Janet Damita Jo Jackson was
born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana. She's the youngest of 9 children born to
Joe and Katherine Jackson. Growing up in the Jackson family, Janet was aware of
the lures of performance early on, watching her brothers perform as The Jackson
5. The 5 were stars by the time Janet was a teenager.
As
she grew older, her interests branched out into several directions -- dancing,
acting and singing. She appeared on stage in her brothers show in 1973, when she
was only seven years old. In 1977, Norman Lear offered her a job in Good Times
on CBS. After that, she began appearing on other TV shows such as Diff'rent Strokes
and A New Kind of Family. In 1982, Janet released her first self-titled album.
Being sixteen at the time, Janet had yet to find a style and a specific audience.
The
album that helped janet shine was 1986's Control. This album hit number one, putting
six singles on various charts. Five of the tracks from the album became top 5
pop hits. Although the album was great in and of itself, it was her music videos
that made her unstoppable.
By
1993, Janet's follow up album janet contained a very openly sexual tone. That
same year she starred in John Singleton's Poetic Justice. Since then, Janet has
spent time building her acting skills, writing songs, and maintaining relationships
with her family.
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