janet jackson's influence in the music industry being reduced to dancers who sing or just artists whose main strength is dancing than singing is kind of a disservice to her influence/impact and her power as an artist.
37 years ago today, Janet Jackson released Control.
• Topped the Billboard 200.
• Produced 5 singles that peaked within the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100, making her the FIRST female artist with 5 top 5 hits from one album.
• Sold 10M copies WW and was certified 5x Platinum.
zozibini tunzi (2019)
zozibini won the miss sa pageant in 2019. winning that title, she went on to represent the country in the miss universe pageant and is currently reigning as miss universe 2019.
jacqui mofokeng (1993)
the first black woman to be crowned as miss sa (after the decision for the pageant to be more inclusive and diverse). jacqui became the 1st runner up at miss world 1993.
R&B Money Podcast. Stokley Williams of Mint Condition talks Beyoncé being in his top R&B singers of all time. He mentions a conversation he and the late great Prince has about an upcoming Beyoncé. Prince just knew. 😎
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basetsana kumalo (then makgalemele) (1994).
miss sa 1994, 1st runner up at miss world 1994. she had previously held the title of miss black sa in 1990.
ziphozakhe zokufa (2014)
initially, ziphozakhe won 1st princess at the pageant (rolene strauss won the 2014 miss sa title) but with rolene's win at the 2014 miss world pageant, she took over the title and assumed the duties. what a stunning queen.
i've realised how much her impact/influence crosses genres and actually moves artists who partake in other genres of music. alanis morisette declaring her experience with janet being a life changing one for her as an artist, definitely confirms all this.
cynthia shange (1972)
miss shange won miss natal in 1972 and went on to compete for miss black south africa the very same year. she won the title making her the very first black beauty queen to win the miss sa title. the win resulted in her representing sa in miss world 1972.
nokuthula sithole (2005)
nokuthula won the miss sa title in 2005 and went on to compete for the miss world and miss universe 2006 but got unplaced. also, look at that face. what a serve.
bokang montjane (2010)
bokang won the miss sa title in 2010. with the title in her name, she went on to compete for the 2011 miss world title and ended up in the top 7. she was unplaced at the miss universe 2011 pageant.
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Cree Summer known for her role as Freddie Brooks on ‘A Different World’ has voiced many of your favorite cartoon characters from Numbuh Five from Codename Kids Next Door to Miranda Killgallen from As Told by Ginger.
She has voiced over 100 animated characters💕
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the girls are respectfully asking you to give us a donna summer biopic moment, bestie. can you think about that and get back to us, sis ? it's long overdue.
here with 1996's miss sa, peggy-sue, is babalwa mneno (far left - 1st runner-up for miss sa 1996). babalwa went on to become one of the biggest models in south africa and having several beauty pageant titles to her name.
joan ramagoshi (madibeng) (2003)
joan won the miss sa title in 2003. after winning the title, she went on to compete for the 2004 miss universe and miss world pageants.
other queens like veronica motsepe and evelyn williams and many others are beauty queens who got sidelined as a result of the prejudice they faced in some of the pageants during the apartheid regime.
We talk about great starts to a song but what about great endings. What are some of your favorite closing parts in R&B songs? I’ll start with Whitney’s final run in ‘I Learned From The Best’. Her head voice >>>
in the 60+ years history of the pageant, only 9 black women earned the miss sa title. during the apartheid era, black women were excluded in the official pageant resulting in the creation of miss black south africa. the pageant was/is often sidelined.
i remember hearing and watching this for the first time. my life changed for the better. just a young girl singing her heart out and trusting the voice to do what it's supposed to do. and oh, the youth in the voice is just so beautiful, man.
disclaimer: in the history of the miss sa pageant, we have 9 black women who have the miss sa title to their name & because we're celebrating black women, i'm including some of the black women excluded from the pageant due to the apartheid era and the exclusion that came with it.
'ya ya' lets me know that if beyoncé really is doing a rock ('n roll) album, then we're in for a fcking big treat! the psychedelia on the track alone makes for some of the most mind-blowing psychedelic rock i've ever heard. but my god, the world built on that song is CRAZY!?!
The songwriters of “Run to You” discussing not only how talented Whitney Houston was, but also how nice & focused she was during the recording process.
It’s one thing to hear how talented your fave is. But it’s another thing to know they were actually a decent human being. ❤️
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it'll never end for as long as men continue to minimize women and sexually abuse them. honestly, by the way men are acting, it's rly not going to end.
stanning janet jackson and making her a part of my life was one of the best decisions i've ever made for myself in 2017 and in my entire life. my life has been progressive ever since.