@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 shit 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 bullshit.

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.