Janet
   

 

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Full name: Janet Damita Jo Jackson
Stage name: Janet
Date of birth: May 16th, 1966
Children: 

Biography
Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is the youngest member of the Jackson family of musicians. Initially performing on stage with her family at the age of seven, Janet began her career as an actress with the variety television series The Jacksons. She went on to star in other television shows including Good Times, A New Kind of Family, Diff'rent Strokes, and Fame.
After launching her recording career in 1982, Janet saw limited success with the release of her self-titled debut album and its successor Dream Street. However, with the collaboration of record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet found record-breaking success, producing five consecutive number one studio albums; beginning with the release of Control (1986) followed by Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), janet. (1993), The Velvet Rope (1997), and All For You (2001). Although Janet experienced commercial decline with subsequent albums Damita Jo (2004) and 20 Y.O. (2006), her tenth studio album Discipline (2008) became her sixth album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200.
Janet’s albums Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, and janet. made her the only recording artist ever to score five or more top ten singles from three consecutive albums. Rhythm Nation 1814 also enabled Janet to become the first recording artist to ever achieve seven top five hit singles from a single album. Rolling Stone magazine named Rhythm Nation 1814 and The Velvet Rope as two of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; Control and janet. were listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as two of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.
Though Janet is listed by the Recording Industry Association of America as the eleventh top-selling female artist in the United States with 26 million certified albums, Billboard named her one of the top-ten selling artists in the history of contemporary music. She is also ranked as the ninth most successful act in the history of rock and roll and the second most successful female artist in pop music history, having sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Tyler Perry's feature film Why Did I Get Married? (2007) features Janet as an actress again, for which Janet won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. The movie became her third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office, following Poetic Justice (1993) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).
Discography

Dream Street 
(A&M Records, 1984)

 

1. Don't Stand Another Chance * 

2. Two To The Power Of Love (Duet With Cliff Richard) * 

3. Pretty Boy

4. Dream Street

5. Communication

6. Fast Girls * 

7. Hold Back The Tears

8. All My Love To You

9. If It Takes All Night

 

Control  
(A&M Records, 1986)

 

1. Control * 

2. Nasty * 

3. What Have You Done For Me Lately * 

4. You Can Be Mine

5. The Pleasure Principle*

6. When I Think Of You * 

7. He Doesn't Know I'm Alive

8. Let's Wait Awhile * 

9. Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) *

 

 Control The Remixes
(A&M Records, 1987)

Different tracklists for different releases in several countries.

Rhythm Nation 1814  
(A&M Records, 1989)

 

1. Interlude: Pledge

2. Rhythm Nation * 

3. Interlude: T.V.

4. State of the World * 

5. Interlude: Race

6. The Knowledge

7. Interlude: Let's Dance

8. Miss You Much * 

9. Interlude: Come Back

10. Love Will Never Do (Without You) * 

11. Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make)

12. Alright * 

13. Interlude: Hey Baby

14. Escapade * 

15. Interlude: No Acid

16. Black Cat * 

17. Lonely

18. Come Back To Me * 

19. Someday Is Tonight

20. Interlude: Livin'...In Complete Darkness

Janet. Limited Edition  
(Virgin Records, 1993)

 

1. Interlude: Morning

2. That's The Way Love Goes * 

3. Interlude: You Know

4. You Want This * 

5. Interlude: Be A Good Boy...

6. If * 

7. Interlude: Back

8. This Time

9. Interlude: Go On Miss Janet

10. Throb

11. What'll I Do * 

12. Interlude: The Lounge

13. Funky Big Band

14. Interlude: Racism

15. New Agenda

16. Interlude: Love Pt.2

17. Because Of Love * 

18. Interlude: Wind

19.Again * 

20. Interlude: Another Lover

21. Where Are You Now

22. Interlude: Hold On Baby

23. The Body That Loves You

24. Interlude: Rain

25. Any Time Any Place * 

26. Interlude: Are You Still Up

27. Whoops Now (Original Hidden Track) * 

Janet.  
(Virgin Records, 1993)

CD2 (Limited edition)

1. That's The Way Love Goes / If (Medley - Live From 1993 MTV Music Awards)

2. That's The Way Love Goes (We Aimsta Win Mix)

3. Again (French Version)

4. If (BRrother's In Rhythm Swing You Pants Mix)

5. One More Chance

6. That's The Way Love Goes (CJ Mackintosh R&B Mix)

7.If (Todd Terry Jeep Mix)

8. Again (Piano / Vocal)

 

Janet. Remixed 

(Virgin Records, 1995)

 

1. That's The Way Love Goes (CJ FXTC Club Mix)

2. If (Brothers In Rhythm House Mix)

3. Because Of Love (Frankie & David Treat Mix)

4. And On And On

5. Throb (Morales Badyard Club)

6. You Want This (E-Smoove's House Anthem)

7. Any Time, Any Place (CJ's 12" Mix)

8. Where Are You Now (Nellee Hooper Mix)

9. 70's Love Groove

10. What'll I Do (Dave Navarro Mix)

11. Any Time, Any Place (R. Kelly Mix)

 

  

Design of a Decade 1986-1996  

(A&M Records, 1995)

 

1. Runaway * 

2. What Have You Done For Me Lately

3. Nasty

4. When I Think Of You

5. Escapade

6. Miss You Much

7. Whoops Now

8. Love Will Never Do (Without You)

9. Alright

10. The Best Things In Life Are Free

11. Control

12. The Pleasure Principle

13. Black Cat

14. Rhythm Nation

15. That's The Way Love Goes

16. Come Back To Me

17. Let's Wait Awhile

18. Twenty Foreplay * 

 

Some releases have a slightly different tracklist.

The Velvet Rope  

(Virgin Records, 1997)

 

1. Interlude: Twisted Elegance

2. Velvet Rope (Feat. Vanessa Mae)

3. You * 

4. Got 'Til It's Gone * 
5. Interlude: Speaker Phone
6. My Need
7. Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
8. Go Deep * 
9. Free Xone
10. Interlude: Memory
11. Together Again * 
12. Interlude: Online
13. Empty
14. Interlude: Full
15. What About
16. Every Time * 
17. Tonight's The Night
18. I Get Lonely *
19. Rope Burn
20. Anything
21. Interlude: Sad
22.Special
23. God's Stepchild (Bonus Track Japan Only)
24. Can't Be Stopped (Hidden Track)

All For You 

(Virgin Records, 2001)

 

1. Intro

2. You ain't right

3. All for you * 

4. Interlude: 2wayforyou

5. Come on get up * 

6. When we oooo

7. China love

8. Love scene (Ooh Baby)

9. Would you mind

10. Interlude: Lame

11. Trust a try

12. Interlude: Clouds

13. Son of a gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) (With Carly Simon) * 

14. Truth

15. Interlude: Theory

16. Someone to call my lover * 

17. Feels so right

18. Doesn't really matter* 

19. Better days

20. Outro

21.  Who (Bonustrack) (Japan Only)

Damita Jo 

(Virgin Records, 2004)

 

1. Looking For Love
2. Damita Jo
3. Sexhibition
4. Strawberry Bounce
5. My Baby
6. The Islands
7. Spending Time With You
8. Magic Hour
9. Island Life
10. All Nite (Don't Stop) * 
11. R & B Junkie
12. I Want You * 
13. Like You Don't Love Me
14. Thinkin' Bout My X
15. Warmth
16. Moist
17. It All Comes Down To Love
18. Truly
19. The One
20. Slo Love
21. Country
22. Just A Little While * 

 20. Y.O.
(Virgin Records, 2006)

1. Call on Me feat. Nelly * 
2/ This Body of Mine (with Khia)
3. Stuck Inside the Groove
4. So Excited * 
5. With U
6. Enjoy
7. Clap Your Hands
8. 20 Part 2 (Interlude)
9. Love 2 Love
10. Daybreak
11. Take Care
12. 20 part 4 (Interlude)
13. Do It to Me
14. Get It Out Me
15. Show Me
16. (Outr0) 20 part 5

* Different tracklists in different coutries.

 
Discipline 
(Island Def Jam, 2008) 

1. I.D. (Interlude) 
2. Feedback *
3. LUV 
4. Spinnin (Interlude) 
5. Rollercoaster 
6. Bathroom Break (Interlude) 
7. Rock With U *
8. 2nite 
9. Can't B Good 
10. 4 Words (Interlude) 
11. Never Letchu Go 
12. Truth or Dare (Interlude) 
13. Greatest X 
14. Good Morning Janet (Interlude) 
15. So Much Betta 
16. Play Selection (Interlude) 
17. The 1 featuring Missy Elliott 
18. What's Ur Name 
19. The Meaning (Interlude) 
20. Discipline 
21. Back (Interlude) 
22. Curtains 
* means this track has been released on single