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Musicologist Richard J. Ripani identified Jackson as a leader in the development of contemporary R & B, as her 1986 album Control and its successor Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 created a unique blend of genre and sound effects, that ushered in the use of rap vocals into mainstream R & B.

Ripani also argues that the popularity of Jackson's signature song " Nasty " influenced the new jack swing genre developed by Teddy Riley.

Leon McDermott of the Sunday Herald wrote: " Her million-selling albums in the 1980s helped invent contemporary R & B through Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis's muscular, lean production ; the sinuous grooves threaded through 1986's Control and 1989's Rhythm Nation 1814 are the foundation upon which today's hot shot producers and singers rely.

" Jim Cullen observed in Popular Culture in American History ( 2001 ) that although it was Michael Jackson's Thriller that originally synchronized music video with album sales, Janet Jackson was also among the first generation of artists that saw the visualization of their music elevate them to the status of a pop culture icon.

In July, 1999, she placed at number 77 on VH1's " 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll ".

She also placed at number 134 on their list of the " 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time ", number seven on the " 100 Greatest Women In Music ", and at number two on the " 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era ", behind Madonna.

In March 2008, Business Wire reported " Janet Jackson is one of the top ten selling artists in the history of contemporary music ; ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth most successful act in rock and roll history, and the second most successful female artist in pop music history.

" She is the only female artist in the history of the Hot 100 to have 18 consecutive top ten hit singles, from " Miss You Much " ( 1989 ) to " I Get Lonely " ( 1998 ).

The magazine ranked her at number seven on their Hot 100 50th Anniversary " Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists ", making her the third most successful female artist in the history of the chart, following Madonna and Mariah Carey.

In November 2010, Billboard released its " Top 50 R & B / Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years " list and ranked her at number five.

She ranks as the top artist on the chart with 15 number ones in the past twenty-five years, garnering 27 top ten hits between 1985 and 2001, and 33 consecutive top 40 hits from 1985 through 2004.

The most awarded artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards with 33 wins, she is one an elite group of musical acts, such as Madonna, Aerosmith, Garth Brooks and Eric Clapton, whom Billboard credits for " redefining the landscape of popular music.