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American recording artist and actress, Janet Damita Jo Jackson has an estimated net worth of $175 million. As the youngest of the famous Jackson clan, Janet has always enjoyed the spotlight. Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That's exactly what Janet Jackson did in becoming one of the biggest female pop and R&B stars of the '80s and '90s. Since her breakthrough in 1986 with the album Control, Jackson's career as a hitmaker has been a model of consistency, rivaling Madonna and Whitney Houston in terms of pop chart success over the long haul.A big part of the reason was that Jackson kept her level of quality control very high; her singles were always expertly crafted, with indelible pop hooks and state-of-the-art production that kept up with contemporary trends in urban R&B.
Since then, the Late M.J's kid sister has sold over 100 million records worldwide and landed 10 No. 1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100, she is ranked as one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music. Her album, 20 Y.O., hardly made a blip on the charts, but don't count Miss Jackson out. Tours have proven a substantial cash cow for the seasoned performer.
She was the youngest of nine children in the Jackson family, and her older brothers had already begun performing together as the Jackson 5 by the time she was born. Bitten by the performing bug at a young age, she first appeared on-stage with the Jackson 5 at age seven and began a sitcom acting career at the age of ten in 1977, when producer Norman Lear selected her to join the cast of Good Times. Janet Jackson was born May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana, the youngest of ten children, to Katherine Esther and Joseph Walter Jackson.
In January 2012, Janet married Qatari businessman Wissam Al-Mana. In April 2017, the couple called it quits and decided to pursue a divorce, just three months after their son Eissa was born. The couple agreed to a shared custody of their only child.
In June 2018, the couple made the headlines when the singer reached out to the authority following the report of her son's nanny regarding Wissam's aggressive behavior, which apparently frightened the infant. The nanny had to lock herself up in a bathroom just to call Janet and report the untoward behavior of Wissam. The singer immediately called the police to check on her son.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Unbreakable |
$260,000 |
|
2012 |
Sponsorship |
Earnings from sponsorship deals |
$81,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Project Earnings |
Cumulative Album Sale Earnings (as of 2013) |
$260,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Project Earnings |
Earnings from concert tours |
$458,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Project Earnings |
Cumulative Book and Publishing Earnings (as of 2013) |
$81,000,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Number Ones / The Best (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Discipline (certified gold by RIAJ) |
$2,000,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album 20 Y.O. (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by RIAJ) |
$1,200,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Damita Jo (certified platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, gold by RIAJ, and silver by BPI) |
$3,000,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her live album The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert (certified platinum by RIAA, ARIA and Music Canada) |
$295,000 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album All for You (certified 3x platinum by Music Canada and RIAJ, 2x platinum by RIAA, and gold by ARIA, BPI, BVMI, IFPI-SWI, RMNZ and SNEP) |
$7,000,000 |
|
1999 |
Performance Fee |
Extra payment for the song Doesn't Really Matter, a soundtrack for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps |
$1,000,000 |
|
1999 |
Salary |
Salary form Nutty Professor II: The Klumps |
$5,000,000 |
|
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her live album The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert (certified platinum by RIAA and ARIA) |
$115,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Velvet Rope (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, 2x platinum by ARIA, platinum by BPI, IFPI-SWI, RIAJ, RMNZ and SNEP, and gold by BVMI) |
$10,000,000 |
|
1995 |
Contract |
New recording contract with Virgin Records |
$80,000,000 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album Design of a Decade: 1986–1996(certified gold by RIAA) |
$50,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (certified 4x platinum by ARIA, 2x platinum by RIAA and BPI, platinum by Music Canada, RIAJ and RMNZ, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-SWI) |
$10,000,000 |
|
1993 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album Janet (certified gold by RIAA) |
$50,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album janet. (certified 6x platinum by RIAA, 3x platinum by Music Canada, 2x platinum by ARIA and BPI, platinum by RIAJ and RMNZ, 2x gold by SNEP, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-SWI) |
$14,000,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Earnings from sales of her albums Control (1986), Janet (1993) and Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) |
$260,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album The Rhythm Nation Compilation (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$100,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (certified 6x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by ARIA, platinum by Music Canada and BPI, and gold by IFPI-SWI and RMNZ) |
$12,000,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$200,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album Control – The Videos Part II (certified gold vy RIAA) |
$50,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her remix album Control: The Remixes (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1985 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Control (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, platinum by Music Canada and BPI, and gold by RMNZ) |
$10,000,000 |
|
1985 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her video album Control – The Videos (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$100,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Dream Street |
$250,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Janet Jackson |
$650,000 |