
QuoteToday (May 16), Janet Jackson turns 50, and to celebrate we rounded up 50 accomplishments the superstar has achieved, in chronological order.
1. She released her self-titled debut album Janet Jackson in 1982, at sixteen years old.
2. She performed on American Bandstand and Soul Train in 1982.
3. Her third studio album, Control (1986), hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
4. Five singles on Control peaked in the top five of the Hot 100 chart.
5. Control is listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time.
6. She holds the record for most American Music Awards nominations from one album (with twelve) for Control.
7. She won six Billboard Music Awards (including Top Pop Singles Artist) in 1986.
8. Control was nominated for four Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year) in 1987.
9. She won a Soul Train Music Award for Album of the Year and Best Music Video for "What Have You Done for Me Lately" in 1987.
10. Her single "Nasty" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography (Paula Abdul) in 1987.
11. Her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
12. Rhythm Nation was the biggest-selling album of 1990.
13. Rhythm Nation is the only album in the history of the Hot 100 chart to have seven singles peak within the top five.
14. Rhythm Nation is the only album to produce No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 chart in three separate calendar years (1989?1991).
15. Rhythm Nation received nine Grammy Award nominations and she became the first female artist to be nominated for Producer of the Year in 1990.
16. She won eight Billboard Music Awards in 1990, including Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year, Top Selling Album of the Year, Top Selling R&B Album of the Year, Top Selling R&B Albums Artist of the Year, Top Selling R&B Artist of the Year and Top Dance Club Play Artist of the Year.
17. She won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography ("Rhythm Nation?) and was presented with the MTV Video Vanguard Award in 1990.
18. She received an American Music Award for Favorite Dance Single for ?Miss You Much? in 1990.
19. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990.
20. She received an American Music Award for Favorite Dance Artist in 1991.
21. "Love Will Never Do Without You" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video in 1991.
Woo, guys sooooo MUCH! Gotta take a breather