Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966), occasionally billed as simply Janet, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. She is ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth most successful act in rock and roll history, and the second most successful female artist in pop music history, she has sold over over 100 million albums worldwide. Guinness World Records lists her as the world’s most searched-for person in Internet history. Her recent film Why Did I Get Married? became her third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office, following Poetic Justice (1993) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).

Since 1986, Jackson has scored ten number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and sixteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. She is also the second musician with the largest amount of number ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, with seventeen dance chart-toppers in total. In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Jackson has won five Grammy Awards, received a nomination at the 66th Academy Awards, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990, and was honored with the first “mtvICON” tribute from MTV in 2001.Recently, she placed seventh on Forbes Top 10 Richest Women in Entertainment list. She has also had eighteen top ten singles in Europe.
Personal Lifen 1984, at age eighteen, Jackson eloped with James DeBarge, a member of the singing group DeBarge. The couple tried to keep the marriage a secret but news of the couple’s nuptials was reported on Entertainment Tonight. Jackson would later admit that the marriage was not a good one, and that the family—particularly Joe—disapproved of the union as he felt Janet should be focusing on an impending career. The couple were granted an annulment in March 1985. In 2005, DeBarge’s youngest brother Darrell claimed on the radio that his brother and Janet had a child. She is now in her 20s and her name is Renee. Janet has since denied this claim.

In 1986, Jackson began dating her sister La Toya’s former back-up dancer Rene Elizondo, Jr. The couple later secretly married in 1991 and spent well over eight years married until Jackson filed for divorce in 1999. In 2000, Elizondo confirmed rumors that the couple were married. This would be the second time Jackson would hide a marriage from the public. Elizondo later sued Jackson for compensation for material he claims he had written for Jackson throughout her career. In 2003, the courts awarded him a multi-million dollar settlement, although it was about half the $25 million he was seeking, and the divorce was finalized.

In May of 1991 Frank Paul Jones AKA Frank Paul Gambino, then called Paul Castellano was arrested in California for threatening to kill Rene Elizondo, for being in an adulterous relationship with Janet Jackson his said to be wife, whom he claimed he was secretly married to her at a very young age. Rene on federal court documents claimed to be her live-in boyfriend and not her husband. Paul claims to have fathered a child with Janet; she has not denied or confirmed this allegation to date. Nor does she deny their marriage. This makes it impossible for her to have legally married Rene because she was already married.Since 2001, Janet has been involved with hip hop producer Jermaine Dupri. In the time that they’ve been together, there have been numerous rumors that the two have married, though they have consistently denied these reports. Dupri appeared in Janet’s videos for “Someone to Call My Lover” and “I Want You,” while Janet returned the favor by appearing in Dupri’s video for his 2005 single, “Gotta Getcha”.

In 2006, Jackson had gained over 60 pounds to play the character Krystal in the Lee Daniels movie Tennessee (film). Jackson stated “They (the producers) wanted to see me in a different light, as a heavier woman.” However, production of the movie was pushed back, thus creating a scheduling conflict with the release of 20 Y.O. Janet went on to lose 60 pounds in 4 months with many media outlets covering the story.For the complete gallery click here

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