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Forever Your Girl is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Janet Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Forever Your Girl arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into George Michael and Mariah Carey, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Forever Your Girl, reaching back through Janet Jackson and forward to George Michael. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Forever Your Girl is the debut album by American singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 through Virgin Records. The album was Abdul's breakthrough into the music industry after being a choreographer for high-profile clients including the California Raisins, George Michael, ZZ Top, Duran Duran and most notably Janet Jackson. At the time of its release, it was the most successful debut album and was the first time that a female artist scored four US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from her first album. It is currently certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA.
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Forever Your Girl grew out of Janet Jackson, went on to shape George Michael and Mariah Carey. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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