“Beginning with the earlier albums, exploring—and liberating—my sexuality has been an ongoing discovery and theme,”
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Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her innovative works that incorporate socially conscious and sexually provocative themes, as well as her elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreography became a catalyst in the growth of MTV, breaking American gender and racial barriers and enabling her rise…
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Born 16 May 1966 · Q131324
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2026· 10 entries
“a very big Joni Mitchell fan”
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Jackson appeared in an Aaliyah tribute, via a video montage, for the finale at that year's Essence Festival of Culture
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Published video “Japan - June 2026”.
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Published video “Doesn't Really Matter (Remix) Official Music Video Out Now”.
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Published video “Janet Jackson & BE:FIRST - Doesn't Really Matter (Remix)”.
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Jackson released a remix of "Doesn't Really Matter", in collaboration with Japanese boy band Be First; the single peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100
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The Guardian: Nine Sixteenths review – what Janet Jackson’s ‘Nipplegate’ scandal really exposed
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Published video “Control 40”.
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Published video “Last 2 Shows of 2025”.
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2025· 6 entries
Published video “United Way Dallas - Centennial Celebration Rehearsals”.
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Published video “Rehearsals - Last Residency Leg”.
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Published video “The Velvet Rope Tour Surprise Reunion”.
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Published video “Just one month away. 😘”.
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Published video “AMA Showtime—Part Five”.
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Six shows were added for May of the same year
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2024· 8 entries
Jackson began another Las Vegas concert residency, Janet Jackson: Las Vegas
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The Guardian: ‘One thing goes wrong and that’s it’: how Janet Jackson’s career was wrecked in a split second
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The Guardian: Janet Jackson review – glitz, glamour and a very quick run-through of the hits
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The Guardian: ‘I think I am breaking the pattern’: Janet Jackson on bad relationships, new music and Kamala Harris
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The Guardian: Janet Jackson on Michael and motherhood, Friends at 30, and Marina Hyde on the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen – podcast
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The Guardian: Tito Jackson, Jackson 5 member and brother to Michael, dies aged 70
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The Guardian: All for you! Janet Jackson, Snõõper, Bob Dylan and more: the best music of autumn 2024
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Snopes rated the claim “Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez was a backup dancer for pop star Janet Jackson in the early 1990s.” True.
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2023· 2 entries
Jackson launched her Together Again Tour, which later became the highest-grossing tour of her career
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Lifetime and A&E greenlit a follow-up documentary series, Janet Jackson: Family First
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2022· 3 entries
Released album “Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits”.
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The Guardian: ‘I chatted about the weather with Janet Jackson’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget
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The Guardian: Janet Jackson review – the breathtaking tale of a reluctant pop superstar
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2021· 5 entries
The Guardian: What connects Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ to Shonda Rhimes and John Singleton?
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The Guardian: What can we learn from the Janet Jackson Super Bowl documentary?
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The Guardian: Janet Jackson’s 30 best songs – ranked!
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The Guardian: Janet Jackson to sell personal treasures in celebrity auction
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The Library of Congress added Rhythm Nation 1814 to the National Recording Registry's class of 2020, stating that the album still "resonates today"
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2020· 1 entry
In support of her twelfth studio album Black Diamond, which was scheduled for a release that year
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2019).
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Jackson launched a four-month Las Vegas residency entitled Metamorphosis
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Jackson played a variety of festivals in the US and abroad, including The Glastonbury Festival
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Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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2018· 3 entries
Jackson and Rhythm Nation entered into a partnership with Cinq Music Group
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Joe Jackson — patriarch of the entertainment family that includes singers Janet Jackson and the late Michael Jackson — has died of cancer.” False.
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Awarded MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon (2018).
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2017· 1 entry
Jackson resumed her Unbreakable World Tour, now known as the State of the World Tour
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2016· 1 entry
Jackson postponed her tour in favour of "planning her family" with husband Wissam Al Mana
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “Unbreakable”.
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2012· 1 entry
Jackson endorsed Nutrisystem, sponsoring their weight-loss program after struggling with weight fluctuations in the past
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2011· 1 entry
"Rhythm Nation" was voted the tenth best music video of the 1980s by Billboard
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Icon: Number Ones”.
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “Number Ones”.
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Released album “The best”.
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded GLAAD Vanguard Award (2008).
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Released album “Discipline”.
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The magazine ranked her at number seven on their Hot 100 50th Anniversary "All-Time Top Artists", making her the third most successful female artist in the history of the chart, following Madonna and Mariah Carey
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2007· 1 entry
Starred opposite Tyler Perry as a psychotherapist in the film Why Did I Get Married
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “20 Y.O.”.
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“Acceptance is right. Kindness is right. Love is right. I pray, right now, that we're moving into a kinder time when prejudice is overcome by understanding; when narrow-mindedness, and narrow-minded bigotry is overwhelmed by open-hearted empathy; when the pain of judgmentalism is replaced by the purity of love.”
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2004· 3 entries
Released album “Damita Jo”.
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Snopes rated the claim “A California man is suing CBS, Janet Jackson, and Justin Timberlake over the breast-baring incident during halftime at Super Bowl XXXVIII.” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “One of singer Janet Jackson's breasts was exposed during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII.” True.
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2003· 1 entry
Slant Magazine named "Rhythm Nation" and "Got 'til It's Gone" among the 100 Greatest Music Videos of all time, ranked at number 87 and number 10, respectively
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “All for You”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “The Velvet Rope”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “Design of a Decade: 1986/1996”.
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Released album “Janet.Remixed”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “janet.”.
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Released ep “Remixes 1993”.
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award (1992).
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Jackson provided guest vocals on Luther Vandross's "The Best Things in Life Are Free", becoming a top ten Billboard hit and reaching the top ten internationally
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1991· 1 entry
Signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Virgin Records—estimated between thirty-two to fifty million dollars—making her the highest paid recording artist at the time
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Alright / Come Back To Me”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Rhythm Nation 1814”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “The Pleasure Principle”.
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “Control: The Remixes”.
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1986· 2 entries
Released album “Control”.
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Jackson began dating dancer, songwriter, and director René Elizondo Jr
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Dream Street”.
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At age 18, Janet Jackson eloped with singer James DeBarge in September 1984.
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Janet Jackson”.
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And terminating business affairs with her family, she achieved global stardom with Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
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Just as big brother Michael was casting his longest shadow, Jackson filled her albums not so much with songs as with declarations, from 'The Pleasure Principle' to the radical-sounding 'Rhythm Nation' to the telling stat
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1977· 1 entry
Was selected to have a starring role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom Good Times
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1966· 1 entry
Born 1966-05-16.
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1814· 5 entries
Became the highest selling album of 1990, winning a record fifteen Billboard Awards
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Tour "represents the pinnacle of what can be done in the popping 'n' locking style—a rapid-fire mixture of rigidly jerky and gracefully fluid movements
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Are the foundation upon which today's hotshot producers and singers rely
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Film, Jackson utilizes street dancing techniques in contrast to traditional choreography
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Jackson released her fourth album, Rhythm Nation 1814, in September 1989
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