Jackson, Janet (1966–)

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Jackson, Janet (1966–)

African-American pop singer. Name variations: Janet Damita Jackson. Born Janet Damita Jackson, May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana; sister of Michael Jackson (singer); m. James DeBarge, 1984 (annulled 1985); m. Rene Elizondo, 1991 (div. 2000).

Youngest of the Jackson music family, appeared as regular on tv series "Good Times" (1976); released teen-pop albums Janet Jackson (1982) and Dream Street (1984) and broke through to stardom with album Control (1986), which generated a series of hits, including "What Have You Done for Me Lately," "Nasty," "Control," "Let's Wait Awhile" and "The Pleasure Principle"; released successful follow-up album Rhythm Nation: 1814 (1989); had hit singles "Miss You Much" (1989), "Escapade" (1990), "Alright" (1990) and "Come Back to Me" (1990); made film debut playing lead in Poetic Justice (1993); other hits include "That's the Way Love Goes' (1993), "Again" (1994), "Runaway" (1995), "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000), and "Scream" (1995), a duet with brother Michael; caused a considerable stir for "inadvertently" revealing breast during Super Bowl halftime performance (2004).

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