{"id":114419,"date":"2016-03-01T10:29:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T08:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114419\/on-this-day-in-history-janet-opens-rhythm-nation-tour\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T08:29:17","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-janet-opens-rhythm-nation-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/03\/01\/on-this-day-in-history-janet-opens-rhythm-nation-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in History: Janet opens Rhythm Nation Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1990, American recording artist Janet Jackson\u2019s record label A&amp;M announced <em>The Rhythm Nation World Tour<\/em>, her first headlining world tour to promote her fourth studio album <em>Janet Jackson\u2019s Rhythm<\/em> <em>Nation 1814<\/em>. It became the most popular tour by a debut artist ever and Janet continued to open doors for black female entertainers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/03\/Corbis-PN007724.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98134\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/03\/Corbis-PN007724.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson Performing on Stage\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The tour would also contain material of her third studio album <em>Control<\/em> (1986). The tour was managed by Roger Davies and Rusty Hooker and developed by musical director Chuckii Booker. It saw her trek through United States, Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, UK and Brazil throughout 1990 until it came to a close in Japan in November 1990.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/03\/Corbis-PN007726.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98138\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/03\/Corbis-PN007726.jpg\" alt=\"Bass Guitarist and Janet Jackson in Concert\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The album was the most popular album of 1990 and is the only album that had seven top five hits on Billboard Hot 100 and have number one pop hits in three calendar years.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a snippet of the Japan leg of the tour.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/b13lp5LDXxg' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Images: Corbis<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='8eaf4963e2fa821aaf6864172dfd8990'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1990, pop superstar Janet Jackson&#8217;s first concert tour began. 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