Control received six Billboard Awards, including "Top Pop Singles Artist", and three Grammy nominations, most notably "Album of the Year". "When I Think of You" became her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over ten million copies worldwide.Ĭontrol was declared "remarkably nervy and mature" for a teenage act, also considered "an alternative to the sentimental balladry" which permeated radio, likening Jackson to Donna Summer's position of "unwilling to accept novelty status and taking her own steps to rise above it." The album spawned five top five singles, "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "Nasty", "When I Think of You", "Control" and "Let's Wait Awhile", and a top 15 hit with "The Pleasure Principle". Within six weeks, Jackson and the duo crafted her third studio album, Control, released in February 1986. They set out to achieve crossover pop appeal, while also creating a strong foundation within the urban market. Both albums consisted primarily of bubblegum pop music.Īfter her second album, Jackson terminated business affairs with her family, commenting "I just wanted to get out of the house, get out from under my father, which was one of the most difficult things that I had to do." Attempting a third album, Jackson teamed with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
The lead single "Don't Stand Another Chance" peaked at No. Jackson's second album, Dream Street, was released two years later. The album appeared on the Billboard Top Black Albums of 1983, while Jackson herself was the highest-ranking female vocalist on the Billboard Year-End Black Album Artists. 6 on the publication's R&B albums chart, receiving little promotion. It was produced by Angela Winbush, René Moore, Bobby Watson of Rufus and Leon Sylvers III, and overseen by her father Joseph. Her debut album, Janet Jackson, was released in 1982. When Jackson was sixteen, her father and manager Joseph Jackson, arranged a contract for her with A&M Records. Jackson later elaborated on her time on the show in an interview with Anderson Cooper, revealing that the cast would occasionally play pranks on her, but she spoke fondly of them. Jackson also played the role of Cleo Hewitt during the fourth season of Fame, but expressed indifference towards the series, largely due to the emotional stress of her secret marriage to R&B singer, James DeBarge. She later starred in A New Kind of Family and later got a recurring role on Diff'rent Strokes, portraying Charlene Duprey from seasons three to six. In 1977, she was selected to have a starring role as Penny Gordon Woods in the sitcom Good Times. She began acting in the variety show The Jacksons in 1976. A biography revealed her father, Joseph Jackson, was emotionally withdrawn and told her to address him solely by his first name as a child. Despite this, she was anticipated to pursue a career in entertainment and considered the idea after recording herself in the studio.Īt age seven, Jackson performed at the MGM Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Jackson had initially desired to become a horse racing jockey or entertainment lawyer, with plans to support herself through acting. The family then moved to the Encino neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
In March 1969, the group signed a record deal with Motown, and soon had their first number-one hit. At a young age, her brothers began performing as the Jackson 5 in the Chicago-Gary area. The Jacksons were lower-middle class and devout Jehovah's Witnesses, although Jackson would later refrain from organised religion. Jackson was born on in Gary, Indiana, the youngest of ten children, to Katherine Esther (nee Scruse) and Joseph Walter Jackson. 2.10 2015-2019: Unbreakable and Concert Residency.2.6 2004-2005: Super Bowl XXXVIII Controversy and Damita Jo.2.5 2000-2003: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and All for You.2.3 1993-1996: Janet, Poetic Justice and Design of a Decade.
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