It looks like listeners have done everything but sleep on pop queen Janet Jackson‘s comeback single ‘No Sleeep’ as the slow groove has reawakened radio interest in the once ailing diva.
Making its official premiere on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-helmed tune comes as the week’s only solo debut and notched the singer her 40th Hot 100 hit!
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“[After Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky’s #9 debut with ‘Good For You’], Janet Jackson scores the week’s second-highest debut, as “No Sleeep” enters at No. 67, marking her milestone 40th Hot 100 hit, and her first since 2008.”
Elsewhere on charts, the song is sitting pretty at #15 on the Adult R&B songs chart.
“No Sleeep” grants Jackson her 27th hit on Adult R&B Songs (which originated in 1993), tying her with Faith Evans for third-most visits among women. Mary J. Blige leads with 51, followed by Mariah Carey (33). The debut also earns Jackson her highest entrance ever on the chart.
The new single concurrently bows on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay at No. 27 with 6.7 million in first-week audience, according to Nielsen Music, marking her 36th hit on the chart. It’s her highest debut in more than 20 years: “Scream,” with brother Michael, launched at No. 6 on June 3, 1995.”
The placement only helps secure Jan’s name in R&B history books as fans may know she currently holds a record for “That’s the Way Love Goes” being the only song to debut at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart back in May 1993.
Just imagine the damage she’d do with promotional appearances and full on promo!
queen!! No promo or video! That’s star power! God bless you queen!
Yaaassss!!!
No promo, no video, no performances, no featuring young artist, no remixes. The bigger picture. Janet released it Independently and it’s already outperformed Madonna and Mariah both on major labels. Both performing on major awards shows.
…debuted higher than “I Bet” kiiii
But I bet outpeaked 98 percent of Keri Hellbound discography
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Nobody remembers her or the 13 person concert she performed at
GO JAN!
Wow. Congrats to Janet. Madonna’s first two Rebel Heart singles missed the Top 100 and she performed on the Grammy’s, Brit Awards, iHeart Awards, full week on performances on Ellen and still failed to chart.
Janet hasn’t even released a music video yet. Hasn’t performed it and it isn’t even pop radio friendly. AND. She released it on her OWN record label. GO JANET! WELCOME BACK!
40th TOP HOT 100 SINGLE ENTRY?
What kind of ICONIC SLAYAGE!!!!!!!!
Yes Mommy!!
Doesn’t Nicki have like over 60 entries?
I don’t know. I don’t really check for her that much….
Aren’t like 61 of those 60 entries features on someone else’s record?
Death @OMG!!!
Nicki slays whether people want to accept it or not.
This is a very decent debut but if this was Mariah TGJ would be dragging her to hell and back.
@KeriQween hun has keep it 100 even charted on bubbling under 100? When was the last KeriMyBags charted?
Janet should change her name to Ms. Billboard after charting for 4 decades chile…
http://giphy.com/gifs/realitytvgifs-beyonce-realitytvgifs-ciiZr7zpBOko0
lol
She didn’t even promote or perform it! I’m impressed and it still has no video! That’s awesome!
Congrats Janet!! That’s higher than American Oxygen!! #NoShade
And Pretty Hurts
Congrats Janet!!!
Pretty Hurts wasn’t promoted at March Madness and SNL!!Congrats Janet!!!!
What about this?
https://youtu.be/2XY3AvVgDns
#NoShade
????????????????Sweetheart that was the 4 era! Catch up hoee its 2015 #NoShade
And Pretty hurts
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Congrats Mzz Damita Jo Jackson.
And xo…. Was a Nono …. Debuted at oh no …. Lol
Lmfao…oh no!
I love you that all keep up with every last one of Beyoncé’s chart positions, yet America Flopygen couldn’t even chart on a tracklist yet alone Billboard.
#BBHMMvideo premieres TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT EST. on #VEVO
So
B*tch, you’ll be watching.
*rolls eye* ????
Yes !!!
Congrats to Miss Jackson. The song is great.
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Jackson Jackson has 10 number 1s, as do legends, among others. That’s double of Beyflopcé. 🙁
“Beyflopce” and Janet both have 5 consecutive number 1 albums like real legends ????????. Some flops can only score 1/7 kii…
Slay_Hive is always talking about Rihanna. This b*tch ughh!
She Is A Mess!!!!! QUEEEEEN Is Stuck In Her Head Everyday. ROTFL!!
And who the f**** are u?? My comments are that important to you gals???????????????
Well, you didn’t even try to deny it lol ????
I didn’t even mention Rihanna. I don’t know why they’re so mad. I said no shade GOSH!!
Yeah you indirectly mentioned her. Can’t get her off the brain. I understand me either.
Rihgirl damm go suck on a doggy bone biitch. You can’t even get me off that pea brain.
Congrats Janet Jackson, good to know some artists can still get Hot 100 entries. Cannot wait to see you on tour.
Molly the maid said the song was boring and wouldn’t out peak I bet ????
Congratulations Ms. Jackson! 🙂
Did Slay_Forehead forget this happened? It just just can’t keep the Best Selling Digital Artist Of All-Time off it’s lips. SMH
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXXQLa-5n5w
Centipede when was this song promoted?? Bey payed it dust. No NCAA March Madness,SNL or Tidal promo. Eat dickkk
I think she recognized what a colossal flop it was and didn’t even bother to promote it.
???????????????? No that sounds like Rihanna’s excuse for not releasing her album after six months and three singles.
So why did Pretty hurts FLOP so badly then?
Why did AO flop so bad?? Why is there still no album release date?? Why does the inside of your walls look like burnt bacon??…..????????????????
American Oxygen had a hot 100 entry, Pretty hurts didn’t, why??
It barely cracked the top 90.???? sit down girl. I’m not about to keep arguing over flop singles
American oxygen passed the top 10, pretty hurts couldn’t even reach #100, not even #100, some queen.
The top ten of what? Your imagination??????????????
It couldn’t even chart. *drinks protein shake*
Lol your fave can’t even release the long delayed album *pours bleach down your throat*
LOLOLOL!!!!
Not bleach lolololol!!!!! ????????????????????
Pretty hurts still is a better song & not repetitive like American Floxygen
But Pretty Hurts was never promoted as a single anywhere. Again the navy using their flop logic or is it the lack of…
Great job MS. JACKSON! THE Queen! Meanwhile the Snow Witch and the P** can’t chart for nothing. I heard Janet’s tour sold out 2 times in Hawaii, adding a 3rd date to meet demand. Tour, not Vagas with Ms. Piggy, her ex backup dancer and the failed ex Mouseateer.
Who has the bigger net worth? Carey or Jackson?
Who sold more records? More albums? Madonna, Mariah, and Britney all slayed Janet the last time she released (2008). So just stop with your usual pressed rants.
Celebrate Janet’s little accomplishment (?) and worry less about others.
Honey its a big deal.
You sound like a pest. We’re music fans, so ones net worth is as irrelevant as Mariah’s current career.
#POW
Mcdonalds sells more burgers then Five Guys it doesn’t mean its better.
I agree with Molly
B****
Biitch
Beyonce who???
B**** don’t you ever question who the Queen is, you know who she is !
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Where InfiniFlop and Ghost Career? The Return Of The Queen.
Screams!!!!
Why are you screaming exactly? All of the other artists mentioned are iconic or legendary… Wtf is a Keri? ????
Screaming !? But your fave doesn’t have a career lmao
Stat mad fat b****** Cowriahh is done, a “throwback” and no sleep just effortlessly slayed # 1 to obesity
His fave is a successful song writer. Wait, a successful song writer that actually WRITE a song and not just her name on the credits.
While Keri can’t even get 100k views on YouTube. That throwback is a legend, while Keri is a 3rd rate Beyoncé ????????
But has #1 to obesity sold 100k total yet? Her years of charting are done and obsolete along with her struggle vocals
I’m not even going to lie I’m Ready for the #BBHMM video tonight ! Congrats Janet !!!
Girl who are you. Fake a$s Stan lol. Flip flopping between beflopsay and rihqueenanna because you insecure. We know you ready for it! So is the rest of the world.
LOLOL!!
The hives and their excuses. How was “Pretty Flops” not promoted when it impacted pop radio and had a music video released officially, as in on Vevo? That excuse is tired as Beyonce’s bleached raccoon booty weaves. I was dragging this heaux @BeyHive on Twitter, and it said IASF was not promoted. Y’all need to stop with that sh*t.
But she didn’t perform it anywhere , if they queen would’ve perfect it at festivals & SNL it would’ve charted way higher , keep it real with yourself and the album was already out & people already had the video before it was released on vevo so your point is still invalid
Girl stfu and go hang your hammock from one of the banana trees. You’re tired AF! You know damn well that song wasn’t promoted. THE END!!
Lmaoo @ Selena Gomez collaborating with A$ap Rocky. She better slay with that top ten though.
Girl shut up
Can’t wait for Bey to return in September to remind these h*** who the Queen is , you would think she already proven herself after she SLAYED the world with BEYONCÉ
It doesn’t matter if you perform it or not, a flop is a flop is a flop.
For example: American Oxygen
And G.U.Y. did it even chart?
G.U.Y. outpeaked American tragedy smh Rihtarrd
Im so glad Janet is back and slaying. This song is doing better than Mariah and Madonnas current songs. Now I need Janet to slay Rihanna and Beyonce on the charts.
No need, I love Rihanna, but they’re playing catch up. Beyonce can barley chart now, I don’t see her doing much at age 40.
@mark111 Beyoncé is doing fine on the charts , unless you Stan for Taylor Swift you shouldn’t be talking about anybody barley charting
Like that’s EVER going to happen ! Please let’s just enjoy Janet’s comeback and be glad that’s she’s even making new music , let’s not get carried away honey
Slay_Hive is such a stan for rihanna. Its so serious. The b*tch says “I didn’t even mention Rihanna.” but its first comment on here was “That’s higher than American Oxygen”. Im done! That is one confused stan.
And it has like 5 network passwords liking it’s own comments. Such a p****.
You better drag ha hunny.
???????????????????? We have a new pressed Rihhtard!! Welcome to the club. * Hands you your Slay_Hive’s Dickk Riders Stan card*
WELCOME GIRL!!????????????????????????
Youre a part of it stupid lolzzz
Girl how am I a part of my own fan club?????????????? I AM YOUR LEADER, YES I AM YOUR LEADER, YOU NOT A BELIEVER. SUCK A BIG DICKKK!????????
Can’t stand the navy but can’t stand that ho STD_HIVE even more so clock that b****.
The song still is boring and won’t make top 20.
Gags career is so 2011. It’s over lil cuttermon.
Fu ck u ho. This song rocks honey!
Do you guys want me to read Slay_Hive right now all over this post??? I am down to do it. Feel free to tag along.
I don’t know her…
Is it a her?
Look like a b1tch, acts like a b1tch…
Fo it gooorl!!!
I am GAGGING!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Eats popcorn*
WTF? I just gave Slow_Hive real solid facts that substantiate that “Pretty Flops” was indeed promoted and it is still in denial.
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This heaux is just exhausting tbh. SMH
It is a disaster waiting to explode.
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“Do you guys want me to read Slay_Hive right now all over this post??? I am down to do it. Feel free to tag along.”
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???????????????????????? I like you gurl. One of my biggest fans yet! Get me togetha!! Yaaas
Hey Boo! I tried to comment on Janet’s post but Sam’s pressed ass had me blocked.
???????????????? why he block u???
Let me bruise some egos real quick.
The last time Janet released.
Discipline – 181k first week (2008)
Madonna Hard Candy – 280k first week (2008)
Mariah E=MC2 – 463k (2008)
Britney Circus – 505k (2008)
No shade at Janet but her fans need to stop acting like she’s about to do Adele numbers or some serious damage. This comeback is quite mundane tbh. Just congratulate her & stop worrying about Mariah, Madonna, etc. they all slay in their own right. ????
We’re talking about NOW (Janet), nit the past (MaDONEna and MOOriah). Now go watch your less than 4 decent LIVE performance of MooMoo singing well LIVE in 1992 and let the JJ fans enjoy this feat. Bye now. ????
B**** why are you mad? You brought them into this. Janet is just as done as the others. You’re dismissed
How is Moos current album doing? Lames love living in the past.
Biiiitch, Madge OR MOOriah aint selln sh!t now. Y u talkn bout 10yrs ago ho?? ????????
Congrats Muhvuh
I don’t think Alopecia_hive’s scalp can take the abuse, those non existent edges are remnants of the epic dragging the struggle has received throughout this year
Deeeeaaath!!
I’m Herr for this Skeri Peasant and Slayriah drag fest!! ☕☕☕☕☕
Keri will snatch Failriah edges.
Dragfest? As if I’d waste time arguing with a Keri fan. They can’t even sit with the C-Squad
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Mariah stans are pressed
Hey Thot-Wire! ????
We all know that this b*tch Slay_Hive is perched and ready to be the first one to comment on the new Rihanna video post. B*tch probably has Rihanna posters all over her wall.
Yep. They’re going to say it’s boring, she’s desperate, she copied (I don’t know, Fefe or Twig or some other index girl that’s nothing like Rihanna). They already got the essays typed in their Notepad (they cant afford MS Word).
Girl you must want this dickkk in your mouth or something?? Every comment tho??? Stan away????????????????
Kiii you know he’ll be the top commentator when the video drops and he’ll be in there writing essays as usual
Get ready for it to write essays, dissertations, novels and emojis full of the same crap it spouts on all Rihanna posts.
SCREAMING, Centurion, the b1tch doesn’t even know what “sales” and “sells” are, what do you think it’ll do with FACTS???
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You’re making its head hurt.
That’s a lot of pain then…
Oh my G0d!!! My bad. 😆
OMFG I didnt know Pretty Hurts didn’t chart. I am dying. The kiii in this lolz. everyone just keep dragging Slay_Hive with that. American Oxygen actually did chart in the US!
How is a Keri Hilson stan gonna come for Mariah Carey when it’s fav is beneath Ciara and Keyshia Cole.
She’s with me and can drag you stans of has been like the little red wagon if she wants.
Who are you?? Kii I didn’t come for anyone but if fans of the fat b**** come for me I’m gonna respond
I AM SCREAMING!!!!! “Girl you must want this dickkk in your mouth or something?? Every comment tho??? Stan away”. Did you really say “Every comment tho???”. But everyone who was Slay_Hive talking about today, yesterday and the previous day before? It rhymes with Brianna.
Biitch have a damn seat!! How are u gonna complain about who I’m talking about when everyone of your comments in this post has been dedicated to me. I own you baby girl. You mad because I drag your fave to the pits of hell with no mercy??????????????????? stay mad *sings* *and it won’t stop no no noooo*
???????????????????? They are still so mad over that little American Oxygen comment. Shiit. Y’all let it flop. Not me! Get over it!! She’ll release next year some time …dammm
You stan riri hunny. everyday you prove it.
And you stan for me. Every comment on here proves it.???????? Why are you even wasting your time doll?? I’m still gonna drag your fave every chance I get. Don’t dig a deeper grave sweet pea
Slay_Hive gets destroyed by everyone on here with facts!! But think it is winning against the Navy because it has 20+ wifi networks that can thumbs up its own comments. Ive only been on here for a week and I already see this bs.
Someone should buy it a lace front, a hat, merical grow or something.
It shouldn’t even bother with that lace front, we gonna snatch that too
Oh NOOOO! Lol
Anyway here are a few facts for Slay hive,
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FourFiveSeconds has sold more copies than Drunk in love
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BBHMM has sold more copies than 7/11
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American Oxygen has sold more copies than Pretty hurts, Ring Off (remember that other flop that also didn’t get a hot 100 entry)
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Rihanna is still slaying your fav 10 years in her career.
???????? Everything u wrote is a baldfaced lie sweetie. Sorry.
???????????????????????? They still discussing me!
*grabs popcorn*
SCREAMING!!!!! Look at it trying to save face when it has been dragged so badly on this post its scalp is missing more hair follicles.
Lolol!!
Pretty hurts flopped harder than tunashes all hands on deck single on the Bubbling hot 100 charts. thats the kiii!!
So the kids stalking you sis!!!!!! ????
???????????????????????? yasss I’m over here biting into these chicken nuggets dipping em in this ranch sauce and screaming at the obsession. Why are they so upset with me sis?? I’m the one that gets dragged tho??????
It’s 150000000000 to 1⃣
One little bitty innocent comment has caused a wig snatching tsunami!! YAAAAS my impact!
SCREAMING, all hands on deck slayed pretty hurts and ring off on the Bubbling under charts, I am weak.
#1 to obesity.
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I’m literally in tears. This did it for me. I’m out.
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Centurion – signing out
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Slay_Hive can’t keep up but it will stay as long til 12:00 hits and will be the first one to comment on Rihannas new video post.
???????????????????????????????????? how that dickkk taste down that throat thot???
So you arent denying youre a fan of rihanna? SCREAMS
Clearly I’m not a fan of the biitch. I just enjoy the meltdowns sort of like the one you’re having now lol
Girl……….
Even Tinashe has had a go at slaying a certain roach, I AM DYING, Go Tinashe
https://youtu.be/kxUdFQ6N_OI
it did better than Pretty Flop lolzz
I was enjoying my popcorn until I saw a comment about my fave. Please don’t do it. WARNING!
Is Slay_Hive Sam?
Slay_hive can’t be Sam, Sam knows how to spell.
Thats so true. omfg!!
???????????????????????? damn american oxygen flopping got y’all more pressed than a white biitch’s pancake ass.
Pretty hurts didnt even make it on the r&B/hiphop airplay charts but Rihannas daughter justine skye did. Another win right there>>>>>>>
https://youtu.be/-AgYGrXxEIg
Had Janet’s career eroded so much that a #67 debut (which will probably also be its peak) is enough to actually make her fans wanna celebrate? Yeah, sure. Congrats, I guess.
You seem a little bitter. Its a accomplishment because the song is doing better than her contemporaries and when she releases the video(which needs to be soon) it’ll rise on the charts
I’m not bitter, I’m a realist. Doesn’t matter what her contemporaries are doing, #67 is still a poor number. That’s like a kid bringing home a D- on his report card and trying to argue his way out of a punishment by citing that there were some in his class who got F’s. Nevermind that there were others who got A’s and B’s. This song probably won’t even reach the top 40, but obviously you all weren’t expecting that to happen. I guess low standards means less chance for disappointment when mediocrity happens, so again, congrats.
You idiot, the reason why people are happy is because Janet is doing absolutely NOTHING to promote the single. She doesn’t even have a video. Clearly the single has potential to grow. My Lord, the jealousy and idiocy on the blog are frightening.
I love this song tho, it’s a smooth slow jam. When the last time we had one of those? Singing about love, not cheetos.
Can you stop going back and forth with these crazies? It kind of brings Janet down the level that they think she is. And can you stop talking about others’ faves? If they say something about Janet, just let them, who cares?
Guys we can make this a hit, keep listening to the audio stream on youtube and buy the single on itunes and elsewhere also if you hear it on the radio just leave it on that station and listen to it encourage others to do the same!!!!!
STD_Hive is currently looking for Rihanna’s new video to see if it is up.
I cant believe you hv been here for a week but you are already this pathetic!!Smh..you better up your game if you think these weak shades you are throwing at s****-hive are dragging girl,come harder next time.
When will your favz?
Good for her
Congrats Jan this shows if you stay true to yourself anything is possible keep up with your original format that worked for you in the past and you shall prosper No gimmicks, No following of trends, letting your fans miss you plus the world without the overexposure, and setting your own rules & foundation without people telling you otherwise. Do what works for you and maybe others will follow in your foot steps. This just goes to shows that Janet is indeed a hard worker, a master of her craft and she didn’t have to do one promotion. The announcement, Tour sales with single being release, and BET Awards appearance was more then enough to get the mojo going at a starting point this, and she just showed how a true legend should do it.
FLOP!!!!!! I CAN’T AT YOU IDIOTS CELEBRATING THIS! THAT MOO STAN, S******, AND TRANET (WHEN BE ENTERS) TOLD/TELL NO LIES! THIS IS TERRIBLE! PROMO WILL NOT SAVE HER. IF RECEIVING AN ICON AWARD IN FRONT OF ALMOST 7 MILLION DIDN’T GET HER TO TOP 40, WTF IS A FEW TALK SHOWS WHO VIEWERS DON’T EXCEED 2 MILLION VIEWERS GOING TO DO FOR THIS ‘SONG’? SHE’LL NEVER EVER EVER EVER BE ON A TRUE ICON LEVEL! EVEN MOO AND NASALINÈ HAVE A TRUE ICONIC STATUS & LEGACY.
Hey what city are you in? I would love to have lunch with you would you be in the Atlanta area?
Atlanta? Kiiiiiii…..lol
Did I send that message to you h**? Lame ass b**** you h*** would get dragged until ya head came off if you wasn’t in front of a computer
Flop
FLOP!!!!!!!
lol@67. pitiful. but better than nothing i suppose. 😆
Slay A Bit Sis!
Congrats….4 decades of being relevant enough to chart. Some ppl can’t chart after their 1st year in the game. Also congrats to Mary and Mariah!
Ok now some Janet fans are being totally delusional (some of them I said). Nobody mentioned Mariah´s name here before a Janet fan. But now that you talk about that, you know damn well this entry in the hot 100 (which will likely be the peak for this song) would be regarded as a flop by Sam if this were Mariah Carey or Madonna (just to mention artists from her generation). Madonna and Mariah have had top 20 hits in the hot 100 in the last 5 years. I doubt Janet is going to do any of that. Not to mention the anticipation for Janet should be crazy after such long break, but it seems it is not being (for now). Really, Mariah or Madonna were more successful than her back in the day, and they keep being more successful.
Janet´s career has been outstanding. But really, those attacks and delusions are totally out of order coming from Janet fans, especially when there is not such superiority anywhere.
pd: And Sam please, how can you be sooo biased? LOL it is actually kind of sad.
Agreed. If this were Mariah or Rihanna performing the same way, Sam would be cackling and trying to incite their fans anger with sarcastic commentary. But because it’s precious baby Janet he’s pretending that this is impressive.
But the thing about Janet that we love is despite whatever the numbers or how popular she still have the talent to f*** a stage up. So yes her WHITE counterparts are more successful in terms of sales but they could never get the girls up like she did.
Hun, you keep referring to Janet like her career started a decade ago. She’s earned #1 album(s)/single(s) in the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s. She’s broken many records (biggest debut tour, top 3 most awarded female, 1 of only 3 women to have 5 consecutive #1 albums, etc) with only 5 eras (Control to AFY).
You’re constantly bringing up the last few years when Janet’s commercial success was suffering (due to SB), but turning a blind eye to a long history of winning that dates back to the eighty’s in Jan’s career. Your always so sensitive about your favs, but you knock Ariana, JLO, Rihanna, Beyonce (and now Janet) all the time! I don’t know how you can write up a response to Sam’s bias when you have your own.
@royalkev
I think sometimes you can not read hun. You know damn well what was the point of my comment and you know damn well I respect Janet. The thing is some Janet fans are bringing Mariah and Madonna down for no reason. They have started talking about them, not the other way around. (and really, there´s no reason to do such thing, seeing how Janet is starting a very important new era with less impact than Mariah and Madonna´s last projects, despite not having a long break like Janet).
I have never downplayed those Janet amazing eras btw. Never. You must have mistaken me for other TGJ user.
Also, yes, of course I shade Ariana or JLo. What the f***? They are so generic and basic. I just say truths.
@John
Sweetheart, you’re just full of contradiction! You play victim one minute and at other times end up being a bully. Your too consumed lately with building a case to prove Janet is beneath Mariah (on every Janet post) for anyone to get the impression that you actually have respect for Janet. Some of you guys have been campaigning this false notion that Janet’s not as much of a legend as some of her peers (Whit, Madge, Mariah and Celine), but that’s ridiculous. I don’t have time to pull every receipt from someone hiding their hands, but you know this has been something you’ve participated in. I don’t care about people liking Jan (I’ve always said this about my favs), I’m just pointing important things out because there’s so much delusion spreading. You strikes me as insecure stan repeating some of the same one-sided arguments, yet you have serious meltdowns when Mariah’s critiqued. You can’t take what you dish out.
If you’re only noticing Janet stans “bringing Mariah down” and don’t see Mimi stans doing the same, then your more unrealistic than I thought. As for the beef between Janet and Madonna stans, everyone knows it’s more personal between them two. You don’t need to group lambs with Madge stans to build alliances, Mariah’s not even in that equation. You claim that you don’t downplay Jan’s eras, but continue to draw foolish comparisons with statements like these: “Mariah or Madonna were more successful than her(Janet) back in the day, and they keep being more successful”. You’ve gone mad, Janet has already out peaked every solo Mariah song this decade. Anyway, I’m not focusing on making one a lessor because I’m well aware of both ladies strengths and weaknesses. I’m simply addressing all the BS.
For this day in age of music it is a start. Remember this is 2015 not 1995 O.K., in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s albums sold by the millions and singles of all ages were played on the radio where there was heavy rotation from Janet, & Whitney to Aretha, Patti, & Tina from Madonna to Cher. To Shania, Mariah, and Celine. Each women was in there own lane when it came to their success you already had Tina,Aretha,Patti, & Cher whom already were Legends in their right then on the other hand you had the future Madonna, Janet, Whitney, Celine, Mariah, and Shania. Madonna ruled the beginning of the 80’s along with Prince and Michael, then the mid 80’s came while those three continued to rule Janet and Whitney came along to held it down with Madonna, Prince, and Michael and so on into the 90’s for Mariah, Celine, and Shania. You can’t say that Mariah/Madonna was bigger
then Janet, because Janet was that b**** in the mid 80’s through the 90’s but you also have to realize Janet had less albums including Remix albums and Greatest hits which only included Design of the Decade at that time but she still ruled the charts and the only competition she had was Madonna not Mariah leave that argument for Mariah vs. Whitney Houston because those to are merely the same not Janet vs Mariah it’s more Madonna vs. Janet that’s more of a correct argument because their each others rivals but you can’t deny Janet’s impact and plus Janet was just as huge as Madonna and Mariah she just didn’t come out with that many albums so basically your argument of who sold more is invalid because Janet didn’t come out with many albums like Madonna and Mariah and today’s music is more about free illegal downloading a song instead of buying your favorite artists music and helping the see top ten or top five on the billboard we should be lucky if are favorite artist are able to see Janet’s chart position now or the top 25-20 on billboard in this day in age because time has definitely changed including with lack of radio airplay from these half assed radio stations so without promotion or a video Janet has done fairly well I just wish Madonna and Mariah go back to what made people love them in the first place. Madonna Vogue,Bedtime stories, Erotica days meets Ray of Light Mariah Vision of Love meets Butterfly days before she did Hip-Hop that’s what people remember them for their classics not there gimmicks.
Whitney has less albums than Janet and still toppled her in record sales so your argument is invalid. The fact is that Janet is overall less successful than her peers. Sure Janet had PERIODS where she did better than all of them, but her AVERAGE is the weakest. When Janet’s PEAK years were done, she never found a level where she was able to comfortably sustain. It just got worse and worse with each new album. And Madonna is not Janet’s competitor. If anything it was MJ and he has WAAAAY less albums than her but sold WAAAAY more.
People forget she is more core R&B then Whitney and Micheal. Hence during the 80’s Whitney got alot of black lash from blacks. When Whitney return to R&B My Love is Your Love she started to decline. So it was easy to sell Whitney and Micheal music to biggest music buyers which was the white population. Just like Mariah and Madonna.
Um, what? MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE is 4x platinum in the US and did over 10 million WW, which was more than THE VELVET ROPE sold and both were from the same period. And MJ was no more “Pop” or less “R&B” than Janet. Are you kidding? Janet built her whole career on music that was as much pop as it was R&B. Acting like Janet was Toni/Anita or some ish. Puhleese. She was as poppy as Mariah and almost as poppy as Madonna.
First of all @XoMeDe know something about music history It was always Madonna Vs. Janet hence there rivalry Madonna wasn’t in no competition with Michael b**** please the rivalry was always Michael Vs. Prince hello Thriller Vs. Purple Rain Purple Rain Vs. Thriller
1983-1984 era how in the hell is Madonna in Competition with Michael when she brought Michael to the 1988-89 Academy Awards and after that she tried to f*** him. B**** that’s not called Competition that’s called let me take you somewhere nice just so we could f*** later, everybody knows that Madonna was a industry h** doesn’t take someone to dig up Ray Charles just to tell you that. now while I continue to gather your edges just to set you straight. I wasn’t talking about Whitney, I merely said Whitney was at the top with Prince, Michael,Janet & Madonna look learn how to read. And while we’re talking chart positions yes Whitney was at top with I Will Always Love You.(Dolly Parton Song) for 14weeks but she got trumped out of that position by Boyz II Men’s I’ll Make Love To You. Which stayed
16 weeks on the Charts and Boyz II Men trumped there damn selves with One Sweet Day with Mariah Carey and that stayed 20 weeks on the charts so there. Bloop to your logic so don’t just sit and say Janet had harder success when she was up there with her best peers only in 2004 she started to take a tumble due to the Superbowl fiasco(coughs cause of Justin Timberlake) but anyways even if she fell she found her way back up again, you also remember music also change in the 2000’s thanks to Napster and Illegal downloading like I said so of course it’s hard for legends to sell like use too in the multi Millions to Icons like Madonna, Janet, Prince, David Bowie, Mariah,Babyface Etc, 547,000 are flop numbers compared yo selling 4x’s, 5x’s, or 10x’s Double, triple, quadruple, Platinum or Diamond for a small few. Now these Legends only do it for there fans because they realize music has changed, the dynamic has changed and it’s a new generation let the new generation have these what we call low sales we have are classics and we can tour off our catalog while the new generation fight to stay relevant by coming out every year and fight for chart positions.
Shady, you idiot-b****. I said Janet and MJ were rivals. Not MJ and Madonna. And to even cite Prince as MJ’s rival is shallow. The two of them couldn’t be any more different. Your reading comprehension is as bad as your logic, your typing and probably your breath. Anyway, you fail. Every one of your run-on, grammatically stupid essays prove what a waste of s**** you are and why brothers and sisters shouldn’t mate. So damn stupid. The way you stink up cyberspace, someone ought to check the expiration date on your brain. Get over the fact that Janet Jackson’s song has flopped, that she is an over the hill pop star of yesterday and that you are a walking dunce cap.
@XoMeDe B**** I know the f*** you ain’t talking about somebody being dumb and how can Michael consider his sister his rival… nah nah f*** that this ain’t even about Janet anymore this about me and you b****. You talking about how I’m a waste of s**** and how brothers and sisters shouldn’t mate and cyberspace and all that dumb s***. First of all don’t get mad because your mama left you as a baby in the nearest allyway dumpster on the way to the mutherfucking crack house b**** just so she can get her ass a hit, and as for s**** b**** why don’t you do yourself and everyone on here a favor and find your A*** infested daddy before he heels over so you can tell him your his rotten b****** child that’s if your mammy had the decency to tell you who you’re daddy was as if she really knew in the first damn place, and as for you saying that I’m a walking dunce cap b**** it takes one to know one I’m dropping knowledge and you’re the one dropping the stupidity so b**** if you try to sign it, seal it, and deliver it to me I’m gonna return that b**** right back to sender and that is you, I can’t help that you’re dumb ass didn’t finish the second grade and that you are not smarter than a fifth grader, b**** don’t try me you can say what you want but I was right in my logic about Janet and others and you were wrong your ass probably couldn’t read past the thriller 1983-1984 era anyways so you had to have your crackhead mammy help you. But hell who are we kidding huh your dumb ass mama can’t read her damn self, I can’t help that your lonely dark & miserable hell even the most miserable person on earth have to look into the light sometime. (“Caroline don’t look into the light, don’t look into the light”.) (In my Tangina from Poltergeist voice.) But in you case you like it cold dark and lonely so b**** there you go have at it but you done f***** up coming for me cause I’m not one of them weak b****** remember that B****!
@Shady81
I agree with a lot of what you’ve stated. I keep pointing out that artists from different periods and with different amounts of output can’t be compared without taking a few things into consideration. Whitney’s BG/ Shania’s Come On Over albums sold more than any other diva’s album(s), but both supposedly sold less than Madonna (overall). Madonna has more albums!
Toni Braxton’s albums outsold Mary J’s biggest by more than double (on 2 occasions), but Mary outsold Toni by more than 20 million records. Mary has more albums! It makes a difference. I also don’t understand how people fail to realize that Jan’s been charting inside of 4 decades. It seems a bit ridiculous to dismiss the three she’s earned #1’s in and focus on ONLY the last 5 years or so, like she’s a brand new artist (when her career’s been tarnished after SB) .
Thank You @Royalkev see you know where I’m coming from with this, Madonna, Janet, Prince, Mariah Etc. Don’t have to worry about another chart position again if they don’t want to because this Generation can’t really sell a core album like Janet, Madonna, Prince, Whitney, and Michael’s generation those artist I just name sold in X’s tables when It came albums for example 5x’s 10x’s 20x’s Etc. And those album’s went multi platinum in the millions not thousands and back in those days if you sold a one million
Record or a tad bit lower that was considered gold but hell you was still skating on
thin ice with that because record Executives wanted to see multi platinum sales not gold they was really shifty about that and if the artist didn’t correct it they were kicked off the label those exec’s wanted to see multi platinum not necessarily gold. Cause them record execs got s*** on hold, could you imagine if an artist came to the record execs office after the exec saw that. That artist only sold a gold record and the exec have a 20 million dollar yacht on hold. Chile that artist would get a hand shake and a pink slip with the words your fired you just made me loss my 20 million dollar yacht now have a nice life.
That’s why to this Day Sir Richard Branson will always say Janet Jackson was responsible for buying Necar Island cause she sold and promoted the hell out of that Janet Album it outsold Rhythmn Nation 1814 she had so many specials on MTV back in 1993 I thought she was holding them hostage at one point shot she had interviews the dancers had interviews stage people, costume Etc. And the trolls have the nerve to call these Legends flops well to me there not this generation wish they could see the sales that Prince, Janet, Madonna etc did in there day but for now it’s more for fans then chart status or position because these artists already cemented their place in gunnineise records and music records to prove so and also created and broke new ground that this generations faves look up too.
Congratulations to Janet! It’s wonderful to see her on the charts again, a first for this decade. I wish her all the success in the world.
I laugh at Janet stans pretending that this is some kind of slayage or real accomplishment. Y’all sure do like to fabricate and pretend where that woman is concerned. Her song never made it into the iTunes top 10 and is almost out of it completely, after just a week. So methinks that 67 charting is gonna be pretty much it. According to Billboard, a song ain’t a hit unless it reaches the top 40. So this is technically a flop. Enjoy.
Such an idiot, it isn’t really a “flop” unless she puts everything to it to promote it. she didn’t and it still charted.
It WAS promoted dumbass. News of this songs release was heavily reported everywhere and she was all over social networks for months before teasing her return. Plus that silly ass BET tribute thing, which didn’t even push the song back into the top 20. Promo isn’t limited to music videos and TV performances. What a ‘tard. But enjoy this 67 chart position for this week because I know you see the song already trending downward. Next weeks chart update won’t be pretty.
You’re such an idiot! it was NOT promoted! She just dropped it after a countdown on her website, nor has she performed it, she doesn’t even have a video. She only tweeted it twice one RIGHT AFTER the first! And NO there were NO songs HEAVILY on social media for months!!! And if you have this huge problem with Janet then WHY tf did you even watch the tribute? All we heard was the background music in her video announcement which we later found out was the single. All we knew was that the single would be called No Sl333p and a few only knew that because Jimmy Jam tweeted it. That really isn’t promo considering Jimmy Jam only has 15k followers!