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[Vox Populi]

Yes, there are exactly six more iconic popular music performers than Janet Jackson in the "rock era". Yes, Madonna is one of the 6.

Aerosmith became MTV staples as of the 3rd single from "Get A Grip", by which point "Get A Grip" had already sold nearly 3 million copies. There were no completely unavoidable videos from any of the prior albums ("Janie's Got A Gun" received pretty heavy play during the night but was disallowed during the day) and no videos whatsoever prior to "Done With Mirrors".

Enduring hit singles, as in classic rock/"Jack FM" staples? That's a pretty enormous list, quite honestly, and again, the majority of that list is pre-"Cryin'".

[CannoliJoe]

Originally Posted by Vox Populi Yes, there are exactly six more iconic popular music performers than Janet Jackson in the "rock era". Yes, Madonna is one of the 6. Aerosmith became MTV staples as of the 3rd single from "Get A Grip", by which point "Get A Grip" had already sold nearly 3 million copies. There were no completely unavoidable videos from any of the prior albums ("Janie's Got A Gun" received pretty heavy play during the night but was disallowed during the day) and no videos whatsoever prior to "Done With Mirrors". Enduring hit singles, as in classic rock/"Jack FM" staples? That's a pretty enormous list, quite honestly, and again, the majority of that list is pre-"Cryin'".

But the start of their line of videos begins with "Dude looks like a lady", which was in heavy rotation along with "Love in an elevator". "Janie's got a gun" was eventually showed during the day and very consistently. You also seem to forget the reason Aerosmith even had a comeback. Their video collaboration with RunDMC of "Walk this Way" was also played almost every hour.