See 50 photos of Jackson through the years on her 50th birthday, ahead.

Janet Jackson Through the Years

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Janet Jackson With Randy Jackson in the Early 1970s

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Janet Jackson With Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on December 18, 1972

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Janet Jackson as Penny Gordon Woods With Ja’net Dubois on Good Times in 1974

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Janet Jackson With Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on February 18, 1975

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Janet Jackson With Randy Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson, LaToya Jackson, and Rebbie Jackson in 1977

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Janet Jackson on August 17, 1978

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Janet Jackson as Charlene DuPrey on Diff’rent Strokes on October 29, 1981

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Janet Jackson in Los Angeles on August 2, 1982

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Janet Jackson With Joe Jackson and LaToya Jackson at the R&B Awards on February 4, 1983

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Janet Jackson as Cleo Hewitt on Fame in 1984

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Janet Jackson as Cleo Hewitt on Fame on July 24, 1984

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Janet Jackson on the Cover of Her Dream Street Album in 1984

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Janet Jackson in Los Angeles on August 1985

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Janet Jackson With LaToya Jackson in Los Angeles in August 1985

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Janet Jackson at the 12th Annual American Music Awards on January 28, 1985

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Janet Jackson in Los Angeles in 1986

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Janet Jackson at the American Music Awards on January 17, 1987

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Janet Jackson on Solid Gold in 1987

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Janet Jackson in the Mid-1980s

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Janet Jackson With Mr. T in the Mid-1980s

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Janet Jackson in the Mid-1980s

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Janet Jackson in the Late 1980s

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Janet Jackson in the Late 1980s

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Janet Jackson at the 1988 American Music Awards

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Janet Jackson Celebrating the Platinum Status of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, “Miss You Much,” and “Rhythm Nation” on December 8, 1989

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Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards on November 26, 1990

Janet Jackson as Justice in Poetic Justice in 1993

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Janet Jackson With Michael Jackson at the Grammys on February 24, 1993

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Janet Jackson Performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 18, 1993

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Janet Jackson at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7, 1994

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Janet Jackson at Virgin Megastore in New York City on October 7, 1997

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Janet Jackson Performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 10, 1998

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Janet Jackson as Denise Gaines With Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps in 2000

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Janet Jackson on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 26, 2001

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Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards on December 4, 2001

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Janet Jackson at the 2nd Annual BET Awards on June 25, 2002

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Janet Jackson With Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004

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Janet Jackson at the 18th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 20, 2004

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Janet Jackson on Saturday Night Live on April 10, 2004

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Janet Jackson With Jermaine Dupri at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005

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Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards on December 5, 2006

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Janet Jackson at the 39th NAACP Image Awards on February 14, 2008

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Janet Jackson at the American Music Awards on November 22, 2009

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Janet Jackson at a New York City Screening of Why Did I Get Married Too? on March 22, 2010

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Janet Jackson Preforming at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on September 1, 2011

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Janet Jackson on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 9, 2012

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Janet Jackson at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2013

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Janet Jackson at the BET Awards on June 28, 2015

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Janet Jackson During Her Unbreakable World Tour in Miami on September 20, 2015

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Janet Jackson in Dubai on March 26, 2016

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