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Janelle Monáe

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BFunkHouse

Janelle Monáe is a Contemporary R&B and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches House, Pop and Rock. Their sound grew out of Roman GianArthur, Charlie Chaplin, Teenage Dream, Bad Boy Records and Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Those roots explain a lot about how Janelle Monáe arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chloe x Halle, Sudan Archives, Erykah Badu, Ari Lennox and TLC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into fun., Haley Reinhart, Estelle, Jidenna and Roman GianArthur, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Janelle Monáe, reaching back through Roman GianArthur and forward to fun.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Janelle MonáeRoman GianArthurCharlie ChaplinTeenage DreamBad Boy RecordsDoo-Wops & HooligansKelelaSeun KutiGiorgiafun.Haley ReinhartEstelleJidennaRoman GianArthurGrimesNate RuessRina SawayamaChloe x HalleSudan ArchivesErykah BaduAri LennoxTLCChlöeJill ScottDestiny's Child

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Janelle Monáe connections

Janelle Monáe grew out of Roman GianArthur, Charlie Chaplin, Teenage Dream and Bad Boy Records, shares an orbit with Chloe x Halle, Sudan Archives, Erykah Badu and Ari Lennox, went on to shape fun., Haley Reinhart, Estelle and Jidenna. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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