Time flies when your having fun and that's the way she wants its. Since the grown Miss Jackson burst upon the music scene in 1986 with Control Selling eight million records and establishing her as a bold, sensual, independent woman, she's been breaking the molds and banishing the stereotypes the world would set for her. She's not just the cute, little girl- actress we loved on "Good Times" and "Different Strokes" or the earnest teen we followed of "Fame." She's not the Jackson family's baby-not any more. Clearly, the only thing you can safely say about her is that she's Janet.

And that's saying a lot. Consider that she's already appeared in five television series, made seven albums, and starred in a major motion picture. She's sold over 24 million albums worldwide, achieved five Top Five hits from her 1986 r

Rather than follow up immediately on the success of the Rhythm Nation 1814 album and tour, Janet decided to do something different. She took a starring role in the film Poetic Justice. That shouldn't be a surprise from a woman who says of herself, "What interests me most is trying to do things that haven't been done before." And this project was too right to pass up. In a role actually written for her by award-winning director of Boyz in the hood, John Singleton, a childhood friend, Janet plays the starring role she found to be very close to home. Janet credits her experience in that role with helping her to further reveal herself in her work. She says the character she portrayed, "I Found we had a lot in common. No matter how wealthy you are and no matter how poor you are, love is love and pain is pain. Its still the same feeling.

And so came janet.,her most personal most sexual album. "This time I wanted to make an album that focused on love and all its ups and downs." janet., the album and tour, brought together influences from such diverse artist as Antonio Gaudi, a 19th Century Spanish architect, opera diva Kathleen battle and rapper Chuck D from Public Enemy. janet.

Many pop stars, having found a formula that worked, would be content to make more of the same. But when Rhythm Nation 1814 hit charts in 1989, a different , more mature, more confident Janet Jackson announced herself. Having established her own artistic identity, Janet looked outside herself. Of course, there are still some very personal songs on this record, and very sexy ones such as "Bl

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