Previously I said that Janet Jackson’s album, ‘Rhythm Nation 1819’ (#339) is “often regarded as the pinnacle of Jackson’s career.” ‘The Velvet Rope’ is often regarded as Jackson’s mature album, her coming of age. Jackson had experienced an emotional breakdown; feelings of self-hate and body dysmorphia leading to bulimia and anorexia. She was dealing with a lot of issues from throughout her life (the Jackson kids didn’t have a normal childhood) and the way she worked through it was with this album.

The best-selling album of 1990 in the US and Janet Jackson’s fourth album, ‘Rhythm Nation 1814,’ is often regarded as the pinnacle of Jackson’s career. This album broke record after record.