About the one and only janet
She’s a popular icon who has placed her own undeniable imprint upon the musical landscape of the past two decades. Her music is timeless, her tours unforgettable and nearly 50 million records sold across the world firmly establish her as one of the true superstar elite. Janet Jackson is back and ready to add yet another chapter to a career that has given true meaning to the word superstar.


Here’s the sequence that is sure to make your mouth water. A brand new single, "All For You" in March. A brand new album, the follow-up to 1997’s multi-platinum selling The Velvet Rope, entitled, All For You. As well as the start of a world tour in July, which will have the same spectacular production values of her Rhythm Nation debut tour, which set the arena tour benchmark back in 1990.


April 23/24 sees the worldwide release of Janet’s new album All For You, a tip of the hat to timeless soul and dance grooves and a glorious celebration of her roots. The set was recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios in Minneapolis, with co-production by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, her longtime songwriting and studio collaborators, with additional production by Rockwilder. The album’s melodic, upbeat and fresh sound is echoed by the title track, due as a single in March.


Concurrent with her new music, Janet will be honored at the inaugural mtvICON celebration on March 13th in recognition of her place as one of the most influential and beloved tastemakers in contemporary pop and R&B. The show will eloquently demonstrate the impact that Janet has had, not only on her worldwide audience, but also on a generation of performers who will pay tribute by covering her songs. They include Destiny’s Child, Macy Gray, Outkast and ‘N Sync. Janet herself is also slated to perform the shows finale.


The new single, album and tour follow Janet’s worldwide smash last summer with "Doesn’t Really Matter" from the soundtrack of the "Nutty Professor 2", in which she starred alongside Eddie Murphy. The film took in more then million at the worldwide box office. The song was an instant global hit, spending 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart in August and September to take her total of U.S. chart-toppers to nine, a run stretching back to "When I Think Of You" in 1986.


"Doesn’t Really Matter" is included on All For You, along with music that overflows with pure Janet joie de vivre that include "Someone To Call My Lover", "New Beginning", "Come On Get Up", "Trust A Try" and the tantalizing "When We Ooo".

It’s the latest landmark in an eclectic and audacious career that has touched audiences in pop, rock, r&b and hip-hop without ever compromising.


Then, in the summer, Janet launches the long-anticipated sequel to the "Velvet Rope" tour, which packed arenas and knocked out audiences worldwide. That success pushed her album sales total to nearly 50 million, but it’s never been just about the numbers for Janet Damita Jo Jackson, born May 16, 1966 in the Jackson family hometown of Gary, Indiana. "My parents taught us that you never give up," she says, and it’s been a personal coda since she made her stage debut at seven.


Janet went on to star in the CBS-TV sitcom "Good Times", and more high-profile television work soon followed in "Different Strokes" and "Fame". There were two teenage albums, a self-titled 1982 set and Dream Street two years later, but it was 1986’s Control that catapulted into the limelight and began her rise to stardom. Traveling from her Los Angeles home to Minneapolis, she began the association with Jam and Lewis, found herself as a songwriter and reinvented herself as a person.


Control exploded, showcasing Janet’s supple voice, warm humor and feisty attitude in a series of indelible hit singles and innovative videos shaped by Janet herself. Control was something that Janet extended to her entire life, becoming an astute businesswoman in the process. She makes the final decision regarding every aspect of her multi-faceted career.


1989 brought the watershed album Rhythm Nation 1814, a record "reflecting real life and my real concerns," as she put it, wrapped up in a high-voltage funk-dance sound. It spent 4 weeks at #1 in America and, a few months later led to the Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990, which became the most successful debut tour in history, seen by more then two million fans.


"Rhythm Nation contained my views about what was going on in the world and the problems we have trying to educate kids," she says. "The idea was to give them some hope." Janet remains a passionate humanitarian and spokeswoman on children’s, civil and human rights issues, as well as education and AIDS research. Indeed last year, she received the Commitment To Life Award from the AIDS Project Los Angeles.


In 1991, in her mid 20’s, Janet was given a new recording contract with Virgin Records, and soon thereafter rekindled her acting career with a starring role in the compelling 1993 release "Poetic Justice" directed by John Singleton. Then came janet. Overflowing with infectious grooves such as "That’s The Way Love Goes" (#1 for eight weeks in the U.S.), "If", "Again" and the sultry ballad "Any Time Any Place", which logged ten weeks atop Billboard’s R&B Chart. The album became Janet’s third in succession to exceed 5 million in U.S. sales alone.


In 1995, Jane joined her brother Michael for a massive hit single "Scream", featuring a stunning glam sci-fi video clip. The following year brought Janet’s first retrospective, Janet Jackson 1986-1996 Design Of A Decade. It offered "Runaway", the 16th if her 21 gold certified singles and another memorable video in which she danced her way around the globe. In 1997, The Velvet Rope took her audience closer to Janet then ever before, as she bared her soul on the most intimate record of her career.


In 2001, another chapter will be written and it’s sure to be fueled by the same ingredients that have sustained Janet throughout her career – her undeniable passion, her determination and damn good music.

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