Janelle Monáe has achieved success in music and acting through her genre-bending musical style and her unique artistic perspective. Monáe proved her status as a leading artist through her first release The ArchAndroid which merged funk with R&B, pop, soul and Afrofuturism elements to develop her unique musical approach. The songs "Tightrope," "Many Moons," "Cold War" and "Dance Apocalyptic" showed her ability to perform with strength, her ability to narrate stories and her commitment to develop innovative musical styles.

Her professional success reached its peak when she released two successful albums which included The Electric Lady and Dirty Computer. The album Dirty Computer includes three essential songs which are “Make Me Feel,” “PYNK” and “I Like That.”Dirty Computer earned multiple Grammy nominations and was accompanied by an innovative narrative film that cemented Monáe’s reputation as a cultural visionary. She has achieved the same level of success in film as she has in music through her work in Hidden Figures, Moonlight and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Antebellum. Monáe receives complete admiration for her complete body of work because she shows intelligence and style while keeping her commitment to genuine empowerment.