Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and record producer. She has sold over 100 million records, and holds the record for the most consecutive top-ten entries on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by a female artist with 18. In 2015, she partnered with BMG Rights Management to launch her own record label, Rhythm Nation. She was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and record producer. The tenth and youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976. After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her third and fourth studio albums Control and Rhythm Nation 1814. Her collaborations with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap and industrial beats. In 1991, Jackson signed the first of two record-breaking multimillion-dollar contracts with Virgin Records, establishing her as one of the highest-paid artists in the industry. In 2015, she partnered with BMG Rights Management to launch her own record label, Rhythm Nation, and released her eleventh album Unbreakable the same year. She was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. She has sold over 100 million records, and holds the record for the most consecutive top-ten entries on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by a female artist with 18. In 2008, Billboard placed her number seven on its list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, and in 2010 ranked her fifth among the \”Top 50 R&BHip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years\”. In December 2016, the magazine named her the second most successful dance club artist of all-time after Madonna. Jackson has been cited as an inspiration among numerous performers, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Usher.
She is married to Michael Jackson’s former manager, Jermaine Jackson, and has a daughter, La Toya, and a son, J.J., with whom she has two sons. She appeared in the film Poetic Justice, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with her father, Joseph Walter Jackson. She also starred in A New Kind of Family and Diff’rent Strokes, portraying Charlene Duprey from three to six seasons. Jackson also played the role of Cleo Hewitt during the fourth season of the series, largely due to the emotional stress of her secret marriage to singer James DeBarge. Her debut album, Janet, was released in 1982 and was produced by Angela Winbush, Rufus René Moore, Bobby Watson, and Sylver Renvers III. Her fifth album Janet saw her develop a public image as a sex symbol as she began to explore sexuality in her music. She then released her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope, which is distinguished for its innovative production and dark lyrical content. Her seventh album All for You coincided with a celebration of her impact on the recording industry as the inaugural MTV Icon. Her eighth album Discipline was her first and only album with Island Records. Jackson was selected to have a starring role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom Good Times in 1977, and later starred in a recurring role on Diff’ren Strokes.
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