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How tall is Janelle MonaeJanelle Monae stands 5 feet all, according to most sources, and while that makes her shorter than average, it also goes to show that height doesn’t mean squat. Born Janelle Monae Robinson on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Kansas, this R&B singer and songwriter is among the most innovative artists in today’s pop scene, and throughout her career, she’s earned comparisons to folks like Prince and George Clinton. Janelle dreamed of being a performer as a child, and after high school, she moved to New York City, where she attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She went on to appear on a handful of off-Broadway shows, but in the early ’00s, she relocated to Atlanta and focused her efforts on music. This was a good decision. While in Atlanta, she met the guys from OutKast and and sang on their 2006 “Idlewild” album. The following year, she dropped the EP “Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase),” her first in a serious of recordings that would feature the cyborg character Cindi Mayweather, her alter-ego.

If Janelle Monae’s height isn’t particularly impressive, her talent certainly is. On paper, she stands 5 feet tall, but on record and onstage, Monae is an artistic giant — an envelope-pushing singer who’s taking R&B in new directions. Following “Metropolis,” she dropped “The ArchAndroid” in 2010 and “The Electric Lady” in 2013, and while neither spawned any smash pop hits, the latter climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Janelle certainly walks tall in the eyes of music critics, and she’s among the most respected artists of the last decade.

How tall is Janelle Monae compared to other famous R&B singers? At 5 feet tall, she’s exactly the same height as Erykah Badu, another artist to whom she’s frequently compared, and she’s two inches shorter than Prince, who checks in at 5 feet, 2 inches (when he’s not wearing heels).

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