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== Legacy ==
[[File:JanetJacksonUnbreak 1807 (23119827586).jpg|thumb|Jackson performing "[[That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)|That's the Way Love Goes]]" on her [[Unbreakable World Tour (Janet Jackson tour)|Unbreakable World Tour]] (2015–16).]]
Although Jackson had reached superstar status in the United States, she had yet to achieve the same level of response internationally. According to Nacy Berry, vice chairman of Virgin Records, ''Janet'' marked the first time the label "had centrally coordinated and strategized a campaign on a worldwide basis" which ultimately brought her to a plateau of global recognition.<ref>{{citation|author=Craig Rosen|title=Virgin's Global Priorities|newspaper=Billboard|volume=110|issue=36|date=September 5, 1998|page=34|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Her historic multimillion-dollar contract made her the highest-paid artist in history, until brother Michael renegotiated his contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment]] only days later. Sonia Murry noted that she remained "the highest-paid female in pop ... a whirlwind of fashion, personality and slick musical packaging rivaled only by Madonna and Whitney Houston in today's pop pantheon."<ref name="Sonia Murry" /> [[James Robert Parish]], author of ''Today's Black Hollywood'' (1995) wrote: "She confirmed her status as today's Queen of Pop when, not long ago, she signed a $35-$40 million recording contract with Virgin Records."<ref>{{citation|author=James Robert Parish|title=Today's black Hollywood|publisher=Pinnacle Books|year=1995|page=158|isbn=978-0-8217-0104-1|author-link=James Robert Parish}}</ref> Music critic [[Nelson George]] noted that while surpassing Michael would be next to impossible, Janet had assuredly reached iconic status. He explained: "What worked for Michael 10 years ago is working for her now ... Michael was clearly the voice of the [[1980s in music|'80s]], those that grew up with him since [[Motown]]. And with the themes (independence, social consciousness and up-front yet responsible sexuality) that she's addressing in her albums and the popularity she's enjoying, she could very well be the voice of the '90s."<ref name="Sonia Murry" />
''Rolling Stone's'' ''The '90s: The Inside Stories from the Decade That Rocked'' (2010) documented that she had achieved some level of growth with each of her records, and that with ''Janet'', "[u]sing soul, rock and dance elements, as well as opera diva Kathleen Battle, [she] unleashed her most musically ambitious record, guided as always, by producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis."<ref name="90s">{{citation|title=The '90s: The Inside Stories from the Decade That Rocked|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2010|page=291|isbn=978-0-06-177920-6}}</ref> Richard J. Ripani author of ''The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999'' (2006) noted that she had led the incorporation of
The release of ''Janet'' signaled the singer's transformation from [[Social conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[Teen idol|teen role model]] to adult [[sex symbol]]. In ''You've Come A Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture'' (1996), [[Lilly Goren|Lilly J. Goren]] observed that "[Her] 1993 album ''Janet'' moved away from [[Music and politics|politically]] driven lyrics to songs about love and sex-lyrics that could capitalize on her new sexy, more scantily clad image in [[MTV]] music videos. Jackson's evolution from politically aware musician to sexy diva marked the direction that society and the music industry were encouraging the [[dance-rock]] divas to pursue."<ref name="Lilly">{{citation|last=Goren|first=Lilly|author-link=Lilly Goren|title=You've Come A Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|page=61|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8131-2544-2}}</ref> Reporter Edna Gunderson commented: "The woman whose hourglass torso and sensual gyrating have made her MTV's reigning sex kitten is today a vision of wholesome beauty."<ref>{{citation|author=Edna Gunderson|title=Janet 'Queen Of Pop' Emerges From Family's Shadow, Becomes Jacksons' Standard Bearer|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=February 25, 1994|page=F.1|issn=0746-3502}}</ref> Professor and social critic [[Camille Paglia]] expressed: "Janet's unique persona combines bold, brash power with quiet sensitively and womanly mystery. Her latest music is lightning and moonglow."<ref name="Sexual Healing" />
Her music videos contributed to a higher degree of sexual freedom among young women, as [[Jean M. Twenge]], author of ''Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before'' (2007) wrote: "In [[Alfred Kinsey]]'s studies in the 1950s, only 3% of the young women had received [[oral sex]] from a man. By the mid-1990s, however, 75% of women aged 18-24 had experienced [[cunnilingus]]. Music videos by female artists have contributed to the trend, with both Mary J. Blige and Janet Jackson heavily implying male-on-female oral sex in music videos by pushing down on a man's head until he's in exactly the right position."<ref>{{citation|author=Jean M. Twenge|title=Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2007|page=167}}</ref> Similarly, Paula Kamen in ''Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution'' (2000) states that "[i]n the early to mid-1990s, oral sex even reached mainstream music as politically charged demand of truly liberated women," citing [[TLC (band)|TLC]], Mary J. Blige and Janet Jackson as examples of female artists simulating cunnilingus in their videos.<ref>{{citation|author=Paula Kamen|title=Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution|publisher=[[NYU Press]]|year=2000|page=76}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' wrote that "she celebrated becoming an [[Eroticism|erotic]] being ... [showing] young women a way to have their sexual freedom and their dignity, to have their cake and eat it too."<ref name="90s" /> She was named Best Female Singer and Female Sex Symbol by ''Rolling Stone'' for the year 1993 in pop music.<ref>The 1993 awards in the pop music industry are presented. Awards were based on responses of "Rolling Stone" readers, the opinions of music critics and the opinions of pop musicians. {{citation|author=David Fricke|title=1994 Music Awards|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=January 27, 1994|page=40|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> Goren adds that later pop stars such as
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