The peak of Janet Jackson's popilarity was during my pre-teen and teenage years and I remember it well. The reason I don't consider her an icon is that I think her popularity owes a huge amount to her being a Jackson and to spillover from the fact that her brother started peaking just a little before her. If she made the same songs on the same record label with same videos but was not a member of the Jackson family, I don't think she would have been nearly as popular.
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