Who do you think influenced Britney more: Janet or Madonna?

[Princessmimi]

Personally for me I think she was inspired by both.

Like when it comes to singing style and dancing, I'd say Janet

while with controversy and her **** image, I'd say Madonna.

What about you guys?

Who do you think inspired her more when it comes to her career?

[Mutya]

Janet all the way

[Hooked-On-Knee]

Janet. The way Britney and Madonna handled controversial was pretty different. A lot of the times Britney didn't do a huge amount of stuff that was actually hugely controversial it was just labelled as "controversial" and became an outrage because she was Britney and a lot of times, outside of performances, the controversial stuff wasn't planned or done for the sake of controversy. Before she was famous as a pop star, I'd say Britney's main influences were Janet Jackson for dancing and Mariah Carey for voice as you could really hear Mariah's influence in Britney's singing before the fake voice. And then after the fake voice thing happened, Janet's influence transferred over into the voice. Britney in her prime's performance style was hugely influenced by Janet and the Britney (2001) album even had a track "Lonely" that sounds so similar to Janet's track "What About" from Janet's album The Velvet Rope. Not to mention didn't the album even have a track originally meant for Janet? I actually think Madonna's influence on Britney is pretty low compared to other artists.

[Sharkney]

Definitely Janet. 

[Towelney]

Janet 

[Midnight]

She probably likes Madonna's music better, but it's evident that Janet was a much bigger influence on her. 

[RadicalOptimism]

Britney and Madonna are both blondes  but the real influence is Miss Jackson  

 

 

[Britneyarmy8]

2001 and after especially onyx hotel and the second leg of DWAD has Janet written ALL over it 

like it’s so evident

the outfits the moves the stage productions 

whew 

[zxcvb]

2 hours ago, Hooked-On-Knee said:

 I actually think Madonna's influence on Britney is pretty low compared to other artists.

And the imbecile Larry Rudolph has never uttered the name Janet Jackson out of his mouth.  He simply can never be considered a great manager with one successful client.  Can you imagine him managing Beyonce or Taylor Swift?  They would commit suicide.

Anyway, even this message board from late 2003 that was critical of her even noticed the comparison:

"How many times can Britney do the lip sync to The Zone? Saw it on SNL a month ago then again tonight and also on the VMA awards. When I watch her all I can think is Janet Jackson ripoff..."

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/snl-rerun-with-britney-lip-sync.1854/

I don't consider Britney a Janet rip-off, but rather her performances from 2000-2004 were obviously heavily influenced by her.

That 2003 VMA with Madonna-probably influenced by Larry Rudolph- was probably a mistake in Britney's career.

[Iconic 4 U]

Janet

[sanpedro]

Madonna.

Their career paths (Madonna’s and Britney’s) are similar and Britney’s music (apart from Britney) sounds a lot more like Madonna than Janet. They’re both some of Britney’s biggest influences but I see a lot more Madonna than Janet in Britney. Performing wise she’s probably more Janet, but music wise, iconic moments wise and just looking at her career, it’s Madonna. Plus it’s been made clear Madonna is Britney’s real idol and she clearly prefers Madonna’s music.

[FeedTheStans]

Janet. 

She even mentioned Janet in that leaked letter she gave to that dude working on For the Record. 

[Blackout2006]

We been knew who is 

It is.....

Spoiler

 

[Style.]

I’d say Madonna... all the way. 

This cover slay. 

[NewDisplayName]

Team - Madonna

choreography - Janet 
universe - Monroe 

Britney - Making new stuff 

[redacted statement]

Janet.  If anything, she was just pigeonholed into being inspired by Madonna because she was her successor as the official Princess of Pop. 

[samwoods321]

janet, shes more classy. madonnas just a slutty slutty *****

[Exaholic]

I think she was definitely inspired by both Janet and Madonna. I think that she became a hybrid of both, a little bit of Madonna with a dash of Janet and mix that in with Britney's own ideas and stuff and that’s what became Britney Spears, Ultimate Pop Star.

[Roxxy]

I think growing up, it was Madonna - cause who wouldn't be? But once she became an artist and watching and listening to other artists, she got more inspired by Janet.

It's normal that when you grow up, sometimes it's not your childhood inspiration that you follow - cause you discover yourself and what works for you. Like Britney is my inspiration growing up and I know for a fact that if I become an artist, I would be a Celine Dion and not a Britney Spears because although I can dance and I play pretend popstar in the bathroom, I know I am more suited to being a ballad diva.

[zxcvb]

2 hours ago, EasyThere said:

Both.

Performing wise Jackson family in general.

 

Musically and image wise definitely Madonna 

2 hours ago, Roxxy said:

I think growing up, it was Madonna - cause who wouldn't be? But once she became an artist and watching and listening to other artists, she got more inspired by Janet.

It's normal that when you grow up, sometimes it's not your childhood inspiration that you follow - cause you discover yourself and what works for you. Like Britney is my inspiration growing up and I know for a fact that if I become an artist, I would be a Celine Dion and not a Britney Spears because although I can dance and I play pretend popstar in the bathroom, I know I am more suited to being a ballad diva.

There's no doubt Britney's team was far more inspired by Madonna from a marketing standpoint.  The problem with that is you're putting a teen to young female under intense global scrutiny, while Madonna (and Janet) were adults hitting it big.

And Britney's In The Zone was influenced by a number of artists, like Kylie Minogue etc...