Janet Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, and her family moved to Los Angeles in 1971. She had early aspirations of being a race-horse jockey, but her father planned for her to go into show business. By 1973, at age seven, Janet performed with her famous brothers the Jackson 5 in Las Vegas and she began appearing on her family's variety television series The Jacksons in 1976. She also appeared as Penny Gordon on the sitcom Good Times, as well as A New Kind of Family, Diff'rent Strokes and the fourth season of Fame.
In 1978, Jackson released her first song--"Long Song For Kids", a duet with her brother Randy.
Jackson signed a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, and released her self-titled debut album. In 1984, Janet released the album Dream Street, with production and backing vocals handled by her brothers. She had an R&B hit with "Don't Stand Another Chance".
The following year, Janet joined her sister, La Toya, at the Yamaha Music Festival, where they finished second and won an Outstanding Song Award.
For her third album, Janet decided to get out on her own and away from her father's management. A&M hired ace producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to work with her. Within six weeks, the trio had finished the album Control, which was so titled because it reflected the control that Jackson had taken over her own career.
Control hit #1, spawned five Top 5 singles, and made Janet a superstar overnight.
"Nasty" was a huge hit on the album, reaching position #3 in the U.S., #5 in the Netherlands, #8 in Canada, New Zealand and Switzerland, and #9 in Germany. Janet won one of seven Billboard Music Awards for Top Black Single, captured an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video, and was nominated for Best Female Video.
Her early videos were choreographed by then-unknown Paula Abdul. Janet released the single "When I Think Of You", which gave her a #1 song, also #3 in the Netherlands and #6 in Canada.
In 1987, Janet joined Herb Alpert on his song "Diamonds", which peaked at #4 in the Netherlands and #5 in the U.S.
Jackson set another Rock Era record with six Gold singles on the album, as "Black Cat" and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" joined the list. She had exploded for 12 Top 5 songs in a four year period from her two red-hot albums. Rhythm Nation won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. Janet was also nominated for Best Album Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal (s) at the Grammys.
Jackson won a record 15 Billboard Music Awards for her album--in addition to the ones mentioned above, she also won for Top-Selling Album of the Year, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year-Female, Top R&B Artist of the Year, Top R&B Female Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Albums Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Album of the Year, Top Female Video Artist, Black/Rap, Top Dance Club Play Artist of the Year, Top Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales Artist of the Year, Top Female Artist, Dance, the song "Rhythm Nation" won a Director's Award, Black/Rap and the Tanqueray Sterling Music Video Award for Artistic Achievement, while "Alright" won a Director's Award in the Dance category. Jackson was nominated for Top Pop Artist of the Year but did not win.
Janet was nominated for the prestigious Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Award at the Grammys. Jackson also won a BMI Pop Award as Songwriter of the Year for her work on Rhythm Nation 1814, and the songs "Alright", "Black Cat", "Come Back To Me", "Escapade" and "Rhythm Nation" were also recognized by BMI.
Jackson's first world tour became the most successful debut tour by any recording artist, drawing a combined audience of two million fans.
Jackson released the album Janet in 1993, which debuted at #1. "That's The Way Love Goes" gave her an ninth consecutive Top 5 song--#1 in the United States for eight weeks, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the rest of the world was finally beginning to take notice of Jackson's solo releases--#2 in the U.K., #5 in the Netherlands, #8 in Ireland and #9 in Germany. "That's The Way Love Goes" earned an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single, and was nominated for Top Hot 100 Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards.
Jackson won BMI Pop Awards for "Again", "Any Time, Any Place", "Because Of Love", "If", "State Of The World", "That's The Way Love Goes" and "You Want This".
Janet and Michael won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form, and they were nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The pair also won a Billboard Music Award for Pop/Rock Video Clip of the Year, and Janet won a special Artist of Achievement Award as well. Their video was critically acclaimed, winning three MTV Video Music Awards (Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Art Direction in a Video), and receiving an incredible eleven nominations, the others being Video of the Year, Best R&B Video, Viewer's Choice, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, Best Editing in a Video and Best Cinematography in a Video.
Janet's HBO special, The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden, was watched by over fifteen million. The special earned four Emmy nominations, including one win.
In 2001, Jackson received the Award of Merit from the American Music Awards, and "Doesn't Really Matter" won BMI Pop Awards for Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture and Most Played Song. Janet released the album All for You, which debuted at #1 on the Album chart with 605,000 copies sold the opening week. The title song generated incredible first-week interest, breaking the overall airplay debut record with a radio audience of 70 million people. "All For You" topped the U.S. chart for seven weeks, was #1 in Canada, and went Top 10 in eleven countries.
"All For You" picked up BMI Pop Awards for Urban Awards Song of the Year and Most Played Song. "Someone To Call My Lover" became Jackson's record 22nd straight Top 10 hit, elevating to #3 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada, and won Janet her 22nd BMI Pop Award.
Jackson captured her 20th American Music Award in 2004 for Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist. The album sold over two million copies in the United States and nine million across the world. Jackson began another world tour, and donated a portion of the proceeds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Two other singles from All for You failed to make the Top 20. Jackson performed at halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, and, pardon the pun, that's where it all began to fall apart for her. While singing a duet with Justin Timberlake, the male singer tore open her top, exposing Jackson's breast to a worldwide audience.
The website YouTube was started as a result of the embarrassment, when its prospective owner could not readily find a clip online. Both Jackson and Timberlake apologized for the incident, and the term "wardrobe malfunction" became a new entry into the vernacular of the culture.
But the damage had been done. CBS-TV banned Jackson from attending the next Grammy Awards ceremony, and plans for Jackson to star in a television movie about the life of singer Lena Horn on ABC were scrapped. The backlash was so great that many radio stations and even entire radio formats and music channels did not play Jackson's future singles and music videos.
An ironic point needs to be made. Jackson was punished for the incident, while Timberlake continues to have hits. It seems to this writer that both participated in the incident and both should be treated the same for it.
For an artist that had just set an all-time record with 22 straight Top 10 songs, Jackson would not achieve a Top 15 single the rest of her life. She released the albums Damita Jo, 20 Y.O., and Discipline, and the single "Feedback" was the best she could do at #19.
Janet did receive Billboard Music Awards in the genre categories of Top-Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single ("Call on Me") in 2006, and Hot Dance Club Play Track for "Feedback" in 2008. Janet also received Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Album (for both Damita Jo and 20 Y.O.) and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "I Want You".
In 2007, Jackson starred in the movie Why Did I Get Married? She went on her fifth world tour in 2008. Janet launched a collection of coats, jackets, vests, scarves, gloves and other accessories as the Janet Jackson Blackglama Collection. In 2010, Jackson starred in the movie For Colored Girls.
Jackson released her book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself. In 2011, she released another greatest hits collection, Number Ones, and performed in 35 clities across the world.
Artists such as Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Toni Braxton, Lady Gaga, Ciara, Aaliyah, and Nicki Minaj have named Jackson as one of the biggest inspirations of their careers.
Jackson has sold over 26 million albums in the United States to rank as the eleventh best-selling female artist, and Janet has sold 100 million albums worldwide. Billboard ranks Jackson as #7 on the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, without taking into account the fact that the number of hits is not the only factor that needs to be considered in compiling such a ranking.
Jackson has won more Billboard Music Awards (33) than any other artist in history, and she received 20 American Music Awards out of 34 nominations. She had 33 consecutive Top 40 hits from 1985-2004.
In 1978, Jackson released her first song--"Long Song For Kids", a duet with her brother Randy.
Jackson signed a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, and released her self-titled debut album. In 1984, Janet released the album Dream Street, with production and backing vocals handled by her brothers. She had an R&B hit with "Don't Stand Another Chance".
The following year, Janet joined her sister, La Toya, at the Yamaha Music Festival, where they finished second and won an Outstanding Song Award.
For her third album, Janet decided to get out on her own and away from her father's management. A&M hired ace producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to work with her. Within six weeks, the trio had finished the album Control, which was so titled because it reflected the control that Jackson had taken over her own career.
Control hit #1, spawned five Top 5 singles, and made Janet a superstar overnight.
The first, "What Have You Done For Me Lately", hit #3 in the U.K., and reached #4 in the United States, #6 in Canada and Australia, #8 in Germany, #9 in Switzerland and #10 in Ireland. The song became one of her many million-sellers, and was nominated for Best R&B Song at the Grammy Awards.
"Nasty" was a huge hit on the album, reaching position #3 in the U.S., #5 in the Netherlands, #8 in Canada, New Zealand and Switzerland, and #9 in Germany. Janet won one of seven Billboard Music Awards for Top Black Single, captured an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video, and was nominated for Best Female Video.
Jackson also won Billboard Awards for Top Pop Singles Artist, Top Pop Singles Artist-Female, Top Black Artist (combined LP's & singles), Top Black Singles Artist, Top Dance Sales Artist and Top Dance Club Play Artist. She was nominated for Top Pop Album Artist-Female, Top-Selling Album of the Year, Top Black Album Artist and Top Black Album.
Her early videos were choreographed by then-unknown Paula Abdul. Janet released the single "When I Think Of You", which gave her a #1 song, also #3 in the Netherlands and #6 in Canada.
Control has now sold over 14 million copies worldwide, five million in the United States. The title song hit #5. Jackson then turned to a ballad, "Let's Wait Awhile", and it paid off with a #2 smash in the U.S., #3 in the U.K. and #4 in Ireland. The song enabled Janet to set a female record for the most Top 5 hits on an album with 5. Janet picked up further Grammy nominations for Best R&B Vocal Performance-Female and Album of the Year.
"Nasty", "When I Think Of You" and "Control" joined "What Have You Done For Me Lately" as Gold singles. Jackson was nominated for a record twelve American Music Awards, and won five. She won trophies for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Nasty"), Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Video and Favorite Soul/R&B Video in 1988 (for "When I Think of You") and Favorite Female Video Artist-Soul/Rhythm & Blues.
Janet also was nominated at the American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist in both 1987 and 1988, Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist in both 1987 and 1988, Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Pop/Rock Video and Favorite Soul/R&B Video for "When I Think Of You" in 1987 (she was nominated in both categories in 1987 before winning both in 1988.)
"The Pleasure Principle" was a minor hit on the album, topping out at #14. The video was nominated for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" is another quality track on Control.
In 1987, Janet joined Herb Alpert on his song "Diamonds", which peaked at #4 in the Netherlands and #5 in the U.S.
In 1989, Jackson released the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. "Miss You Much" was the lead single, and it was a good choice, setting the pace with another #1 song in the United States for four weeks that also was a #2 smash in Canada and New Zealand.
The single sold over two million copies and earned American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Single and Favorite Dance Single and a Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Single of the Year. Janet was also nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards.
Jackson was nominated for Favorite Dance Artist at the 1990 American Music Awards. "Rhythm Nation" reached #2 in the U.S. and #6 in Canada, and sold over one million copes. The song helped Janet win Best Dance Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, and it was nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Club Play Single of the Year.
In 1990, Jackson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She released the single "Escapade" next, and it became another #1 in both the United States and Canada. "Escapade" was the seventh Gold single for Janet.
Rhythm Nation also went to #1 on the Album chart and has now sold over 14 million copies worldwide. The single "Alright" jumped to #4 in the U.S. and #6 in Canada, and also went Gold. Jackson earned Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Another ballad became a big hit for Janet--"Come Back To Me" hit #2 in the United States and #3 in Canada. Jackson tied her own Rock Era record with her fifth Top 5 song on an album.
Janet won three more American Music Awards for her album--Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Dance Artist in 1991 and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
Jackson turned up the heat with the rocker "Black Cat", another #1 in the U.S., #4 in Canada, #6 in Australia and #10 in Switzerland. Janet tied the Rock Era record (held by both herself on the Control album and brother Michael on both his Thriller and Bad albums) with six Top 10 songs on an album, and broke her own Control record with six Top 5 songs on Rhythm Nation. "Black Cat" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
In 1991, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" provided more history when it hit #1 in both the United States and Canada. Rhythm Nation became the only album to yield #1 songs in three separate calendar years, the only album to have seven Top 5 singles, and the only album in history to have seven Top 10 songs. Jackson won Best Female Video and won a special Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Jackson set another Rock Era record with six Gold singles on the album, as "Black Cat" and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" joined the list. She had exploded for 12 Top 5 songs in a four year period from her two red-hot albums. Rhythm Nation won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. Janet was also nominated for Best Album Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal (s) at the Grammys.
Jackson won a record 15 Billboard Music Awards for her album--in addition to the ones mentioned above, she also won for Top-Selling Album of the Year, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year-Female, Top R&B Artist of the Year, Top R&B Female Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Albums Artist of the Year, Top-Selling R&B Album of the Year, Top Female Video Artist, Black/Rap, Top Dance Club Play Artist of the Year, Top Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales Artist of the Year, Top Female Artist, Dance, the song "Rhythm Nation" won a Director's Award, Black/Rap and the Tanqueray Sterling Music Video Award for Artistic Achievement, while "Alright" won a Director's Award in the Dance category. Jackson was nominated for Top Pop Artist of the Year but did not win.
Janet was nominated for the prestigious Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Award at the Grammys. Jackson also won a BMI Pop Award as Songwriter of the Year for her work on Rhythm Nation 1814, and the songs "Alright", "Black Cat", "Come Back To Me", "Escapade" and "Rhythm Nation" were also recognized by BMI.
Jackson's first world tour became the most successful debut tour by any recording artist, drawing a combined audience of two million fans.
Jackson established the Rhythm Nation Scholarship as a joint venture with the United Negro College Fund.
In 1991, Janet signed a multi-million dollar contract with Virgin Records, making her one of the highest paid recording artists in history. The following year, Jackson collaborated with Luther Vandross, Ralph Tresvant, and BBD on the song "The Best Things In Life Are Free". It became a big worldwide hit, reaching #2 in the U.K. and Australia, #6 in New Zealand and Ireland, #8 in Canada and #10 in the United States. Janet picked up another Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Duo or Group.
Jackson released the album Janet in 1993, which debuted at #1. "That's The Way Love Goes" gave her an ninth consecutive Top 5 song--#1 in the United States for eight weeks, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the rest of the world was finally beginning to take notice of Jackson's solo releases--#2 in the U.K., #5 in the Netherlands, #8 in Ireland and #9 in Germany. "That's The Way Love Goes" earned an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single, and was nominated for Top Hot 100 Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards.
Jackson won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for "That's the Way Love Goes", which is one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. The song won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, and was also nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammys.
Janet continued her streak with "If", #3 in Canada, #4 in the United States, #8 in New Zealand and #10 in the Netherlands, and yet another million-seller. Jackson won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, and she was nominated for Best Dance Video.
In 1993, Jackson starred in the movie Poetic Justice, which contained the song "Again". Jackson was nominated for Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song.
The single gave Jackson another of her biggest career hits, #1 in the United States, #2 in Canada and #6 in the U.K. "Again" went Platinum, captured a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture, and is also one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*.
"Again" gave Jackson an incredible 11 Top 5 songs in a row. The album Janet has now sold over six million copies in the U.S. and twenty million worldwide. Although her next single, "Because Of Love", broke her streak of Top 5 songs (#10 in both the U.S. and Canada), it gave her 12 straight Top 10's. This gave Janet the new Rock Era record, one more than brother Michael had from his Off the Wall and Thriller albums.
Janet won American Music Awards in 1994 for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album. She scored five more Billboard Music Awards in 1993: Top Billboard 200 Album Artist-Female, Top Pop Albums Artist-Female, Top R&B Artist-Female, Top R&B Album-Female and Top R&B Single-Airplay ("That's The Way Love Goes"). Janet won Top R&B Singles Artist-Female and Dance Clip of the Year ("If") and was nominated for Top Pop Artist of the Year at the Billboard Awards in 1994.
Jackson swept the American Music Awards for both Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist in 1994. The single "Any Time, Any Place" made it 13 straight Top 10's, leaping to #2 in the U.S. and #6 in Canada, and giving Jackson her 14th career Gold single.
Janet would go on to extend her Top 10 streak to a sensational 22 in a row. "You Want This" (with MC Lyte) reached #8.
"Whoops Now" was a hit in Europe (#1 in New Zealand), but neither continued the streak nor ended it, because it was not released in the United States.
Jackson won BMI Pop Awards for "Again", "Any Time, Any Place", "Because Of Love", "If", "State Of The World", "That's The Way Love Goes" and "You Want This".
In 1994, Janet joined brother Michael on the song "Scream" from his album HIStory. The song debuted at #5 and won both a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. In also hit #1 in New Zealand, #2 in Australia, #3 in the U.K., the Netherlands and Switzerland, #6 in Ireland and #8 in Germany, and sold over two million copies.
Janet and Michael won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form, and they were nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The pair also won a Billboard Music Award for Pop/Rock Video Clip of the Year, and Janet won a special Artist of Achievement Award as well. Their video was critically acclaimed, winning three MTV Video Music Awards (Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Art Direction in a Video), and receiving an incredible eleven nominations, the others being Video of the Year, Best R&B Video, Viewer's Choice, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, Best Editing in a Video and Best Cinematography in a Video.
Jackson released a long overdue Greatest Hits package--Design of a Decade 1986/1996. A new song on the compilation, "Runaway", landed at #1 in Canada, #3 in the United States and New Zealand, #6 in the U.K., #8 in Australia and #10 in Ireland, and sold over one million copies. The song joined "Scream" in winning Janet BMI Pop Awards.
The album sold over two million in the United States and over four million worldwide.
In 1996, Jackson renewed her contract with Virgin for a reported $80 million, which topped the existing highest record contracts of $60 million for her brother Michael Jackson and Madonna.
In 1997, Jackson released her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope, which debuted at #1 on the Album chart. "Got 'Til It's Gone" was not released as a single in the U.S., but it did peak at #4 in New Zealand and #6 in the U.K. and the Netherlands and #19 in Canada. Jackson won her fourth Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.
"Together Again" was the first official single from the album, and it landed in the Top 5 of every major country in the world, including #1 in the United States and the Netherlands. It was Janet's eighth career #1, tying her with Elton John, Diana Ross and the Rolling Stones. Jackson received a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and also won a BMI Pop Award for Most Played Song. Jackson was nominated for Best Dance Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The Velvet Rope sold three million in the U.S. and over 10million worldwide. "I Get Lonely" (with Blackstreet), reached #3 in the United States, #5 in the U.K. and #6 in New Zealand, and also won a BMI Pop Award. Jackson received a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Jackson won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist. Janet toured the world in 1998, making stops in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Janet won the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Female Artist of the Year, and she was nominated for Top Hot 100 Singles Artist-Female, Top Hot R&B Airplay Single, Top Dance/Club Artist of the Year and Best Rap/Hip-Hop Clip of the Year ("What's It Gonna' Be?!") Jackson won Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Female Album of the Year.
Janet's HBO special, The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden, was watched by over fifteen million. The special earned four Emmy nominations, including one win.
Jackson collaborated with several other artists after the tour, including Shaggy, Blackstreet and Elton John. Jackson joined Busta Rhymes for the song "What's It Gonna' Be?!", which landed at #3 in the U.S., #6 in the U.K. and #7 in New Zealand, and went Gold.
Jackson received the Legend Award at the 1999 World Music Award for "outstanding contribution to the pop industry."
In 2000, Jackson starred in the movie Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, which pulled in $166 million at the box office. Janet won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress-Comedy for her role in the film. A song from the soundtrack, "Doesn't Really Matter", gave Janet her ninth career #1 song, which also landed at #2 in Canada and #5 in the U.K., and Jackson won another Blockbuster Award for Favorite Soundtrack Single. Janet was presented with an Artistic Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards, and she won Best Dance Video and was nominated for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2001, Jackson received the Award of Merit from the American Music Awards, and "Doesn't Really Matter" won BMI Pop Awards for Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture and Most Played Song. Janet released the album All for You, which debuted at #1 on the Album chart with 605,000 copies sold the opening week. The title song generated incredible first-week interest, breaking the overall airplay debut record with a radio audience of 70 million people. "All For You" topped the U.S. chart for seven weeks, was #1 in Canada, and went Top 10 in eleven countries.
Jackson received the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for "All For You", and earned American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite R&B/Soul Album. Janet also was recognized at the Grammy by receiving the prestigious Recording Academy's Governors Award.
She also won Billboard Music Awards for Top Female Artist of the Year and Top-Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single ("All for You"), and she was also nominated for Top Hot 100 Single of the Year for "All for You". Jackson was also nominated at the American Music Awards for Internet Artist of the Year.
Jackson then released the single "Someone To Call My Lover", which peaked at #3 in the U.S., #9 in Canada, and #11 in the U.K. Janet was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards, and "All For You" earned a nomination for Best Pop Vocal.
"All For You" picked up BMI Pop Awards for Urban Awards Song of the Year and Most Played Song. "Someone To Call My Lover" became Jackson's record 22nd straight Top 10 hit, elevating to #3 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada, and won Janet her 22nd BMI Pop Award.
Jackson captured her 20th American Music Award in 2004 for Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist. The album sold over two million copies in the United States and nine million across the world. Jackson began another world tour, and donated a portion of the proceeds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Two other singles from All for You failed to make the Top 20. Jackson performed at halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, and, pardon the pun, that's where it all began to fall apart for her. While singing a duet with Justin Timberlake, the male singer tore open her top, exposing Jackson's breast to a worldwide audience.
The website YouTube was started as a result of the embarrassment, when its prospective owner could not readily find a clip online. Both Jackson and Timberlake apologized for the incident, and the term "wardrobe malfunction" became a new entry into the vernacular of the culture.
But the damage had been done. CBS-TV banned Jackson from attending the next Grammy Awards ceremony, and plans for Jackson to star in a television movie about the life of singer Lena Horn on ABC were scrapped. The backlash was so great that many radio stations and even entire radio formats and music channels did not play Jackson's future singles and music videos.
An ironic point needs to be made. Jackson was punished for the incident, while Timberlake continues to have hits. It seems to this writer that both participated in the incident and both should be treated the same for it.
For an artist that had just set an all-time record with 22 straight Top 10 songs, Jackson would not achieve a Top 15 single the rest of her life. She released the albums Damita Jo, 20 Y.O., and Discipline, and the single "Feedback" was the best she could do at #19.
Janet did receive Billboard Music Awards in the genre categories of Top-Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single ("Call on Me") in 2006, and Hot Dance Club Play Track for "Feedback" in 2008. Janet also received Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Album (for both Damita Jo and 20 Y.O.) and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "I Want You".
In 2007, Jackson starred in the movie Why Did I Get Married? She went on her fifth world tour in 2008. Janet launched a collection of coats, jackets, vests, scarves, gloves and other accessories as the Janet Jackson Blackglama Collection. In 2010, Jackson starred in the movie For Colored Girls.
Jackson released her book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself. In 2011, she released another greatest hits collection, Number Ones, and performed in 35 clities across the world.
Artists such as Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Toni Braxton, Lady Gaga, Ciara, Aaliyah, and Nicki Minaj have named Jackson as one of the biggest inspirations of their careers.
Jackson has sold over 26 million albums in the United States to rank as the eleventh best-selling female artist, and Janet has sold 100 million albums worldwide. Billboard ranks Jackson as #7 on the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, without taking into account the fact that the number of hits is not the only factor that needs to be considered in compiling such a ranking.
Jackson has won more Billboard Music Awards (33) than any other artist in history, and she received 20 American Music Awards out of 34 nominations. She had 33 consecutive Top 40 hits from 1985-2004.
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