Janet Damita Jackson

Janet Damita Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on 16 May, 1966. She is is an American singer-songwriter, dancer,actress, and the youngest child of the famed Jackson music family. She is the sister of pop icon Michaek Jackson. Janet's father, Joseph, worked as a crane operator in a steel mill and before she became a devout Jehovah’s Witness, her mother Katherine worked as a store clerk for Sears.

She made her performing debut in Las Vegas with her brothers, aged seven. At the age of nine, she joined them on a television special. The showbiz life started early, as it had for all of the Jackson siblings. In 1977, 11-year-old Jackson's enthusiasm for acting caught television producer Norman Lear's ear. In 1982 Janet signed to A&M records where she recorded her self-titled debut album followed by Dream Street in 1984.
During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII on 1st February, 2004, Jackson performed with Justin Timberlake to an audience of more than one hundred million people. During this live performance, Jackson sang along with Timberlake on his song "Rock Your Body". When Justin sang the lyric "gonna have you naked by the end of this song", her top was torn open by Timberlake.

Janet's star had risen dramatically and she was fast becoming as successful as older brother Michael, without the attendant controversial 'sleepovers'.