![]() ![]() The album is currently certified 5x platinum in the US and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Within a matter of months, the album topped the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum, selling as many as 250,000 copies in one week. However, the album quickly rose to the top of the pop charts as the first two singles, “What Have You Done For Me Lately” and “Nasty”, began to rise to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and pop charts in multiple countries. ![]() “Nasty” was created after she was harrassed by “nasty boys” on the street, and “What Have You Done For Me Lately” was, in part, about her annuled marriage to singer James DeBarge.Ĭontrol was the genesis of Janet’s iconic status, but the album only debuted at number 102 on the Billboard 200. The title track was about Janet being independent from the “control” of her father, Joe Jackson, who she fired as her manager going into this album. ![]() Jam & Lewis spent time with Janet in an attempt to get to know her and craft songs specifically for her. The entire album was recorded at Jam & Lewis' Flyte Tyme studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, instead of Los Angeles to keep away the distractions from the Hollywood scene. While her previous releases were full of bubblegum pop, Jackson’s sound was given a funky makeover, courtesy of the Minneapolis sound from production duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, along with their former bandmates Monte Moir and Jellybean Johnson from the Prince-assembled group The Time. After releasing two commercially disappointing albums, Janet Jackson (1982) and Dream Street (1984), Janet Jackson returned in 1986 with her breakthrough third album, Control. ![]()
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