y.O. #2
    2008 Discipline #1✨
    2015 Unbreakable #1✨
    STILL 👑💯

  • @DeWayneCarpenter-sj8bv
    @DeWayneCarpenter-sj8bv Před 5 měsíci

    I don't have a favorite album cause I love them all ❤❤

  • @Only4_janett
    @Only4_janett Před rokem +2

    Imo ima full time janet stan a mariah carey stan and britney spears stan n janet is one of the greatest of all time not a opinion a fact😘🤞nah but like she influenced most of yall favs in sum way yall can argue that “omg no she didnt” but she did soo like

  • @user-uc1vw3de4v
    @user-uc1vw3de4v Před 9 měsíci

    She The Best Entertainer of all times!

  • @aaronellis1978
    @aaronellis1978 Před měsícem

    Janet Jackson has 33 Billboard Awards, not 11. The most collected by a female artist & second of all time behind her big bro Mike. She has over 160 Million Records Sold. She is also the first female to have 5 back to back number one albums on the billboard hot 100 & 200 albums.

  • @riritheedon8967
    @riritheedon8967 Před rokem +3

    Miss Jackson if you’re nasty 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😩😩😩😩

  • @thergchannel
    @thergchannel Před rokem

    I enjoyed your video sistah! More great upload pls

  • @marieaug9322
    @marieaug9322 Před 4 měsíci

    Janet is it! No one else mesures up. Just looking at the side by side comparisons of inspireds. I saw: not completed moves, non percision and not attempting to complete moves and lack of energy and stamina. Copying her moves is only the start of trying to honor or outdo Our The Janet, shes only comprable to Michael if you like that sorta thing. But to me Janet from Penny has always been her own person and Michael too. As an 80s kid we had to realize Michael had been a jackson 5ver because of a rap song that had a sample and we realized perfectly/solidly that she was related to Michael around the time she left Different Strokes and we were wondering where Willis girlfriend went and then later saw her Control.... 😃

  • @mikeokeeffe4692
    @mikeokeeffe4692 Před 11 měsíci

    Janet's the illest ; slick ❤

  • @KHI111
    @KHI111 Před rokem +2

    Can you do a video about the fashion in pose and it's accuracy to the LGBTQ community in the 1980s/90s

  • @jessicaany9498
    @jessicaany9498 Před 4 měsíci

    J’adore MJ mais Janet c’est mon coeur 💓 !
    Cette femme est musclée 😂😂😂

  • @EminentSkiilz
    @EminentSkiilz Před rokem

    ✊🏽🖤💎

  • @user-uc1vw3de4v
    @user-uc1vw3de4v Před 7 měsíci

    Janet Jackson is The Queen of Entertainment!She's the most Beautiful/Talented!Both Singer/Dancer She The 1#the Only one!She Has the best music video's She The Hardest Working Woman of our Time!Give Her 💐 she Deserves!Wes Moonves needs to go to jail what he's Done her! He's a Racist Ass!!!

  • @alexandreazevedo6877
    @alexandreazevedo6877 Před 10 měsíci

    🇧🇷👑👑👑🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @ownyourcrazy8734
    @ownyourcrazy8734 Před 6 měsíci

    Technically 10th child is correct as there was a still born child among the Jackson siblings.
    .
    Les Moovres (meh) has since been cancelled due to allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour... I'm being polite. Karma had receipts and collected her debts.

  • @sandrabooster
    @sandrabooster Před 7 měsíci

    *_THE FOLLOWING post_*_ is a thought and nothing more. _*_Do not_*_ overreact. I took great cares to balance every statement I've made here and any potential criticism is less a criticism of ANY artist and more a criticism of trends and capitalism, etc._ (This isn't even really about status and/or Janet but how I feel the music industry has not been equal to pop and dance artists, acts.)
    Janet's talent is unmistakable and cannot be compared to any other artist.
    But? Queen...?
    First of all: aristocracy is cancerous, monarchies and royal classes are set up to deprive anyone "lower." Why would Janet who clearly worked for her success instead of having things handed to her want to support that? She deserves a status of achievement-recognition that no one can challenge, TRUE. But? The Throne Should Be Shared. I do not believe that can be disputed, whatsoever, under any circumstance or compulsion. Unless, I suppose, one were to try to say Tina, Aretha, Shirley, Billie, Chaka, LaVern, Gladys, Roberta, Diana, Patti (very very long list) were oriented in rock, soul, etc...
    Second: personal Q, but isn't disco genuinely pop? I've always felt the standard people place on certain artists to change their sound perfectly every time to keep up with styles and trends is why Whitney was locked out of greater longstanding commercial viability after the late 90's. I'm not arguing Whitney is "greater than" Janet. I think Janet's 2000's and 2010's output is incredible. But she was always able to afford a kind of competitive edge with securing certain producers to land her either bigger hits or more artistically forward full-length records... because she already had certain hits securing her money to create a shadow over other great women where they had to be almost producer-minded to continue making music.
    I know this is a complex issue, and some artists don't really want to change for competitive popularity's sake or don't fit into many platformed sounds = Cyndi Lauper, maybe Sade, La Bouche and all the artists in the house / 90's disco moment. (Can you think of a bad LaBouche song?) But, really, even given again what money can buy? I don't think people would talk about - for example - Celine Dion today if she hadn't moved from overdramatic (melodramatic?) stadium numbers into lower-scale radio ditties. Or Shania Twain or Taylor Swift crossed over out of country. I'm not kidding, I think Cher did the same thing. (I despise "Believe" and "Strong Enough.")
    BUT. I still say having the money speak above all, even if we all enjoyed the music of (say) Britney or most of us enjoyed Christina nearly every time, is pretty creepy. Didn't Jody Watley and Debbie Gibson and Klymaxx and Sharon ("Let the Music Play") and Lisa Lisa and Patrice Rushen not make songs so damn good that quality should have determined they be given shots at working with great writers, etc? I mean, giving Janet a crown for the end result, the strength of the recorded song, would grant her all the greatness. But isn't that also rewarding the same thing that made the industry so brutal that it not only locked legends out of renewing success but also pushed so much mediocrity to the top so often???
    I wouldn't argue Janet did one thing or the other to make things the way they were for everyone. But. Isn't Janet meant to be celebrated because she only stayed performing when she was making Great Music? She also stayed at the top for so long because she had Madonna Money to wrangle the hitmaker writers and studioheads. This crown and throne regalia treatment is definitely celebrating the callous, manipulations of the media process. THE SAME MEDIA that torched Janet the minute Bush Era America got White Feelings over Janet during the Super Bowl Justin Timberlake asininery.
    The industry left Donna Summer spinning around in the same way in the mid-1980's. But she was such a legend in the 70's and 1980. Even Madonna's production team could never quite strike equal excellence as "I Feel Love," "Dim All the Lights," "On the Radio," "Bad Girls," "Hot Stuff," "Sunset People," etc. The woman never missed a beat in the 70's. But... because the 80's was so monolithic or monopolized, Janet and Madonna could "land" the best producers. Money talked, not the spirit of "the" greatest artistry. And Donna as an artist pioneered nearly everything that is Modern in pop's sound.
    As I said before with the "Thrown Should Be Shared," I love Janet and Whitney and Cyndi and Chaka and Madonna for their recorded music... but I think if I were crowning anyone for ruling to actually rule and FOR ruling itself to reflect the moment that MADE it all? Something we all wouldn't have / pop wouldn't be the same / without her? I would go Donna Summer first. She truly was the pioneer in the moment we fell in love with that perfect mix of dance in pop, pop music in the clubs, club on the radio, black power along with the release of a first wave of gay liberation that the radio loved... Never forget: this is just a pondering.