and she's losing weight from day to day!!

PHOTOS of JAnet taken today : JANET JACKSON NEW PHOTOS

Janet Jackson's new Album called "20 Years Old"?
Janet Jackson's boyfriend Jermaine Dupri talked to the "New York Times" about Grammy's and about Janet's upcoming new album and said that her new album is going to be called "20 Years Old".

For months he has been holed up in the studio with her and her longtime producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The resulting album, scheduled to hit stores this summer, will be reminiscent of "Control"-era Janet, he said, during a quick tour of his mansion in this city's Buckhead district, where he lives with three bulldogs, a parakeet, a flock of peacocks and a butler. "Her album is going to be called '20 Years Old,' because that's how old she feels, and that's how long it's been since she put out 'Control.' "

He dismissed talk of Ms. Jackson's recent weight gain, which has been gleefully chronicled in the gossip magazines. "She gained that weight for an indie role," he said. When pushed for more details about that role, he said that she was supposed to play a mother in the Deep South in a film that fell through.

Despite her extra pounds, Mr. Dupri said he was confident that Ms. Jackson's next effort would sell well. "Heaven help us when that album hits," he said.

Mr. Flom of Virgin echoed that confidence. "If he can do for Janet what he did for Mariah," he said, "they will have to name the producer-of-the-year award after him."

She has lost weight.

yeah... she has lost weight. But I still think she's a long way away from where she used to be

Janet is not done losing weight! But, she has lost much since last year. Here is a summary of the article about "20 Years Old":

Source: Janet-Xone.com

Jermaine Dupri told the New York Times that Janet's new album will be titled "20 Years Old."

"Her album is going to be called '20 Years Old,'" he says, "because that's how old she feels, and that's how long it's been since she put out 'Control.'"

He also dismissed talk of Janet's recent weight gain. "She gained that weight for an indie role," he said. When pushed for more details about that role, he said that she was supposed to play a mother in the Deep South in a film that fell through.

Although the article does not mention the film by name, it is assumed that the film being referred to is "Tennessee." It had been previously announced late last year that Janet would be starring in this film with Macaulay Culkin and Martin Henderson.

The album is due out this summer. No details about the album have been officially confirmed by Virgin Records or by Janet herself.

It's gunna be like "CONTROL"?
then im not interested. Her whole career has been based on the same sound since shes come out. An album she strayed away from her usual somewhat was the IF album. Other then that she's done the same shyt, shows how she cant do any other style.

it's not gonna be like the control album
all that is what we call the hype to make people starve for the album
we won't know how it sounds unless we hear the whole album.

I think it will be a little bit like CONTROL in the sense that it's gonna be a whole "in your face" attitude!!

the sound is gonna be rough and she will probably make statements à la "no my name ain't baby , it's janet miss jackson if u're nasty"



CONTROL :: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

2006 marks the 20th anniversary of Janet's groundbreaking project "Control." The following threads are in celebration of the milestones reached by Janet with this album and its videos and singles. This is the album that made her a musical superstar in her own right and kicked off an impressive twenty years of successes, which led her to becoming the icon and music legend she is today. To keep Janet's influence on the music scene in context, and how she and this project exploded upon popular culture, we must remember one key song: Nasty.



Nasty (1986)

"Gimme a Beat!" And with that famous proclamation, ignites one of Janet's most iconic anthems, "Nasty." Released in April of 1986, this song went to number 3 on the pop charts and Number 1 on R&B; later becoming one of the most important dance songs of the 1980s. The tune's rabid success is best broken down two-fold: by the song's innovative production and its classic video.

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To understand the impact this song had on the popular music scene, one must keep in mind how it was produced. The song's unmistakable industrialized loop came from innovative Mirage keyboard technology, which Flyte Tyme studios purchased during the production of Control: "It [had] a factory sound that was in there...more of a sound-effect," explains Jimmy Jam. "That was a very unmelodic type of sound, but we found a way to build a melody around it." Janet not only provided lead and background vocals -- along with Jam, Lewis and fellow Time members Jerome Benton and Jellybean Johnson in the tune's memorable male chants -- but also played keyboards.

Calling Nasty simply a "hit" is a vast understatement. Try monster. The song was literally everywhere the summer of 1986 and was played everywhere -- at house parties, dance clubs, basketball games, by jam bands, etc. Its appeal was virtually limitless. And its lyrics defined a new generation of women, most famously: "No, my first name ain't baby... It's Janet... Miss Jackson, if you're nasty." To quote reputed music journalist David Ritz, "[that line] has become an updated version of Aretha Franklin's hallowed 'Respect.'




If her first video from Control made a splash with the oh-so-important MTV generation, then "Nasty" sealed the deal. Anyone who thought her first vid was a one-shot deal was sadly mistaken. Her videos now became the talk of the industry and "Nasty" an MTV staple. It appeared on the channel from its premiere in the summer of '86 well into '87, '88 -- and basically the close of the decade. Nasty went on to earn Janet her first (of many) MTV Video Awards. Even years after its release, the video still manages to be shown regularly on retrospective and "Best of" countdown shows to this day.

The stellar choreography of the short film was directed by Paula Abdul, who Janet also employed in her previous vid. It was sheerly infectious watching the tightly choreographed Janet dance and move upon the screen. Sure, people have seen incredible dancing from the likes of Michael Jackson, Prince and other male performers, but to see a woman groove harder than the rest of the pack was what made the video such a gem (and proved to show how influential and innovative Janet was on the scene -- and female entertainers -- when she finally did "arrive"). Female entertainers didn't move like this or commandeer a dance jam with such brazenness and fiery independence.

A video and song like this was never some mere stroke of luck, but a bold statement by a talent that no longer was going to be denied or relegated to anyone's "second-tier."

With the unprecedented success of her first single and the transformative music anthem "Nasty," Janet had finally reached what she could not with her first two albums: bonafide musical superstardom. And with that, arose her first #1 pop hit, When I Think of You.

- JANFAN4L from Janet-Xone forum.

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cant wait!

i hope she does well now, her last album didnt go so well

20 years old?? is that her daughter's age?

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
excellent, haven't thought about that one looooooooool