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15 Things you don’t know about Janet Jackson
- She is the youngest of ten children from the Jacksons
- At age eight, her father Joseph told her not to call him “Dad” anymore since he was her manager.
- As a teen she became a role model for black teenage girls ( they adopted her layered hair style and wore hooped earrings in a similar fashion as she did), at a time when the television industry appealed overwhelmingly to white audiences
- Her brothers co-produce her second album Dream Street
- In 1984, Jackson eloped with childhood friend and fellow R&B singer James DeBarge. They divorced shortly afterwards, and the marriage was annulled in mid-1985.
- During the recording of the album Control, she was threatened by a group of men outside of her hotel in Minneapolis
- She collaborated with her brother Michael on “Scream”, and Scream is featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the “Most Expensive Music Video Ever Made” at a cost of $7 million
- Jackson donated a portion of the proceeds earned from her single “Together Again” to the American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Jackson was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records as “Most Searched in Internet History” and the “Most Searched for News Item”
- She addressed her father by his name
- In 2007, Jackson was ranked the seventh richest woman in the entertainment business by Forbes magazine
- In 2008, Jackson won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in Why Did I Get Married?
- She had first learned of her brother’s death while filming on location in Atlanta for Why Did I Get Married Too?
- Jackson got the book called True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself. The hardcover chronicles Jackson’s struggles with weight loss, self-esteem and living a happier life
- She is the only female artist in the history of the Hot 100 to have 18 consecutive top ten hit singles
