What is Janet Jackson’s Net Worth?

Last updated on April 14th, 2022 at 06:55 pm

Janet Jackson is perhaps the richest member of the Jackson family with a net worth of $190 million to her name. 

Bearing the name “Jackson” is as good as having a title. The Jackson family came into the limelight around the late 1960s and since then their legacy has been ongoing.

They’ve had a lot of success in the realm of popular music, both as a band and as individual performers. Some members of the Jackson family have been able to create their legacies and are still strong and significant in the mind of fans and the public to date.

The late Michael Jackson, AKA the king of pop, will usually be the first Jackson to come to mind, but another Jackson has been able to stay relevant in the minds of the public as well.  

Janet Jackson’s Uprising

Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in the USA. She rose to fame as a singer, dancer, songwriter, and actress, starting out in the family band, The Jackson 5.

Her records and lavish theatrical productions are inventive, socially oriented, and sexually provocative.

Her sound and dance were important in the creation of MTV, allowing her to climb to popularity while also breaking gender and racial barriers. Her position as a role model for teenagers was established by lyrical material that focused on social issues.

Janet had to climb through a ladder to get to the top where she is now. Her career started with The Jacksons, a 1976 television show, and then proceeded to appear in other TV shows; Good Times, Diff’rent Strokes, and Fame, which were all popular in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Her career took another turn and she became a pop sensation and icon after obtaining a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982 and the release of her third and fourth studio albums Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation 1814, respectively (1989).

She had major collaborations at the time, they included components of funk, disco, rap, rhythm and blues, and industrial sounds, bringing about a successful transition into popular music. 

Her career took a more interesting turn from this point. She proceeded to sign the first of two multimillion-dollar contracts with Virgin Records, she became one of the industry’s highest-paid musicians as a result of this.

She starred in Poetic Justice, her first of several main cinema roles, before her first studio movie with Virgin (1993). Janet (1993) and The Velvet Rope (1997), her two studio albums after that, saw her establish a reputation as a sex symbol.

These songs were backed with symbolic music videos and live performances in concert tours. The imagery presented to the public gave Janet a sexual reputation as she was viewed as one of the world’s most sexual artists, earning her both praise and condemnation at the time.

Following the outcry over the 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show debacle, there was an industry blacklisting that resulted in the decline of Janets’s major enterprises, her radio airplay, televised marketing, and sales figures all declined.

She went forward however to release her ninth studio album Discipline (2008), her first and only album with Island Records, after parting relations with Virgin Records. In 2015, she formed her record label, Rhythm Nation, with BMG Rights Management, and released her eleventh studio album, Unbreakable, the same year.

She has been releasing her music as an independent artist since then, we can say that the backlash she received encouraged her to build her own empire. If that’s not a concrete case of building a house with the stones thrown at you, then we don’t know what is. 

Janet Jackson’s Further Achievements

From the time of her uprising till now, Janet has sold over 100 million records making her one of the best-selling artists in history.

She has an amazing portfolio and list of high-ranking songs and projects that consist of singles such as “Nasty”, “That’s the Way Love Goes”, “Rhythm Nation”, “All for You”, and “Together Again.”

She has paved her way into becoming a billboard honorary as she has had 18 top-ten entries on the US BILLBOARD HOT 100 SONGS chart, identifying her as one of the most consecutive top-ten entries. 

Her significance on the Billboard continues as she is the only artist in Billboard history to have made seven popular and high-ranking singles from a single album.

In 2008, she was awarded the fifth spot among the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists in 2008, and fifth among the “Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years” in 2010. She has a series of recognitions following that, from being recognized as the second most successful dance club artist to being recognized as a five-time Grammy award winner, eight-time Guinness World Records entries, eleven-time Billboard Music Awards, and eleven-time American Music Awards.

She has a star on the Hollywood wall of fame as well to crown her significant efforts. It is not too farfetched to say that the artist has done more than enough for herself having been through trials and having succeeded in overcoming them.

Janet Jackson’s Net Worth

For someone that’s overcome and achieved a lot, it’s only normal to ask about her net worth. The gains from her labor and sweat will have more significance if they can be monetarily valuable.

Currently, Janet Jackson is said to have a net worth of 190 million dollars. There have been controversies surrounding her net worth.

Several years ago in an interview with Variety, Janet gave a report on her projects and they were falsely calculated by the reporter who had at that time concluded that Janet had a net worth of about 1.2 billion dollars.

However, that number doesn’t tally with Janet’s true net worth as she currently has a net worth of $190 million. 

How Many Albums has Janet Jackson Sold?

Janet has sold over 100 million records, she has sold about 26 million album copies in the US alone since she released her self-titled debut in 1982.

She has sold an estimated 100 million copies worldwide. Control, which went five times platinum, and Rhythm Nation, which went six times platinum, are two of her eight platinum albums along sides All for You, The Velvet Pope, and others. 

How Much Money did Janet Jackson’s Auction Make Her?

Janet Jackson’s humanitarian efforts to commemorate her 55th birthday in May 2021 were rewarded with $125,000 from the auction of her “Scream” music video attire.

Janet auctioned off over 1,000 belongings, then donated the money to a children’s charity.

Janet’s sales during her auction came to a total of $270,400.

How Much has Janet Jackson Made from Her Tours?

Janet Jackson has done nine tours in her career, and she has indeed earned a considerable amount of money from them.

She started with the Rhythm Nation tour in 1990, most of the venues were immediately sold out, and the tour was ranked one of the top five tours of the year. In total, Janet’s tours have grossed $250 million-plus.

In 2019, Janet performed a “Metamorphosis” residency at the Park Theater in Las Vegas, which commemorated the 30th anniversary of Rhythm Nation and before her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Ticket sales for the 18-city engagement totaled over $13 million.

How Much did Janet Jackson Make for Poetic Justice?

Janet Jackson scored her first acting job with Tupac Shakur in the 1993 John Singleton film Poetic Justice, not long after signing a lucrative deal with Virgin Records. 

“Having Janet and 2Pac was huge because he was one of the biggest Hip Hop stars and she was definitely the biggest pop star,” King said.

“I think they were both impressed with each other, but I don’t feel like either one of them wanted to let the other know.” Said Regina king a poetic justice co-star. 

2Pac and Jackson had to kiss at the end of the movie, which may have appeared a little too genuine to the public.

The film was a modest success, critics had a lot to say on Janet and Shakur’s connection and performances.

There are rumors however that the stars didn’t make as much as they should from the movie, Shakur was paid only $7,500 for his role, which could indicate that Janet was paid similarly, but this assertion has not been substantiated.

Janet also recorded “Again” for the film’s soundtrack, for which she received a Grammy nomination. In December 1993, the song was declared platinum after being included on the album Janet.

How Much did Janet Jackson Make from Good Times?

Janet was in good times from season 5 through 6, where she played the role of Penny Gordon Woods. She began her career as a child actor when she was 11 years old, performing in the classic sitcom.

Penny Gordon was a young girl abandoned by her birth mother and adopted by Willona Woods. It’s unclear how much money she made from the show, but it led to appearances on shows like Diff’rent Strokes and Fame and had a huge impact on her acting career.

How Much did Janet Jackson Make from Her Divorce?

In 2012, Janet married Al Mana, a business magnate. Al Mana’s signature dish is Qatari dough. The Al Mana Group, which was created by his late father and specialized in luxury products, fashion, watches, and jewelry, is headed by the 42-year-old businessman. 

Al Mana’s modest family firm manages retail operations for luxury brands such as Armani and Hermes across the Middle East. Al mana’s net worth is estimated to be $1 billion. Jackson’s $174 million appraisals, on the other hand, must have felt like pennies to her Qatari family.

Janet disclosed her pregnancy a short time later. Janet and Wissam welcomed Eissa into the world in January 2017. And, according to recent sources, they separated soon – after about five years of marriage.

Janet had positioned herself to get a lot more money because of the way the prenup agreements were constructed with notional spousal support increasing past the five and ten-year marks.

Making it just past the wood anniversary, Janet was entitled to $100 million as they stayed married for five years and another $100 million as they produced a child, leading some to believe she received $200 million from the divorce.

Did Janet Jackson get any Inheritance from Michael Jackson?

Michael died at the age of 53 in 2009. Michael named his mother Katherine as the trustee of his estate and legal guardian of his three little children, Prince Michael, Paris, and Prince Michael Jr., in his will.

He set aside 40% of his inheritance to be shared evenly between them, another 40% for his mother, and the rest for charity and organizations.

None of the Jackson siblings, including Janet, were beneficiaries of Jackson’s estate. They received nothing from his inheritance. 

What are Janet Jacksons’ Future Plans?

Janet Jackson is set to release new songs before the end of the year, as her 12th album is set to be released in 2022. 

She was supposed to release the album, “Black Diamond,” in 2020, and accompany it with a live tour, her intentions, however, were thwarted by the pandemic, and she was unable to release new music or perform live. She will release her music before the year ends unfailingly.

Janet Jackson is working towards debuting her popular documentary on many popular channels.