Janet (album)

Janet (stylized as janet.) is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on May 18, 1993, by Virgin Records America. Prior to its release, Jackson was at the center of a high-profile bidding war over her recording contract. In 1991, her original label A&M sought to renew her contract, while others, such as Atlantic, Capitol, and Virgin all vied to sign her. After meeting with Virgin owner Richard Branson, she signed with the label for a $40 million contract, making her the world's then-highest paid musical act.

Criticism that her success in the music industry was attributed to being a member of the Jackson family and producer-dependent artist prompted her to take greater creative control of her new album. Its title, read "Janet, period.", is meant to disassociate her public image from her family, dropping the Jackson surname. She wrote all lyrics for the album, in addition to co-producing every song and co-writing each of their arrangements with record producers and long-time collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. While the use of contemporary R&B and rap had been standard in her music, she broadened her compositions by incorporating hip hop, opera, house and jazz, eliminating the rigid, industrial sound found in her previous records. Although considered to be less innovative than previous releases, critical reception was predominately positive. In light of the fact that she composed much of the album's material and took a greater role as producer, Janet has been credited as a truer testament of her independence than Control (1986). While she had once garnered a reputation as an advocate for sexual abstinence with her 1986 single "Let's Wait Awhile", the theme of Janet is sexual intimacy—an abrupt departure from her well-known conservative image. Much of the acclaim for the album was centered on her lyrics that emphasized the female perspective on sexuality, as well as the demand for practicing safe sex.

Janet (video)

Janet (styled as janet.) is a video compilation released by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.

Release information

Released on VHS on November 15, 1994, it was Jackson's first compilation of music videos produced under her then-label Virgin Records. The videos featured were produced for singles from her Janet. album, which had been released in May 1993, but omits "Whoops Now", "What'll I Do" and "Because of Love", 3 singles from the album for which videos were also produced.

The compilation features two versions of "That's the Way Love Goes" and an exclusive version of "If" (All Dance Version) which does not appear on any other video release. "That's the Way Love Goes" was the only video from this compilation to be included in her greatest hits video compilation Design of a Decade 1986-1996.

Track listing

Extra features:
1. Behind-the-scenes footage.
2. Dance rehearsal sessions from "If".
3. Interview clip recorded at a radio show featuring Janet and the dancers.

Release history

Janet Woollacott

Janet Edith Woollacott (Carlton, England (1939-11-04)4 November 1939 – Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine 13 November 2011(2011-11-13)) was a British-born French singer of the 1960s to 2000s.

Biography

Woollacott was a dancer on the Cote d'Azur aged 20 when she met Cloclo, Claude François in 1959, they married the following year. Only weeks before François became a major star Woollacott left Cloclo for Gilbert Bécaud, with whom she had a daughter, Jennifer Bécaud. The split was the subject of Claude François' bitter song "Je sais" (1964). Woollacott later wrote a book detailing the time shared with François. François never remarried and died in 1978.

In later years she remarried three more times; to the producer Jean-Paul Barkoff, the Charlot comedian Jean Sarrus and the composer Dominique Perrier. From 1994, she collaborated with Stone Edge, later renamed to Stone Age, the French/Breton Celtic techno band formed by her husband Dominique Perrier, with which she regularly performed and recorded songs, appearing on the band's best known album, "Time Travellers", as "Maureen" (1997).

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Harrison (name)

Harrison is a common patronymic surname of English origin. It may also be spelled Harrisson, Harryson or Harrysson. Harrison means "son of Harry". Early records suggest that the surnames Harrison and Harris were used interchangeably by some families. It is likely that to this day there are some Harrisons and Harrises that are related. Surname DNA projects exist for both Harrison and Harris Harrison is the 42nd most common surname in England and 123rd most common in the United States. The surname was first recorded in 1355, in London, England.

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Harrison, New York

Harrison is a village and town located in Westchester County, New York, approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Manhattan. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. Harrison was ranked sixth in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York State for 2014 according to the national online real estate brokerage Movoto.

According to Forbes, Harrison is the 326th wealthiest place in the United States with a median sale price of $1,230,625, slightly below that of Chappaqua

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Harrison was established in 1696 by John Harrison, who was given 24 hours to ride his horse around an area which would become his, to fill an owe the King had to him. Because Harrison had to travel by horse the town contains no waterways that could not be forded on horseback. The town gets its name from Mr. Harrison, and was incorporated as a town on March 7, 1788, by an act of the New York State legislature.

Merritt's Hill in West Harrison was the site of the Battle of White Plains during the Revolutionary War. Regiment 182 of the Continental Army, of the 367 regiments there, was the Harrison Regiment, composed solely of people from Harrison.