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"...Do not be surprised if Janet Jackson leaves the scene in the next two years", - stated in 1985, the head of one of the record companies. Ten years later She became a superstar, but the author of the forecast left his post and engage in the sale of telephone sets for cars...
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (Jackson) is an american singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actress. Was born in Gary, Indiana, grew up in Los Angeles. She is the youngest in the legendary Jackson family. First came on the scene at the age of 7 years, in the 1976 co-starred in the tv series The Jacksons. Up to the beginning of the 1980s, Jackson starred in the tv series, including the Good Times, and a diff erent Strokes.
In 16 years, Jackson signed a contract with the record label A&M, which released a self-titled album in 1982. It criticized for very little vocal and "star" family. Jackson worked on her third album Control with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, which brought her fame and made the idol of the MTV. Her subsequent album, Rhythm Nation 1814, was a grand success in a career. All 7 of the singles from the album hit the top five of the most prestigious american chart the Billboard Hot 100, and the album became the best selling on the territory of the united states in 1990. Global printing plates more than 14 million copies.
In 1991, Jackson signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, becoming one of the highest paid performers in the world. Her first album on the label - janet. - changed the public image of the singer and made her a sex symbol. In 1993, Jackson starred in a film Poetic Justice. At the end of the decade, Jackson was named the second most successful singer of the 1990s. All for You was the fifth album of the singer, дебютировавшим in the first place the Billboard 200. In 2007 Janet released the album Discipline.
According to Billboard magazine Janet is included in the list of best-selling artists in the history of modern pop music, having sold around the world more than 100 million records. The american recording industry association of companies identified her to the 11 place in a rating of the most popular american singers
