Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan kundi na biyu, Jackson ta dakatar da harkokin kasuwanci tare da iyalinta, tana mai cewa "Ina so in fita daga gidan, in fita daga ƙarƙashin mahaifina, wanda shine ɗayan abubuwa mafi wuya da zan yi". Da yake ƙoƙarin yin kundi na uku, Jackson ya haɗu da masu samar da Jimmy Jam da Terry Lewis. Sun tashi don cimma kira na pop, yayin da kuma samar da tushe mai karfi a cikin kasuwar birane. A cikin makonni shida, Jackson da duo sun tsara kundin faifan ta na uku, Control, wanda aka saki a watan Fabrairun 1986. Kundin ya tashi zuwa lamba 1 a kan Billboard 200, kuma an tabbatar da platinum sau biyar ta Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), yana siyar da kwafi sama da miliyan goma a duk duniya. An bayyana Control a matsayin "mai matukar damuwa da balaga" don wasan kwaikwayo na matasa, wanda kuma ake ɗaukarsa a matsayin "madadin ga balladry mai daɗi" wanda ya mamaye rediyo, yana kwatanta Jackson da matsayin Donna Summer na "rashin yarda da matsayin sabon abu da ɗaukar matakanta don tashi sama da shi". Kundin ya haifar da manyan waƙoƙi guda biyar, "Me kuka yi mini a kwanan nan", "Nasty", "Lokacin da na yi tunanin ku", "Sarrafawa", da "Bari mu jira na ɗan lokaci", da kuma saman 15 da aka buga tare da "The Pleasure Principle". "Lokacin da na yi tunanin ku" ya zama ta farko No. 1 hit a kan Hot 100. Control ya sami lambar yabo ta Billboard guda shida, gami da "Top Pop Singles Artist", da kuma gabatarwa Grammy guda uku, musamman "Album na Shekara". Har ila yau, ya lashe lambar yabo ta Amurka guda hudu daga sunaye goma sha biyu, rikodin da ba a karya ba. A wannan lokacin, Jackson ya yi nasara "ya girgiza kwarewar zama ɗan inuwa na Jackson", ya zama "mai zane a cikin kansa". Abubuwan da ke cikin kundin waƙoƙin sun haɗa da jigogi da yawa na karfafawa, wanda ya samo asali ne daga wani lamari na cin zarafin jima'i, tare da Jackson yana tuna "haɗarin da ya faru a gida lokacin da wasu mutane biyu suka fara bin ni a kan titi kuma maimakon gudu zuwa Jimmy ko Terry don kariya, Na tsaya. Na yi musu baya. Wannan shine yadda aka haifi waƙoƙi kamar 'Nasty' da 'Abin da Ka Yi mini Kwanan nan' daga jin kare kai. "Hadaddiyarsa ta zamani...  Tambaya: Da wa Jackson ya daina kasuwanci?
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