Pop icon Janet Jackson‘s new ‘Blackgama’ (What Becomes A Legend Most?) campaign made its debut in billboard form this week, overlooking New York’s famed ‘Time Square. Ms. Jackson looks stunning.
{Pic via Essence}
Hot Shot: Janet’s ‘Blackglama’ Campaign Debuts In NYC
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OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!!
THIS IS A TRUE “HOT SHOT” !!! GET IT JANET!!!
YESSSSSS MISS JANET!!!! NY BABY!
YEEEEEEES! MISS JACKSON IF YOUR NASTY!
a while ago i thought Janet covered her legs coz they looked bad but i guess i thought wrong! she looks amazing!!!
what a legend! i can’t wait to see the new movie!
SHE LOOKS GREAT AS USUAL.
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she looks hot love the left pic
I love it!!!!! Ms Jackson is looking fab as usual. Work that fur, PETA will be all up on that add pretty soon. You better work!
JANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!! 😀
JANET IS THE QUEEN!!!!
hay hay gurllll whats happnan!
you-look-delicious!
thats more like tgj
for them brokendown miserable idiots trying to come for miss jack- go sit somewhere and cry about your irrelevancy!
Janet sucks ass. Non singing b**** ain’t had a hit since forever and a day, and now that the public is used to Michael’s passing and she can’t sponge off that for publicity no more, she decides to push animal fur to try and make a dime. Maybe if the ho hadn’t rode the pole at the Superbowl, her mid-life crisis ass wouldn’t have got blacklisted. Just retire Janet. The milk is expired. Go sing “What Have You Done For Me Lately” at the state fair until VH-1 call you to star in some has-been reality show.
@ Adc, if your able to come to the conclusion that Janet was being blacklisted then why are you faulting her for not having a hit? Where’s the logic in that? She never used MJ’s success or capitalized of his legacy to jump start her career, so why would she try to gain something from it now. Your accusations are a bit ridiculous. She’s never sponged off of her brother. You are not realizing that she’s broken records and accomplished so much more than many of these new artist in today’s music. Here are her stats: She’s the female with the biggest debut tour, only to have 7#1’s off 1 single album, 100 million albums sold, the first to have a #1 song in the last 3 decades, 34#1’s(the only to have 1 on the r&b, pop, dance, rap and adult contemporary charts). She a legend and she deserves respect! Don’t think she’s just MJ to aid in any of this.
@ROYAL KEV!!!! TELL EM KID!!!!
ooops… *Don’t even think she’s ever used MJ to aid in any of this.
Janet made a name for herself. She didn’t have to use MJ. Work girl, work!
I love you MJ♥
^^^^^^^^^^^
SMH ….There’s only one queen and thats Madonna.
Janet Is OK tho.
@ dion-ish
then why dont you scoot your smelly self over at madonnas posts
once again i feel bad for the people comin for janet
you know youre IT when all types of people interupt their important work(cries), to hate on janet!
@NAH-AH
I Never said i hated Janet, I Like Janet……but she’s no Madonna, Madonna’s the QUEEN.
I love how every time someone posts something that isn’t Janet-friendly, one of her obsessive compulsive, inferiority-complex stans drag out a bunch of tired, irrelevant, largely exaggerated stats that don’t mean anything to anyone except them — all for the sake of trying to reaffirm to themselves that what was said wasn’t true, since it clearly affected them. Bully bully for Janet being able to score a bunch of top 5 singles from an album over 20 YEARS AGO. LOL.
This is 2010…not 1990. Nobody gives a s*** about any of those dated factoids anymore, except the 10 little fans she has left.
What has her hit streak been like for her last three albums? Yeah, thought so. Every one of her albums over the last 10 years has sold NOTICEABLY less than the one before it and radio stopped being interested long ago. Flop single after flop single. Ever since the Superbowl she’s been in this PAINFUL “transition” stage, not knowing where to go next. “Should I lose 80 lbs., and try to get attention for that?”…”Should I prance around like a s*** in heat, since that worked back in 1993?”….”Should I pretend that I’m not over 40 and try and compete with the 22 year old hitmaker by making music that is WAY too young for me?”….”Should I make chitlin circuit movies with Tyler Perry to try and take everybody’s mind off my last album that flopped”….”Should I exploit Michael’s death for sympathy?” And so on and so forth.
Keep on clinging to what used to be, while I bask in the here and now. Janet is played out, and has been for a long time now.
SHE LOOKS STUNNINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLAWLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS…………………GO ON MISS JANET…BY FAR THE BEST FROM ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!
Heyyy I was just in Times Square yesterday and I seen that billboard but I thought it had been there forever. Didn’t know they just put it up.
@ADC
The Jacksons surely are the greatest since they evoke so much hate & envy from people. Michael gets a lot of the same s***. Here’s a though ADC, if Janet is sow washed up & flopping all over the place, STOP commenting on stories about her. Ignore her if she’s that much of a has-been to you. Asshole.
Haters are actually people’s biggest fans
@DION-ISH
You’re right. Janet is no Madonna. She can actually carry a tune and didn’t have to blow record execs just to get where she did in the industry. She never looked like a man in drag and she could dance incredibly well, just like her brother. Madonna’s “talent” was her ability to manipulate the masses into thinking she actually had talent. Her image re-invention and tired shock value “artistry” propelled her. Madonna needs to take it more easy on stage, she might just break her hip.
@ADC
Here’s a *thought* ADC, if Janet is *so* washed up ….
I apologize for the typos, it happens when I’m responding to assholes
“You’re right. Janet is no Madonna. She can actually carry a tune and didn’t have to blow record execs just to get where she did in the industry. She never looked like a man in drag and she could dance incredibly well, just like her brother. Madonna’s “talent” was her ability to manipulate the masses into thinking she actually had talent. Her image re-invention and tired shock value “artistry” propelled her. Madonna needs to take it more easy on stage, she might just break her hip.”
PRRREEEEEACH!
PREACH to all the folks schoolin the janet-haters
go throw shade atcha mama janet-haters!
go kiss madonnas smelly coach and leave her blasphemous roach self out of this post
LOOKING GOOD JANET-MS. JACKSON IF YA NASTY! DO IT GIRL!
A lot of you people make me sick! They act like Janet hasnt had success in YEARS! WRONG. Ya’ll need to do the research clearly, but thats ok because you’re not a supporter anyway, so its not like shes losing anything by your negative talk!
She looks BEAUTIFUL in that campaign as she always does. Such style, class, character, and soul. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Grace Jones inspired shot! Janet is a remarkably beautiful and talented woman. I often get caught up in the blog talk sometimes when referring to her. I take it personal sometimes with the negativity but I try to be a better person and remember that she has nothing to prove. I always support her and trust me…….she’s doing quite alright!! I could list a whole bunch of stats in the last decade that she has accomplished that people tend to forget and want to make her seem like a hasbeen, but great music and great entertainers live forever! We’ll see whose still talked about and revered years down the line!
@SHUT THE F*** UP
Dont Go there, because Madonna CAN carry a tune, Janet is nothing vocally to holler about. Puh-lease!
Madonna is gifted Song-writer and Producer. whose done a many of her hits like Papa dont preach, Like a Prayer etc.
She’s done incredible Acting in her movies.
Shes a Dancer, film producer, fashion ddesgner, author etc.
Plus she plays Durms, Guitar and Percussion….
Let alone her Tour still did EXTREMELY Well in todays era…SHE CANT BE TOUCHED!
@ Adc, exaggerated stats, here’s a few sources that mention what she’s sold.
http://www.ask.com/questions-about/how-many-albums-has-janet-jackson-sold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson_discography
Janet did “score a bunch of top 5 singles from an album 20 years ago” and the record still stand today Sepetember 4, 2010. What’s your point?
You keep mentioning flop singles and pointing out the superbowl fiasco, when that clearly explains what presents a problem. If it wasn’t Janet would be a problem! You don’t give her credit for still pulling off a #1 R&B single (Call on me) in 2006, or having a #1 album in 2008(Discipline) or 5 dance #1 singles since she’s been banned. Not to mention that she’s manged to get a #1 video on itunes for just her American Idol performance. How many could face the same obstacle and pull that off? Her Tyler Perry movies have both grossed near and over 60million with the 1st coming in at #1. That chitlin circut’s not so bad!
The other silly arguments about her weight gain in null and void, she’s been doing that for decades(not now for attention)!
Janet can still compete with the 22 year olds (even at 44). She looks like she’s 15 years younger than her actually age(none of her peers do).
As for exploiting MJ , how is she? She was asked questions about him on Oprah. She hasn’t release an album since his passing yet!
@ Adc, exaggerated stats – not hardly! I have a comment that’s waiting to be approved, because I listed sources(and there not even the ones I was looking for). Trust me, it’s a fact!
Janet did “score a bunch of top 5 singles from an album 20 years ago” and the record still stand today Sepetember 4, 2010. What’s your point?
You keep mentioning flop singles and pointing out the superbowl fiasco, when that clearly explains what presents a problem. If it wasn’t Janet would be a problem! You don’t give her credit for still pulling off a #1 R&B single (Call on me) in 2006, or having a #1 album in 2008(Discipline) or 5 dance #1 singles since she’s been banned. Not to mention that she’s manged to get a #1 video on itunes for just her American Idol performance. How many could face the same obstacle and pull that off? Her Tyler Perry movies have both grossed near and over 60million with the 1st coming in at #1. That chitlin circut’s not so bad!
The other silly arguments about her weight gain in null and void, she’s been doing that for decades(not now for attention)!
Janet can still compete with the 22 year olds (even at 44). She looks like she’s 15 years younger than her actually age(none of her peers do).
As for exploiting MJ , how is she? She was asked questions about him on Oprah. She hasn’t release an album since his passing yet!
She looks a bit Grace Jones-esque in the left pic.
lol @ Madonna vs Janet smhc.
For what it’s worth Madonna obviously wins.
Her last tour was the highest grossing tour for a female artist ever.
Janet’s still fabulous tho<3
I love it!!!! Janet can we get some new music please..lol
WELL at least you queens are getting it right. The only b**** that can see Janet is Madonna. And we all know Janet could outperform Madonna in a hot minute. Both are the only major iconic female pop stars. They are the blueprint and the standard.
Janet looks fierce in these photos. I love the haircut. The Grace Jones inspired shot was kick ass too. WORK MIss Jackson!
Janet has:
10 Studio albums
2 Compilation albums
Released in years ’82, ’84, ’86, ’89,’93, ’95,’97, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009
Madonna has:
11 studio albums
3 live albums
6 compilation albums
3 remix albums
3 soundtracks
Released in years ’83, ’84, ’86, ’87, ’89(2disc), ’90(2 dics), ’92, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’98, 2000, 2001(2disc), 2003(2dics), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
*Over 51million albums are from several greatest hits albums that were packaged and repackaged.
*All of Janet sales after she managed to get established are only from 1986- 2009(23 years). Her first 2 albums sold 2million accumulatively way after they were released and while she was in her prime.
*Madonna released twice as many albums and in the time span from ’83 – 2010(27years).
Janet is the true Queen, she has done fewer and made the same mark without resorting to gimmicks or marketting strategies that could get her ahead.
i AGREE @GHETTO FAB…
They are the ONLY two female pop stars that practically everyone (male and female alike) use as a blueprint for their careers. However, Madonna has sold more records than Janet and but she’s also released more material too… Madonna knows Janet was (is) her biggest competition. I like both though and Janet is TRULY missed here in the U.K. we have haven’t seen her since the early 2000’s. She definitely needs to do a HUGE tour with her next album
Janet Jackson will for ever be #1 PERIOD-POINT-BLANK.
OMG, Royal Kev i didnt even notice your last post before i posted mine. Most ppl dnt relaixe Madonna have widely released WAY more material. And plus all he rgimmicks she uses… Im sorry i like Madonna but we must admit here image has far surpassed her music. Oh but we can’t be unfair though, Janet did release a remix album as well (janet. Remixed)… And not to metion all the concert/documentary films Madonna has done. I mean this topic is extremely debatable- NO LIE. Thats why it has ALWAYS (and still is ) debated worldwide. Although in recent years, Janet has took more on the film role while Madonna has remained with music
@ Why??, your absolutely right Janet has 2 remix albums (I didn’t notice because it wasn’t mentioned in the categories that summed up their album count from the source I’m using). The debate with these two is really strong, actually – your right again. I’m not a big fan of Madonna, but I respect certain things about her.
@GHETTO FAB
ARE YOU KIDDEN ME?! JANET CANT EVEN HALF WAY PERFORM LIKE SHE USE TO AND MADONNA YET, STILL SLAYS ON-STAGE! MADONNA IS THE BEST FEMALE ENTERTAINER WHOSE EVER LIVED.
@ROYALKEV
No Matter what you say, Madonna is legendary, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Icon! Shes ones of the Best entertainers and musicians ever. Whether she Relied on Gimmicks or not. Madonna was Original w/ her so called “Gimmicks” while other artist like Lady Gaga just mimics all of Madonna’s work.
Every Mainstream artist relies on, marketing strategy, hits, etc. including Janet? So your Point?
Madonna has excessively done more to surpass Janet and if you compare the rate that the 2 have sold records at and total from grossed films you would see that the 2 are alot closer than you think. Madonna’s filmed grossed 544, 552,145 (from 19 films), while Janet has 4 that has totaled 306, 774, 524. People praise Madonna for her ticket sales from her tours, but she has contiued to increasingly do more shows than any other artist(with the except of Tina Turner – who I believe used the same method that Gaga’s even using now). I congratulate them, but it is what it is!
@ Dion-ish, yes every artist wants to promote themselves to sell. They do shows and calculate when it is the best time to release albums, but Madonna took that to a new extreme! Again, it worked for her and I congratulate her. I’m just calling a spade a spade love, because most people deny that she uses these tactics. Anyone could have constantly put out an over load of records (in their prime) and capitalize off of it. Mariah did and almost caught up! She was selling bigger numbers and at a higher rate than Madonna in only 20years. She’s only about 25million under Madonna.
take madonna and her stank ass to her own cotdamn posts!
OH THATS RIGHT AINT NOBODY POSTIN ON THE OLD B**** CUZ HER ASS AINT RELEVANT NO MORE.
take madonna and her stank ass to her own cotdamn posts!
OH THATS RIGHT AINT NOBODY POSTIN ON THE OLD B**** CUZ HER ASS AINT RELEVANT NO MORE.
snores
Y ertime their is a Janet post, Madonna fans has to attack. Thats like the same s*** with Bey and Rihanna fans attacking each other. Janet is a icon and legend and pop royality. Like stop hating so hard. Madge N JJ fans been going at it with each other since the 80s. Its 2010, get over it. Both are icons and accomplish so many in their careers now. They have nothing else to prove anymore but to sit on their thrones and watch these amateurs try to become them. Not one diva 2day has come this close on beating Janet nor Madge. Also stop it with the Janet MJ.. using to get famous crap.. You sound very uneducated. Janet is the Queen. Every one wants to be her… However their can only be one Miss Jackson if ya nasty!
Go Head Janet! she looks great as usual!
HOW CAN MADONNA BE THE QUEEN, WHEN SHE IS A MAN?
MADONNA = GREAT AND JANET = OK?
B**** PLZ.
JANET HAS WAYYY MORE TALENT THAN MADONNA. MADONNA CAN BE MORE POPULAR AND ETC. BUT DONT ACT LIKE JANET ISNT THIS BIG STAR EITHER.
JANET LOOKS AMAZING AND THAT’S THAT. SHE GOT WAYYY MORE MONEY THAN ALL OF YOU B******.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT EVERYTIME A HATER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY BAD ABOUT JANET AND CLAIMS THEY DONT FOLLOW HER.
YET!
TYPES UP A WHOLE DAMN NOVEL ABOUT HER IN A POST!
SHE
HAS
YOU
PRESSED
LOL JOB WELL DONE JANET! JOB WELL DONE. LOL MUAH
Stunning!
@ROYALKEV
Nobody cares about dance and R&B charts except for niche audiences. For years now Janet’s singles have been overwhelmingly failing on the Hot 100, which is the most important chart. She’s had only 5 (out of how many release?) top 40 singles over the past decade. She’s 2x more likely to fail on this chart than she is to hit. She hasn’t had a top 10 single in 9 yrs. Discipline went to #1 because it was a slow sales week overall, it was her lowest ever opening week numbers, quickly fall off the chart and had cumulative sales that were so terrible that everyone involved quickly severed professional ties with each other…and now she’s w/o a recording deal. The album (and tour) totally tanked…selling less than 500k in the US and under 1 million WW. That is BAD.
Mainstream audiences are almost completely disinterested in Janet Jackson today. She’s part of an era that has passed. The only thing mildly interesting about her now is her last name.
Janet can’t sing at all IMO. Live she lipsync’s for dear life. Even her “studio voice” isn’t good. She sounds like a munchkin and has a paper thin, “choppy” singing style. 1/2 the time I can’t understand what she’s saying, she’s got horrendous diction and very clarity. She may be a “performer”, but she’s no singer.
* Very poor clarity, I meant to say.
Additionally I’ll add that I think her dancing has always been used to cover up her lack of singing ability. It gives her an excuse to not turn on her mic. I couldn’t care less about how well someone can dance. That should be the icing, not the cake itself.
@DION-ISH
Yeah Madonna was very “original” while mimicking the works and images Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, Jayne Mansfield, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Deborah Harry & TONS of other showbiz legends, french photographers/designers, pin-up girls (Bette Page) and PLENTY others Hell she even started doing the crotch grab once she saw MJ do it.
She was not 100% original, just more marketable than your average artist.
FOR THE A HONEST EXPOSE ON MADONNA’S CAREER
VISIT http://madonnarevelations.b*******.com/
@DION-ISH
DELUSIONAL!!! Madonna is a HORRIBLE actress. Her only good performance was EVITA. THAT’S IT!!!!!!!
Madonna plays instruments.. and so what?? Shouldn’t most “musicians” be able to play at least one
Madonna DOES NOT write all of her songs. She’s actually been sued several times and has been caught misrepresenting credits on her album
Madonna was NEVER a good singer and can barely carry a tune. “Open Your Heart” was meant for Cyndi Lauper and Madonna bribed the songwriters with cash so she could get the song.
Madonna’ success is purely down to image manipulation and payola.
F*** Janet for exploiting dead animals on her back for profit.
I hope one of them comes back to life and bites her in her silicon chest.
@MADONNA
ARE YOU KIDDEN ME?! JANET CANT EVEN HALF WAY PERFORM LIKE SHE USE TO AND MADONNA YET, STILL SLAYS ON-STAGE! MADONNA IS THE BEST FEMALE ENTERTAINER WHOSE EVER LIVED.
______________________________________________________________________
Some flattering quotes on the “greatest female entertainer who’s ever lived” YIKES
“Here it comes: I still love her. But she is a r*****, too.”
Guy Ritchie, Director/Madonna’s ex-husband in Esquire (Nov.2009)
“It was like cuddling up to a piece of gristle. All the soft feminine tones had been replaced by the build of an athlete.” Guy Ritchie on sleeping with Madonna
“The worst Bond tune of all time.” -Elton John describing Madonna’s song, Die Another Day
” Madonna is like a McDonald’s hamburger. When you ask for a Big Mac, you know exactly what you’re getting. It’s enjoyable, but it satisfies only for the moment.” ~ Sade on Madonna
“Madonna’s like a Black Widow spider. She tends to use people, then they shrivel up and disappear.” -former New Order and Joy Division bassist
“Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay £75 to see them should be shot.” ~ Elton John on Madonna’s miming in concerts
“Madonna came to me and asked for private lessons. I told her that if she wants to learn from me, she has to come to my classes.” I told her, “You will have to leave your ego behind.”~ Bikram Choudhury, famed Yoga instructor
” She looks like she stinks.” -Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure
” Not great. I don’t think you’ll be impressed. If Madonna were in this room, she’d be the least attractive woman here.” ~ Donald Trump commenting on S** book
“We were looking for her clothes, but we hear she doesn’t wear too much.” ~ Beach Boys Mike Love on dressing roomie Madonna, mid to late eighties
” Time may be running out for Madonna . . . unless she can admit to herself that what she does onstage in her thirties might seem grotesquely inappropriate for a woman in her fifties.” ~ author Christopher Andersen on Madonna’s s** antics 1991
“She’s the shadow of the Christian Madonna. So while the Christian Madonna was pure and sanctified, Madonna has become the sexuality of it incarnated. But I don’t think Madonna’s been very nurtured as a human being. I said a few years ago that I’d make her a plate of spaghetti, and I mean that.” ~ Tori Amos, 1994
“I don’t regret saying it. Everyone took it a bit seriously. She can be vulgar.I find her a bit hard to believe sometimes. There’s a bit of a contradiction in what she’s presenting – she’s still trying to be this sexed-up thing. People say nasty s*** about Madonna all the time. She’s made a career out of it.”-Sparro from Black & Gold on his calling the pop veteran *vulgar* for trying to be *hot again* at FIFTY!!!!
” As easy as it would be for me to nail custard pie to the wall.” ~ Shirley MacLaine on how easily she could have coped with Madonna as her sister-in-law. * Shirley’s brother is Warren Beatty
“MADONNA needs to drop the crotch grabbing and get a new concert wardrobe”-Kylie Minogue’s long-term stylist William Baker.
@MADONNA
ARE YOU KIDDEN ME?! JANET CANT EVEN HALF WAY PERFORM LIKE SHE USE TO AND MADONNA YET, STILL SLAYS ON-STAGE! MADONNA IS THE BEST FEMALE ENTERTAINER WHOSE EVER LIVED.
______________________________________________________________________
Some flattering quotes on the “greatest female entertainer who’s ever lived” YIKES
“Here it comes: I still love her. But she is a r*****, too.”
Guy Ritchie, Director/Madonna’s ex-husband in Esquire (Nov.2009)
“It was like cuddling up to a piece of gristle. All the soft feminine tones had been replaced by the build of an athlete.” Guy Ritchie on sleeping with Madonna
“The worst Bond tune of all time.” -Elton John describing Madonna’s song, Die Another Day
” Madonna is like a McDonald’s hamburger. When you ask for a Big Mac, you know exactly what you’re getting. It’s enjoyable, but it satisfies only for the moment.” ~ Sade on Madonna
“Madonna’s like a Black Widow spider. She tends to use people, then they shrivel up and disappear.” -former New Order and Joy Division bassist
“Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay £75 to see them should be shot.” ~ Elton John on Madonna’s miming in concerts
“Madonna came to me and asked for private lessons. I told her that if she wants to learn from me, she has to come to my classes.” I told her, “You will have to leave your ego behind.”~ Bikram Choudhury, famed Yoga instructor
” She looks like she stinks.” -Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure
” Not great. I don’t think you’ll be impressed. If Madonna were in this room, she’d be the least attractive woman here.” ~ Donald Trump commenting on S** book
“We were looking for her clothes, but we hear she doesn’t wear too much.” ~ Beach Boys Mike Love on dressing roomie Madonna, mid to late eighties
” Time may be running out for Madonna . . . unless she can admit to herself that what she does onstage in her thirties might seem grotesquely inappropriate for a woman in her fifties.” ~ author Christopher Andersen on Madonna’s s** antics 1991
“She’s the shadow of the Christian Madonna. So while the Christian Madonna was pure and sanctified, Madonna has become the sexuality of it incarnated. But I don’t think Madonna’s been very nurtured as a human being. I said a few years ago that I’d make her a plate of spaghetti, and I mean that.” ~ Tori Amos, 1994
“I don’t regret saying it. Everyone took it a bit seriously. She can be vulgar.I find her a bit hard to believe sometimes. There’s a bit of a contradiction in what she’s presenting – she’s still trying to be this sexed-up thing. People say nasty s*** about Madonna all the time. She’s made a career out of it.”-Sparro from Black & Gold on his calling the pop veteran *vulgar* for trying to be *hot again* at FIFTY!!!!
” As easy as it would be for me to nail custard pie to the wall.” ~ Shirley MacLaine on how easily she could have coped with Madonna as her sister-in-law. * Shirley’s brother is Warren Beatty
“MADONNA needs to drop the crotch grabbing and get a new concert wardrobe”-Kylie Minogue’s long-term stylist William Baker.
@DION-ISH
If this is Madonna slaying the stage, she really needs to EXIT the stage, IMMEDIATELY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Lj-pdE2vU&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iWC7dPwZ3U&feature=player_embedded
Janet hasn’t sold 100 million albums. That’s an inflated number. Billboard Magazine confirmed that Janet’s worldwide tally is only 65 million (as of Oct. 2009). Source: http://www.billboard.com/news/janet-jackson-to-release-number-ones-album-1004022548.story#/news/janet-jackson-to-release-number-ones-album-1004022548.story
Of all her contemporaries (Madonna, Whitney, Celine and Mariah), Janet has sold the *least*, despite coming out first (1982.) How is she the “queen” when all of them have outsold her? Heck even Backstreet Boys, Eminem, Britney Spears have all outsold Janet, despite her being around a decade and a half-plus longer.
For someone who has been around for as many decades as she has, Janet’s figures are on the “modest” side.
Janet Jackson’s career has been on a continued downward spiral since after the Superbowl fiasco and any honest person can see that. She couldn’t sell out her last tour after coming off a new album, yet her brother could sell out 50 shows and have 200 million ppl still trying to get tickets & he hadn’t released music in nearly 10 years. She released her Number Ones album after MJ’s death and it flopped, her 4th consecutive album to do so. No good.
Clinging to mundane things like a top selling AI performance on iTunes is desperately grasping at straws. No one but pressed stans cares about such a thing. I’m sick and tired of acting like she’s so great. She is not a good vocalist @ all. All she ever did was dance to catchy songs that Jam & Lewis produced for her. They had the Midas touch, not her.
Furthermore, I will never respect her again for hocking the fur of animals – which is even more classless than her inappropriate Superbowl striptease and pornographic song lyrics.
i said it before & i’ll say it again
THE RHYTHM NATION WILL NEVER DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
EDIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN TO THAT!
BY FAR JANET IS THE FUNKY DIVA……JUST LOOK AT HER………….SHE IS FLAWLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS………………………………………….
@DION-ISH
Why the hell are you discussing Madonna on a JANET JACKSON post???? Sorry but you seem to stan more for Janet, since you bothered commenting on here.
FOR EVERYONE WHO DOUBTSJANET’S VOCAL ABILITY…
Please watch The Velvet Rope Tour. That is THE best show in MUSIC HISTORY. You will see that Janet CAN sing VERY well, and she DOES NOT lip synch.
FLAWLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Jde97, Discipline managed to pull in sales of 181,000 in it’s debut week(the same amount Rihanna’s Rated R album has). For her to continue selling that way after decades proves that she’s still relevant. The album only went gold due to her and L.A. Reid having a dispute over which singles to promote. This is the same man that has had issues with TLC and Toni Braxton and Pink(with her debut album, that he forced her to have an R&B sound on). The album wasn’t promoted mid way through it’s era. Your right Janet doesn’t get alot of radio play(she’s banned from pop radio, what don’t you understand). She still managed to pull off #1 singles despite that, so that does mean something!
@ The truth… The truth is that if you read the article stating that Janet has sold 65million, you’ll see that those figures where calculated by Janet old label that housed her first 4 albums( Janet Jackson, Dream Street, Control and Rhythm Nation). Janet went to Virgin records afterwards where she then released: the Janet album, The Velvet Rope, All for you, damita Jo and 20Y.O. Her last album Discipline was released on Island Records- perhaps that might give you some clarity as to why it doesn’t include all of her sales totals. Just for the record, Janet’s album sales are severely under certified. We know for certain that her album sales have surpassed 100million. Britney andEminem is at 80million albums. Backstreet Boys are close to 100million.
@Smartee, The American Idol mention was just icing – nobody’s bragging about it! The point is that if most of her peers where in her shoes and performed(outside of their own concerts where their fans pay to see them) in their current state (with their talents obviously not being what it use to be) I’m certain that it would not be too memorable. Madonna sounds stale and flat live!… and even sometimes on her records!
Janet can’t sing at all.
@ ROYALKEV
Just, no. 180,000 was a very poor starting number, and from there it only got worse. Music buyers weren’t picking it up in a decent enough number. Bottom line. That album probably didn’t even turn a profit. Last I saw they were selling it at Best Buy for like $5. How embarrassing. The Eagles, Barbra Streisand, Metallica, etc., etc. have also been out for decades and have managed to see their recent albums open up to *much* healthier sales than that AND to ultimately sell over a million in bulk. What’s Janet’s excuse for consistently underperforming for close to a ten year span? She hasn’t been hot since 2001. How long are you clowns going to continue using the Superbowl for her failure, or blame L.A. Reid because he couldn’t manipulate sales of that wack ass album? I guess it’s L.A. Reid’s fault that Damita Jo, 20 Y.O., and Number One’s all tanked too, huh?
There is no radio “ban.” That’s yet another excuse, and a tawdry one at that, that you Jan-bots try to spin to justify her failure. It’s everyone else’s fault but hers. It couldn’t be that her music and image has grown INCREDIBLY stale, and that the general public just isn’t interested in her anymore.
And what “#1 singles” are you talking about? Those throwaway singles that managed to top the dance chart, while barely nicking the Hot 100 (if at all?) That one tacky song she did with Nelly that managed to top the R&B chart. Please. There’s much less competition on genre charts. Her Hot 100 showing been like these past 3 albums has been awful, and you know it…but I guess you have to grab the glory where you can. As far as that comment on her American Idol performance, and how she was able to get people outside her fan base to buy the video (which is debatable), goes…funny how she’s able to do that, but can’t get but what’s left of her hardcore bots to buy her albums.
Typical Janet fans with excuses and snowjobs, trying to downplay or blame game her failure, while hyping up meaningless crap (like a #1 dance single or a Idol performance clip.) You may can comfort yourselves with that bull, but I’m not buying it. Janet’s music has turned to crap and the general public isn’t interested in her anymore. Deal with it.
@JDE97… I guess Streisand’s last studio album (2009’s Love is the answer) pulling off 180,000 in it’s debut week is different somehow from Janet doing so. It’s a respectable sum for both ladies, considering that their artists that have been in the industry for decades.
http://www.billboard.com/…/barbra-streisand-surprises-with-ninth-no-1004019217.story
http://www.billboard.com/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id...
The Eagles sales are impressive with there last disc in 2007, but the average debut week is not anywhere near 711,000 – even Britney didn’t present much of a challenge for them and she didn’t get through her first 10years yet, at the time.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content
Same goes for Metallica, 490,000 is a huge sum and Ne-yo was no match at that time and he was still in his prime.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu...
The superbowl has hurt Janet tremendously. How is it an excuse when she was selling consistently well with every record prior to the incident. She never sold less than 3million in the U.S. or 7million ww before 2004.
Discipline ran 2singles deep. The project was abandoned obviously! It would not make any sense to not support a #1 record. There was obviously a point reached where the Janet didn’t see eye to eye with her team. I’ve never see anyone lose the backing from their label because their album entered the charts at #1. It’s common sense here!
For the record Damita Jo did sell over 1 million units. 20Y.O. is also certified platnium!
You obviously see that Janet is a force to be reckon with and you appear to be one of those people that turn a blind eye to injustice and want her to be tossed aside because of your own personal feelings for her. That’s fine.
What you cannot do is ignore what she has accomplished, nor the talent that she still possess. Yes, it’s only an American Idol performance that was a #1 video on itunes – I’m not making it some amazing feat, but I will say that today’s Madonna (along with alot of her peers) would not have made that happen. Their lacking in many areas and cannot compete like how they did in their prime. It is what it is! You can pretend that Janet has lost her swag and has gone stale, but you are clearly in denial. She slays and is still pop royalty & the first real Queen of pop! You obviously can’t deal with that.
Her nose just irks me. What is it with the Jacksons and bad nose jobs?
AND the Oscar for best supporting actress go to……………………………………… (; I think the world has been waiting a long time for this. Get em, Miss Jackson.
@ADC
Kii!!
You better beat on those walls, gorilla!
You better get mad that the GODDESS shits on your life
@DION-ISH
Janet > Hagdonna
Deal. with. it.
@SageLinear
LIES.
Janet’s 3 vocal range and mezzo-soprano vocal type >
@ROYALKEV
The point (which you missed) is that acts like Metallica and the Eagles have been around for as long (or longer) than Janet….and still managed to debut with higher numbers AND sell millions with their most recent albums, while stale ass Discipline failed to even move 500k, despite it being released around the same time. Yet you argue that Janet’s time in the business makes it some sort of commercial hindrance that justifies her dipping sales figures. Please. That’s an excuse. Her albums are flopping because no one but her hardest core lemmings (which has shrunken over the years) are still interested in buying them. Her casual fans dropped her years ago and she’s not winning over any new ones.
Janet always sold 3 million prior the Super Bowl? LMAO. Really? Did Janet Jackson and Dream Street sell 3 million? It’s so sad and pathetic that you people continue to blame the Super Bowl for her decline, instead of facing that her music has turned to such s*** that the general public hasn’t been moved enough to waste their money on what she’s peddling. Go to any CD review site, look over the reviews of Damita Jo, 20 Y.O., and Discipline and on average you’ll see at least 50% of the comments are negative in tone. If the Super Bowl indeed hurt her, it’s pitiful as hell that more than half a decade later she hasn’t found a way to rebound from it. Tacky as her little strip show was, no one cares at this point.
As far as the sales of Damita Jo selling 1 million and 20 Y.O. being “platinum” goes….so what? Damita Jo only barely sold a million, moved two million less than the album before it and every one of it’s singles missed the top 40. 20 Y.O. is “platinum” because Virgin shipped out a million copies to stores (which got shipped right back to the label.) I’m sure you’re painfully aware of the album only moving 660k. Then Discipline, which was supposed to be her “comeback,” does even less business than that; to add insult to injury, when she tried to pick up her face and TOUR, it was a complete washout. But I guess that American Idol performance and some flimsy gig headlining the Essence Festival is supposed to make up for OWN production being a bomb.
As far as it not making any sense to abandon a “#1 record” goes. *snicker* In the grand scheme of things, a “#1 record” means nothing if the sales aren’t healthy, steady and consistent. Chrisette Michelle had a “#1 record.” So the hell what? On the flipside, Whitney Houston’s My Love Is Your Love failed to peak in the top 10, and still went on to sell multi-millions. That “#1 record” wasn’t making IDJ any money. To continue sinking millions of money into promoting an album that the the public isn’t buying would have been a stupid business move. That’s like body work on a car was a busted engine. They saw that the returns weren’t justifying any more promotion, and therefore opted to quit.
Damita Jo was a flop. 20 Y.O. was a flop. Discipline was a flop. Numbers One’s was a flop. If you think about that for a second, you see that it brings her full circle 180 around to Janet Jackson and Dream Street, which were also flops.
Half of her discography has flopped. Out of her 12 albums (hits collections included), 6 of them bombed. Additionally, in the last 10 years, she’s released 19 singles, and only 6 of them have entered the top 40, and she hasn’t had a top 10 single since “Someone to Call My Lover” in 2001. What the f*** kind of a “Queen of Pop” is this? LMAO! Are you kidding? If she’s the “queen,” then she’s presiding over a nearly empty kingdom.
I’m not in denial about anything. I see the truth for what it is. You’re the one who seems desperate to make excuses for Janet’s decade long string of failure (probably because you’ve attached part of your soul into being her fan, and therefore when she fails, it stings you too.) You can pretend that she hasn’t lost her “swag” to save face for her (and yourself), but all your spinning and rationalizing doesn’t negate the numbers…which tells a completely different story. In 10 years time, Janet’s career went from being a luxury penthouse to an economy apartment on the bad side of town.
@JDE67
Wow. You’re so sad and pathetic.
Metallica debuted a year after Janet did. Why are you comparing Metallica and The Eagles to Janet? You’re comparing a Rock band to a Pop/R&B female artist. Do you not know how dumb that sounds? Metallica and The Eagles have strong following mostly because of their genre of music. The Pop world IS fickle. Once you get old and once you have that big OOPS in your career it’s hard to climb back to the top. This is a fact.
Discipline sold 900K worldwide and is certified Gold in the states. You’re trying TOO hard to make Janet out to be some unsuccessful artist who completely fell off the face of this earth and made no impact. Sorry, hun – you FAIL. Janet’s fan base will continue to grow. Her TRUE fans have stuck with her through the good and bad. Don’t let her commercial decline fool you. The woman is still a strong act in the music world. She recently sold-out the New Orleans Dome in Louisiana and was praised by critics. Her latest single “Nothing” is receiving major Oscar buzz. Why Did I Get Married Too? grossed over $60 million and is currently #1 in the sales market for DVDS/Blueray. So before you go around picking on Janet for her lack of commercial success as of late. Do your research she’s still getting accolades in other places.
I find it hysterical that you’re trying SOOOOOO hard to push the Superbowl to the side. Get over yourself. Damita Jo sold 3 million worldwide and this was after the Superbowl. Prior to the Superbowl Janet was pulling that amount in the states alone in a 3 month period. The Superbowl left a huge scar on her image and she’s STILL recovering from this.
20 Y.O. may not be a stellar album but it had a lot of potential to be a hit album on the R&B charts. Don’t even get me started on Discipline. That album is underrated. If promoted properly Janet would’ve done well with this album. It’s just a lost case. Sadly. Janet dealt with A LOT of s*** from 2004 – 2008. There’s still a cloud over her but she’s slowly recovering. Thankfully, she’s not under a label and she continues to be optimistic about her career. Record labels can be so fickle and they proved this in the 20 Y.O. and Discipline eras. Damita Jo and 20 Y.O. received mixed reviews and Discipline was favored more by many critics. So stop exaggerating. You’re trying way too hard. It’s sad.
Damita Jo is a platinum album. It indeed sold 1 million copies in the states. 20 Y.O. sold 1 million in the states as well. Whether you like it our not. Those two albums are platinum albums. Discipline wasn’t supposed to be her comeback album. Janet isn’t even [i]trying[/i] to make a comeback. It’s just the media saying these things because they love a comeback story.
IDJ didn’t support Janet’s project. If you followed that era you would know this. They halted her promotion and this is the reason Janet left the label. How is Janet supposed to promote the record so it can be heard if the label isn’t helping her? Why are you so persistent in attacking Janet when you don’t know the facts?
Damita Jo isn’t a flop – If you think a 3X platinum is a “flop” of any sort — You’re delusional.
20 Y.O. did better than most records out at the time. Must we bring up Prince (one of Janet’s peers) who consistently flopped since 1993? Why are people so stuck on Janet? Half her discography consist of flops? What a load of b*******.
Janet Jackson and Dream Street sold 1 million each. Those two albums were basically her father’s projects, his vision, etc. Janet didn’t even want to make music then.
Control sold over 14 million albums
Rhythm Nation 18 million
janet. 20 million
Design of a Decade 10 million
The Velvet Rope 10 million
All for You 7.5 million
Damita Jo 3 million
20 Y.O. 2 million
Damita Jo 900K
Besides what is it that you’re trying to prove? The woman is wealthier than you, prettier than (you must be ugly with that bitter attitude!), more successful and she will be remembered till the end of time.
Now, you?
Hun, you’re nothing.
You’re getting irate over an artist who hasn’t accomplished much due to an incident that happened 6 years ago.
YES, I and the rest of the fans will continue to blame it on the Superbowl because that’s where it all comes down to. [i]Feedback[/i] only peaked at #19 but I bet my life on it that if Britney Spears or some other artist recorded that song it would’ve shot up to #1 in over 30 countries. [i]Make me[/i] is another one that deserved great success. Janet’s music might not be up to par to her past work but what artist is making music like that? Madonna? Don’t make me laugh! Stale Candy is crap. Prince? His good days of making funky music is well in the past. I can go on.
Janet is [i]still[/i] making good, danceable music. She’s so underrated.
It’s people like you that want to bring her down for no apparent reason.
People like you want to discredit her when she set the standard for female artists of today.
@JDE67
Out of curiosity – who are you a fan of?
Oh FYI – Janet hasn’t even re-certified her albums since the release dates. Once she does, you will GAG.
I can’t wait for the day Janet proves you salty haters wrong and trust that day is coming soon.
Stay tuned in 2011…You will GAG and crawl up in a ball and cry.
@ Ch, thanks for shedding some light on this matter.
@Jde97, You keep comparing Janet to Metallica and making the argument that time should not be a hinderance nor a reason for steady declines in status or sales. If you follow Metallica’s success you will find that from 1983 to 1993 there sales continued to find a new peak (starting with their first album selling 3million in ’83, continuing on to sell 5x in ’84, 6x in ’86, 8x in ’88 to a staggering 15x in ’93). You’ll notice, however that after their huge success in ’93 their steady dip in sales was consistent( 5x in ’96, 3x in ’97, 2x in ’03). Everyone has a prime and then they reach a point where their 15minutes are up. It’s just that some people are fortunate enough to that 15minutes stretch out into decades, while other may have only 1 year! Metallica studio albums don’t stir up the same excitment it once did. It’s still great that their finding some success and remaining relevant.
Janet would be in this same boat, but we all know that after the superbowl she was banned. It was immediate and dramatic. Janet and Dreamstreet were released before she was established, so expecting them to sale when she didn’t make a name for herself yet is unreasonable. They did manage to sell 1million each after she did. You can call Damita Jo and 20Y.O. flops, but I’m sure that would sound preposterous to most people. Rihanna’s Rated R didn’t sell 3million world wide, Britney’s sold 3.1, Mariah’s E=MC squared did 2.5, Memoirs isn’t even worth comparing… Janet’s 3million is pretty impressive still. Again, this was after the superbowl – where the effects of the incident were first felt.
You can speak ill of Janet and find her Queen of pop status baffling – but it’s quite simple actually… when you have broken many records that are still untouched and been a integral part of shaping pop culture and defining what it means to be an artist you may then see where the debate begins and why she has a legitimate claim to the title.
she looks lovely:) Just can’t pic..janet with short hair what alovely delighted women hope to meet her one day she remind me,,of my daughter>>>>when she was young..
@Fozz33 just watch 7 episodes of s2 game of thrones. Won’t sleep tonight!