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It was the first album on which Jackson did not co-write any of the material since 1984's Dream Street. For her album "Discipline", she and Jermaine Dupri severed as executive producers. In February 2008, Janet Jackson took home the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role. Jackson also starred opposite Tyler Perry in the feature film "Why Did I Get Married?" which got off to a remarkable opening. That same year, she was ranked the seventh richest woman in the entertainment business by Forbes magazine. In 2007, Jackson was signed with the Island Def Jam Music Group releasing her new album titled "Discipline" the following year. was released in September 2006, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200. The weekly became the magazine's best-selling issue. To promote her ninth studio album, 20 Y.O., she appeared on the cover of Us Weekly in June 2006. Released in 2001, "All for You" was her fifth consecutive studio album and marked at number one the Billboard 200 album charts. That same year she appeared in her first starring film role in Poetic Justice.īy the end of the decade Jackson was considered the second most successful recording artist of the 1990s. In 1991, Jackson signed multi-million dollar recording contracts with Virgin Records, which established her as one of the highest paid artists in the recording industry. Jackson soon started receiving recognition for her innovative music incorporating contemporary R&B with elements of rap music, sample loop, triple swing and industrial beats and was acknowledged as a role model for her socially conscious lyrics. Later in 1986, with her third studio album "Control", she began a long-term collaboration with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Jackson had to face criticism for being yet another member of the Jackson family to become a recording artist. When she was sixteen, she signed a recording contract with A&M, releasing her self-titled debut album in 1982.

Jackson started her career as an actress with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to star in other television shows like Good Times and Diff'rent Strokes. Jackson first performed on stage with her family at just the age of seven. She has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. She is ranked by Billboard magazine as one of the top ten best-selling music artists in the history of contemporary music. Known for her musical style and choreography, influencing a number of contemporary pop and R&B artists, Janet Damita Jo Jackson, is an American recording artist and entertainer.