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JANET JACKSON!

Janet Jackson the Queen Of Music was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, as the youngest of a famous, musical family. Over the course of the 80s, she has emerged as the most respected talent of her family for the 90s. Janet has attained world-wide superstar status with her dance moves and music - always keeping up with trends and never selling out to the "safe pop sound." Janet first tried out her showbiz talents at the age of 5 in Las Vegas opening up for her brothers. By age 7, Janet was singing and dancing on TV specials with her brothers. But it was her acting in various sitcoms (Good Times (1977-79), Diff'rent Strokes (1981-82), and Fame) that first found her some success. Janet was actually hand-picked by TV mogul Norman Lear to appear in Good Times.

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1982

Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson button.gif (123 bytes) Janet Jackson is named the #10 Biggest Selling Black Artist of 1982 by Billboard Magazine

button.gif (123 bytes) "Young Love", "Come Give Your Love To Me," and "Say You Do" all were Top 15 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart.

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's debut album hits #63 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and #4 on the Billboard Top Black Album charts.

1983

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet Jackson, is named by Billboard Magazine the #10 Biggest Selling Black Album of 1983!

1984

Janet Jackson - Dream Street button.gif (123 bytes) Dream Street, Janet's 2nd album is released, going #19 on the R&B charts, "Don't Stand Another Chance" the albums first single goes #9 on the R&B singles Chart, and #23 on the Dance Chart in the US, in South Africa "Don't Stand Another Chance" reached #40, and "Two The Power Of Love" reached #7. .

1985

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's marriage was annulled and her career needed revamping. Powerhouse producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were brought in to work with Janet, and through their efforts to bring out the real Janet, she was able to proclaim her talents.

1986

...I'm In Control!

Janet Jackson -Control button.gif (123 bytes) The Queen Of Pop, releases her 3rd album Control which went to sell over 14 million units worldwide to date, the album also went #1 in the US, Japan and South Africa

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is named Best Female Vocalist by the 1986 DMC DJ Awards

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Radioscope Award for Best Female Vocalist: "Nasty"

button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 6 Billboard Year - End Music Awards:

  • Top Black Artist (combined LPs & singles) 1986
  • Top Black Singles Artist 1986
  • Top Dance Club Play Artist 1986
  • Top Dance Sales Artist 1986
  • Top Pop Singles Artist 1986
  • Top Pop Singles Artist - Female 1986

    • button.gif (123 bytes) "What Have You Done For Me Latley" hits #1 in Holland for 3 weeks, and ends up going Platinum!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "What Have You Done For Me Lately" & "Nasty" both top the Billboard Hot R&B Singles Charts, while "When I Think Of You" becomes Janet's first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. While "Nasty" hits #5 and "When I Think Of You" hits #3 on the Holland singles chart

    button.gif (123 bytes) At age 19, "When I Think Of You" makes Janet the youngest artist to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, since Stevie Wonder.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Control" the album hits the Top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart & Top R&B Albums Chart for 2 weeks. Also becoming the #8 Biggest Selling album of 1986.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Control - The Videos" is released on home video going Platinum by the RIAA, and hits #1 on the Billboard Top 50 Music Video Sales Chart

    button.gif (123 bytes) Control was named as the 28th Best Album of the 80s by Rolling Stone magazine. "Control" was also Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "[Janet] demands respect, draws her boundaries, and kicks some nasty butt....bringing a new wealth of range, power, and grace."

    1987

    Ms. Jackson If Ya Nasty!

    Janet Jackson button.gif (123 bytes) "Control," "Let's Wait Awhile," "The Pleasure Principle" and "Diamonds" all top the Billboard Hot R&B Singles Charts. "Let's Wait Awhile" also becomes Janet's first #1 single in South Africa.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins two American Music Awards at the 1987 ceremony,

  • Favorite R&B/Soul Single for "Nasty"
  • Favorite R&B/Soul Female Artist

    She also recived a record 9 nominations in one year for the "Control" album including, Favorite Album Of The Year

    • button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins a Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Female R&B Artist, "Control" also becomes the #5 Biggest Selling Album of 1987

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in a Video for her #3 Pop hit #1 R&B hit "Nasty"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins two Soul Train Music Awards at the 1987 ceremony, Best R&B Album, Female for "Control" and Best Music Video for "What Have You Done For Me Lately". Janet was also up for Best Female Single, but did not win.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins an Edison Award for Album Of The Year for "Control"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Control" album is nominated for a Grammy Award for "Album Of The Year" and is named #28 best album of the 80's by Rolling Stone Magazine!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Control - The Videos II" features MTV and Soul Train Award winning videos like "Control" and "The Pleasure Principle", it goes Gold by the RIAA, and hits #1 on the Billboard Top 50 Music Video Sales Chart.

    1988

    What Has She Done For You Lately?!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 2 more American Music Awards for Best Pop/Rock Single and Best R&B/Soul Single both for "When I Think Of You"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 2 more MTV Video Music Awards, Best Choreography in a Video & Best Ciematography in a Video both for her #1 R&B hit "The Pleasure Principle"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 3rd Soul Train Award, this time for Best Music Video for "Control" and she was also nominated that night for Best Female Single for "The Pleasure Principle" which was won by Natalie Cole for "Live For Your Love"

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Control" the album sells over 9 Million copies by the end of it's run in early 1988.

    1989

    We Are Apart Of The Rhythm Nation!

    Rhythm Nation 1814 button.gif (123 bytes) "Miss You Much" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Billboard Hot R&B Singles Chart, while "Rhythm Nation" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart making it Janet's 8th #1 R&B Single at that time. In just 4 months, "Miss You Much" becomes the #4 Biggest single of 1989.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Miss You Much" becomes Janet's first #1 single in Canada

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Miss You Much" becomes Janet's 2nd #1 single in South Africa spending 3 weeks at #1, and 29 weeks in the Top 75 of the singles chart becoming her first Platinum single in South Africa, and 6th Gold Single.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Rhythm Nation" the album goes #1 on both the Billboard 200 Album chart & Top R&B album chart.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her first Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Long Form, for "Rhythm Nation 1814", she was also up for 4 other awards including Producer Of The Year.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Miss You Much" becomes the #1 Single Of The Year on the ATC Weekly Top 40.

    1990

    Black - Cat - Black - Cat!

    Janet Jackson button.gif (123 bytes) "Escapade" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Billboard Hot R&B Singles Chart, while "Black Cat" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Mainstream Rock charts, "Alright" hits #1 on the Dance singles chart, #2 on the Hot R&B Singles Chart, and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Come Back To Me" hits #1 on the Hot A&C chart and #2 on the Hot 100 & R&B charts.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's 2 American Music Awards at the 1990 ceremony, Favorite R&B/Soul Single and Favorite Dance Single for "Miss You Much"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet Jackson is the Queen Of Pop, R&B and Dance as she wins a total of 9 Billboard Music Awards and 5 Billboard/Tanqueray Sterling Music Video Awards: The most awards in history a single year!

    Billboard Music Awards:

  • Biggest Selling R&B Album Of 1990: "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"
  • Biggest Selling R&B Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling R&B Albums Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling R&B Singles Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling Album Of 1990: "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"
  • Biggest Selling Hot 100 Singles Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling Hot 100 Singles Artist, Female Of 1990
  • Biggest Dance/Club Play Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales Artist Of 1990
  • Biggest Selling R&B Female Artist Of 1990
  • Best Female Artist, Black/Rap 1990
  • Best Female Artist, Dance 1990
  • Director's Award (Black/Rap), "Rhythm Nation" 1990
  • Director's Award (Dance), "Alright" 1990
  • Billboard/Tanqueray Sterling Music Video Award for Artistic Achievement, "Rhythm Nation" 1990

    • button.gif (123 bytes) As Ervin Magic Johnson presents Ms. Janet Jackson with the MTV Video Music Award "VANGUARD AWARD", he confirms Ms. Jackson as the Queen Of Pop, Soul, Country... Everything. Janet also wins another award that night for Best Choreography in a Video, "Rhythm Nation"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Ms. Jackson wins 3 Soul Train Awards, to add to her 3 Soul Train Awards won for "Control", Janet won for:

  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album, "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"
  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single Female, "Miss You Much"
  • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Music Video, "Rhythm Nation"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 5 BMI Pop Awards in 1990, the "Songwriter of The Year Award" which made Janet the youngest artist ever to win that award at age 23, she also won BMI Pop Awards for "Alright", "Come Back To Me", "Escapade", and "Rhythm Nation"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet receives 3 Humanitarian or Outstanding Achievement Awards in 1990

  • A Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

  • A Center for Population Options - Nancy Susan Reynolds Award
  • NAACP Image Award , The Greater Hartford Award for Musical and Civil Rights Efforts

    button.gif (123 bytes) - - - the same week Janet was honored with the "Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame", the mayor of California named it "Pop Queen, Janet Jackson Day"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Rhythm Nation 1814" home video Mini Movie, hits #1 for 7 weeks on Billboard's Top 50 Music Video sales chart, and ended up going RIAA Double Platinum in less than 3 months of release.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Rhythm Nation" world tour becomes Biggest debut world tour in History, and becomes to own the records for the fastest sell out in history in Japan (7 mintues), and Florida (9 minutes).

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet makes the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine for the first time

    1991

    They Said She Wouldn't Last!
    She Had To Prove Them Wrong

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" becomes Janet's 5th #1 Hot 100 Single, and her "Rhythm Nation" album breaks records held by King Of Pop brother Michael Jackson, and King Of Rock Bruce Springsteen, for the album with the most top 5 hits in History. 7 top 5 singles in total, "Miss You Much," "Rhythm Nation," "Escapade," "Alright," "Come Back To Me," "Black Cat," and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)".

    button.gif (123 bytes)The album also becomes the album with the most #1 singles on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play, a total of 4 "Miss You Much," "Rhythm Nation," "Escapade", "Alright", and the only album to have #1 singles in 3 different years 1989 (Miss You Much), 1990 (Escapade, Black Cat), 1991 (Love Will Never Do (Without You))

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Rhythm Nation" tour becomes the most successful debut World tour in history, seen by over 2 million people worldwide, and made over 30 million dollars.

    button.gif (123 bytes)The "Rhythm Nation" album sales over 11 million copies by the end of 1991.

    button.gif (123 bytes)Ms. Jackson wins 3 more American Music Awards:

  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
  • Favorite R&B/Soul Female Artist
  • Favorite Dance Artist

    (Janet is the only artist to win those awards in one year)

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 6th MTV Video Music Award, for Best Female Video for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 7th Soul Train Music Award for, Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Music Video, for her #1 dance hit, #2 R&B hit "Alright".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 2 more BMI pop Awards, a 2nd BMI Pop Award for "Come Back To Me," and a first for "Black Cat".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Starlight Foundation award for Humanitarian of the Year

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Rhythm Nation Comilation" home video that includes #1 videos like "Miss You Much" and "Black Cat" follows the success of the "Rhythm Nation 1814" home video, going Double Platinum within' weeks and hitting #1 on Billboard's Top 50 Music Video Sales chart for 8 weeks.

    1992

    The Entertainer Of The Year Is...!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's duet with R&B King, Luther Vandross "The Best Things In Life A Free", hits #1 on the Hot R&B Singles Charts, and #2 in the United Kingdom.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet & Luther are nominated for a Soul Train Award for Best R&B Single By A Group, Band or Duo and a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Group or Duo.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 8th BMI Pop Award for "State Of The World"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 2nd NAACP Image Award this time she was given the "Chairman Award"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 8th Soul Train Music Award this time Soul Train's highest honor the Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as "Entertainer of the Year"

    1993

    janet. janet. janet. rules the world!

    Janet. button.gif (123 bytes) The "Janet." album becomes the first album by a female to enter the Billboard 200 albums charts at #1 (soundscan era). The album also becomes the fastest selling album in history (at that time) 350,000 copies in the US in it's first week, and worldwide over 950,000 copies sold. The album also went #1 in 22 other countries including the UK, Japan, Australia, Denmark, and others.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "That's The Way Love Goes" becomes the first & only single in history to enter the Billboard Hot R&B Airplay chart at #1. "That's The Way Love Goes" tops the Hot 100 Singles Chart for 8 weeks, and also tops the Hot R&B Singles Charts and Dance Singles Chart. The single also becomes the Biggest Selling Single ever by a Female in South Africa, and also goes #1 in Canada, Hungary, Japan, and many other places.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "That's The Way Love Goes" becomes the biggest selling single of all time in South Africa, going Platinum 4 times over, and spending 9 weeks at #1 on the Top 100 Singles chart, and 44 weeks in the Top 100. The most weeks at #1 and the most weeks spent on the Top 100 Singles chart in History!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "If" and "That's The Way Love Goes" both go #1 on the Canadian Singles chart, becoming Janet's 2nd and 3rd #1 singles in Canada.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "If" goes #1 on the Hot Dance/Club Play Chart and "Again" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to becomes Janet's 7th #1 Hot 100 Single.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Best Singer

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won 2 Billboard Music Awards, Top Pop Album Artist - Female, Top R&B Single - Airplay ("That's The Way Love Goes")

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is named by Rolling Stone Magazine, Best Female Artist & Best R&B Artist.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 2nd Grammy Award, this time for Best R&B Song for "That's The Way Love Goes", it was also nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance which was won by Toni Braxton.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Rolling Stone Magazine gives the "Janet." album 4 1/2 stars out of 5

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, becomes the world's most popular magazine cover ever in history! The photograph also becomes the most influential and most copied photograph in Rock History, Everyone from Spin Magazine to rap star O.D.B. to Brad Pitt, Benicio Deltoro, and Guy Richie (husband to Pop Princess Madonna) copied this world famous photograph. As seen below in the a 1998 issue of Spin Magazine and Premiere Magazine

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Bravo Award "Goldene Siegerin Der Otto-Wahl"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is named by Performance Magazine, R&B Act Of The Year

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 9th BMI Pop Award for "That's The Way Love Goes"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Ebony Magazine Award "American Black Achievement Award" and also Best Female Artist Award.

    You Want JANET!

    Janet. button.gif (123 bytes) "Any Time Any Place" hits #1 on Hot R&B Singles Chart for 10 weeks becoming the 2nd longest running #1 R&B Singles ever (at that time now #4).

    button.gif (123 bytes) "You Want This" goes Gold, making Janet the Female artist with the Most Gold Singles Ever!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's two MTV Movie Awards, Best Female Performance, and Most Desirable Female for "Poetic Justice",

    button.gif (123 bytes) Rolling Stone named "The 100 Top Music Videos of All Time,": Janet came in at #13 with "Love Will Never Do Without You" and #50 with "When I Think Of You"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won her 9th Soul Train Music Award, for Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Music Video, "If", making Janet the artist with the most Soul Train Awards ever.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's 2 Playboy Magazine Awards, Best Rock Album for "Janet." and Best Music Video for "If".

    button.gif (123 bytes) The Fox TV Countdown names "If" the #1 Music Video of 1994!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's 4 more BMI Pop Awards to big her total to 13 (at that time) for "Again", "Any Time, Any Place", "Because Of Love," and "If"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is nominated for an Oscar & Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Song for her #1 hit "Again" which also made Billboards Top 100 Singles Of All Time list at #91 and "That's The Way Love Goes" #14.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won a Friends of The Black Academy Award for Award of Recognition - Composer/Lyricist for her classic #1 hit "Again"!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's the Billboard Award for Top Female Single Sales Artist

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's movie debut which entered the at #1 in it's opening weekend.

    button.gif (123 bytes)"Janet." the album becomes Australia's (ARIA) biggest selling American album of 1994. And went X4 Platinum.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 7th MTV Video Music Award, this year it was for Best Female Video for "If "

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's apperance on NBC's hit TV Show "Saturday Night Live", ended up becoming the most watched SNL show in history at that time, Janet performed her dance hit "Throb" and #1 Billboard hit "Any Time Any Place".

    button.gif (123 bytes) The Queen of Pop makes the cover of Vibe Magazine for the first time, she talks about her King Of Pop brother Michael, Pop Princess Madonna and many other things

    1995

    10 Years Of Top 10 Hits!

    Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 button.gif (123 bytes) The "Janet." world tour finished in Holland, Europe in March to make over $80,00,000

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Whoops Now" becomes the 7th top 20 single in the UK from the "Janet." album giving Janet the record for the most top 20 singles from one album, "Janet." a total of 7.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Scream" Janet's duet with the King Of Pop becomes the first single in music history to debut in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single also enters at #1 in France, Japan, along with many other places, and hits #1 on the Euro Hot 100 Chart for 4 weeks. In the UK the single sold over 250,000 copies in it's first week.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's 1995 home video "Janet." is released, hitting the Billboard Music Video Sales chart at #1, and hits Gold video sales in just 4 weeks time.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Runaway" Janet's single from her "Design Of A Decade" album entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at #6, making Janet first & only female artist to ever enter the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (at that time).

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Design Of A Decade 1989/1996" spends 8 months on the Billboard 200 Album chart from the strength of just one single "Runaway". It hits #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in the UK, the album entered at #2 behinds Oasis' "What's The Story Morning Glory" which entered at #1

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Janet." the album sales over 13 million copies worldwide by the end of 1995.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet makes the cover of US magazine for the 4th time in less than 6 years.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet was nominated for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice, Hall Of Fame Award

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins another Billboard award, the highlight of the night "Artist Of Achievement Award" won before artist like Areosmith and Madonna. Janet is also the youngest artist ever to win that award. Ms. Jackson was unable to attend the awards show, due to brother Michael Jackson's collapse at a concert in New York City, and left the audience amazed that Ms. Jackson wasn't there.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet also picked up a Billboard Video Award for Best Pop/Rock Video Of The Year for "Scream". Making it a total of 25 Billboard/Billboard Video Awards!!!!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 2 more BMI Pop Awards, one for "You Want This" and one for "Scream".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins 3 MTV Video Music Awards for "Scream", Best Dance Video, Best Choreography In A Video and Best Art Direction In A Video, "Scream" also becomes the video with the most MTV Video Music Award nominations ever.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 3rd Grammy Award for Best Short form Music Video for "Scream".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet signs a contract with Virgin Record for $80,000,000 for 3 albums and one greatest hits, to make Janet the highest paid entertainer of all time!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins a C.O.R.E. The Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Outstanding Achievement (Congress of Racial Equality)

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the Special Essence Award, for her humanitarian efforts.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet also wins the International Dance Award, for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Music and Janet wins her 2nd Bravo Award "Goldene Siegerin Der Otto-Wahl"

    1996

    The Best Things In Life Are Free!

    Kiss: JANET.jackson button.gif (123 bytes) "Design Of A Decade 1986/1996" sales over 5.5 million copies worldwide by the end of 1996, also becoming the #1 Selling American Greatest Hits album of 1996 in Japan.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Design Of A Decade 1986/1996" is nominated for a Soul Train Award for Album Of The Year, and "Runaway" is nominated for Best Music Video

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "Design Of A Decade 1986/1996" home video is released going Gold within' a few weeks, also hitting #1 on the Billboard Top 50 Music Video Sales Chart.

    1997

    The Velvet Hits!

    The Velvet Rope


    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 10th Soul Train Music Award, Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards - Lena Horne Award for Outstanding Career Achievements

    At the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, when Janet received the "Lena Horne Award" for outstanding career achievements she had these words of advice: "...you can go anywhere you want to as long as you don't forget where you come from..."

    button.gif (123 bytes) "The Velvet Rope" album debut's at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with over 200,000 copies sold in it's first week.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Together Again" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts, becoming Janet's 8th #1 Hot 100 Single.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's the MTV Europe Award for Best Female Artist!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Together Again" becomes Janet's 4th #1 single in Canada.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Cosmopolitan Magazine gives Janet the Album Of The Year Award for her #1 album "The Velvet Rope".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won the Sister's Award from the National Alumnae Association of Spellman College - recognized for career achievements and humanitarian efforts toward education and AIDS.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "The Velvet Rope" enters at #1 in Japan, and "Got 'Til It's Gone" heads to #1 on the singles chart

    1998

    Every Smile I See; Takes Off!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "I Get Lonely" hits #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart becoming Janet's 13th #1 on that chart. It also enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #3 with over 150,00 copies sold in it's first week.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet hits the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine for the 4th time.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is named ATC Top 40's Artist Of The Year, and Female Artist Of The Year

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Together Again" hits #1 in Holland for 3 weeks, and goes Platinum

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins her 4th Grammy Award for Best Shortform Music Video for "Got 'Til It's Gone"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female Album, R&B for "The Velvet Rope"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins the VH-1 Fashion Award for Most Stylish Music Video for "Got 'Til It's Gone, Janet also performed "What About" from the "Velvet Rope" CD, and VH-1 Executives called it the best performance in the history of that show, and one of the best performances they had ever seen.

    button.gif (123 bytes)J anet win's the TMF Award for Best International Female Singer.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Together Again" becomes one of the biggest selling singles in history by a female, selling more than 6 million copies worldwide, also becoming the #6 Biggest Single in the US of 1998, the #4 Biggest selling single in Europe in 1998, and the #3 Biggest Selling Single in Japan in 1998.

    button.gif (123 bytes) GLAAD Media Awards gives Janet the Award for "Outstanding Music" for "The Velvet Rope"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Channel V Awards named Janet Jackson, Best International Female Artist

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's HBO special becomes HBO's 2nd most Watch Television Event in History. Surpassing HBO events by 'N Sync, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston & Madonna. More than 6 million people watched it live from New York City!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's HBO concert event earns an amazing 13 Emmy Nominations, the most for a concert event in history, Janet win's the Emmy for Best Choreography In A TV Special.

    button.gif (123 bytes)Janet wins her 18th Billboard Music Award as she wins Top Selling Female R&B Artist of 1998

    1999

    Wet Dreams, Luv Me's and Boyfriends

    button.gif (123 bytes) MTV named their Top 100 Videos of All Time, Janet's "Rhythm Nation" came in at #44, and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" came in at #88

    button.gif (123 bytes) "What's It Gonna Be?!" Janet's duet with Busta Rhymes becomes Janet's 14th #1 Billboard Hot R&B Single.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "What's It Gonna Be?!" wins a Soul Train Music Award and a Source Music Award for Best Music Video, and earned 3 MTV Video Music Award nominations including Best Hip - Hop Music Video.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's the Billboard Award for Top Rap Single of 1999 for "What's It Gonna Be?!"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 10th American Music Award, when she won Favorite Female Artist R&B/Soul

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's BMI Pop Awards for "Got 'Til It's Gone", "Together Again" and "I Get Lonely".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 3rd TFM Award for Best International Female Singer

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is honored by the World Music Awards for "Legend Award-Outstanding Contribution to Pop & Soul Music"

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is awarded by AIDS Project Los Angeles with the Commitment to Life Award

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet becomes the first artist in the history of the Grammy Awards to earn nominations in the Pop, Rock, R&B, and Rap categories, Janet also became the first African American female artist in 1990 to recieve a Grammy nomination for Producer Of The Year.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is on the cover of Ebony Magazine title reads "Janet Still In Control" this makes Janet the most covered person on Ebony Magazine. Over 15 times in the Cover! Dating back to 1976!

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is named by Billboard Magazine, the #2 Biggest Selling Artist of the 90's, Rival Mariah Carey was #1, other artist on the list were Garth Brooks (#3), Madonna (#6), Whitney Houston (#8), and En Vogue (#19).

    2000

    Nutty Nutty Nutty

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Doesn't Really Matter" becomes Janet's 9th #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. And 15th Top 10 UK hit.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Doesn't Really Matter" made Janet the very first music artist in history to have a #1 single in the 80's, 90's and 00's. Making it 3 decades of #1 hits.

    button.gif (123 bytes)Janet is a CO- star in the movie to "Nutty Professor II The Klumps" the movie entered at #1 and earned nearly $200,000,000 worldwide.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Rolling Stone Magazine names "Nasty" the #79 Greatest Song Ever Recorded.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet hit #1 with "Doesn't Really Matter" and the video topped Canada's MuchMusic video chart.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Doesn't Really Matter" becomes the #1 Selling Single in Japan of 2000, the single was also remade by many Japanesse artist.

    button.gif (123 bytes) MTV names "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" the #1 sexiest video of all time.

    2001

    Icon of a Rhythm Nation

    All For You button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's the her 11th American Music Award, their highest honor the Award Of Merit. Which has also been won by artist like Michael Jackson, Prince and Frank Sinatra.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet was awarded by MTV networks with the ICON award, declaring Janet Jackson as the first official ICON of MTV. With over 35 music videos, 70 million albums , 4 Grammys, and Billions of fans all over the world, MTV felt Ms. Jackson should be MTV's first ICON.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet becomes the first artist ever to grace the cover of Maxim's "Blender" magazine

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's single "All For You" break all radio records and possible chart records as follows:

    button.gif (123 bytes) Entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at Number 14. That's the highest-ever placing for a single that isn't on sale to the public:

    button.gif (123 bytes) Becomes the only single in Music history to be added to every possible American radio station in it's first week. Janet ruled over 4 formats, Top 40, crossover, rhythmic and urban radio, no one has ever ruled over let alone 3 formats.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" moves to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and Hot R&B Singles Charts, and sales over 140,000 copies in it's first week. and over 5,000 copies the week before due to store who released the single a week early

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" becomes the first single to be added to every possible station, in the US, Japan, Asia, France and South Africa in it's frst week.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is nominated for 2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Favorite Actress In A Comedy, and Favorite Song From A Movie for her #1 hit "Doesn't Really Matter".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is nominated for 2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Favorite Actress In A Comedy, and Favorite Song From A Movie for her #1 hit "Doesn't Really Matter".

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" becomes Janet's 10th #1 Hot 100 Single, 15th #1 R&B Single and 16th UK Top 10.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" hits #1 on the ATC Weekly Top 40 to become Janet's 18 #1 on that chart!! Her 17 other #1's on the ATC Weekly Top 40 are:

  • That's The Way Love Goes - 8 weeks at #1 (1993)
  • Again - 4 weeks at #1 (1993)
  • Miss You Much - 4 weeks at #1 (1989)
  • Escapade - 3 weeks at #1 (1990)
  • Runaway - 3 weeks at #1 (1995)
  • Any Time, Any Place - 2 weeks at #1 (1994)
  • Because Of Love - 2 weeks at #1 (1994)
  • Rhythm Nation - 2 weeks at #1 (1989)
  • Together Again - 2 weeks at #1 (1998)
  • When I Think Of You - 2 weeks at #1 (1986)
  • Black Cat - 1 week at #1 (1990)
  • Come Back To Me - 1 week at #1 (1990)
  • Doesn't Really Matter - 1 week at #1 (2000)
  • If - 1 week at #1 (1993)
  • I Get Lonely - 1 week at #1 (1998)
  • Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 1 week at #1 (1991)
  • Someone To Call My Lover - 1 week at #1 (2001)

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet is also on the ARC list of the Top 100 Songs of the 1990s & Top 100 Songs of the 1980s - "Miss You Much" ranks #91 on the 80's list and "If" ranks #92, "Together Again" ranks #59, "Runaway" ranks #38, "Again" ranks #32, "That's The Way Love Goes" ranks #21 of the 90's!!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" the album becomes the fastest selling album ever in South Africa, where is Sold 44,720 copies in it's first week, the album also became the 2nd fastest selling album by a female in the US selling 608,000 copies in it's first week, and it's the fastest selling R&B album ever by a female!

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" makes Janet the only female artist with 5 back to back #1 albums, the most ever for a female on the Billboard 200 album chart

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Somone To Call My Lover" becomes Janet's 14th #1 Billboard Dance Single"

    button.gif (123 bytes) VH1 Named their 100 greatest videos of all time, "Scream" was #9, "Rhythm Nation" was #37 and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" was #72.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" enters at #1 in Japan with sales of 278,000 copies, and it enters at #1 in Canda with sales of nearly 40,000 copies.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" earned 4 MTV Video Music Award nominations including Video Of The Year

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You" becomes Janet's 10th #1 single in South Africa, the most #1 singles from a female ever.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Someone To Call My Lover" becomes Janet's 20th #1 Single in Japan, the record for the most #1 singles by a Solo Artist, Janet's first #1 in Japan was "What Have You Done For Me Latley." "All For You (the single)" spent 9 weeks at #1 on the Tokyo Hot 100, becoming the longest running #1 of the year.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet's "All For You World Tour 2001" started in Canada, and since has been a huge success getting great reviews, NBC news went as far as to call it "1,000 times better than Madonna's "Drowned World Tour", even if Janet did a little Lip syncing, Washington Post said 'In the Dueling Diva Smackdown that has filled MCI Center for five of the past nine nights, Janet Jackson KO'd Madonna with a two-hour show that favored jubilant entertainment over somber art, and embraced the past instead of avoiding it'. The Orange County Register: "Janet Jackson dazzles her adoring audience", The Kansas City Star: "Unlike audiences at most concerts, Saturday's crowd at Kemper was a cultural melting pot that cut across nearly every demographic: age, race, class and gender. That, makes Janet Jackson the queen of something more important than just pop music itself".

    button.gif (123 bytes) MTV Europe names their 100 Greatest Videos of All Time, Janet and Michael Jackson's "Scream" came in at #16, and Janet with Busta Rhymes, "What's It Gonna Be?" came in at #32.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You," the music video earns 4 MTV Video Music Award nominations, including Video Of The Year, Best Dance Video, and Best Female Video.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Someone To Call My Lover," hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales Chart, Billboard Hot R&B Single Sales Chart and Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Chart.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's MuchMusic's Best International Artist Award!!

    button.gif (123 bytes) In honor of the MTV Europe Awards in Germany, MTV Europe names one German street "Janet Jackson St." while the MTVE's are in Germany.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "All For You," becomes the longest running #1 of 2001, spending 7 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, and the single ended up becoming the #3 Biggest Single Of 2001 on the Billboard Charts. Janet was also named the #2 Biggest selling female artist of 2001 based on Singles & Albums sold in 2001.

    button.gif (123 bytes) All For You is the #1 video of the year on MTV Europe's Top 100 Of 2001, Someone To Call My Lover was the #23 video of 2001.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet wins Billboard's top award, 2001's Artistic Achievement Award .



    2002

    Someone To Call The Queen Of Pop



    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet win's her 12th American Music Awards, She was the 2002 American Music Award winner for Best Female Pop/Rock artist, other winners included the late great Aaliyah, and 'N SYNC.

    button.gif (123 bytes) HMV Japan, awarded Janet win an award for having the #1 selling album in HMV Stores in Japan in 2001.

    button.gif (123 bytes) "Janet Jackson Live In Concert From Hawaii," set a record with New York radio station WBLS 107.5, which broadcasted the concert live on the radio.

    746,000 New Yorkers tuned into WBLS 107.5 to listen to "Janet Jackson Live In Concert From Hawaii" on urban station with another 59,000 listeners from all around the world including Canada, Spain, UK, Ireland, France, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Japan listening live to the pop diva on their web site.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won her 5th Grammy Award, and the 2002 Grammy Awards. "All For You," won Janet a Grammy for Best Dance Recording.

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet won the 2002 National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Award as Entertainer of the Year

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet a 2002 International Dance Music Award for Best Dance Music Video, for her #1 hit "All For You".

    button.gif (123 bytes) Janet picked up 3 BMI Pop Awards at the 2002 BMI Pop Awards show, for her hits "All For You," "Someone To Call My Lover," and "Doesn't Really Matter".

    JANET JACKSON: THE QUEEN OF POP, ROCK & SOUL!:





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