In 1986, at the age of 20, Jackson became the youngest black female to hit No.1 on Billboard's 200 Albums Chart. Control won six Billboard Awards, including "Top Pop Singles Artist" and won four American Music Awards and twelve nominations–an unbroken record to this day–as well as three Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. With Control, Jackson made history by becoming the first female artist to have five Top 5 singles from one album and the first and only female artist to have five #1 R&B singles from one album, the most R&B #1’s from one album. The album spawned the mega hit Top Five Singles, “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “Nasty,” “Control,” “Let’s Wait Awhile,” and the Top 15 Hit, “The Pleasure Principle,” and Jackson’s first number one hit single, “When I Think of You,” as well as produced the singles’ accompanying music videos that would become MTV’s biggest and most popular videos displaying Jackson’s crossover R&B and pop music appeal and spectacular dancing. 1 on the Billboard 200, and was certified fivefold platinum by the RIAA, selling over ten million copies worldwide. The critically acclaimed album, lauded for its lyrical and provocative content of female empowerment and heralded the new jack swing sound in pop music, shot to No. It was her third album, Control released in 1986 when Jackson was 19 years old, that catapulted Jackson’s career and fame as an international superstar and pop culture icon. Two years later, Jackson’s album Dream Street was released and produced the Top 10 Billboard R&B Single “Don’t Stand Another Chance.” Jackson’s career took off, appearing on some of the 1970s and early 1980s’ most popular television shows in her portrayals of some of TV’s most beloved and memorable characters: Penny Gordon Woods, J.J.’s friend who becomes adopted by their kind neighbor, Willona Woods, on Good Times, Willis’ girlfriend Charlene DuPrey on Diff’rent Strokes and Cleo Hewitt, an aspiring singer and student at New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts on Fame.Īt the age of sixteen, Jackson released her debut album, Janet Jackson, which appeared on the Billboard Top Black Albums of 1983 as well as landed Jackson the title of the highest-ranking female vocalist on the Billboard Year-End Black Album Artists.
At the age of seven, she performed at the MGM Casino in Las Vegas and made her first television appearances on their variety show The Jacksons in 1976.
Over 1,000 of Janet Jackson’s most spectacular music video, tour and television performance worn costumes and ensembles, red carpet appearance gowns as well as personal items and accessories owned and used by the five-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/producer/dancer/actress/ author and one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, who has sold over 192 million records worldwide, headlines this three-day auction extravaganza taking place on Jackson’s birthday weekend Friday, May 14th, Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th, 2021.Ī portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit Compassion International, a global child-advocacy ministry that partners with churches around the world to release children from spiritual, economic, social, and physical poverty.īorn on in Gary, Indiana as the tenth and youngest child of the Jackson family, Janet Jackson forged her own path in show business at a young age while her brothers found worldwide fame as The Jackson 5. "Iconic Treasures From The Legendary Career And Life of Janet Jackson" honors The Queen of Pop and her ground breaking four decade career that changed music forever and opened the door for an entire generation of music icons who followed her extraordinary path. Julien’s Auctions is proud to present "Iconic Treasures From The Legendary Career And Life of Janet Jackson", an auction taking place in Beverly Hills and live online at Julien's Live on Friday, May 14th, Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th.
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