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
surface form: Billboard 200 number-one album

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

The Pleasure Principle
surface form: 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
surface form: Nasty (song)

R&B Junkie (interlude)
The Pleasure Principle
surface form: 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, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California

Minneapolis
surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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 (album)
this entity surface form: Control (Janet Jackson album)
new jack swing notableWork Control (album)
subject surface form: New jack swing
this entity surface form: Control (Janet Jackson album)
Control (song) album Control (album)
Don’t Stand Another Chance includedInCompilation Control (album)
this entity surface form: Control: The Remixes (selected editions)