Janet Jackson

A pop diva of the 80's, still a popular pop sensation of the 90's, and now at 41 years old, she's still showing the divas of today that she can still reign, with the release of her newest album this year: “Discipline” (Contrary to its ominous title, Janet Jackson thinks that her latest album captures the lighthearted flavor of where she is in her life these days). “Rock With You” and “Feedback” are already topping the charts these days.

The sister of Michael Jackson, Janet was born in May 16, 1966. She is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. As his brother Michael popularized music videos in the late 70s as an American entertainer (singing and dancing), Janet initially had her early performance on stage with her family at the age of seven, but 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. She also starred in numerous films including Why Did I Get Married? (a Tyler Perry's feature film in 2007), for which Janet won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, 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).

Janet was not that successful when she launched her recording career in 1982, with her self-titled debut album and its successor Dream Street (1984). However, with the collaboration of record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jackson 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 Jackson 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.