She even wore hijab for a while: Who is Janet Jackson?

Jackson wore the hijab during her marriage to Qatari Wissam Al Mana.

Janet Jackson, who achieved success with her solo work as a member of the Musician Jackson Family and won a Grammy five times, sold 180 million albums throughout her career. The artist also ventured into the field of acting and starred in the films Poetic Justice, Nutty Professor II, and Why Did I Get Married.

Full name, Janet Damita Jo Jackson; She is Michael Jackson's sister.

Janet Jackson, the youngest of 9 Jackson siblings, was born on May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana, USA. Following the success of her brothers' band, the Jackson 5, she moved to California with her family. Jackson, who made her name for the first time at a concert she attended with her siblings in Las Vegas in 1974 when she was 7 years old, began participating in the show "The Jacksons" produced by CBS television in 1976.

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreography became a catalyst in the growth of MTV, enabling her to rise to prominence while breaking gender and racial barriers in the process. Lyrical content which focused on social issues and lived experiences set her reputation as a role model for youth.

She started a local elementary school in California called Lanai Road School. Janet Jackson started writing her first compositions when she was 9 years old. Her first song was "Love Songs For The Kids", a duet with her brother Randy in 1978. When she entered Portola High School, Jackson began to be harassed by her friends for appearing in the show Good Times. After Jackson graduated from this school, in 1981, her older sister La Toya took part in the song "Camp Kuchi Kaiai" in Jackson's solo album "My Special Love".

In 1982, when she was sixteen years old, she released her first album, "Janet Jackson", with the support of her siblings. After this, she released her second album called "Dream Street" in 1984. In 1984, Janet broke up with her family by dating a name from the music world, "DeBarge". As the album failed to exceed the top hundred on the charts, she ended her business relations with her father, who was her manager, and her siblings, and started working with real producers. This union, which ended in less than a year, allowed Janet to become independent from her family. She signed a deal with famous producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. During this time, she worked on her image and tried to change herself. She took on a more active and sexier image. Then she released her third album called "Control" in 1986. She took over the manager position from her father in 1987. She wanted to be more independent and free from the pressures of her surname. The next album, "Rhythm Nation 1814", was even more successful.

In the mid-nineties, she suffered from panic attacks. She received treatment. In 1997, she released "The Velvet Rope" and this album reached number one on the American album charts. Jackson, who released her album "All for You" in 2001, stayed away from the media in the 2000s.

The artist, who has released ten studio albums as of 2008, is the most successful female member of the "Jackson sisters" in terms of sales. To date, Jackson has released ten studio albums, six of which have reached the top of the American album charts, and ten of her singles have reached the top of the American music charts.

Jackson, who is also involved in cinema apart from her music career, played the leading role of Tupac Shakur in the movie "Just Justice" for the first time professionally in 1993. Jackson later appeared in "Nutty Professor 2" in 2000, and lastly appeared in "Why Did I Get Married?" in 2007. She starred in the movie.

She was awarded a Grammy award for her first and only duet, Scream, with her older brother Michael Jackson in 1995.

Previous marriages:

She decided to marry disco music artist James Debarge. The couple got engaged on September 7, 1984; They gave up on getting married on November 18, 1985, due to DeBarge's drug addiction.

She married Rene Elizondo on March 31, 1991, and they divorced in 2000.

Albums:

Janet Jackson (1982) Debut studio album

Dream Street (1984) Second studio album

Control (1986) Third studio album

Control: The Remixes (1987)

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) Fourth studio album

Janet (1993) Fifth studio album

Janet. Remixed (1995)

Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (1995)

The Velvet Rope (1997) Sixth studio album

All For You (2001) Seventh studio album

Damita Jo (2004) Eighth studio album

20 Y.O. "Twenty Years Old" (2006) Ninth studio album

Discipline (2008) Tenth studio album

TV Series

1976–1977: "The Jacksons"

1977–1979: "Good Times"

1979–1980: "A New Kind of Family"

1980–1984: "Diff'rent Strokes"

1984–1985: "Fame"

Films :

1993: "Just Justice"

2000: "The Nutty Professor II"

2007: "Why Did I Get Married"

2010: "Why Did I Get Married 2"

2011: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf"

March 2021

A four-hour documentary was shot about Janet Jackson's personal life and musical career.

The documentary, shot over three years, covers Janet Jackson's music career as well as her personal life. Titles such as the loss of the singer's older brother Michael Jackson, having a child at an advanced age, and her Super Bowl performance with Justin Timberlake in 2004 are also included in the documentary.