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After inking a $50 million deal with Virgin, Jackson returned as a sexpot in 1993 with Janet, which contained several erotic spoken interludes amid the usual Jam/Lewis-produced grooves. While showing off her newly-sculpted physique on MTV and a topless cover of Rolling Stone, she ... picked up her first Grammy for Best R&B song ("That's The Way Love Goes"). As is the case with so many musicians, however, a film career appears to be Jackson's eventual goal, despite wretched reviews for her appearance in 1993's Poetic Justice. But a new $80 million contract with Virgin signed in 1996 kept her active musically for the foreseeable future, yielding 1997's The Velvet Rope, 2001's All For You, and, most recently, Damita Jo.
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In 2000, nearly seven years since her last film, Janet starred with Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, the film went on to gross $142.7 million at the box office. Jackson recorded a single for the film’s soundtrack, “Doesn’t Really Matter”, which reached number-one on the Billboard pop charts within a few weeks of its release, earning a gold disc. She was paid $3 million for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, and paid an extra $1 million for the song “Doesn’t Really Matter” for the film’s soundtrack.
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Jackson said that her music career was forced by her father at first. Joe Jackson would make her sing fluffy pop/light R&B songs that she didn't feel comfortable singing. However, it became the tenth biggest selling R&B album of 1982.[1]
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The tracklisting, seen below, does not include the track "Clap Your Hands," which Janet said at a press junket last month would be the next big club anthem from her new album. The song "Stuck Inside The Groove" is ... not listed.
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Under Control was Janet Jackson's debut album. Even though she released two albums prior to this album: Janet Jackson (as the title suggests, it is an album about herself) and Nightmare Street, they have been locked in a safe and sent to Pluto and were never heard from again, which was a reason for Pluto's demotion. One of the biggest hit songs from the album is "Gnasty Gnorcs", which became a #1 hit in Avalar (notable for being the city in which Spyro and Coco Bandicoot were married.).
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A&M Records co-founder and artist in his own right, Herb Alpert would record three songs with Jackson and singer Lisa Keith in 1987 for his next album. Only two would make the cut, but both tracks would be released to radio. The single "Diamonds" would hit #5 on the Pop charts and #1 on the R&B charts, and "Making Love In The Rain" would hit the Top 40 on the Pop charts, and Top 10 on the R&B charts. Herb and Janet had two extra hits on their hands.
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