But the album didn't reach the sales records of her three previous blockbusters, though it did offer the No. On a more personal level, Jackson made headlines when it was revealed that she had been secretly married to her manager and longtime boyfriend, Rene Elizondo, for eight years.
Jackson announced their separation in , but the fact of their marriage which Jackson's sisters La Toya and Rebbie had earlier alleged to the press became public when Elizondo filed for divorce in May of She also scored another pop No. Jackson's star continued to rise until an incident at the Super Bowl halftime show in caused a slight falter. During a live performance with Justin Timberlake , Jackson's right breast was exposed during a costume reveal that both parties said was an accident.
The "wardrobe malfunction" caused an uproar among both fans and the Federal Communications Commission. Jackson subsequently failed to appear at the Grammy Awards and dropped out of a television project in which she was to play Lena Horne at the elder actress' request. In , after it was announced that Timberlake would perform at Super Bowl LII in February , the hashtag JusticeForJanet emerged on social media, with many calling for Timberlake to publicly apologize to Jackson for the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" in Addressing the controversy in an interview, Timberlake said he had patched things up with Jackson over any lingering resentment from the incident.
Jackson persevered with both her music and screen career. Around this time Jackson was jumping back into film work as part of the ensemble cast of 's Why Did I Get Married? The movie was a hit that yielded a sequel, and Jackson also worked with Perry in For Colored Girls , a adaptation of the lauded literary work by Ntozake Shange. Jackson and her family faced immense tragedy when brother Michael underwent cardiac arrest and passed away on June 25, Jackson spoke to mourners at the BET Awards only days after his death, with later reports swirling around family conflict involving Michael's estate and children.
In , Jackson released the book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself , which dealt candidly with ideas around body image and her struggles with weight. Co-written by journalist David Ritz, the book became a No. News outlets began reporting in February that the couple had wed the previous year. According to a statement the couple made to Entertainment Tonight , their wedding was a "quiet, private and beautiful ceremony.
In May , news broke that Jackson was pregnant with her first child. The news came two weeks before her 50th birthday. Jackson gave birth to a son, Eissa Al Mana, on January 3, In April , it was reported that Jackson had split from Al Mana.
Janet Jackson onstage for her Unbreakable tour in After the annulment, she was comforted by longtime friend Rene Elizondo, with whom she would later develop a romantic relationship. November of saw the release of Jackson's sophomore effort, Dream Street. Despite the participation of producers Giorgio Moroder and Jesse Johnson and a duet with pop legend Cliff Richard, the record didn't exactly set the charts ablaze.
Isn't that it? With her release, Control , Jackson at last gave an indication of her potential. It eventually reached the peak spot on the album chart and achieved platinum status five times over.
The year-old Jackson became the youngest artist to reach the number one position on the American charts since Stevie Wonder reached it at age Jackson performed at the Grammy Awards but didn't take home any trophies. She did, however, win an armload of American Music Awards and came up the favorite in several categories of Billboard magazine's year-end survey. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation , released in , demonstrated even greater pop ambition.
Rhythm Nation topped the American charts four weeks after its release and produced a string of hits. The album's long-form video won a Grammy, and Jackson received her fair share of tributes. BMI honored her as Songwriter of the Year in Rhythm Nation the number refers to the year "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written--became the first album ever to have seven of its singles on the Billboard top five; four of those singles reached number one.
Jackson's World Tour was an enormous success, and some of its profits helped the Cities in Schools program, which encourages students to stay in school. In Janet Jackson signed a huge recording contract with Virgin Records. I was determined.
Janet Jackson has admitted to a friendly rivalry with her brother, but her adoration of him is obvious in every interview she gives. As she addressed these large issues, however, she found increasing public attention focused on conflicts within her family.
Public acrimony between her sister LaToya--also a performer--and the rest of the Jackson clan gained considerable publicity, and Janet was forced to comment, admitting the rift; she later remarked that she found it impossible to communicate with her sister.
Meanwhile, she and Michael appeared together on the Grammy Awards, where he jokingly stated that their dual appearance put to rest rumors that they were the same person.
Michael's own public troubles--especially public accusations that he had molested a young fan--placed even greater stress on the Jackson clan.
During Janet's concert tour, reported Robert Christgau in the Village Voice , she asked the crowd to "bow our heads and say a silent prayer for my brother Michael.
Director John Singleton wrote the central role of his film Poetic Justice specifically for Jackson, but her much-hyped return to acting was something of a disappointment. Acting is more of a challenge. I always say to people, "I'm really in the wrong business because I don't like being in front of huge crowds, and I don't like it when a lot of people are looking at me. But when I'm on stage, I'm constantly moving. In a film you're completely naked. Music can be that way, too, if you allow it to be when you write.
And I think I've allowed myself to be vulnerable several times with my music. But acting is a challenge for me, and I love that. You can write an autobiography at any point, and I'm not ready to yet.
But in True You I tell a lot of stories about my life. I wanted to help people understand the things I've gone through to bring me where I am today, so they understand that journey of the weight loss, the weight gain, the self-esteem issues.
I wanted to touch people and bring out the true you within yourself. My first true experience with it was when I did Good Times, and they used to bind my chest because I was developing breasts at a young age.
I got the part when I was 10 years old and started shooting when I was I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid I might add. I said, "OK, that's fine if that's what you want to do. I never told anybody that for so long. Not until I became an adult did anyone ever know. It immediately makes you think, "The way I am isn't good enough. When I look back at the show, I was your average-size kid.
It would make me sad. It wouldn't make me mad. It would hurt. That's why I'm always running to an island if I can. I love to travel! Another very important thing is your support team who you surround yourself with, whether it's at work or at home. When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do. My first name ain't baby, it's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty.
Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and maybe it is her doing. But you have to remember that celebrities are always in the spotlight and are sometimes forced to conduct themselves in a different way than they normally do.
That's how it is in the business. I have met artists who are real divas, but Mariah Carey is not one of them. She is a very sweet person, and what nobody sees off camera is the real person she is on the inside. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person. And that really begins at home. Peer pressure is very tough.
I have a niece who comes home from elementary school, and she's like, "I've got to go work out! She's doing push-ups and sit-ups, and it's crazy. So be a kid as long as you can. There's nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden. I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope.
I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good.
That's beautiful. That's enough. Or I'll watch the History Channel or old, classic films. I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house.
We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why. And I've been reading about Dorothy Dandridge. I love her. And she and Marilyn were very close friends. She went through a lot, and people told her that she couldn't do certain things, but she didn't let that bother her.
She said in her mind that she was going to do them and that nothing was impossible, and she did it. It was so sad She died from drugs, and drinking as well. I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.
I was sheltered, and there's good and bad to that. The good was not getting into the drugs and the alcohol and the really sorry stuff, and the bad was finally coming out into the real world and trying to deal with it, which was hard for me. My first time dealing with all that was when I was on Fame and when I got married. It's not Brazilian, but it has a little bit of that feel about it.
One of my favorite genres of music is Brazilian music. I got into that when I was 14 years old. That and jazz. I keep telling myself, "you gotta do something that has that feel to it. I'm still going to, but I've never tapped upon that sound the way I want to.
It's just a beautiful song to me. I meant Fame, the TV show. I didn't want to do that to begin with. I did it for my father. The kids that were on it They would do things like eat my breakfast. I'd open up my breakfast case and there'd be nothing in there. I was the new kid on the block. I was very shy and very quiet so I would never say anything, I'd just close it back up.
A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things. And it's OK. I think it's fine never to grow up. As long as you still remember yourself as an adult when need be. There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin.
I'm the opposite. I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me. Damita Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have characters that we portray with different people. I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness.
I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable. I work with a lot of different charities, and by that I don't mean merely by giving money, but by really getting involved hands-on. I've always said that one of the reasons why I was put on this Earth was to help people. That's something I've always enjoyed both here in America and if I have the opportunity when I'm traveling out of the country.
For example, I like to visit orphanages to spend time with the children. That's very important to me. Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. How deep? I don't know. But it always seems that with each character I take on, I'm challenged to go deeper than the last time, and then again deeper than the last time.
This is the deepest I've ever been asked to dive. And to see how deep I actually went for this, and that I wasn't afraid to go there in order to give Tyler exactly what he envisioned for the character, which was pretty deep, that's what I discovered about myself. There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others. I want to give all my attention to that one person and that person only. I want to spend all day, all night with that person, and that is it.
I wouldn't care if the world ended. That's why now, when I date different guys, I just have to stay away-and not let myself fall. Because if I do, it's over. It's very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can't. I think it's a really nice compliment, but I don't find myself sexy.
I consider it sassy. There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors.
There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment. Plus, I was raised with a ton of brothers and sisters where, obviously, the music running in and out of the house was very eclectic. So, I had a lot under my belt by the time I grew up.
It all depends upon the mood that I'm in, the space that I'm in and what I'm feeling at that moment. But definitely! What's the issue? As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning.
I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up. I've seen photographs of people in bikinis, circled where they have cellulite. But it's like, look, we're all human. Some of the thinnest models have cellulite, it's genetic. I think it's mean-spirited. People tend to put entertainers on pedestals.
We're human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our stresses. I think a lot of people want to focus on others' shortcomings to make themselves feel better. And it's a very sad thing. I think if more people could afford it, they would do it, too.
I see nothing wrong with it. The thing is, you have to feel good about yourself. You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself. And against is a sad thing; I don't see anything wrong with staying young looking as long as you can.
Some people don't care, but for those who do No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention. When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again. But I wanted to get out in the real world more.
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