Janet Jackson

The singles chart: my secret 75-song playlist for every man I’ve been with

A playlist designed to capture the excitement of first love has become a record of my romantic encounters and 14 years of singledom

Jeffrey Ingold

11, Feb, 2025 @11:00 AM

‘One thing goes wrong and that’s it’: how Janet Jackson’s career was wrecked in a split second

Paula Varjack’s theatre show Nine Sixteenths looks back at the 2004 Super Bowl ‘Nipplegate’ controversy and what it reveals about the pressures on black women in the public eye

Precious Adesina

04, Nov, 2024 @3:34 PM

Janet Jackson review – glitz, glamour and a very quick run-through of the hits

She lets eight songs go by before she breaks out the old favourites – but when she does, it reminds you why she ruled the charts

Alexis Petridis

29, Sep, 2024 @3:01 PM

From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz

28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM

Chappell Roan isn’t endorsing Kamala Harris. She’s taking a stand for critical thinking instead

The year’s breakout pop star has attracted ire for refusing to champion the Democrats. But that refusal could empower her fanbase to think more deeply about their vote

Jeffrey Ingold

25, Sep, 2024 @5:06 PM

‘I think I am breaking the pattern’: Janet Jackson on bad relationships, new music and Kamala Harris

After five decades in the public eye, three marriages and the ‘wardrobe malfunction’ that torpedoed her career, the pop megastar is back. She opens up about family, fame and her fears of mayhem after the US election

Nosheen Iqbal

21, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM

Tito Jackson, Jackson 5 member and brother to Michael, dies aged 70

The third of nine Jackson children and last to release a solo project, Tito was ‘an incredible man who cared about everyone’

Laura Snapes

16, Sep, 2024 @1:23 PM

All for you! Janet Jackson, Snõõper, Bob Dylan and more: the best music of autumn 2024

From Chat Pile’s apocalyptic noise to Nala Sinephro’s celestial bliss, plus posthumous releases from MC5 and Sophie, here are the albums and tours not to miss – while in classical, Kahchun Wong takes over at the Hallé

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes. Classical picks by Andrew Clements

25, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM

‘I chatted about the weather with Janet Jackson’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget

Broadcaster Lauren Laverne, singer Mahalia, Michael Cragg and Laura Snapes recall the magic, the weirdness and the sheer horror of their trips to Worthy Farm

Lauren Laverne, Michael Cragg, Mahalia and Laura Snapes

23, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM

Janet Jackson review – the breathtaking tale of a reluctant pop superstar

Was ‘Nipplegate’ premeditated filth? Why did the singer fire her dad? And how often was she at Neverland with Michael in the 90s? The singer shares her story in this rare retrospective

Simran Hans

31, Jan, 2022 @10:00 PM