Janet Jackson Performance from the 1987 Grammy Awards. HD 

Yes Ma'am , and Janet, along with Donnie Simpson came to my high school here in Washington, DC, Calvin High School, right before the Control album dropped, 1985 I believe.✨✨✨😍😍😍✨✨✨

IT WAS HUGE!

You are so right! NO ONE expected this from little Janet, then BAM, she lit the world on fire! Female acts weren't doing this level of dance/choreography back then, where she was as good if not better than trained dancers, in lock-step with them. It's commonplace now, but she was one of the first female artists to kick it off at this level, with that sass, and looking great!

10 years before 1977, she was abused Penny. She didn't come out of nowhere. 3 years prior Fame tv show and 5 years, Different Strokes.

@@blackamerican40 u mean 10 years before?!!

@Corey Ortiz WHAT

@Corey Ortiz that's cap

Fact

I ain’t gonna fight ya, Cuz I got your back!!! #teamjanet4life

@@joxcha9039 You cant even spell.. lol.. I love MADONNA, But honestly, Jan took that crown from her once she made RHYTHM NATION.. And NEVER gave it back..💯

Shout out to Barry Lather on the choreography (he choreographed Pleasure Principle) he is standing right next to Janet's on her right, which is our left.

@@mrbrownroyyal ....yep...it was not just a performance...it was a manifesto...she does have talent...and she was representing young women just embracing themselves...and she established a serious feminist personal agenda...she was saying...NEVER MIND MY SIBLINGS....I AM JANET....MISS JACKSON IF YOU ARE NASTY...and we have been loving her for it ever since....

@@mrbrownroyyal I thought Paula Abdul was the choreographer… are you sure this Barry Lather did?

@@trentpettit6336 1000% sure. Paula choreographed the videos for Nasty, What Have, Think of You, and Control. Barry choreographed Pleasure Principle, AMA's 87, and Grammys 87 (Barry incorporated Paula's moves in the Nasty breakdown). Barry talks about his work with Janet and MJ and others in this interview. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DnUfjPvHLWU.html

@@mrbrownroyyal Thank you! I had never heard of Barry until now, but he sounds like a very talented man!

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Well she kind of invented a new lane for female stars in the lane of Michael.. she was doing what he was doing.. but as a woman

She didn't tell family where she was, Michael could of sabatoged

Iconic🎉 She took Control of her career 😂Pun intended

Agreed

....and subtext....separating herself from her siblings...and her dad...becoming a woman...and a serious businesswoman in the industry.....

Madonna?

@@enigma9115 I like Madonna but let’s be real her dancing skills aren’t on Janet’s level! Most of her career was built on controversy and shock value!

@shawnjones4527 Janet, Madonna and even PAULA ABDUL were iconic in that how they used the medium of MUSIC VIDEO to compensate for lack of vocal strength. They made up for it with PERFORMANCE!

LOL!

CAP.

She owned it. Grown woman style.

U forgot Jérôme...

ugh, that's actually Prince's choreography, including his act.

@@horrorpowerfilms9481 Stop lying it is not. The choreographer's name was Barry Lather.

Actually this was choreographed by Barry Lather.

@@dayg715 LOL! you mean the none-Prince parts? because everybody in the world knows this is Prince's act, you never seen Purple Rain the movie? even Jerome tricks come from Prince. Read an art book, learn some history.

And yet Cardi and Meghan Thee Stallion can do what they did during their Grammy performance and it’s allll good! Smh!

I still think it was intentional on her part to protect her brother. If you'll remember, as soon as that incident happened, Michael was no longer the news headline. It was brilliant on her part, and she was willing to take the heat in order to help her brother get out of the horrible spotlight he was in.

They need to give her a formal apology like the Miss America corporation did with Vanessa Williams.

No.

Madonna, Janet, and Whitney there lets not argue they all paved the way and changed the game

Yes janet and whitney paved the way

...we had never seen a woman do that...and on the GRAMMIES.....it was the world stage...and she brought so many elements to this performance...the James Brown revue of performance and presentation...the Prince level of musical production....the feminist statement of demanding respect...and the sibling rivalry sense of subtext...she had so much to prove that night....i knew she would not get album of the year ...they did not then...and still to this day respect dance music the serious musicians that are on the members that vote on this award show..however..she made a serious exclamation point on a year that she dominated the charts...and cemented her place as a true diva...

And that's why I Stopped watching this show. Rigged. some win base on image, selling out souls and worse.

I remember almost crying when she didn't win. 😢

@Ameya I agree and it's no disrespect towards Beyonce. They hand those Grammy's out like gift bags.

Im glad it didn't. Look what happened to Whitney. Once you peak as high as you can....the collective anticipation is to see your light dim and your career go down. The Grammys it seems requires you to leave a little of bit of your flesh and blood to them bc you are not a person but a product whose SOUL you must hold on to for dear life. ❤️

@@gabrieltalavera4465 I think your view is reflective of Hollywood as a whole. Janet didn't win that year(even though she should have) and her career still ended up being sabotaged after her Superbowl performance. I don't think her having Grammy's had anything to do with that or was the case with Whitney's demise either.

Me too!!!

Ignore the morons who confuse screaming at the tops of your lungs with actually singing. Janet sings beautifully!! She stays within her range.

Right after this performance she lost Album of the year to Paul Simon about two minutes later.

Please leave Michael out of this

@@nakitawilliams4259 Exactly , Janet Jackson is just as accomplished as Michael. People need to Google her or look at the numerous youtube video's with her career milestones.

@@Winnib7479 they’re both accomplished how bout that why does it need to be a competition. She accomplished stuff he didn’t and he has many records and accomplishments she hasn’t.

@@nakitawilliams4259 I will not! I love Michael too, but they are siblings. So what do you mean leave him out of this? It's an honor to be compared to such greatness!

I remember this night.. After this performance, Janet lost her nomination to Paul McCartneys Graceland.. Then the next year 1988 Michael lost in his nomination after his performance. I didn't watch the Grammys for a long time after that..

Her and bernadette the daughter on good times are the most beautiful black women in the world!!!

Yes, that flip was EVERYTHING !!!! And in heels , unlike most entertainers ( Beyoncé , Madonna, Jlo ) Janet does not fall in her performances .

Miss janet is the queen!!!

No she wasn't love. Her vocals were pre-recorded here which is not a big deal considering all that movement.

She was great and actually no she was signing to track. I was in the audience in the balcony.

@@triemcallister This is obviously live and not pre-recorded.

@@jacksongreene3687 It is not. The vocals are pre-recorded. But so what? It's a common practice especially for artists who move a lot when performing.

It was PERFECTION!!!

Yes, I heard that. Weird.

@@lindataylor3834 He made a mistake, he didn't know her producers I guess. They're much more famous now.

Billy Crystal was mesmerized…he was like wheww! I think he fell in love after that performance 😂

Preach

And still can't! Lol.

NEVER !!

I thought I was tripping lol

Lol...I know Terry must have heard that and was going "miss?" wtf!??

She had him so flustered, he messed it up🤣

Ok. I had to rewind that thinking maybe I misheard it

I had to rewind that and hear it again! 😂🤣😂🤣

It happend many times, like mariah for every album of hers not AOTY but she was snubbed espacially for daydream, and also whitney, and Michael deserved MORE!

The Grammys have done all the divas wrong as hell. Whitney no, because she did win the major awards .. she did deserve a few more tho. But anyhow, Janet has 5 and her category wins are BS ... RN1814 shoulda won album, song, record, of the year hands down... shameful

True, but at least Jam & Lewis received Grammys for producers of the year.

Isaiah King Forreal. Like best new artist shoulda def gone to whitney in 86.

Isaiah King ohhhh that’s right ... like we already knew who jody was. Whitney even if she had recorded a song here and there , was a new artist. Nobody knew her prior to YGGL... and yes WTE was snubbed ... big time. Not even on Whitney’s part but geez, brandy ? Toni? Aretha? That’s why the Grammys don’t really mean anything anymore. They handing them out now anyhow 🤷🏽‍♂️

Lmaoooo the delusion. #lipsync

....she is not singing live in this performance....

Nobody lipsynced on the Grammys.

@@ISVVVc628 Britney, En Vogue Beyonce and Gaga definitely have lipsync at the Grammys. Janet isnt the only one. Look it up

@@SF-sl7fi bey definitely haven’t