La Toya Jackson is a singer, actress, tv-personality, and fifth child of the iconic Jackson family. She garnered success as a singer in the 80s and 90s, working with Polydor, Sony Music and RCA. In 1980, she released her self-titled debut album. It peaked at number one hundred sixteen on the Billboard 200. Her debut single “If You Feel the Funk”, became a minor hit, climbing into the Top 40 of the US R&B chart.

Her follow-up album My Special Love peaked at one hundred seventy-five on the Billboard 200, but received little success or promotion. Her 1984 third album Heart Don’t Lie is her most successful and critically acclaimed album of her career. It peaked at number one-hundred forty-nine on the Billboard 200. It spawned four singles; “Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'”, “Heart Don’t Lie”, “Hot Potato”, and “Private Joy”.
Her fourth album Imagination was released in 1986 and spawned the singles “Baby Sister”, “He’s a Pretender”, and “Imagination”. She continued to release albums (La Toya in 1988, Bad Girl in 1990, No Relations in 1991, and From Nashville to You in 1994) until her last album in 1995, Stop in the Name of Love.

She released her debut EP Starting Over in 2011 and is based on real-life events.