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.
Personal Profile (Personal Biography)
- - Date of Birth: May 16, 1966
- - Place of Birth: Gary, Indiana, United States
- - Nick Name Dunk, J
- - Alternate Names: Janet Damita Jo Jackson
- - Genre(s): R&B*, Pop, Soul, Rock, Pop, Soul, Rock
- - Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
- - 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
- - Janet Jackson
- - 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 Freev
- - 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"
- - : "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"
