Janet Jackson: Velvet Rope (CD)

The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by Janet Jackson, released in October 1997, and is widely considered one of the most significant, personal, and darkest works of her career. Innovatively blending pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronic music, and trip-hop, the album tackles difficult and exceptionally bold themes for the pop music of its time, such as depression, self-esteem issues, domestic violence, as well as sexual liberation and orientation. The album was a massive commercial and critical success, debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 10 million copies worldwide, and spawning massive hits like "Together Again" (dedicated to victims of AIDS) and the Grammy-winning "Got 'Til It's Gone".