on this day in 1997, janet jackson released her magnum opus, “the velvet rope”. the album debuted at
#1
on the billboard 200, and is credited for birthing alternative r&b, and being one of the most influential albums of all time.
on this day in 1997, janet jackson released her magnum opus, “the velvet rope”. the album debuted at
#1
on the billboard 200, and is credited for birthing alternative r&b, and being one of the most influential albums of all time.
on this day in 1993, janet jackson released “if” as the second single from the “janet.” album. it peaked at
#4
on the billboard hot 100, and won best female video at the mtv video music awards.
on this day in 2004, janet jackson released her eighth studio album, “damita jo”. despite being blacklisted, the album debuted at
#2
, (her first album to miss the
#1
spot since 1984), and sold over 381K first week.
on this day in 1999, busta rhymes released “what’s it gonna be?!” featuring janet jackson. the song peaked at
#3
on the billboard hot 100 and is one of the most expensive music videos of all time.
on this day in 1989, janet jackson kicked off the rhythm nation era by releasing miss you much. it’s the longest running
#1
song of 1989, and was the second best selling song of the year.
today in 2001, janet jackson released her fifth consecutive
#1
album, “all for you”. it has sold over 7 million copies worldwide, and was the biggest selling international pop album of the year in japan.