Bonus: Janet Jackson's 'Control'

Planet Money

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4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, our friends at It's Been A Minute look back at Control, her career-defining album that changed the trajectory of pop music in the late '80s and '90s.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:03.8	Hey there listeners, today we have a special episode from our friends over at NPR's It's
0:11.2	Been a Minute Podcast.
0:13.0	35 years ago, Janet Jackson released her album Control, an album that helped redefine pop
0:18.8	music.
0:19.8	It was her first big commercial hit and she became one of the biggest stars of the late
0:23.0	80s and early 90s, right up there with her brother Michael and with Madonna.
0:27.9	And yet, Janet Jackson is not always given her due.
0:32.0	In this episode, host Sam Sanders explores why that is, how she made the album control
0:37.0	and the incident that lasted all but a second that changed the course of her career.
0:42.6	You probably know the one.
0:44.6	Okay, here is the episode.
0:46.7	Enjoy.
0:47.7	What is your first Janet Jackson memory?
0:52.4	It's a wild thing to ask me my first Janet Jackson memory because Janet and I are like
0:58.5	the same age.
0:59.8	Oh wow.
1:02.6	This is music journalist Danielle Smith.
1:05.2	You know, it's a wonderful memory.
1:07.5	So from my eighth birthday, my mother got me tickets to see the Jackson 5 live in concert
1:16.8	at the Circle Star Theater in St. Carlos, California.
1:23.5	And when we got to the Circle Star Theater, there was an opening act and that opening act
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