JAAAAAAAAAANET FTW WOOOP

Couldn’t resist “mentioning” Bey could you? Smh. Good article though, its nice to get away from the usual vocal posts.

Ciara>>>>>>>>> Ride + promise + gimmie dat >>>> your existence

Ciara?? The Queen of Crumping, The James Brown Shuffle, the split and the backbend?? Ok Trent..smh

1. Michael
2. Janet
3. Screw everyone else!

Even though you didn’t mention Beyonce (by name), I do think she is the best of the current crop. She does look like she gives herself whiplash though..ha ha!

1.Beyonce
1.Beyonce
1.Beyonce

Why no 2 or 3? Cause Beyonce always comes in at number 1 even if its just toping her. Beyonce’s a better dancer than all them nobody’s none of them bitches can dance in heels but the true queen can.

1.Michael & Janet (both of them could do ANY and EVERYTHING, neither of them should be #2)
2.Paula
3.Usher
4.Ciara
5.CB

What will keep Ciara from ever being on Janet & Paula’s level is tho she’s flexible and can split, Janet & Paula have speed, coordination, and versatility. You know what she could but she dont.

lol at beyfan can you please shut the fuk up……they didn’t mention her cause beyonce can’t dance some of you need to stop this madness i don’t dislike her but she is overrated.1.Michael
2.Janet
3.Paula A. & Usher
4.Chris Brown
5.Ciara

Michael/Janet/Paula… That is all.

@Goser If we speak to professional dancers i wonder what they would say about Mariah, Rihanna or Mary and let’s not act like they didn’t TRY to dance. Britney was fast and in synch with her back up dancers but she never had any style, or any swag to her dancing… The same with JLO, that’s why i think Beyonce is a much better dancer than them.

Some Ciara haters up in here -_-, watching Cici reminds me of why I’m anticipating/ so excited for her comeback ^_^

Ciara Is Up There !? Well Where In The Hell Is Aaliyah & Mya At ?!

1.MJ
2.JJ

Why the Bey shade Trent?

This is nice… Trent I see you switching it up. I like it. Some people need to understand the key word is “dancer and skills”.
1. Michael (no one can do it better.. EVER!!)
2. Janet.. Ms. Jackson if you nasty (She is just a Beast)
3. Chris Brown/Beyonce (even the great MJ called it about CB)
4. Usher
5. Britney (but she is more from school of Paula A. cheerleading moves).

5.

Where’s Mya?

Where the hell is Jennifer Lopez, Shakira & Mya

LOFL at some of yall really pressed and pissed over Bey not being included, when the bitch is not a good dancer. Her moves consists of stomping, wig slinging, and ass shaking, and unless your into drag queens performing, you shouldnt be impressed, she’s nowhere near any of the genius listed above. Hell even when she does rarely use other parts of her body to dance she’s still not as fast and perfect as ANY female listed above.

1. Michael
2. Janet
3. Usher
4. Chris
5. Paula
6. Ciara
7. Britney

Great post! I agree with Shannon, pertaining to JLo, Shakira and Mya being on the list.

Idk, why people are mad that Beyonce was left out? The thing that seperates her from the rest of these performers is that she is a live singer therefore she can’t perform hard choreography like them. She makes up for it by having crazy energy.

However I would say Beyonce is a way better dancer than Britney. She is so overrated and is the epitome of what over rehearsed looks like, even in her prime. She has always been stiff, only difference is back in the day she was more precise. Beyonce has natural rhythm unlike that girl.

Michael and Janet (Tide), Chris Brown, Usher, Ciara, Paula, Britney, Ne-Yo.

There is difference between being able to do choreography and being a dancer. Beyonce is an artist who does choreography well. She is more of a ‘mover’ than a dancer. Dancing is an art that is innate! It’s more about rhythm and technical skill.

When you think of Michael Jackson, he combined the two very well. His smooth moves infused with his love of poplocking (yes…MJ used to poplock) and his ability to freestyle and do choreography helped changed the world of dance. He’s influenced everyone and paved the way (esp as far as dance goes) for Usher and Chris Brown who followed from there.

When it comes to the females…there is no one greater than Janet Jackson. Female performers would be A-OK with singing there behind a mic and belting out notes without the thought of dancing. Then comes Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation which changed the entire scope of dance and music in general! Even her brother, MJ, started to change his style after that. You cannot come out today expecting to be a great entertainer and NOT incoporate dance in your performance style. Everyone from Beyonce (dating back to Destiny’s Child) to Britney Spears, Ciara, Mya, Jennifer Lopez (who started out dancing backup to Janet), etc. have all tried to take a page out of Janet’s book. She incorporated sexy with edge. Tomboy/Girl-Next-Door flavor with regal presence. Her hard-hitting moves to her IMMENSELY intricate and difficult dances are just above the rest!

In my opinion, Janet and Michael are in a league all by their lonesome! They have done things no other performer has when it comes to dance. They both equally revolutionized the way we even appreciate performers today. They, in essence, are the blueprint. So there really is no rating. Everyone else is good, but those two are other-wordly when it comes to dancing!

Dani’s absolutely right, yea Bey has rhythm in her hips and shoulders but not in her legs, I just always noticed whenever she danced with her dancers (male or female) that they’re always faster than her and more technical, and she never can keep up with them. Wheres like with Michael & Janet they’re FASTER than their dancers, and their moves are faster than any I’ve seen of anybody this generation do, and Janet’s still fast as all hell, and Michael was still fast as all hell. Thats what impresses me with a dancer, a combination of speed and percission, and Bey is mediocre to average on both.

Trent is pure fag trash. At first he use to through shade here and there but now almost every post is shady. Too much shade aint cute. Every post on Mariah is always under the sun.

Don’t forget about Paula. She was a choreographer for Prince and pulled out the beast in Janet. And nobody should EVER mention Beyonce if they can’t put Mya miles ahead…Heck! Christina Milian is a stronger dancer than Bey.

1. Michael Jackson
2. Janet Jackson
3. Chris Brown
4. Ciara
5. Usher
6.Britney

My list is based on these Artists live show performance. Now if you want to talk about pure NATURAL ability to perform moves without choreography. Ciara would take Janet’s Spot. Of course Chris Brown is over Usher. Michael is still Number 1 and Britney would be last on the list. All Great Performers Though.

@Olly_tel its too easy for Beyonce to sing live seeing as how her dance moves require no train of thought or tecnique, thus making her irrelevant in the field. Also Timberlake lipsyncs too, and Michael & Janet both have performed their asses off and sang live at the same time before, and better than Beyonce in the dancing and it’s perfectly excusable for them to lip sync because when your body’s working that hard as theirs do (and not Beyonce’s) its going to take alot out of you and your ability to sing will be very limited. So no, They should not be included, and prince uses alot of energy with his dance moves but when he’s performing live theres very few technical routines. So Trent was right to leave them out.

@Beyonce Mariah Carey & Brandy Lover I agree with you these are dancers people that has no vocal ability so they dance to make up for it. Beyonce will be an
overall performer along with Tina Turner, James Brown

end of time,run the world,and single ladies shit on any other performer choreography

@says @leyla I already stated that i understand why they were left of the lift but ya’ll are going on like beyonce can’t dance lol. From the few glimpses we have of her doing complex choreo/whilst miming i’d argue she’s at least better then britney but generally her choreography makes it hard to compare her to the rest.

Leya if your talking the future/sex era, then i believe you are mistaken. Or if there were an occasion where he lip synched, it accounts for the vast minority of his performances.

P.S. Janets whispers don’t equate to singing.

It’s good to see Britney in her prime, she was so good. Michael and Janet are the best, but my favorite is Usher of coarse. Love him

Side note: I love Usher. Great moves and a beautiful voice.

@Leyla you betta teach that child. Anyone over 18 knows the bulk of Janets music is not whispering. It’s only these new dumb kids who dont anything about her that think she only whispers, when theres more songs where she’s singing loud. Woo you mopped the floor wit them. NOBODY alive will ever be as good as a performer as Michael or Janet, if you think its Beyonce, then your stupid, its that simple

for those who think that Janet Jackson whispers… listening to her songs: Rhythm Nation, black Cat, Control, If, What About, This Time, Together Again, All for You, Someone to Call my lover, I want You, ….. the amount of versatility in her voice is unbelievable!

I definitely think Aaliyah should have made that list, and to some extent you also have Ginuwine and Missy Elliot were also some good dancers. Missy always puts it down in her videos.

Beyonce is very much dancing. She has plaques for her dancing. Like I said Beyonce could do what these dancer couldn’t do which was sing a dance. You should watch Sweet Dreams, Single ladies, RTW. Beyonce ha the singing voice which she isn’t going to give up for dancing. Just watch the music videos which she is showin that she can dance.

@Only_tel, your really embarassing yourself LOFL you dont have a clue what your talking about. Sorry but Janet will always be a better performer than Beyonce and she’s known for it. Yes Beyonce sings live, but she dont work hard enough on stage for it to really matter, sorry, deal with it. You really need to learn how to do some research before you try to shade a artist, maybe you wouldnt fail so hard….

Shannon keep tellin the truth!!! Its so funny that someone who clearly dont know most of these peoples performances or styles or history is even daring to talk about them.

Its really sad Michael & Janet didnt have more songs and videos together, they were clearly the best in the dancing and videos and in their music genres, so its really a crime that they didnt have a video with a long dance routine thats throughout the video, Like Michaels Smooth Criminal & Janet’s Alright.

JANET AND MICHAEL

No one else that Trent mentioned is worthy of comparison.

Honourable mentions include, JAMES BROWN, THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS, CAB CALLOWAY.

Janet > MJ > The rest

You forgot about Mya Harrison, BoA Kwon, Omarion, & more…

Yea Paula is a brilliant dancer and choreographer but Janet covered more ground with dance, and Paula was a major boost to that but I argue the lady who came after Paula, I think her name was Tina, she took Janets dances to a whole new level both rougher and softer, and more styles than Paula did.

And I was at the Rhythm Nation tour in 1990, and the janet. tour in Summer 1994, and the show I saw in 90 was definitely 100% live (I was front row at both), and in 94 it was only like 3 songs out of 20 that werent live. I havent seen her in concert since, but I can tell all the Bey stans (I’ve been to her concert in 07) and Rihanna stans, I’ve never seen a women put on a show like Janet, I’ve never seen a women work that hard on stage and throw out that much energy, and move that sharply and fast, I mean that women used every inch of her body, and the stage, and I’ve never seen someone move so fast on stage before or since then.

that’s so true @ni What Janet does on stage is undefinable, she does it so effortlessly, Michael was the same too, they don’t just worry about the steps, they command the stage!

1. MICHAEL JACKSON is THE best no doubt! Most artists now wont even be here if it wasnt for him
2. JANET
3. CHRIS BROWN
4. USHER
5. PAULA
6. CIARA
7. BRITNEY