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Janet Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 into a well known musical family. She was the youngest of nine children. Janet, not wanting to grow up in the shadow of her siblings, got some help from creative and professional advisors outside the family. Janet was seen as the pop funk diva of the late Eighties and early Nineties. Janet's live performances revealed a crisp, athletic dance technique not unlike her brother’s. Singing wasn’t the point.
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Janet Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary Indiana. Janet was born into a very musical family as her brothers were the 70's pop group, The Jackson 5. At age 16, Janet began a professional singing career, and released her debut album in 1982. Since then, she has released many more albums, some of which reached number 1 on the charts.
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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis tailored their contemporary dance-pop to the emerging personality of Janet Jackson, who attempted to take control of her life on this record. In the course of that attempt, she ...Read full review
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Jackson appeared as a host on Saturday Night Live on April 10, 2004, over a month after the infamous wardrobe malfunction and performed a skit, as Condoleezza Rice, parodying the incident. The episode was the highest rated in sixteen months since Al Gore had hosted. Jackson ... appeared in the sitcom Will & Grace, playing herself as Jack auditioned to be her back-up dancer. It was her first appearance in decades on the small screen.
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In December 2006, Janet admitted she had joined the mile-high club (a group of people who have had sex on an in-flight airplane) - but it was in her seat, not in a restroom. (edit)
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[A]ll of that, as Jackson says a lot these days, is "the past." Her present is a happy one, judging from the sweetness and light that fill "20 Y.O.," a title that refers to the 20th anniversary of Jackson's first rebirth, when she released her breakthrough album "Control" (A&M).
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