Janet Damita Jo Jackson
May 16, 1966
MULTI-GRAMMY, AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD, WORLD MUSIC, NAACP, BILLBOARD, GLAD, MULTI AWARD WINNING ARTIST
Mother, Daughter, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor, Activist, Philanthropist.
and is an American producer, songwriter, recording artist, dancer, and actress
she is a prominent figure in pop culture for over 25 years. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame.
After signing a recording contract with A&M in 1982, she became an icon in all genres of music following the release of her third studio album Control (1986). Her collaborations with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap, rock, and industrial beats, which led to crossover appeal in popular music. In addition to receiving recognition for the innovation in her records, choreography, music videos, and prominence on radio airplay and MTV, she is acknowledged as a role model for her socially conscious lyrics.
In 1991, she signed the first of two record-breaking, multi-million dollar contracts with Virgin Records, establishing her as one of the highest-paid artists in the industry. Her debut album under the label, Janet (1993), saw her develop a public image as a major sex symbol as she began to explore sexuality in her work. That same year, she appeared in her first starring POWERFUL film role in Poetic Justice. The movie did not do well for her cross-over until the Nutty Professor II The Klumps, why did I get married, and why did I get married two, colored girls. since then she has continued to act in feature films. By the end of the 1990s, she was named the second most successful recording mainstream artist of the decade. She has amassed an extensive catalog of movie roles and music hits, with singles such as “Nasty”, “Rhythm Nation”, “That’s the Way Love Goes”, “Together Again”, “All for You”, “ Love Will Never Do Without You”, “ Scream”, “if”, “Again”, “ Go Deep”, “ Feed Back”, Black Cat”, “Control”, “Doesn’t Really Matter”, “Escapade”, “What Have you Done for me Lately”, When I Think of You, Miss You Much, Come Back To Me, Runaway, I get Lonely, Alright, Got Till It’s Gone, “ Make Me”, All Night, among her most iconic.
Janet is ranked as one of the best-selling and leading artists in the history of music. The Recording Industry Association of America lists her as the eleventh best-selling female artist in the United States with multimillion certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine released its list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, placing her at number seven, while in 2010, ranking her fifth among the “Top 50 R&B / Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years.” One of the world’s most honored and awarded artists, her longevity, records and achievements reflect her influence in shaping and redefining the scope of popular music. She has been cited as an inspiration among numerous performers. Janet is the very embodiment of a global superstar. Her artistic brilliance and personal appeal transcend geographic, cultural and generational boundaries. “Janet Jackson is one of the top ten selling artists in the history of music; ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth most successful act in rock and roll history, and the second most successful female artist in music history.” She is the only female artist in the history of the Hot 100 to have 18 consecutive top ten hit single The most awarded artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards with 33 wins, she is one an elite group of musical acts. With her 1986 song “When I Think of You”, she and her brother, Michael Jackson, became the first siblings in the rock era to have #1 songs as soloists. The last five of her eight albums (excluding her first two albums “Janet Jackson,” “Dream Street” and her greatest hits album “Design of a Decade: 1986 -1996”) have all hit #1. She is the only woman singer in the history of Rock & Roll to score 5 back to back #1 studio albums on the Billboard Album’s chart. “Control”, “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation”, “Janet”, “The Velvet Rope” and “All For You” all reached #1, together selling more than 60 million copies worldwide. Her albums “Design of A Decade” and “Damita Jo” went triple platinum and both reached the top 3. One of her favorite singers is Ella Fitzgerald and Marvin Gaye. Janet has a vocal range of 2nd soprano; her top note is an “e”.
Janet last album is Unbreakable which features her brother Michael on the track her No Sleep song had major air play and went #1 on adult contemporary. Than same year she came out with a Luxury Diamonds of the same name.
Unbreakable is the eleventh studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on October 2, 2015, and is the first album released under her independent label Rhythm Nation, distributed by BMG Rights Management through a partnership with the singer. Jackson had parted ways with Island Records in 2008 due to dissatisfaction over the company’s lack of promotion for her tenth studio album, Discipline (2008). The singer began recording new material with producer Rodney Jerkins the following year, but eventually abandoned the project. She became busy with film roles and embarked on a worldwide concert tour, and in 2013 announced her third marriage to Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana. Two years later in May 2015, Jackson announced that she would embark on the Unbreakable World Tour and release Unbreakable which
was amazing, especially the one in Honolulu, Hawaii. Note she did this major stance without any hesitation in her mind like the first album control and she is in control of her life and destiny. Keep reading there will be more once my site is officially back up.
Janet Jackson reunited with songwriting/production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, their last collaboration being on her ninth studio album 20 Y.O. (2006). Additional songwriting and production was provided by Dem Jointz, Tommy McClendon and Thomas Lumpkins. Featured artists include rappers J. Cole and Missy Elliott. Unbreakable’s theme reflects various experiences over the course of Jackson’s life—including aspects of her childhood and the death of her brother Michael—in addition to socially conscious messages prevalent in her 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814. Its lead single “No Sleeep” became her 40th entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number 63, as well as her most successful entry on the US Adult R&B Songs chart, topping the chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks.
According to Forbes, Jackson’s absence since her previous tour coupled with the social media campaign to have her return to recording music and performing generated high ticket prices, averaging $167.20 on the secondary market.The most expensive shows for the first leg of the tour include The Forum in Inglewood, California, and the Chicago Theatre, while the Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta will host the least expensive show on the tour.
According to sales reports from Live Nation, “88 percent of the tickets on the trek’s first leg (Aug. 31 to Nov. 15) were purchased two weeks after going on sale; nearly 80 percent of the tickets for the second leg (Jan. 12 to March 9) were gone in two days.” Due to immediate sell-outs, additional concert dates were added to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and at the Chicago Theatre. The tour also set a record for the fastest sell-out in the history of Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, selling 2,400 tickets within 30 minutes.
According to StubHub, a ticket resale site, the Unbreakable World Tour ranked as the tenth most popular concert tour of the fall of 2015.
At the end of 2015, the tour placed at number 74 on Pollstar’s “2015 Year-End Top 200 North American Tours” list, grossing $15.0 million from 33 shows with a total attendance of 179,340.
Yes, Janet Jackson has done this and will continue to reinvent herself.
Without a machine pushing her brand on the unbreakable project she did this alone with a passion and will to prove only to herself and her fans yes I am still the innovator of my craft that led the way for many artists and built the bridge for others to be able to be successful and be compensated equally across the board.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming Jackson’s seventh album to top the chart in the United States.
This made her the third act in the history of the chart to have a number-one album in each of the last four decades. It also peaked within the top 40 of most major music markets. It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with some commenting that it reflected her maturation. Unbreakable was named by several publications as one of the best album releases of 2015. As of April 2016, the album has sold over 253,000 copies in the United States. The album also went multiplatinum.
Her latest Tour was again a successful tour in the USBreaks Own Box-Office Record with MULTIPLE Sold-Out Shows on the ‘Together Again Tour. $24,039,473