@ anne...

the reason that some young people are choosing janet as the 'qop' is because their thinking is not quite as influenced or stifled by the music industry who catergorize artists by color rather than sound. many young people nowadays recognize the different tone between r & b and the pop so they don't wall janet off (and others for that matter) as solely r & b. however, the industry still pushes the divide somewhat and a lot of blacks (if not most) buy into it.

i totally disagree with you attempting to give credit to madonna for opening the door of success for janet becauseyou claim she made diluted r & b acceptable. are you kidding? female r & b singers made it on the pop charts long before madonna was even a lusty thought. if anyone deserves credit for janet blowing up, it would be her brother mj.

as far as some thinking mdna's song 'holiday' was sung by a black artist, i've neeever heard such. christina's 'genie in a bottle' yes!. madonna's 'holiday' no,no and no!

SOME female singer- dancers may have some madonna influence. ALL of them have janet influence.