CONTROL (JANET JACKSON ALBUM)

'''Control''' is the third studio album by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson. Most consider it her first successful album. The album was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as well as Jackson herself, and was her first time to work with Jam & Lewis. The subject matter dealt with Jackson's independence, emergence from the Jackson family, and recent annulment of marriage to James DeBarge. It remains one of the most influential urban/R&B albums of all time.
Jackson's first two albums, ''Janet Jackson'' and ''Dream Street'', were commercial failures. She allegedly did not put as much effort into those two as she would with her future albums, and their bubblegum pop style was far away from the patterns of popular, charting pop music back then. Early in her career, her father had controlled her every move, like he did with the rest of his children. A year after her previous album was released, the then 20-year-old Jackson had fired her father as manager. Despite the personal feelings Jackson had to move on, take control, and become a woman, which was the theme of the album.
''Control'' was the fifth best-selling album of 1987 in the U.S. and was nominated for Album of the Year on the 29th Annual Grammy Awards the same year, losing to ''Graceland'' by Paul Simon. It is her only album to date to be nominated in this category.
Jackson released a single in Japan in late 1985 called "Start Anew", but it did not chart. It was included on the Japanese release of ''Control'' as track five, but has since been discontinued.
In 1989, ''Control'' was ranked #28 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.
In 2007, The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released a list of what they term "The Definitive 200 Albums of All Time". ''Control'' ranks at #86 on the list, and her 1993 album ''janet.'' ranks on the list at #151.
The album is widely rumored to be re-released sometime in 2007. On April 24, 2007, iTunes added ''Janet Jackson'', ''Control'', ''Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814'', and ''Design of a Decade 1986/1996'' to their short Janet Jackson selection.

Contents

Track listing

Singles

Awards

RIAA

Track listing

#"Control" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:53
#"Nasty" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:03
#"What Have You Done for Me Lately" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:59
#"You Can Be Mine" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:16
#"The Pleasure Principle" (Monte Moir) – 4:58
#"When I Think of You" (James Harris, Terry Lewis) – 3:56
#"He Doesn't Know I'm Alive" (Spencer Bernard) – 3:30
#"Let's Wait Awhile" (Melanie Andrews, Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:37
#"Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 4:28

Singles

#	Title	Release Date	Chart Position
1.	"What Have You Done for Me Lately"	February 11, 1986	#4 - Billboard Hot 100 #8 - Hot 100 Airplay #3 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #3 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay #2 - Hot Dance Club Play #1 - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #38 - Hot Adult Contemporary
2.	"Nasty"	May 6, 1986	#3 - Billboard Hot 100 #5 - Hot 100 Airplay #1 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay #2 - Hot Dance Club Play #6 - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
3.	"When I Think Of You"	July 29, 1986	#1 - Billboard Hot 100 #1 - Hot 100 Airplay #2 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #3 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #5 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay #1 - Hot Dance Club Play #3 - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales #10 - Hot Adult Contemporary
4.	"Control"	October 21, 1986	#5 - Billboard Hot 100 #4 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #4 - Hot 100 Airplay #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #1 - Hot Dance Club Play #2 - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
5.	"Let's Wait Awhile"	January 6, 1987	#2 - Billboard Hot 100 #5 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #7 - Hot 100 Airplay #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #2 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #2 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay #2 - Hot Adult Contemporary
6.	"The Pleasure Principle"	May 12, 1987	#14 - Billboard Hot 100 #13 - Hot 100 Airplay #17 - Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #3 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales #6 - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay #1 - Hot Dance Club Play #8 - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

Awards

'AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS'

★ Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Nasty")

★ Favorite Soul/R&B Video ("When I Think of You")

★ Favorite Pop/Rock Video ("When I Think of You")

★ Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist
'SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS'

★ Best R&B Music Video ("What Have You Done For Me Lately" 1987)

★ Best R&B Music Video ("Control" 1988)

★ Best R&B Album of the Year, Female ("Control")
'BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS'

★ Top Black Artist

★ Top Black Singles Artist

★ Top Dance Club Play Artist

★ Top Dance Sales Artist

★ Top Pop Singles Artist

★ Top Pop Singles Artist, Female

RIAA

★ U.S. 5x Platinum (#1 for 2 weeks)Should be 7X Platinum according to nielson soundscan sales

★ What Have You Done For Me Lately (GOLD)

★ Nasty (GOLD)

★ When I Think of You (GOLD)

★ Control (GOLD)