Control is the third
studio album by American recording artist
Janet Jackson(pictured in 2008) and was released on February 4, 1986. Her collaborations with songwriters and record producers
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound that established Jackson, Jam and Lewis as the leading innovators of
contemporary R&B. The album's lyrics reflect a series of changes in her life, including the annulment of her marriage to R&B singer
James DeBarge and severing her business affairs from her father and manager
Joseph and the rest of the
Jackson family. The album has been praised by critics as both an artistic feat and as a personal testament of self-actualization. Control is widely regarded as the breakthrough album of Jackson's career. It became her first album to top the
Billboard 200 and five of its commercial singles, including "
What Have You Done for Me Lately", peaked within the top five of the
Billboard Hot 100. The album received several accolades, including a nomination for the
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and has sold over fourteen million copies worldwide. (
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