Janet Jackson
Born | May 16, 1966 |
Hometown | Gary, Indiana, United States of America |
Height | 5'3" (1.61m) |
Spouse | Wissam Al Mana (m 2012 - 2017) , René Elizondo Jr. (m 1991 - 2003) , James DeBarge (m 1984 - 1985) |
Partner | Jermaine Dupri |
Children | Eissa Al Mana |
Parents | Joe Jackson , Katherine Jackson |
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Janet Jackson announces Together Again tour
Janet Jackson is heading back out on tour. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the superstar announced that pre-sale tickets for her Together Again trek of North America will go on sale on Tuesday morning. "I'm going back on tour and, yes, we will be together again," she said. "I miss you guys so much and I cannot wait to see you." Janet also revealed that Ludacris will serve as her opening act for all 33 dates and that she has been working on some new tracks. However, she didn't divulge any further
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Janet Jackson ‘planning spectacular comeback tour’
Janet Jackson is reportedly set to launch a spectacular comeback tour.
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Janet Jackson shares rare photo with ‘beautiful niece’ Paris Jackson
The pair reunited during Paris Fashion Week
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Janet Jackson: ‘First time anyone showed appreciation for my music was fan waving CD in traffic’
Janet Jackson says the first time anyone showed appreciation for her music was when a fan waved a CD of her seminal sixth album at her in traffic.
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Janet Jackson front row at Siriano's glam fashion week show
Resplendent in a black trouser suit, Janet Jackson sat front Wednesday at Christian Siriano's New York Fashion Week show
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Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation video 'crashed laptops'
Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' music video crashed laptops around the world, according to Raymond Chen, Microsoft's principal software engineer.
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Janet Jackson song had power to crash laptops, Microsoft reveals
Senior software engineer, Raymond Chen, detailed the strange quirk in a blog post.
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The Janet Jackson hit song that’s so powerful it’s crashing laptops
Some opera singers have the power to break glass, but a Microsoft engineer has discovered a rather odd quirk - a Janet Jackson song that has the power to crash laptops.
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Microsoft reveals Janet Jackson song had the power to crash laptops - even if it wasn't playing on them
The music video for Janet Jackson's 1989 hit Rhythm Nation was a sensation in terms of its choreography and direction. In a blog post this week, the company's principal software engineer, Raymond Chen, said a colleague had recently shared a story with him from the days of providing product support for Windows XP. "A major computer manufacturer discovered that playing the music video for Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' would crash certain models of laptops," wrote Mr Chen.
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Nicki Minaj to get Video Vanguard Award at MTV Awards
Nicki Minaj will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Awards later this month, joining such previous winning music luminaries as Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliott
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