All signs point to Janet Jackson’s year ending on a positive note, according to a sneak peak of next week’s charts, which has the veteran singer’s most recent hit “Make Me” sitting at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The dance chart — unlike the other charts — gets compiled one week in advance and therefore its positions are often known a few days before all of Billboard’s charts are officially released every Thursday. Janet’s single,”Make Me” becomes the 19th No. 1 song of the singer’s career on the dance chart. The remaining charts will be released on Thursday morning. (more…)
Miss Janet is back with a new video for her single “Make Me,” off the her latest release Number Ones, a two-disc compilation of her greatest hits spanning her 20 year career. The video premiered Friday night during ABC’s 20/20 – and now we have it for you. One thing is for sure, Janet’s still got it – watch her work it out with her newest crop of dancers. Check it out below and let us know what you think. Don’t forget to watch Janet open the AMA’s this Sunday with an 8-minute medley of some of her greatest hits.
I have a love/hate relationship with Janet Jackson. While I’ve nursed a huge crush on her since she was Penny on “Good Times”, and I famously shouted down a relative who insisted Pebbles was hotter than Janet back in the Eighties, she’s not really been on my radar lately. First there was the whole Super Bowl fiasco, which I thought was tasteless. Then there was the way she refused to talk about it, as though she wasn’t responsible for it happening in the first place. THEN there’s the fact that her last couple of albums have been less than memorable. Truth be told, the last worthwhile Janet album was 1997’s “Velvet Rope”.
Anyway, JJ has been largely silent since the death of her big brother Michael in June. She emerged from her cocoon to sit for an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC last night. I must admit, the interview didn’t do much to change my recent ambivalence.
Producer Rodney Jerkins aka DarkChild continues to drop clues on what we can expect out of Janet Jackson’s upcoming 11th studio album. Jerkins, who has admired Jackson for years, told MTV News that he’s always been a fan of her music and what she’s created with long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and that they “musically connect.”
So what can we expect out of the Jackson/DarkChild collaboration? According to Jerkins, “an emotionally driven album.” He goes on to tell MTV News that, “the studio has become a second home for her because with the whole situation with Michael [Jackson] happening, and I feel like right now, emotionally, she can come here and let all her feelings out. I got her writing again — she has the pen and the pad in her hand.”
We finally have a track list for Janet Jackson’s upcoming greatest hits album titled#1’s, which will be released on November 17th. The album spans the singer’s 20+ year career as one of the industry’s best-selling female pop artists of all-time with over 100 million albums sold world-wide. The album features 33 of Janet’s #1 hits, plus the new single “Make Me,” currently available for purchase through iTunes.
Full two disc track-listing after the cut — well worth the purchase – and includes “Scream” with big bro Michael.
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All signs point to Janet Jackson’s year ending on a positive note, according to a sneak peak of next week’s charts, which has the veteran singer’s most recent hit “Make Me” sitting at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart.
