Janet To Excite The Billboard Awards

Janet Jackson will be opening the Billboard Awards (on Fox) tonight with a special performance of her single "So Excited". The singer who was seen in rehearsals donning a Jackson 5 t-shirt, has admitted that the performance will be a bit of a mix of old and new Janet. I'm feeling a bit sick today, so I hope I don't fall asleep tonight before it comes on.

Janet has also recently been divulging information about her 2007 world tour.

"It's going to be a retrospective of my 20 years, and you know the choreography is going to be crazy. I'm excited about the ideas that Gil (choreographer and long time backup dancer)and I have come up with and I can't wait to hit the road".

The next single from 20 Y.O. is the mid-tempo, groovalicious track "With U". Enjoy the show tonight.

Sidenote: I'm LOVING the new short hair. Hot.

Janet Jackson - So Excited

Janet Jackson - So Excited

This video is awesome. It reminds me of the All Night (Don't Stop) video, minus the flashlights. PS. Same story as show off.....Maintenance.

Design Me Contest Winners

Here are the top 4 winners of Janet Jackson's Design Me contest. These covers will be featured on a select number of 20 Y.O. They're pretty good. I wonder which one I'll buy tomorrow? The first two are my favorites, so maybe one of them. The album review is to come. I love the album so much. Just what I wanted. Invest some money in this album. Good Times!

Janet Jackson - "All Night (Don't Stop)" Video

All Nite (Don't Stop) - Janet Jackson

Perhaps my favorite video by Janet. Well, okay maybe favorite is too committal, top 10 though, for sure. See the similarities between this and the new vid?

Janet To Tour In 2007

As Janet gears up for the release of "20 Y.O", she has already been starting her plans for the world tour to go along with it.

"My three choreographers and I are working on ideas now for a world tour," Jackson says. "It's always a visual thing for me as we start planning; I can see it on the stage. I don't want to share those ideas yet, because nothing is etched in stone. But we'll begin rehearsing at the end of the year."

This will be the first tour since the 2001/2002 All For You Tour. We can all expect the tour to start around March 2007. Janet is definitely a master when it comes to the art of live performance, only a select few can touch her abilities in that area. Having seen three of her four tours, and being disappointed that one never unfolded for the "Damita Jo" release, I'm sure she will re-take to the stage with a big bang. Plus, taking into consideration that this album marks the 20th anniversary of the "Control" album, lets hope she has some special surprises in store for us.

Ebony Magazine Cover

Here is a preview of the cover for Ebony Magazines October issue with the lovely Miss Janet.

Miss Jackson Update

Everyone is talking about Janet these days. You either love or hate the songs that have been so far released onto the internet from her upcoming "20 Y.O" CD, you commend and admire her for losing all that weight so quickly, and we are all hoping this new project revitalizes her career after the less than stellar sales of Damita Jo.

Here is some info that has got me "So Excited". (Yah, couldn't resist the pun. What a loser I am)

Number 1) Janet is set to be on Oprah upon the release of the album. The episode will be taped on September 1st and the air date is tentatively scheduled for the day of the albums release (September 26th).

Number 2) Two versions of the album are said to be available. The deluxe edition includes special packaging and is said to contain a bonus DVD of Janet rehearsing and recording the album, behind the scenes of photo shoots, as well as picking the winner of the "Design Me" contest

Number 3) I have a list of some of the confirmed tracks for the album (in no particular order)

1) Call On Me feat. Nelly
2) This Body Of Mine
3) Stuck Inside The Groove (rumored to contain a John Mayer sample)
4) So Excited
5) With U
6) Enjoy
7) Clap Your Hands
8) Love 2 Love
9) Daybreak
10) Take Care
11) Do It To Me
12) Get It Out Me
13) Show Me

And finally Jermaine Dupri has confirmed that a duet with Janet and Mariah Carey will happen for the album. The duet however will be featured on the repackaged version of 20 Y.O.

Lets hope So Excited will do better than Call On Me. The song is a hell of a lot better. She just needs a kick ass video to go with it. The video for Call On Me was awful, she looked like a demented extra from the movie "The Cell". I was waiting for Vincent D' Onofrio to come barging in and claim his Queen.