Control (album)

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Control is the 1986 breakthrough studio album by Janet Jackson that established her as a leading pop and R&B artist through its assertive themes and innovative production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Janet Jackson ⓘ
awardReceived Billboard Music Award for Top Pop Album ⓘ
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female ⓘ
certification BPI Platinum ⓘ
Music Canada 5× Platinum ⓘ
RIAA 5× Platinum ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard 200 number-one album ⓘ
linked to: Billboard 200

Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widespread critical acclaim ⓘ
describedBySource landmark of 1980s pop and R&B ⓘ
followedBy Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 ⓘ
linked to: Rhythm Nation 1814
follows Dream Street (album) ⓘ
linked to: Dreamstreet
genre R&B ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasMusicVideoFor Control (song) ⓘ
Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ
Nasty (song) ⓘ
linked to: Nasty

The Pleasure Principle (song) ⓘ
What Have You Done for Me Lately ⓘ
When I Think of You ⓘ
hasPart Control (song) ⓘ
Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) ⓘ
He Doesn’t Know I’m Alive ⓘ
Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ
Nasty (song) ⓘ
linked to: Nasty

R&B Junkie (interlude) ⓘ
The Pleasure Principle (song) ⓘ
What Have You Done for Me Lately ⓘ
When I Think of You ⓘ
You Can Be Mine ⓘ
influenced development of new jack swing ⓘ
female pop and R&B artists in the late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme independence ⓘ
personal empowerment ⓘ
self-assertion ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
performer Janet Jackson ⓘ
placeOfRecording Los Angeles, California ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis
producer Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
John McClain ⓘ
publicationDate 1986-02-04 ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1985 ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
significantEvent breakthrough album for Janet Jackson ⓘ

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Nasty → partOf → Control (album) ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis → notableWork → Control (Janet Jackson album) ⓘ
linked to: Control (album)
New jack swing → notableWork → Control (Janet Jackson album) ⓘ
subject linked to: new jack swing
linked to: Control (album)
Control (song) → album → Control (album) ⓘ
Don’t Stand Another Chance → includedInCompilation → Control: The Remixes (selected editions) ⓘ
linked to: Control (album)