That's at least how it was in Europe in the early-90s. Her fame wasn't based just on her being Michael Jackson's sister, it had a lot to do with Michael's personal life being a bit too much for some and her being a safer alternative. Yeah, she didn't "deserve it" and I think a lot of her fans will just have to accept that in the end. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator What was so great? She lost a lot of weight that one time but so did Oprah. Anyway I just degreased but my point I'm trying to make is really Janet Jackson wasn't really ever that good if you are honest. I mean when Bobby was younger because now he has to quit the tour because he's old and can't breathe. Don't Be Cruel is a better album than any of Janet's albums for one example, and he wasn't exactly Mozart or whatever, though Bobby probably danced better because classical music doesn't have videos.
There are just a couple of quite good tracks on Rhythm Nation and that's it so she goes in my Various Singers folder with people like Bobby Brown.
I mean when I go through her albums now I think she doesn't deserve a whole folder on her own. Now time has passed and gone by it feels like Janet managed to go up a few more steps on the ladder of how ppl look at her as a legend than she deserved to based on her talent. Huge superstars like MJ and Madonna and then the next level down u had ppl like Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Jeffrey Osborne, Tina Turner and Prince etc etc and I just kinda accepted they all deserved to be where they were and have ppl saying they were good. Growing up there were all these big stars.