Janet
Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That's exactly what Janet Jackson did in becoming one of the biggest female pop and R&B stars of the '80s and '90s. Since her breakthrough in 1986 with the album Control, Jackson's career as a hitmaker has been a model of consistency, rivaling Madonna and Whitney Houston in terms of pop chart success over the long haul. A big part of the reason was that Jackson kept her level of quality control very high; her singles were always expertly crafted, with indelible pop hooks and state-of-the-art production that kept up with contemporary trends in urban R&B. Once established, her broad-based appeal never really dipped all that much; she was able to avoid significant career missteps, musical and otherwise, and successfully shifted her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult. With a string of multi-platinum albums under her belt, she showed no signs of slowing down in the new millennium.
Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born May 16, 1966, in Gary, IN. She was the youngest of nine children in the Jackson family, and her older brothers had already begun performing together as the Jackson 5 by the time she was born. Bitten by the performing bug at a young age, she first appeared on-stage with the Jackson 5 at age seven, and began a sitcom acting career at the age of ten in 1977, when producer Norman Lear selected her to join the cast of Good Times. She remained there until 1979, and subsequently appeared on Diff'rent Strokes (1981-1982) and A New Kind of Family. In 1982, pushed by her father into trying a singing career, Jackson released her self-titled first album on A&M; a couple of singles scraped the lower reaches of the charts, but on the whole, it made very little noise. She was cast in the musical series Fame in 1983; the following year, she issued her second album, Dream Street, which sold even more poorly than its predecessor. Upon turning 18, Jackson rebelled against her parents' close supervision, eloping with a member of another musical family, singer James DeBarge. However, the relationship quickly hit the rocks and Jackson wound up moving back into her parents' home and having the marriage annulled.
Jackson took some time to rethink her musical career, and her father hired her a new manager, John McClain, who isolated his young charge to train her as a dancer (and make her lose weight). McClain hooked Jackson up with producers/writers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, whom she'd seen perform as members of the Minneapolis funk outfit the Time. Jackson collaborated with Jam and Lewis on most of the tracks for her next album, Control, which presented her as a confident, tough-minded young woman (with a soft side and a sense of humor) taking charge of her life for the first time. In support of Jackson's new persona, Jam and Lewis crafted a set of polished, computerized backing tracks with slamming beats that owed more to hard, hip-hop-tinged funk and urban R&B than Janet's older brother Michael's music. Control became an out-of-the-box hit, and eventually spun off six singles, the first five of which -- "What Have You Done for Me Lately," the catch phrase-inspiring "Nasty," the number one "When I Think of You," the title track, and the ballad "Let's Wait Awhile" -- hit the Top Five on the pop charts. Jackson was hailed as a role model for young women and Control eventually sold over five million copies, establishing Jackson as not just a star, but her own woman. It also made Jam and Lewis a monstrously in-demand production team.
Jackson undertook her first real tour (she'd appeared at high schools around the country in 1982) in support of the album and it was predictably a smashing success. In 1991, Jackson capitalized on her success by jumping from A&M to Virgin for a reported $32 million, and also secretly married choreographer and longtime boyfriend René Elizondo.
Album: Janet Jackson (1982)
01. Say You Do
02. You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)
03. Young Love
04. Love and My Best Friend
05. Don't Mess Up This Good Thing
06. Forever Yours
07. The Magic Is Working
08. Come Give Your Love to Me
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Album: Dream Street (1984)
01. Don't Stand Another Chance
02. Two to the Power of Love
03. Pretty Boy
04. Dream Street
05. Communication
06. Fast Girls
07. Hold Back the Tears
08. All My Love to You
09. If It Takes All Night
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Album: Control (1986)
01. Control
02. Nasty
03. What Have You Done for Me Lately
04. You Can Be Mine
05. The Pleasure Principle
06. When I Think of You
07. He Doesn't Know I'm Alive
08. Let's Wait Awhile
09. Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
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Album: Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
01 Interlude: Pledge
02 Rhythm Nation
03 Interlude: T.V.
04 State of the World
05 Interlude: Race
06 The Knowledge
07 Interlude: Let's Dance
08 Miss You Much
09 Interlude: Come Back
10 Love Will Never Do (Without You)
11 Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make)
12 Alright
13 Interlude: Hey Baby
14 Escapade
15 Interlude: No Acid
16 Black Cat
17 Lonely
18 Come Back to Me
19 Someday Is Tonight
20 Interlude: Livin'... In Complete Darkness
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Album: janet (1993)
01 Morning
02 That's the Way Love Goes
03 You Know...
04 You Want This
05 Be a Good Boy...
06 If
07 Back
08 This Time
09 Go on Miss Janet
10 Throb
11 What'll I Do
12 The Lounge
13 Funky Big Band
14 Racism
15 New Agenda
16 Love Pt. 2
17 Because of Love
18 Wind
19 Again
20 Another Lover
21 Where Are You Now
22 Hold on Baby
23 The Body That Loves You
24 Rain
25 Any Time, Any Place
26 Are You Still Up
27 Sweet Dreams / Whoops Now
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Album: janet. Remixed (1995)
01. That's The Way Love Goes (CJ FXTC Club Mix)
02. If (Brothers In Rhythm House Mix)
03. Because Of Love (Frankie & David Treat Mix)
04. And On and On
05. Throb (Morales Backyard Mix)
06. You Want This (E-Smoove House Anthem)
07. Any Time, Any Place (CJ's 12' Mix)
08. Where Are You Now (Nellee Hooper Mix)
09. 70s Love Groove
10. What'll I Do (Dave Navarro Mix)
11. Any Time, Any Place (R.Kelly Mix)
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Album: Design of a Decade (1995)
01. Runaway
02. What Have You Done for Me Lately
03. Nasty
04. When I Think of You
05. Escapade
06. Miss You Much
07. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
08. Alright
09. Control
10. The Pleasure Principle
11. Black Cat
12. Rhythm Nation
13. That's the Way Love Goes
14. Come Back to Me
15. Let's Wait Awhile
16. Twenty Foreplay
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Album: The Velvet Rope (1997)
01. Interlude: Twisted Elegance
02. Velvet Rope
03. You
04. Got 'Til It's Gone
05. Interlude: Speaker Phone
06. My Need
07. Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
08. Go Deep
09. Free Xone
10. Interlude: Memory
11. Together Again
12. Interlude: Online
13. Empty
14. Interlude: Full
15. What About
16. Every Time
17. Tonight's the Night
18. I Get Lonely
19.. Rope Burn
20 Anything
21. Interlude: Sad
22. Special / Can't Be Stopped
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Album: All For You (2001)
01. Intro
02. You Ain't Right
03. All for You
04. 2wayforyou
05. Come On Get Up
06. When We Oooo
07. China Love
08. Love Scene (Ooh Baby)
09. Would You Mind
10. Lame
11. Trust a Try
12. Clouds (Interlude)
13. Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)
14. Truth
15. Theory
16. Someone to Call My Lover
17. Feels So Right
18. Doesn't Really Matter
19. Better Days
20. Outro
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Album: Damita Jo (2004)
01. Looking for Love
02. Damita Jo
03. Sexhibition
04. Strawberry Bounce
05. My Baby
06. The Islands
07. Spending Time with You
08. Magic Hour
09. Island Life
10. All Nite (Don't Stop)
11. R&B Junkie
12. I Want You
13. Like You Don't Love Me
14. Thinkin' Bout My Ex
15. Warmth
16. Moist
17. It All Comes Down to Love
18. Truly
19. The One
20. SloLove
21. Country
22. Just a Little While
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Album: 20 Y.O (2006)
01. (Intro) 20
02. So Excited
03. Show Me
04. Get It Out Me
05. Do It 2 Me
06. This Body
07. 20 Part 2 (Interlude)
08. With U
09. Call on Me
10. 20 Part 3 (Interlude)
11. Daybreak
12. Enjoy
13. 20 Part 4 (Interlude)
14. Take Care
15. Love 2 Love
16. (Outro) 20 Part 5
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Album: Discipline (2008)
01. I.D. (Interlude)
02. Feedback
03. Luv
04. Spinnin (Interlude)
05. Rollercoaster
06. Bathroom Break (Interlude)
07. Rock With U
08. 2nite
09. Can't B Good
10. 4 Words (Interlude)
11. Never Letchu Go
12. Truth Or Dare (Interlude)
13. Greatest X
14. Good Morning Janet (Interlude)
15. So Much Betta
16. Play Selection (Interlude)
17. The 1
18. What's Ur Name
19. The Meaning (Interlude)
20. Discipline
21. Back (Interlude)
22. Curtains
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Album: Number Ones (2009)
CD1
01. What Have You Done for Me Lately
02. Nasty
03. When I Think of You
04. Control
05. Let's Wait Awhile
06. The Pleasure Principle
07. Diamonds
08. Miss You Much
09. Rhythm Nation
10. Escapade
11. Alright
12. Come Back to Me
13. Black Cat
14. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
15. The Best Things in Life Are Free
16. That's the Way Love Goes
CD2
01. If
02. Again
03. Because of Love
04. Any Time, Any Place
05. Scream
06. Runaway
07. Got 'til It's Gone
08. Together Again
09. I Get Lonely
10. Go Deep
11. What's It Gonna Be?!
12. Doesn't Really Matter
13. All for You
14. Someone to Call My Lover
15. All Nite (Don't Stop)
16. Call on Me
17. Feedback
18. Make Me
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Album: Icon (2010)
01. What Have You Done For Me Lately
02. Nasty
03. When I Think Of You
04. Miss You Much
05. Escapade
06. Alright
07. That's The Way Love Goes
08. Together Again
09. Doesn't Really Matter
10. All For You
11. Make Me
12. Nothing
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