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Super Bowl and Damita Jo

Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966. Janet is an American pop, R&B and soul singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, icon, and the youngest child of the famed Jackson music family. She is the sister of megastar Michael Jackson and R&B/pop singer La Toya Jackson. Breaking away from the shadows of her brothers, Janet Jackson now ranks as the ninth most successful artist in the history of rock and roll, and is the youngest artist in the top ten of that group, according to Billboard magazine in 2004, and has gone to sell over 130 million albums and singles worldwide. Her high-octane choreography, music videos and pop appeal has influenced some of today's younger female singers including Beyonc? Knowles, Brandy, Britney Spears, Ciara, Ashanti, Christina Milian & Christina Aguilera. She has won five Grammy awards.

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004, Jackson performed with Justin Timberlake to an audience of more than one hundred million people. During this live performance, Jackson sang along with Timberlake on his song "Rock Your Body". When Justin sang the lyric "gonna have you naked by the end of this song", her top was torn open by Timberlake, exposing Jackson's right breast; the nipple was partially covered by a nipple shield. Timberlake called the incident a "wardrobe malfunction". Jackson apologized , calling it an accident and that Timberlake was supposed to pull away the bustier and leave the red-lace bra intact, however, she later said to an interviewer for Genre magazine that she wishes she had not apologized at all.

CBS, the NFL, and MTV, which produced the halftime show, disclaimed all responsibility under a hailstorm of controversy. Jackson and Timberlake confirmed those denials, but the FCC continued with its investigation. As a result, CBS invitation for Jackson to appear at the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony on another public apology. She declined, but Justin Timberlake apologized and appeared as both a performer and a presenter.

The Super Bowl controversy had yet to die down when a month later, she released her ninth studio effort, Damita Jo. with a high debut at number two and opening week sales of nearly 400,000 copies (one of the biggest opening debuts for a female artist), The songs released from the album, including the Prince-inspired "Just a Little While", the Motown/Supremes-inspired ballad "I Want You" and "All Nite (Don't Stop)" also performed modestly on the charts. Jackson appeared as Condoleezza Rice in a skit parodying the incident on Saturday Night Live, and it was the highest rating episode of the show in sixteen months since Al Gore had hosted.

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