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Janet Jackson: Taking control

The singer-songwriter Janet Jackson opens up to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's music correspondent Mark Savage about everything from her childhood, to the battles she has faced in the music industry.

Janet Jackson has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide - making her an international music megastar. But she dislikes much of the publicity that accompanies success and rarely does interviews. So when she offered to speak to our music correspondent Mark Savage, he jumped at the chance. He met her in New York, where she was about to play the 73rd date of her latest and most successful tour. In this episode of 5 Minutes On, you'll hear them discuss everything from her childhood in the Jackson family to the battles she has faced in the music industry.

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