Janet
Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American
singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born and
raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the youngest member of the Jackson
family, whose musical careers have influenced popular culture for
over four decades. Initially starting her career as an actress
with the television series entitled The Jacksons a variety show
staring herself and her eight older siblings which debuted in
1976, Jackson went on to star in other television shows including
Good Times, Diff'rent Strokes, and Fame. After launching her
recording career in 1982, Jackson found recordbreaking sucess,
producing five consecutive number one studio albums, beginning
with the release of Control (1986) and followed by Janet Jackson's
Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), janet. (1993), The Velvet Rope (1997),
and All for You (2001). Her recent album Discipline (2008) became
her sixth number one album placing her in second place among
female artists for the most number one albums behind Barbra
Streisand's eight chart-toppers, while her recent film Why Did I
Get Married? (2007), for which she won the NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, became her
third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office,
she is listed by the Recording Industry Association of America as
the eleventh top-selling female artist in America with 26 million
certified albums, Jackson has also been dubbed a "Queen of
Pop" by various media outlets ... more
