Janet Jackson returns with new album and world tour, MICHAEL Jackson’s baby sister announced a new album and world tour this weekend. This will mark the return of the pop star who had put her career on hold since her brother’s death on June 25, 2009.
According to a CNN report, she has been tweeting about a 30 seconds video that she posted on Vimeo saying that: “I promised you’d hear it from my lips. And now you will. This year. New music. New world tour. A new movement. I’ve been listening. Let’s keep the conversation going.”
Her tweets are followed by the hashtag #ConversationsInACafe and the report speculates that ‘Conversations in a Café’ might be the name of her upcoming album.
She certainly has been active in using the hashtag to increase awareness on social issues such as sex trafficking and earthquake recovery.
Her last album ‘Discipline’ was released in 2008. That said, here is a look back at some of the songs and videos by the only member of the Jackson clan to find success independently of her illustrious brother.
Nasty
1986’s Control album, and specifically the song Nasty, marked Janet Jackson’s arrival on the international music scene. An important work that allowed her to gain independence from the rest of the Jacksons, Rolling Stone magazine voted it 28th on its Top 100 of the 80s list.
Got ‘Til It’s Gone
The youngest Jackson takes a trip into hip-hop territory with Got ‘Til It’s Gone, a break from the traditional 80s pop sound that her fans have grown accustomed to. Her album The Velvet Rope, from which Go Deep was another hit, was a success and sold more than any other album that year, 1997.
All For You
Four years later, the diva returned to a more commercial style with All For You, With the sweet sounds of the eponymous single and Someone To Call My Lover, also on this album, Janet was once again queen of the charts and sold 600,000 units just in its first week, according to Billboard.
Rock With You
Released in 2008, the Discipline album, off of which came Rock With You, and which was the singer’s last record, eschewed R&B in favour of a new direction, that of electronic music.
According to a CNN report, she has been tweeting about a 30 seconds video that she posted on Vimeo saying that: “I promised you’d hear it from my lips. And now you will. This year. New music. New world tour. A new movement. I’ve been listening. Let’s keep the conversation going.”
Her tweets are followed by the hashtag #ConversationsInACafe and the report speculates that ‘Conversations in a Café’ might be the name of her upcoming album.
She certainly has been active in using the hashtag to increase awareness on social issues such as sex trafficking and earthquake recovery.
Her last album ‘Discipline’ was released in 2008. That said, here is a look back at some of the songs and videos by the only member of the Jackson clan to find success independently of her illustrious brother.
Nasty
1986’s Control album, and specifically the song Nasty, marked Janet Jackson’s arrival on the international music scene. An important work that allowed her to gain independence from the rest of the Jacksons, Rolling Stone magazine voted it 28th on its Top 100 of the 80s list.
Got ‘Til It’s Gone
The youngest Jackson takes a trip into hip-hop territory with Got ‘Til It’s Gone, a break from the traditional 80s pop sound that her fans have grown accustomed to. Her album The Velvet Rope, from which Go Deep was another hit, was a success and sold more than any other album that year, 1997.
All For You
Four years later, the diva returned to a more commercial style with All For You, With the sweet sounds of the eponymous single and Someone To Call My Lover, also on this album, Janet was once again queen of the charts and sold 600,000 units just in its first week, according to Billboard.
Rock With You
Released in 2008, the Discipline album, off of which came Rock With You, and which was the singer’s last record, eschewed R&B in favour of a new direction, that of electronic music.
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