Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is a Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, composer, actress, dancer and record producer. She is ranked as the ninth most successful artist in the history of rock and roll and the second most successful female recording artist of all time in the US according to Billboard.In 2006, it was announced that Jackson was the "Most Searched in Internet History", and the "Most Searched for News Item", in the Guinness Book of World Records.In 2007, Jackson was ranked the 7th richest woman in the entertainment business by Forbes Magazine, amassing a fortune of over $150 million.
2000-2002: All For You era
In July 2000, Janet returned to the big screen, with her second film, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, opposite Eddie Murphy. She also contributed to the film’s soundtrack with the track, '“Doesn't Really Matter,” which became Janet’s ninth number one pop hit. In March 2001, Janet was awarded a top honor American Music Award 'Award of Merit,' and became the first honoree of MTV’s Icon celebration, which resulted in performances featuring Destiny's Child, N'Sync, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Britney Spears and others.Janet's seventh album, All for You, was released on April 24, 2001. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with more than 605,000 copies sold in the U.S. All for You would go on to sell more than three million copies in America. The album's title track topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for seven weeks; the second single, “Someone to Call My Lover,” peaked in the top five. Jackson also scored a top 40 single with “Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)” featuring Carly Simon; remixed by rapper Missy Elliot, it would be her third and final single from the All for You album and would become one of the centerpieces of her All for You Tour. In 2002, “All For You” won Jackson her fifth Grammy Award for “Best Dance Recording”Following this success, she collaborated with reggae singer Beenie Man on the song “Feel It Boy.” Janet began work on her next album and accepted an invitation to join the 2004 Super Bowl festivities.
2006: 20 Y.O. era
“Time flashes by like lightning in the sky…I've covered a lot in my 20 years, and I've uncovered a lot in my 20 years.”Janet celebrated her 40th birthday with a birthday bash at Shereen Arazms Shag in Los Angeles. In attendance were many of her former dancers—as well as singer Stevie Wonder,who serenaded her.Jackson appeared on the cover of Us Weekly in June 2006 and it became the magazine's best selling issue ever, outselling issues with Angelina Jolie and Jessica Simpson on the cover."Design Me" Cover Contest Winner, Matthew Zeghibe with Janet Jackson, and Guest, Teresa SciontiVirgin Records released Jackson’s ninth studio album, 20 Y.O., on September 26, 2006. 20 Years Old, a nod to the twentieth anniversary of Control (and said to reference to how young Janet feels). The album debuted at number two on Billboard’s albums charts respectively; selling 296,873 copies in its first week.Janet launched a contest giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for the album. The “Design Me” contest required participants to download images of Janet and create proposed covers for the album. Janet hand-picked dozens of images, new and old, to be used in the contest. She selected her top four favorites, which were used for the first one million pressings of
