Damita Jo,
Dunk,
Booty,
Mama Yoke,
Mrs. Jackson... "if ya nasty"
Dunk,
Booty,
Mama Yoke,
Mrs. Jackson... "if ya nasty"
...
In 1981, Janet and her two older sisters LaToya and Rebbie had wanted to start their own musical group, but disagreements between the older sisters forced the group to disband before ever making a record. Although she was asked by her father Joseph to start a singing career, Janet was uncomfortable with being in the recording studio feeling she wasn't as talented vocally as her brothers, particularly brother Michael, who was becoming a pop superstar thanks to his albums, Off The Wall and Thriller.
Nonetheless, at the age of sixteen, she released her debut album simply called Janet Jackson though the teenager protested that her last name shouldn't be on the cover. Produced by soul singers Angela Winbush, Rene Moore and Leon Slyvers of the famed Slyvers family music group, the album reached #6 on the Billboard R&B album charts, and spent 45 weeks in the Top 50 and hit #63 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.
...and then came Control.
...
Janet remains the only artist to be nominated in the Pop, R&B, Dance, Rock and Rap singles charts simultaneously at the Grammy Awards.
Janet led the way for many black females to break through in the pop music industry, long before 'Formation', there was 'Rhythm Nation'.
Singer, songwriter, producer, actress, dancer, performer, icon, nipple flasher, concert delayer, feminist and mother.
Janet Jackson.
Janet Jackson.
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