‘Control’: How Self-Assertion Made Janet Jackson An Icon

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‘Control’: How Self-Assertion Made Janet Jackson An Icon

To say that, back in 1985, Janet Jackson lived in her brother Michael’s shadow was something of an understatement. At that time Michael was at the height of his reign as the undisputed “King Of Pop” and was still basking in the success of his 1982 blockbuster album, Thriller. But that was before Control, the album that proved Janet Jackson had what it took to launch a formidable attack on the charts. Recently named one of Apple Music’s Best 100 …