Our Janet Jackson Vintage Pop Stardom Week wraps in 2001, with a year in which she was rightly celebrated as a legend while also reigning as a contemporary hitmaker.

Janet Jackson (C) performs in concert August 23, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Getty Images

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In honor of her upcoming 60th birthday this Saturday (May 16), we’re doing a full week of Vintage Pop Stardom deep dives into the all-time greatness of Janet Jackson on the Greatest Pop Stars podcast. Each day this week (May 11-15), we’ve looked at a different peak year in Janet Jackson’s singular career — 1986 , 1990 , 1993 , 1998 and 2001 — while hitting on all the albums, singles, videos, dance routines, tours, performances, fashion statements, social and political statements, and other big moments that made Ms.…