Trivia

Has always wanted and still wants to go back school to study law.

Was one of the zombie dancers featured in her brother Michael Jackson's music video "Thriller".

She was paid $3 million for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000). She was paid an extra $1 million for the song "Doesn't Really Matter" for the film soundtrack.

The Rhythm Nation world tour was the most successful debut tour from any artist

Growing up before being a singer, Janet has always wanted to work at a McDonald's Drive-Thru window.

Is the only woman singer in the history of Rock & Roll to score five back to back #1 studio albums on the Billboard Album's chart. "Control", "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation", "Janet", "The Velvet Rope" and "All For You" all reached #1, together selling more than 60 million copies worldwide. Her albums "Design of a Decade" and "Damita Jo" both reached top 3.

Her nickname "Dunk" was coined to describe her sturdy body, which her brother Michael claimed remsembled a donkey.

Eloped with singer James DeBarge, in 1984 and lived in the Jackson's Encino ranch for several months before she had the marriage annulled.

Explained that one reason why she named her 1993 album "Janet" was because many people thought she was just riding her on last name. She even produced and helped write songs on the album without any of her siblings being involved.

Attended Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California. Was teased and harassed by kids because of her fame on Good Times (1974).

With her 1986 song "When I Think of You", she and her brother, Michael Jackson, became the first siblings in the rock era to have #1 songs as soloists.

When her secret marriage to Rene Elizondo broke out in 2000, after he filed for divorce, Janet who had in the past denied being married apologized stating "To have a normal family life...Since I was a child, my personal life has been lived in the public eye," "At times this has been very difficult. I hope my fans will understand." Later Elizondo himself admitted that he was surprised they were able to keep it a secret for as long as they did.

Was to appear as Lena Horne in a biopic due to be released in 2004. But Lena changed her mind after the SuperBowl "breast-baring" incident.

Her favorite singers are Ella Fitzgerald and Marvin Gaye.

Used to want to be a jockey when she was a little child but has been scared to ride horses since Christopher Reeve's accident.

When Janet appeared on the controversial cover of Rolling Stone magazine, she was topless except for the hands of then husband René Elizondo, who had "hand-cupped" her breasts for the shot as captured by photographer Patrick DeMarchelier. (September 1993)

Has a son: Eissa Al Mana (b. January 3, 2017) with estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana.

In the late 1980s, for a period of several months on a weekly basis, she was hospitalized at Brotman Hospital in Culver City, California.

Her 1986 song "Nasty" was inspired by a bit of ancient Roman graffiti: VIRGULA TERTIO SU: INDECENS ES. ("Virgula to Teritus: You are a nasty boy").

Is the #2 most successful artist on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Chart, behind only Madonna.

Her third album "Control" sold over 10 million worldwide and produced five top 5 hits including "Nasty", "Let's Wait Awhile, and the #1 "When I Think of You".

Her favorite movie is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

During the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII (38), her right breast was "accidentally" exposed when co-performer Justin Timberlake reached around and grabbed a detachable part of her breastplate-like outfit. They admit that they privately planned the move after rehearsals had ended, but still maintain that the exposure was accidental in that a red bra was to be revealed, not her bare breast. (February 2004)

Her first self-titled album peaked at #63 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums and sold a disappointing 250,000 copies.

Holds the record for most weeks spent at #1 on the R&B chart for her 1994 single, "Any Time, Any Place".

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on April 20, 1990.

Her album "Damita Jo" was titled after her middle name.

She holds the record for most American Music Awards nominations from one album (with twelve) for Control.

The first record she ever owned: "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin.

Ranked #77 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Brother Michael Jackson claims in his "Home Movies" documentary in 2003 that Janet emulated his choreography from his "Captain EO" short movie into her "Rhythm Nation" music video which she choreographed with Anthony Thomas four years later.

(June 16, 2017) Has filed for divorce from her third husband of 5 years Wissam Al Mana just 3 months after the birth of their son Eissa.

Voted one of the "10 Sexiest Women of 2001" by the readers of Black Men magazine.

Won nine Billboard Awards in 1990 for her album "Rhythm Nation 1814".

Her first biography was released in 1977 as a joint biography about her and brother Randy Jackson.

According to Fuse in 2014, she is the third most awarded recording artist of all time, only behind Beyoncé and her brother Michael Jackson.

The film clip "Again" was originally supposed to have Janet wearing her nightwear when she was sitting near her bed because that's what she was wearing when she was writing the song for Poetic Justice (1993).

Having sold over 100 million records, she is one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music.

Has homes in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta (with beau Jermaine Dupri).

Negotiated a new, $80 million recording contract with Virgin Records in 1996.

Has four dogs: Riley (a Rottweiler); Dylan (a Boxer); Madison (a miniature Schnauzer) and Pockets (an Australian shepherd-cross).

Her sophomore album "Dream Street" reached #147 on Billboard and sold only 200,000 copies.

Friends with Tichina Arnold.

Became the first artist to score a #1 hit simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock singles chart with "Black Cat" in 1990.

Named #37 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

In Japan, she appeared in a television commercial for Pepsi-Cola with Ricky Martin in 1999. She also appeared in another Japanese television commercial back in 1990 for Japan Airlines.

Ranked #10 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

The Jacksons were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

A biography revealed her father, Joe Jackson, was emotionally withdrawn, and told her to address him solely by his first name as a child.

FHM's 100 Sexiest Women [2000] (Ranked: 88).