In honor of her upcoming 60th birthday this Saturday (May 16), we’re doing a full week of Vintage Pop Stardom deep dives into the all-time greatness off Janet Jackson on the Greatest Pop Stars podcast. Each day this week (May 11-15), we’ll look at a different peak year in Janet Jackson’s singular career — 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2001 — and hit on all the albums, singles, videos, dance routines, tours, performances, fashion statements, social and political statements, and other big moments that made Ms. Jackson’s contributions to the music and culture of those years absolutely unforgettable.
We kick off our Janet Jackson week today back in Janet Jackson’s breakout year as a true pop star: 1986. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard‘s legendary executive editor of R&B/hip-hop Gail Mitchell to remember the year where Janet was introduced to the public as an artist in control — with the help of brilliant collaborators like writer-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and a then-little-known choreographer named Paula Abdul — and began a 15-year run of chart and cultural dominance that changed the course of pop star history.
Along the way, we ask all the biggest questions about Janet’s first big pop star year: Why did it take until her third album for Janet Jackson to really connect as an artist? Could we tell even from her early TV days that stardom was in her future? Did the Control album begin the shift towards autobiographical statement-making in pop music? How the hell does “The Pleasure Principle” end up as an album’s sixth single (and video)? Does Sharon Bryant of Atlantic Starr regret writing off Jam and Lewis’ music as too “rambunctious”? What’s the best part of the “Nasty” bridge? What were those key earrings all about anyway? And perhaps most importantly: 40 years after Control, does Janet Jackson still have the pop star presence that she really deserves?
Check it out above, along with a YouTube playlist of Janet Jackson’s biggest 1986 moments — all of which are discussed in the episode — and check back for more Janet discussion all week on Greatest Pop Stars, with 1990 coming up tomorrow! Also, subscribe to the Greatest Pop Stars podcast on Apple Music or Spotify (or wherever you get your podcasts) for weekly discussions every Thursday about all things related to pop stardom!
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