This post was updated May 28 at 8:59 p.m. Janet Jackson may not always receive her flowers, but her musical impact knows no bounds. After receiving the Icon Award at the American Music Awards yesterday – and with the recent resurgence in popularity of her 2001 hit “Someone To Call My Lover” – there has never been a better time to look back on the five-time Grammy winner’s supreme songbook. Read more...
Photo: A collage shows the cover artwork for nine of Janet Jackson’s 11 studio albums released between 1982 and 2015. In the top row are her albums “Control,” “Rhythm Nation 1814” and “Janet,” while the middle row features “The Velvet Rope,” “All For You” and “Damita Jo,” and the bottom row includes “20 Y.O.,” “Discipline” and “Unbreakable.” (Photos courtesy of A&M Records, Black Doll, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., The Island Def Jam Music Group and BMG Rights Management. Design by Lindsey Murto/Design director)
