Janet Jackson Biography

Janet Jackson is used to getting attention - with her steamy videos, risqué album covers and racy lyrics, she has titillated audiences for years. So who would have thought that audiences would be surprised and shocked by one quick breast reveal during the Super Bowl half-time show? Now, she faces a new kind of music- controversy and suspicion. Was this half-time show a spectacle planned to pump up publicity for her new CD? Or was "Miss Jackson if you're nasty," just doing what she's always done, entertaining fans with her sexually charged music and stage act?

Janet Jackson grew up in a controlling household, and in the shadow of her famous Jackson brothers, to become a teen sitcom star and eventually the princess of pop. Fans were amazed by her metamorphosis from chubby teen, to voluptuous woman, to buff performer with six-pack abs.

Spanning two decades, from her Grammy-award winning 'Control', to her chart-topping 'Rhythm Nation' and 'Velvet Rope' albums, Janet Jackson has sold 50 million albums, and has become one of the world's most ambitious and respected pop stars.