{"id":4338,"date":"2022-01-29T01:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/janet-jacksons-music-videos-a-history\/"},"modified":"2022-01-29T01:28:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:28:35","slug":"janet-jacksons-music-videos-a-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/janet-jacksons-music-videos-a-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson’s Music Videos: A History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Janet Jackson is a music icon whose career spans over 40 years. She has undoubtedly set the standard for pop stars today. Her lyricism and sounds are innovative. But her video treatments of her songs were also groundbreaking. This is something that will be explored in. Janet<\/em>, the new, two-part documentary series that premieres tonight (January 28) and tomorrow on Lifetime and A&E.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before its release, Glamour<\/em> takes a look at the history of the legend\u2019s music videos. Although Jackson’s entire career has been covered, not all videos are featured here. However, the 10 videos below demonstrate Jackson’s incredible artistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cDream Street\u201d (1984)<\/h2>\n

Despite releasing her self-titled debut album in 1982, Janet Jackson’s very first music video, \u201cDream Street,\u201d didn\u2019t come until two years later. It is the title track of her sophomore album. It reflects the bright-eyed ambitions of Janet Jackson as told by the youngest Jackson family member in third person narration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The video for the song’s lyrics is as simple and charming as the song itself. The singer is a down-and out waitress in the video. Her Hollywood dreams led her to a dance audition with Debbie Allen. Of course, she nabs the part\u2014a predictable outcome made possible by their TV show Fame<\/em>starring the two women.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Pleasure Principle\u201d (1987)<\/h2>\n

Regarded as one of the most memorable music videos in the history of pop music, \u201cThe Pleasure Principle\u201d was released as the sixth single from Jackson\u2019s third studio album Control<\/em>. Although the song was released in 1986, the music video didn\u2019t premiere on MTV until a year later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choreographed by Barry Lather, \u201cThe Pleasure Principle\u201d shows the singer completely solo in a lightly furnished warehouse dancing to her heart\u2019s desire while casually rocking a T-shirt and pair of jeans. Its simple yet captivating premise showed how charismatic Jackson is on her own and has been emulated by other notable stars since, including Britney Spears, Teyana Taylor,\u00a0and Dua Lipa. Normani also nailed the hell out of Jackson\u2019s moves during a tribute to the singer at the 2018 BMI Awards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRhythm Nation\u201d (1989)<\/h2>\n

Jackson has collaborated with songwriting duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for decades, and \u201cRhythm Nation\u201d is one of their most notable hits. The video coincided with the 1989 release of the singer\u2019s fourth album, Janet Jackson\u2019s Rhythm Nation 1814<\/em>. Directed and directed by Dominic SenaGone in 60 Seconds<\/em>, Swordfish<\/em>It is filled with militant imagery, from black unisex uniforms, topped with black caps, to the tight, synchronized nature of the dance routines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Glamour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Janet Jackson is a music icon whose career spans over 40 years. She has undoubtedly set the standard for pop stars today. Her lyricism and sounds are innovative. But her video treatments of her songs were also groundbreaking. This is something that will be explored in. Janet, the new, two-part documentary series that premieres tonight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[576,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4339,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions\/4339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}