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Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966), better
known as Janet Jackson or simply Janet, is an American singer-songwriter, record
producer, dancer, and actress. Jackson is one of the top ten selling artists in
the history of contemporary music; ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth
most successful act in rock and roll history, and one of the most successful
female artist in pop music history[1] [2][3][4], selling over 100 million albums
and singles worldwide.[5] Guinness World Records lists her as the world's most
searched-for person in Internet history.[6] Her recent film Why Did I Get
Married?, for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Motion Picture, became her third consecutive film to open at number
one at the box office,[7] following Poetic Justice (1993) and Nutty Professor
II: The Klumps (2000).
Since 1986, Jackson has scored thirty-one one
singles on various Billboard charts, and is the only recording artist ever to
score five or more top ten singles from three consecutive albums. [8][9]. In
addition to her commercial accomplishments, Jackson has won five Grammy Awards,
received a nomination at the 66th Academy Awards, received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990, and was honored with the first "mtvICON" tribute
from MTV in 2001.[10] Recently, she placed seventh on Forbes Top 10 Richest
Women in Entertainment list. She has also had eighteen top ten singles in
Europe.
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Background information
Birth name Janet Damita Jo Jackson
Born May 16, 1966 (1966-05-16) (age 41)
Gary, Indiana, United States
Origin Encino, Los Angeles, California, United
States
Genre(s) R&B, pop, dance-pop, new jack swing, soul,
funk, rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, record producer,
dancer, actress
Years active 1977 — present
Label(s) A&M, Virgin, Island, Mercury
Associated
acts The Jackson 5, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,
Jermaine Dupri
Website www.janetjackson.com
****
Early
life
Janet Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, the
daughter of Katherine Esther (née Scruse) and Joseph Walter Jackson.[11] She is
the youngest of the nine Jackson children. The family was of lower-middle-class
and devout Jehovah's Witnesses. By the time she was a toddler, Janet's older
brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael had already begun to
perform on stage at nightclubs and theaters as the Jackson 5. In March 1969, the
group had a record deal with Motown Records, and by the end of the year the
group recorded the first of their four consecutive number-one singles. The
Jackson 5's success allowed the entire family to move to the Encino neighborhood
of Los Angeles, California in 1971. The Jacksons settled in a gated mansion that
they referred to as "Hayvenhurst."
As a young child, Janet's career aspiration was to
be a jockey.[citation needed] However, after the Jackson 5's success began to
diminish, Joseph decided to bring the rest of the children into the act. On
April 9, 1974, Janet made her debut performance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
alongside her eight older siblings.[citation needed] Janet quickly became a
standout in the show, winning over crowds and critics with impersonations of
Cher, Marie Osmond, Toni Tennille and Mae West.[citation needed]
In 1971, the Jackson family's Las Vegas act had
caught the attention of CBS president Fred Silverman.[citation needed] The
network was desperately trying to find a new variety act to replace its recently
defunct The Sonny & Cher Show. Debuting on May 1, 1972, The Jacksons became the
first television variety show starring an African-American family.[citation
needed] The series lasted two seasons. As the 1980s began, Janet continued her
career in television, in the sitcoms: Good Times, A New Kind of Family and
Diff'rent Strokes, as well as the primetime drama Fame.[citation needed]
Recording career
1982-1985: Janet Jackson and Dream Street era
Main articles: Janet Jackson (album) and Dream
Street (album)
While Janet, initially had apprehensions about
starting a music career, she did agree to participate in recording sessions with
her family. Her first recording was a duet with brother Randy on a song titled
"Love Song for Kids" in 1978. When Janet was fifteen, Joe launched her recording
career by arranging a contract with A&M Records. Her debut album Janet Jackson
was released in 1982 and produced by soul singers Angela Winbush, René Moore and
noted producer Leon F. Sylvers III (who had previously worked with the The
Whispers, Lakeside, Shalamar, Dynasty) of the famed Sylvers family music group.
Although the album reached the top ten on the Billboard R&B albums chart and
spent 45 weeks in that chart's top 50, it had very limited success on the Pop
albums chart.[citation needed] Three singles were released: "Young Love," "Say
You Do" and "Come Give Your Love to Me", each achieving just reasonable success
on the R&B singles chart. The album sold just over 700,000 copies in the world.
In 1984, Jackson's second album, Dream Street was
released. It marked a musical progression from her debut, with more up-tempo
productions by her brother Marlon Jackson and famed disco producer Giorgio
Moroder, who had produced songs for such artists as Donna Summer and Irene
Cara.[citation needed] The album peaked at number nineteen on the R&B albums
chart, however, sales of Dream Street were less than that of Jackson's debut
album, selling about 200,000 units in the U.S. at its time of release, and
spawning no hit singles. Current sales are approximately 400,000 worldwide.[12]
Music critics at the time largely dismissed Janet as simply another sibling from
the Jackson family assembly line.[citation needed] They may have been correct at
the time, as she'd later admit that her heart wasn't into music then because she
had a greater preference toward acting, which she believed would lead her to
greater success.[citation needed] These first two albums would largely be
forgotten in the coming years.
1986-1991: Control and Rhythm Nation 1814 era
After the limited successes of her first two
albums, A&M Records hired producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to jump-start
Jackson's music career, figuring that musically, she would be a great match with
the duo. Before Jackson left for the producers hometown of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Jam and Lewis were given the blessing of Jackson's father (her
manager at the time), with the promise that they would not have Jackson's music
sounding like Prince, whom the producers had previously been associated
with.[citation needed]
Within months, Jackson, Jam, and Lewis crafted
Jackson's breakthrough album, Control. Released in February 1986, Control spun
off six major Hot 100 hits in the U.S., five landing in the Top 5: "What Have
You Done for Me Lately," "Nasty," "When I Think of You" (Jackson's first number
one single on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart), "Control," and "Let's Wait
Awhile" and the Top 20 hit "The Pleasure Principle." Most of the Control music
videos, meanwhile, were choreographed by Paula Abdul. The album went to the top
of the Billboard 200 album charts for two weeks, and has sold more than five
million copies in America.[citation needed]
In early 1987, Control received a Grammy nomination
for Album of the Year, six Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards,
three MTV Video Music Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards, including Album
of the Year.[citation needed] The same year, Jackson took another step toward
independence by firing her father-manager, Joseph Jackson (although the back of
her upcoming 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814 would still carry the logo for
Joseph's management company).
In 1989, Jackson began recording her fourth album,
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. 1814 referred to the year "The Star Spangled
Banner" was written; in addition, 'R' is the 18th letter of the alphabet and 'N'
the 14th, hence 1814. Though executives at A&M wanted an album similar to
Control, Jackson instead created an album that, in addition to songs about love
and relationships, had heady socially-conscious message.
Rhythm Nation 1814 peaked at number one on the
Billboard 200 Album Chart, as well as the R&B Chart, and sold six million copies
in the US at its time of release, and became the first album to spawn seven Top
5 singles: "Alright," "Rhythm Nation," and "Come Back To Me"— as well as four
number one singles: "Miss You Much," "Escapade," "Black Cat," and "Love Will
Never Do (Without You)".[citation needed] The album was also a top 5 hit in the
UK (eventually achieving platinum status), and although all seven of the album's
singles reached the UK Top 40 (four of them Top 20), the album failed to deliver
any Top 10 hits.[citation needed]
A black and white long-form video was created for
the album; it included "Miss You Much," "The Knowledge," and the title track.
The film was shot by director Domenic Sena (See also Rhythm Nation 1814 Film).
The video represented a "coming together" of all people while taking a firm
social stance on issues such as bigotry, ignorance, and education. The Rhythm
Nation film went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Video. "The
Knowledge" is also said to be one of brother Michael's favorite songs by his own
admission[citation needed].
In 1990, Janet became the first artist to score a
number-one hit simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock
singles charts with "Black Cat." Billboard named Rhythm Nation 1814 the
number-one selling album of the year. Jackson went on to win her first Grammy
Award, and also won fifteen Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards,
four Soul Train Music Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards.[citation needed]
The Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour had an impressive attendance of more than two
million people and remains the most successful debut tour by any artist.[13]
1993-1999: janet. and The Velvet Rope era
Main articles: janet. and The Velvet Rope
With the release of the Rhythm Nation 1814 album,
Jackson fulfilled her contract with A&M Records, and much to the fury of A&M,
signed a new deal with Virgin Records.[citation needed] In May 1992 Janet
recorded a song with Luther Vandross and featuring Bell Biv Devoe and Ralph
Tresvant entitled "The Best Things in Life Are Free" for the Mo' Money original
motion picture soundtrack. The single was released in the summer of 1992 and
became a hit, peaking in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and going to #1 on
the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[citation needed] The soundtrack
single would be the sole recording from Jackson until the following spring when
the first single from her fifth studio album would be released.
Janet simply entitled her fifth studio album janet.
Released on May 18, 1993 on Virgin Records, the album became the first by a
female artist to debut at number one during the Nielsen SoundScan era (Whitney
Houston, however, was the first female artist to do so before Soundscan).[14]
The lead off single, "That's the Way Love Goes," became the first and only
single in radio history to enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart at
number one. Within a few weeks it also became number one on the Billboard Hot
100.[citation needed] The album reached number one in twenty-two countries,
selling eight million copies worldwide at its time of release with four million
of those in the U.S.[15] Jackson also won several awards, including a Grammy. It
was the fourth best-selling album of the year in the United States, and the
eighth best-selling album on the year-end Billboard Top Albums chart during the
following year. The album spawned a total of six Top 10 hit singles: "That's The
Way Love Goes", "If," "Again" (which also peaked at #1 on the Hot 100), "Because
of Love," "Any Time, Any Place" and "You Want This."[citation needed] In July
1993, Janet made her big-screen debut in the John Singleton directed, Poetic
Justice. Janet's ballad, "Again" was featured on the film's soundtrack, and
garnered a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song From
A Motion Picture.[16]
In September 1993, Janet appeared topless on the
cover of Rolling Stone magazine with hands covering her breast. The cover became
one of the most celebrated photos ever taken of a rock artist, and Rolling Stone
named it their 'Most Popular Cover Ever' in 2000. Janet was criticized for the
explicitness of the photograph. She insisted that the male hands covering her
breasts belonged to her boyfriend, René Elizondo. The janet. Tour, meanwhile,
began in November 1993 and played for twelve full months at many sold-out venues
worldwide.[citation needed]
Janet collaborated with her brother Michael Jackson
on the 1995 single, "Scream," the lead single from his album HIStory. The song
(which has been said to lash out at the media) debuted at #5 on Billboard's Hot
100 singles chart becoming the first song ever to debut in the top 5. It also
featured the most expensive music video at that time, costing $7,000,000, and
was created with the help of director Mark Romanek.[citation needed]
In October 1995, Janet's first hits compilation,
Design of a Decade 1986/1996, was released via A&M Records. The album focused
chiefly on the hits she recorded for the label with the Control and Rhythm
Nation albums. Virgin, whom Jackson was now signed with, allowed one song from
the janet. album to be included: "That's the Way Love Goes" (however, on the
internationally released version entitled "The Very Best of Janet Jackson" in
some countries, it includes "Whoops Now" along with "That's the Way Love Goes").
Virgin also allowed two new songs for the A&M compilation: "Runaway" and "Twenty
Foreplay"; the former becoming a pop hit, peaking at number three on the Hot
100.[citation needed]
In 1996, Jackson renewed her contract with Virgin
Records for a reported $80 million,[17] which, at the time, made her the highest
paid female recording artist of all time until Whitney Houston's deal in 2001
with Arista Records. During the recording of Jackson's sixth studio album, she
reportedly suffered from clinical depression and anxiety—which fueled the
concept behind 1997's The Velvet Rope. In August 1997, the album's lead single,
"Got 'Til It's Gone" was released to radio and was moderately successful. The
single sampled the Joni Mitchell classic, "Big Yellow Taxi" and featured a cameo
appearance by rapper, Q-Tip. Fans were taken aback by the album's abrasive
content.[citation needed] Songs dealing with domestic abuse, depression,
self-esteem issues, homophobia, isolation, and S&M, made up the bulk of the
album's design. Since its release, its become something of a contemporary cult
classic of the R'n'B/Soul Music industry and her fans alike, with many fans and
critics citing it as her musically and creatively adventurous and most mature
work to date.[citation needed]
Velvet Rope's cover, shot by photographer Ellen von
Unwerth, featured a red-haired Jackson, with her head down and only the word
"Janet" glazed over top of the image. The glazed letters were invisible except
in reflection, so they do not appear in most pictures of the cover; they were
not included on later pressings of the album. There was much speculation about
the stories behind the songs, but Jackson has not divulged much about
them.[citation needed] The album's second single "Together Again" (an uptempo
musical tribute to a friend who died of AIDS) topped the charts. She would have
moderate success with the third and fourth singles; "I Get Lonely" and "Go
Deep". A fifth single "Every Time" would not make the Hot 100. The album became
Jackson's fourth number-one album on the Billboard 200[18] and sold respectably
at its time of release, about 2.8 million in the United States, although sales
were significantly less than that of the "janet." album. The album did spend 74
consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, thanks to the success of
the second single "Together Again".[19]
In 1998, Janet set out on a world tour, The Velvet
Rope Tour—which took her on an international trek that included: Europe, North
America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. As her world tour came to a
close in 1999, Janet lent guest vocals to a number of songs by other artists,
including: Shaggy's "Luv Me, Luv Me," for the soundtrack to How Stella Got Her
Groove Back, the Grammy-nominated "God's Stepchild," from the Down on the Delta
soundtrack, "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" with BLACKstreet, and "What's It Gonna Be?!"
with Busta Rhymes. Janet also dueted with Elton John for the song, "I Know The
Truth." As 1999 ended, Billboard Magazine ranked Jackson as the second most
successful artist of the decade, behind Mariah Carey.
2000-2007: All for You, Damita Jo and 20 Y.O. era
Main articles: All for You (album), Damita Jo
(album), and 20 Y.O.
In July 2000, Janet returned to the big screen,
with her second film, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, opposite Eddie Murphy. She
also contributed to the film's soundtrack with the track, "Doesn't Really
Matter", which became Janet's ninth number one pop hit. In March 2001, Janet was
awarded a top honor American Music Award 'Award of Merit,' and became the first
honoree of MTV's Icon celebration, which resulted in performances featuring
Destiny's Child, N'Sync, Pink, Mýa, Usher, Macy Gray, Britney Spears and
others.[20]
Janet's seventh album, All for You, was released on
April 24, 2001. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 605,128
copies making All For You the biggest first-week sales total of Janet's career
and would go on to sell more than three million copies in America.[21] The
album's title track debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #14, the
highest debut ever for a single that wasn't commercially available.[22] and
topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for seven weeks. "All For You" also
made radio and chart history when it was added to every pop, rhythmic and urban
radio station that reports to the national trade magazine Radio & Records. "No
other song has conquered all reporting stations in its first week at radio, let
alone mastered three formats in one week" R&R's Kevin McCabe said.[citation
needed] The video for "All For You", directed by David Meyers, was a real life
cartoonic setting of Los Angeles. The second single, "Someone to Call My Lover",
which contained a heavy guitar loop of America's "Ventura Highway", peaked at
number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.[23] She would have just moderate success with
"Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" featuring Carly Simon
(remixed by rapper Missy Elliott) which would become a Top 30 hit. It would be
the third and final single from the album.
In 2002, "All for You" won Jackson her fifth Grammy
Award for "Best Dance Recording".[24] She then collaborated with reggae singer
Beenie Man on the song "Feel It Boy" with moderate success, although this
alienated many of Jackson's gay fans (Beenie Man has been widely condemned for
his homophobic views and the lyrics of his songs which have been criticised for
inciting hatred and violence against the LGBT communities [25]). Jackson then
accepted an invitation to join the 2004 Super Bowl festivities.
In March 2004, Jackson's eighth studio album,
Damita Jo, was released, debuting at number two. Despite the album's strong
debut, its three singles: "Just a Little While," "I Want You," and "All Nite
(Don't Stop)," all failed to become Top 40 hits. "Damita Jo" would continue a
sales slide in Jackson's album releases. Janet had described the album as 'a
portrait of the many personalities living inside her.'[26] Damita Jo sold 1.5
million worldwide with one million of those in the U.S.[27] It did receive
nominations from the American Music Awards, Billboard Awards, Source Music
Awards, BET Music Awards, and Grammy Awards including Contemporary R&B Album of
the Year although it failed to win any of the nominations. The videos for the
singles were rarely shown (and in some cases, never shown) on MTV, VH1, or BET
leading to rumors that the music channels had black-listed her.[citation needed]
(Justin Timberlake, who did issue an apology after the Super Bowl incident to
CBS and MTV, would continue to see his music videos in heavy rotation.) A fourth
single was to be released off Jackson's album "Damita Jo" entitled "R&B Junkie",
but because no previous releases saw any success and the album itself had just
lukewarm sales, Virgin pulled the plug on releasing another single.
Janet appeared as a host of Saturday Night Live on
April 10, 2004, where she performed a skit that parodied the Super Bowl
incident. She also appeared in the popular television sitcom Will & Grace
playing herself, interacting with sitcom characters Karen Walker and Jack
McFarland as Jack was auditioning to be one of her back-up dancers. Some saw
this as an effort to repair the damage done by her collaboration with Beenie
Man.
On June 15, 2005, Janet was awarded a Humanitarian
Award by the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgender civil rights organization on behalf of her work and involvement in
raising money for AIDS charities. She accepted the award saying
what I've learned in these recent months is that
there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's real. It's a beautiful light
that both comforts our minds and strengthens our souls. Tonight my heart is
filled with gratitude for that light. I'm so grateful that prayers are answered,
that faith is rewarded and tolerance is celebrated as a virtue. I'm grateful
that God is of unconditional love.[28]
Janet celebrated her 40th birthday with a birthday
bash at Shereen Arazms Shag in Los Angeles. In attendance were many of her
former female dancers as well as singer Stevie Wonder, who serenaded her.[29]
Jackson also appeared on the cover of Us Weekly in June 2006. This issue became
the magazine's best selling issue ever.[30]
Virgin Records released Jackson's ninth studio
album, 20 Y.O., on September 26, 2006. 20 Years Old, a nod to the twentieth
anniversary of Control (and said to reference to how young Janet feels). The
album debuted at number two on Billboard's albums charts, selling over 296,000
copies in its first week. Janet launched a contest, the "Design Me" cover
contest, giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for the album by
downloading images of Janet and creating proposed covers for the album. Janet
hand-picked dozens of images to be used in the contest. She selected her top
four favorites which were used for the first one million pressings of 20
Y.O.[31]
20 Y.O.'s first single "Call on Me", a duet with
rapper Nelly, became a moderate hit, hitting #25 on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart; peaking higher than any release from "Damita Jo". The single also
topped the R&B Chart. The second single "So Excited", however, failed on the pop
charts. It did hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart,
becoming Jackson's seventeenth number one on that chart. "With U" was the third
and final single off the album but because of low album sales and lack of
airplay, Virgin Records did not make a music video to support it. 20 Y.O. was
eventually certified platinum[32] but sold less than its predecessor Damita Jo.
20 Y.O. was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary R&B Album but did not
win the award. Jackson's boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, who produced the album, was
upset over what he viewed as Virgin Records lack of promotion, that he quit his
post at the label's R&B division.[citation needed] The release of 20 Y.O.
satisfied Jackson's contract with Virgin. A tour was in talks for months
surrounding the release of 20 Y.O but the idea was scratched due to Jackson's
impending move to another label.[citation needed]
In 2006, it was announced that Jackson was the
"Most Searched in Internet History," and the "Most Searched for News Item," in
the Guinness Book of World Records.[33] In 2007, Jackson was ranked the 7th
richest woman in the entertainment business by Forbes Magazine, amassing a
fortune of over $150 million.[34]
2007-Present: Discipline era
Main article: Discipline (Janet Jackson album)
Jackson starred in Tyler Perry's film, Why Did I
Get Married?. Filming began on March 5, 2007[35] and the film was released on
October 12, 2007. The movie opened at number one at the box office, grossing
$21.4 million in its first week, and in total, $55 million.[36] Jackson is also
working on a book that will chronicle the yo-yo weight struggle that has been a
major issue in her life. [37]
In July 2007, Jackson changed labels and signed a
new record contract with Island Records (ironically under the same ownership as
her first label A&M Records, the label she left for Virgin Records. (Island is
also the label that picked up Mariah Carey after Carey was dropped by Virgin for
lackluster sales.) Jackson's tenth studio album, Discipline, will be released on
February 26, 2008, under the supervision of label head Antonio "L.A." Reid.[38]
The album is currently being recorded in North Miami, Florida. She is
accompanied by Reid and Jermaine Dupri. It will be her first album for the
Island Def Jam Music Group.[39].[40] On VH-1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown, Maroon 5
has confirmed to be working with Janet on a song for her next album.[citation
needed]
On December 12 2007, the first single from
Jackson's tenth studio album, "Feedback", was leaked to select radio stations in
the United States, with advertisements on some radio station websites allowing
you to hear the full version of the song on demand. On December 26, 2007, the
single was released on iTunes. The music video for "Feedback" premiered on BET's
106th & Park and on-line on January 8, 2008; it debuted on MTV's TRL on January
14, 2008. On the Billboard Hot 100, "Feedback" peaked so far at #51 and has
maintained a top 50 position for over a month, in a path of only moderate
success similar to that of all of her releases since 2004's "Just a Little
While".
In Feb. 2008, Jackson was nominated and won the
award for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture for her role in Why Did I Get Married?.[citation needed]
Janet will receive the Vanguard Award from the Gay
& Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media
Awards on April 26th at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.[citation needed] Janet
has been a long-time ally of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
community.
On February 5th, Janet's album 'Discipline' was
made available to pre-order on the iTunes Music Store. With the pre-order comes
a video ("The Genesis of Discipline"), and "Let Me Know," a bonus track included
in the Japanese album version, and an instant download of "Rock With U".
Personal life
In 1984, at age eighteen, Jackson eloped with James
DeBarge, a member of the singing group DeBarge. The couple tried to keep the
marriage a secret but news of the couple's nuptials was reported on
Entertainment Tonight.[citation needed] Jackson would later admit that the
marriage was not a good one, and that the family—particularly Joe—disapproved of
the union as he felt Janet should be focusing on an impending career. The couple
were granted an annulment in March 1985. In 2005, DeBarge's youngest brother
Darrell claimed on the radio that his brother and Janet had a child.[citation
needed]
In 1986, Jackson began dating her sister La Toya's
former back-up dancer Rene Elizondo, Jr. The couple later secretly married in
1991 and spent well over eight years married until Jackson filed for divorce in
1999.[citation needed] In 2000, Elizondo confirmed rumors that the couple were
married. This would be the second time Jackson would hide a marriage from the
public. Elizondo later sued Jackson for compensation for material he claims he
had written for Jackson throughout her career. In 2003, the courts awarded him a
multi-million dollar settlement, although it was about half the $25 million he
was seeking, and the divorce was finalized.[citation needed]
In May of 1991 Frank Paul Jones AKA Frank Paul
Gambino, then called Paul Castellano was arrested in California for threatening
to kill Rene Elizondo, for being in an adulterous relationship with Janet
Jackson his said to be wife, whom he claimed he was secretly married to her at a
very young age.[citation needed] Rene on federal court documents claimed to be
her live-in boyfriend and not her husband. Paul claims to have fathered a child
with Janet; she has not denied or confirmed this allegation to date.[citation
needed]
Since 2001, Janet has been involved with hip hop
producer Jermaine Dupri.[citation needed] In the time that they've been
together, there have been numerous rumors that the two have married, though they
have consistently denied these reports. Dupri appeared in Janet's videos for
"Someone to Call My Lover" and "I Want You," while Janet returned the favor by
appearing in Dupri's video for his 2005 single, "Gotta Getcha".
In 2006, Jackson had gained over 60 pounds to play
the character Krystal in the Lee Daniels movie Tennessee (film). Jackson stated
"They (the producers) wanted to see me in a different light, as a heavier
woman." However, production of the movie was pushed back, thus creating a
scheduling conflict with the release of 20 Y.O..[41] Janet went on to lose 60
pounds in 4 months with many media outlets covering the story.
Super
Bowl controversy
Main article: Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
controversy
During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII on
February 1, 2004, Jackson performed with Justin Timberlake to a live audience of
more than one hundred million people. During the performance, Janet sang along
with Timberlake on his song "Rock Your Body." When Timberlake sang the lyric
'gonna have you naked by the end of this song,' he tore open Janet's top
exposing her right breast, which was partially covered by a nipple shield.
Timberlake called the incident a "wardrobe
malfunction." Janet apologized, although not to the network directly,[42]
calling it an accident, and saying that Timberlake was supposed to pull away the
bustier and leave the red-lace bra intact. However, she would later say to an
interviewer for Genre magazine that she wished she had not apologized, due to
the fact that it made her seem guilty. CBS, the NFL, and MTV (CBS's sister
network), which produced the halftime show, denied any knowledge and all
responsibility of the incident under a hail of criticism but the FCC continued
an investigation. In addition to her initial written statement, Jackson also
issued a public apology during a video broadcast stating:
I am really sorry if I offended anyone. That was
truly not my intention...MTV, CBS, the NFL had no knowledge of this whatsoever,
and unfortunately, the whole thing went wrong in the end.[43]
In 2007, CBS asserted there was no wardrobe
malfunction and they believed Jackson and Timberlake had "independently and
clandestinely" planned the stunt without authorization.[44] CBS would only let
Jackson and Timberlake appear on the 2004 46th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony if
they each made a public apology to the network itself and not under the rouse it
was a wardrobe malfunction; Timberlake issued an apology, Jackson did not.
Jermaine Dupri, Janet's boyfriend, left his post on the Grammy Awards committee
after Jackson refused to apologize again for the Super Bowl incident. The
controversy surrounding the incident halted plans for Jackson to star in a
made-for-TV biopic on the life on legendary singer Lena Horne for ABC-TV. Horne
reportedly was displeased with the Super Bowl halftime antics and insisted that
ABC pull Jackson from the project, which they did.
Discography
Studio
albums
1982: Janet Jackson
1984: Dream Street
1986: Control
1989: Rhythm Nation 1814
1993: janet.
1997: The Velvet Rope
2001: All for You
2004: Damita Jo
2006: 20 Y.O.
2008: Discipline
U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
1986: "When I Think of You"
1989: "Miss You Much"
1990: "Escapade"
1990: "Black Cat"
1991: "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
1993: "That's the Way Love Goes"
1993: "Again"
1997: "Together Again"
2000: "Doesn't Really Matter"
2001: "All for You"
U.S.
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
1986: "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
1986: "Nasty"
1986: "Control"
1987: "Diamonds" (with Herb Alpert)
1987: "Let's Wait Awhile"
1987: "The Pleasure Principle"
1989: "Miss You Much"
1989: "Rhythm Nation"
1990: "Escapade"
1992: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (with
Luther Vandross)
1993: "That's the Way Love Goes"
1994: "Any Time, Any Place"
1998: "I Get Lonely"
1999: "What's It Gonna Be?!" (Busta Rhymes
featuring Janet Jackson)
2001: "All for You"
2006: "Call on Me" (with Nelly)
U.S.
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles
1986: "When I Think of You"
1987: "Control"
1987: "The Pleasure Principle"
1989: "Miss You Much"
1989: "Rhythm Nation"
1990: "Escapade"
1990: "Alright"
1993: "That's the Way Love Goes"
1993: "If"
1995: "Scream" (with Michael Jackson)
1997: "Together Again"
1998: "Go Deep"
2001: "All for You"
2001: "Someone to Call My Lover"
2004: "Just a Little While"
2004: "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
2006: "So Excited" (featuring Khia)
Other
work
Television series
1977-1979: Good Times
1980-1984: Diff'rent Strokes
1984-1985: Fame
Films
1993: Poetic Justice
2000: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2007: Why Did I Get Married?
DVD/VHS
1987: Control: The Videos Part One and Control: The
Videos Part Two
1989: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation
1990: The Rhythm Nation Compilation
1994: Janet. (The Videos)
1995: Design of a Decade 1986/1996
1998: The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert
2002: All for You (Special edition CD+DVD)
2002: Live in Hawaii
2004: From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos
2005: Collector's Edition: Live In Hawaii + The
Velvet Rope Tour
2007: Janet Jackson: Exposed
Tours
1990-1990: Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour
1993-1995: janet. Tour
1998-1999: The Velvet Rope Tour
2001-2002: All for You Tour
2008: TBA
Achievements
In 2007, Jackson's Control and janet. were listed
by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame as two of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time, coming in at #87
and #151, respectively.[45]
In 2007, Jackson was named by Forbes and E!
Entertainment Television as one of the twenty richest women in entertainment,
coming in at #7.[46]
According to the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book
of Records, Jackson is the most-searched person on the web.[47]
According to Forbes Magazine, Janet has a net worth
of $150 million, conservatively estimated.
Jackson has sold more than 100 million albums
worldwide and 70 million singles worldwide.[48]
In 2003, Jackson's Design of a Decade 1986/1996,
Rhythm Nation 1814, Control, janet. and The Velvet Rope were listed on the BMG
Music Club's 100 Biggest Selling Albums in the U.S. coming in at #9, #35, #58,
#63 and #95, respectively.[49]
In 2003, Jackson's The Velvet Rope and Rhythm
Nation 1814 were named by Rolling Stone Magazine as two of The 500 Greatest
Albums of All Time, coming in at #256 and #275, respectively.[50]
Jackson's "Scream", with brother Michael, is
featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Expensive Music Video Ever
Made. The video is the most expensive of all time at a cost of USD 7
million.[51]
"Scream" also became the first single in Billboard
history to debut in the Top 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. The single
also made the highest debut on the Hot Dance Club Play chart at number
twelve.[52]
Jackson's HBO special, The Velvet Rope: Live in
Madison Square Garden, was watched by more than 15 million viewers. The two-hour
concert crushed the ratings of all four major networks in homes that subscribed
to HBO.[53]
Debuting at #19 on Billboard Radio Monitor
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Jackson's "Call on Me" is the highest debuting single
on that chart since TLC's "No Scrubs" debuted at no.13 in February, 1999.[54]
Releasing three albums in the 1990s, Jackson was
named by Billboard as the second biggest female artist of the decade.[55]
Jackson is the only female artist in history to
have five back-to-back #1 studio albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums
chart.[56]
Jackson is the first artist to have #1 singles on
the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.[57]
Jackson is the only artist to have seven top five
singles on the Hot 100 from one album , specifically Rhythm Nation 1814.[58]
With sixteen #1 hits on the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, Jackson is the female artist with the second
most #1 singles on that chart, second only to Aretha Franklin who has
eighteen.[59]
Janet's biggest selling single worldwide is
"Together Again"; in 1998 it was the 4th biggest selling single of the year in
Europe (2nd biggest for a female, only outsold by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will
Go On"). Worldwide sales according to Virgin Records are over 6 million copies,
one of the largest selling singles ever from a female artist. "Together Again"
spent nearly 50 weeks in the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, it also remains
one of the longest charting hits in Billboard history. "Together Again" sold
over 760,000 in the UK making it one of the biggest selling singles ever in the
UK from a female artist, "Together Again" sold over 600,000 copies in Germany
also earned a Platinum certification just 2 months after it was released.
"Together Again", also went Platinum in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, South
Africa, Italy, and even went Double Platinum in New Zealand.[60]
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