According to Hitsdailydouble.com, Janet Jackson has landed the #1 spot on next week’s Billboard charts. Interestingly enough though, it’s been said that label heads are not that happy with the 178,000 copies sold, due to the huge promotion that Def Jam pushed behind the project. Discipline landing this spot will be the first time Janet has had a #1 album since 2001′s All For You, but this is also her lowest first week sales of her career.
Despite disappointing sales, I’m glad that Janet debut at #1 and has been getting love from the fans. Music just isn’t selling the way it used to, so I’m not surprised, but I definitely did think the numbers would a be little higher for her. In any event, Erykah Badu’s new project, New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) enter the charts at #2 with 123,000 copies sold. Get it, Erykah. I finally got a chance to listen to the album in its entirety and absolutely loved it.
I will say another thing, though. It is good to see Janet doing appearances and performances again. The video for “Rock With U” premieres tonight on BET and Janet will be appearing on SNL next week!
CHRISTINA AGUILERA’S NEXT ALBUM TO BE POP
Just after the birth of her first child, Christina Aguilera is ready to hit the studio again to work on a new studio album, a follow-up to 2006′s Back to Basics. In a recent interview with SOHH.com, producer DJ Premier revealed details on Christina Aguilera’s new project.
“I’m definitely working with her on the next album,” Premier said.
“She’s doing an all pop album again, but she wants me to keep the tone like what we did before. She’s ready to start next month… She’s so cool, she’s like my little sister now.”
I’m wondering what “pop” means for right now. Don’t get me wrong, I used to be a huge Christina fan. And even though I appreciated what she did on Back to Basics, it wasn’t my favorite album by her. As a matter of fact, I didn’t really get into all that much. It just seemed like she was trying too hard to prove something. We already know the girl has pipes, but I wish she would get back to singing, instead of screaming – which I feel like she does a lot.
I’m feeling Erykah’s CD better. Erykah can actually, Janet just has that mediocre singing voice, and I’m not hating or anything. Im just saying what type of music interests me.. lol! I would have to give Erykah’s cd 3 out of 4 stars.
Congrats to both of them though!
“I told you we ain’t dead yet, we been livin through your internet.”
Janet has the #1 album in the country…PERIOD! Congrats to her!
Congrats to Janet on her 6th #1 album on the billboard 100. This is quite the accomplishment since she is the only Black woman to accomplsh this. She and Madonna are now tied at second place behind Barbara Steinsand who has 10 #1 albums. In other good news for Miss Jackson, her current single “feedback” climed 34 spots on this weeks billboard hot 100 singles charts going from 53 to 19. It is also #6 on itunes charts. Congratulations are also in order for Erykah Badu who had her highest billboard 100 debut this week coming in at #2. Congrats also go out to Usher Raymond who currently has the #1 song in the country with “love in the club”. The song skyroketed 50 places from 50 to #1.
Its so good to see black people doing good things in the music industry.
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This isn’t really even about Janet for me. I bought the album the day it came out. It was HOT and I haven’t taken it out my stereo since that day.
This is about how hateful N!%%%a@!! have become. There was a time when we had figured out that we had to celebrate all black artists but ESPECIALLY our artists who we saw white america had treated unfairly and blacklisted. I get the impression from the ignorant tenor of most of the posts that there a lot of very young, inexperienced people posting on this site–maybe you aren’t old enough to have lived through blacklisting, racism, and the days when there WAS NO black female superstar on TV period.
Your precious Beyonce and Rihanna (both of whom I am proud of) would not enjoy the success they enjoy had it not been for a little girl named JANET JACKSON kicking down the doors to POP success for black female entertainers.
That is why she is called an ICON.
I tried to remember who was the black female superstar in music in my generation before JAnet–and you know what? WE DIDNT HAVE ONE! She was the FIRST!
We had singers but we had nobody that was on the stage and in videos just putting the smack down on the performance tip.
So if you wonder why Beyonce and Rihanna and Ciara keep saying they pay homage to JAnet–its because they are smart enough to know the history of their field of work.
YOU “IGNANT MOFOS” need to be tied up and forced to watch The BOONDOCKS for 10 or 15 years straight because you obviously are too IGNANT to read about it in a book–or learn it from people who lived it.
I’m out. TIred of being reminded everyday of how damn stupid black people have become.
Shameful Shit
Ignorant disrespectful uneducated little snot nosed idiots. Shameful and should be ashamed. Dumb a$$es.
Excuse me but for all the haterz talkin shit in here about Miss Janet not bein interesting anymore, yall fuckin wack and mad becuz she’s number1, yall need to fall the fuck back n stop tlkin shit, theres a whole lot of ppl that want JANET and dammit she’s rockin the nation, im so tired of this has’been bullshit, itz gettin old, find sumthin new, She will never be a has’been so git ya shit right becuz she’s an alwayz-will-be legend and aint shit comin in the way of that so you can keep ya fake ass Beyonce barbie doll up n coming wanna be stars, becuz half these bitchez aint even maken hitz that will get them that far, Janet’s “Control” took over soon as that shit came out, these damn artists today dont make it that far til they git to their 5th damn cd which is like when their played out! I doubt it that half these singers and rappers out today make it past 25 or 30.
@ 125, bless you. The truth has been spoken !!
Congrates to Janet 100 million albums sold and still going strong !!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny how folks is actin today knowing damn well, THIS IS JANET, SHE IS SUPPOSED TO DO 330K, COME ON STOP LYIN TO YOURSELVES. ANYWAY I LIKE JJ AND I’M NOT EVEN A X-TINA FAN BUT I’M LOOKING FOWARD TO HER NEXT ALBUM BECAUSE I AINT LIKE THE SINGLES FROM B2B! BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, SHE, BEYONCE & ALICIA ARE THE BEST FEMALE ARTISTS UNDER 30!!! THEY WILL DO 300K-700K!!!
Exactly #128. 181,000 copies sold in it’s first week for an artist like Janet is HORRIBLE. It’s only her stans who are in denial. She had absolutely no competition and her fans even bought mulitple copies just to get her to #1. If Janet had gone against the other heavy weight female singers who are dropping albums next month, she wouIdn’t have had a chance.
I just read that the album is expected to drop way below and sell between 65-70k. I’m sorry but I don’t think it’s possible for this album to have longevity, unless they do a re-release. Like I said way earlier, the general public isn’t supporting Janet. You can just tell that it’s her core audience.
Her stans will say that I’m hating but it’s far from that. I used to be a huge fan of Janet’s. She hasn’t made anything remotely great since TVR. I still have respect for her and I even purchased Discipline.
I didn’t know Janet was supposed to do anything but put out good music. Discipline is it for me. 20yo, there were some cuts on there but nowhere near the level of discipline. Anyways everyone who knows about the first quarter knows it’s slow. You still have to look at Billboard and see her in the number one spot no matter what. For all those fools who said feedback is wack and it won’t got top 20 it just landed in the #19 spot. Janet just set another record for blak females in the gmae to aspire to, 6 #1 albums or plus. When Beyonce, Rihanna, Ciara, Christina, Alicia(who I think will very soon) break that then come holler at me. #1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#1#! is what the business is. So all the haters who are saying the numbers are low are the same fools who said this wouldn’t be a number one album, you’ve just changed your tune.
@129
Hoe sit down!
Congrats JANET!
I’m sorry have ya’ll actually SEEN RIhanna Album sells?? Cuz ya’ll would NOT be mentioning her if ya’ll did. She sold the SAME amount as Janet her album and came out at #2 Remember T-Pain was #1.
SHe JUST went Platinum a couple of weeks ago and her album been out since June SHe is currently at 1.000 something ( US) where as Keyshia COle is almost 1.2 and Keyshia album came out in September. So DO NOT MENTION RIHANNA cuz her albums don’t sell well.
All I can say is wow. Albums are selling? Please say some albums are selling depending on how much the record company buys lol. I guess they didn’t buy much of janet’s album. Too bad it only did that cause it is a nice album and coming off of 20 Yo she did better than usual. I thought it was too little too late with the promo department. Feedback could have got a much better reception but nobody was pushing it then not even a week before her album hits stores the promo kicks in. She is lucky it sold that much cause somebody really dropped the ball on her.
Christina is a great singer but that last album was not that good to me. That style of music should be left to the people who were really there to respect it . Kinda like you had to be there moment. It just got on my last nerves. I don’t know why I can’t get into her like Pink but hey it is whatever. Good luck to her .
I’m glad Janet at least got the number 1 spot, she is a legend and it sucks that people are counting her out. I don’t think the album is strong enough to become a hit. You have Mariah and Madonna coming out soon and they are going to be coming hard. Hopefully Janet can get some radio play for her upcoming singles. They record company rushed her back into the studio and the album was complete in less then four months. She should have done at least a year of recording to stack up some hits. Look at Mariah, she has been recording for a year for this upcoming album and from what I’ve read, it will be better than the last one. Hopefully they will give her more time in the studio for the next album and give her proper promotion instead of a week before the album instead of rushing her out and just trying to make a quick buck off of her name which is what sold the 178 thousand copies.
Christina, she can sing but she has the oversinging syndrome. She thinks she is up to par with Mariah and Whitney but she has a long way to go. Her oversinging caused her to hit a big flat note at the Grammy’s when doing a tribute for James Brown. Her material has never been that great, people say it was the change of sound but look at Amy Winehouse, she has a throwback sound as welll but her songs are way hotter than any of Christina’s and her album just shot up the charts again after those Grammy wins which usually happens.
#134Christina is a better singer than Mariah is now. Um you obviously haven’t seen James Brown Sing the song he hit the same flat note. That is how he song is supposed to be sung. Chirstina has a HUGE respect for that type of music she’s been singing it since she was a little kid there are plenty of videos of her Singging Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as a child. So no disrespect , but stop talking outta your ass.
#135 Christina is a better singer than Mariah is now. Have you heard James Brown sing the song? You obviously haven’t he hit the same flat note that she did at the Grammies ANY Knowledgeable person would know that. RESPECT for the music LMAO she knows a lot more about than you do I guarantee you that she’s been listening to Etta James, Ella , Nina since she was a child and there are videos to prove it. So stop talking outta yo ass.
Christina has 5 grammies vs. Britney’s 1 so who has the better music. EXACTLY. Christina IS a better singer than Mariah NOW. Christina probably knows more about that time period than YOU do. LIke Ally said you obviously have never heard James Brown sing that song live that just shows how much you know. NOTHING. Patti Labelle called Christina the BEST singer of HER generation so I would take her advice on Christina instead of yours. As far as Janet Congrats record sales aren’t much nowadays anyway ..look at RIhanna hit songs and she just now made platinum WTF. Keyshia Cole has sold more than her.
Alicia Keys album was WACK!!! Boring, clichéd soulless mess. I couldnt stomach an entire listen, it was too dull.
I luv Erykah’s CD because it is not spoon fed. y ou really have to listen to her message and dispher I love Erykah’s CD because it is not spoon fed. You really have to listen to her message and decipher it for yourself. People are quick to write off what they don’t understand because it doesn’t come to them easily. She trying to wake people up and expand your mental thought process.
Janet fans, this is not about her 25 years in entertainment. It’s about the sales of her most recent album which I am commenting on. And based on the sales and comparing it to the sales of other female singers in the same genre, she had a bad week. That’s all. To say that the successes of Mary j’s album is due to the holiday season is unreasonable. Acts like Daughtry also released their album in December of 06 and had disappointing sales, even though they managed to stay on the charts for a long time and managed to do well.
I’m not telling her to sit her ass down or retire. No, I just think she should rethink her formula because this album sold lesser than 20 Y.O.
Janet had a ton of promotion…the week of the album’s release…if they’re unhappy with the low sales they should check their timing…its a solid album and ye ppl do still have higher numbers, but their promo is also on point…
Janet is ok she lost her touch i mean she scared 2 show her abs dat she wrk so hard 4 and luv iz dat shit
There’s no need for Janet to make hit records anymore, she done it all! All she have to do is kick back and be blessed that she is still in the game of making music, look beautiful, continue her acting career, and live the good life! The music industry has been good to Janet, I think she just in the game to try something different, new experience, and experience what its like to work with new, talent, different producers. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis wasn’t trying anything new with Janet; so her decision to leave them was a good move. People are saying that she’s to old, I don’t hear anyone say anything about Madonna old ass! JANET STILL ROCKS!!!!!