Janet Jackson

Grammy Award winner Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. She is the youngest in the Jackson music family. Her first breakthrough was in the family's limelight in 1974 Las Vegas production, then in 1976 television show, and later on her own as a television actress. In the early '80s she released modestly successful records, Janet Jackson and Dream Street. According to Billboard, Janet is ranked 9th most successful artist in the history of rock and roll. She holds the record for the most Soul Train Music Awards. Janet also gets the fame for being the "Most Searched on the Internet," in 2006 and also the "Most Searched for News Item," according to Guinness Book of World Records. According to Forbes Magazine, she was ranked the seventh richest woman in the entertainment business amassing a fortune of more than $150 Million. Some Facts about Janet Jackson Genre(s) Born Nick Name Alternate Names Height R&B* May 16, 1966 Dunk,J Janet Damita Jo Jackson 5' 4" (1.63 m) Pop, Soul, Indiana, United States Rock Gary,Dance Filmography Television Series • 1977-1979: Good Times • 1979-1980: A New Kind of Family • 1980-1984: Diff'rent Strokes • 1984-1985: Fame Films • 1993: Poetic Justice • 2000: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps • 2008: Why Did I Get Married? Music Videos • 1984: Dream Street • 1986: What Have You Done For Me Lately, Nasty, When I Think Of You, Control • 1987: Let's Wait Awhile, The Pleasure Principle • 1988: Diamonds • 1989: 2300 Jackson Street, Miss You Much, The Knowledge, Rhythm Nation, Escapade • 1990: Alright, Come Back To Me, Black Cat, Love Will Never Do (Without You) • 1992: The Best Things in Life are Free • 1993: That's The Way Love Goes, If, Again • 1994: Because of Love, Any Time, Any Place, Throb (live), You Want This feat. MC Lyte • 1995: Whoops Now, What'll I Do (live), Scream, Runaway • 1996: Twenty Foreplay • 1997: Got 'Til It's Gone, Together Again, Together Again (Deeper Remix) • 1998: I Get Lonely, I Get Lonely (TNT Remix) feat BLACKstreet, Go Deep, You, Every Time • 1999: Girlfriend/Boyfiend, What's It Gonna Be?! • 2000: Doesn't Really Matter • 2001: All For You, Someone To Call My Lover, Son Of A Gun • 2002: Feel It Boy • 2004: Just A Little While • 2004: I Want You, All Nite (Don't Stop) • 2005: Gotta Getcha • 2006: Call On Me feat. Nelly, So Excited feat. Khia Discography Studio albums • 1982: Janet Jackson • 1984: Dream Street • 1986: Control • 1989: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 • 1993: janet • 1995: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 • 1997: The Velvet Rope • 2001: All For You • 2004: Damita Jo • 2006: 20 Y.O. U.S. number-one singles (Billboard Hot 100) • 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 number-one singles (Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop) • 1986: "What Have You Done For Me Lately" • 1986: "Nasty" • 1986: "Control" • 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" • 1993: "That's The Way Love Goes" • 1994: "Any Time, Any Place" • 1997: "I Get Lonely" • 1999: "What's It Gonna Be?!"(Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson) • • 2001: "All For You" • • 2006: "Call on Me" Trivia • She was voted as one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of 2001" by the readers of Black Men Magazine. • The last five of her eight albums (excluding "Janet Jackson," "Dream Street" and her greatest hits album "Design of a Decade: 1986 -1996") have all hit #1 • She was ranked No.77 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll • She won nine Billboard Awards in the year 1990 for Rhythm Nation 1814. • Her 1st self-titled album peaked at No.63 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums and sold a disappointing 250,000 copies. • Her sophomore album "Dream Street" reached No.147 on Billboard and sold 200,000 copies only. • Her third album "Control" sold more than 10 million worldwide and produced five top 5 hits that included Nasty, Let's Wait Awhile, and the No.1 When I Think Of You. • Rhythm Nation 1814 spend 4 weeks being No.1 on both Pop and R&B charts in US and it sold another 10 million worldwide and the singles were even more successful. The album spawned seven top five hits including four #1s,the 1st and only artist to accomplished that feat. • The album "Janet" produced 6 top 10 hits and sold more than 15 million copies. • Her first biography was released in the year 1977 as a joint biography about her and her brother Randy Jackson. • She became the first artist to score a No.1 hit simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock singles chart with "Black Cat" in the year 1990. • She holds the record for most weeks spent at No.1 on the R&B chart for her 1994 single, "Any Time, Any Place." • She was named No.37 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. • In Japan, she appeared in a television commercial for Pepsi-Cola with Ricky Martin in the year 1999. She also appeared in another Japanese TV ad back in 1990 for Japan Airlines. • She had endorsements with PepsiCo, American Airlines and Revlon.