Usher has been getting his promo on for the last couple of weeks for the release of his new album Here I Stand (out May 27th). Here he is performing his hit “Love In This Club” on ABC’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ earlier this week..
Janet Jackson sat down with Ellen Degeneres on Monday and revealed that she was going on tour. Peep the interview above and click here and here for performance video.
Ashanti performed her song “The Way That I Love You” on BET’s 106 & Park this week. Her album is out on June 3rd.
cool performance, ush!
loves ashanti
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE Ashanti, and she sounded good! Dress was nice, I just cant get past that makeup, come on Shanti!
Can’t wait for the Janet tour!
Love Ya CL!
love usherrr :]
LOVE Janet!
Well….
Usher-Wonderful, smooth, thats my dude! His performance was great and I can’t wait for the album.
Janet Jackson-A splendid performance…just wish that she could really sing FORRRR REALLLL!
Ashanti-She has made a HUGE improvement since her debut way back when. I wish her continue success…if only she could dance.
Usher is a beast right now. I’m very disappointed by critics harsh reviews over his album. Not every artist wants to be like Prince … “Here I Stand” is definitely worth buying so please support that man !!!
P.S. And Janet too !!! LOL.
Usher’s back! I’m excited about this.
Step aside Chris Brown.
Daddy’s back.
Loved every clip…Ush performed well, Janet like always. Ashanti—–you finally have proven your worthy to stay in the game.
Everyone did a great job with their performances…looooves Ashanti’s shoes!
Usher was great last nite take that Chris Brown. I really loved the Yeah performance he is baaaaack and I can’t wait to get the cd next week.
I am pissed I missed Ashanti The Way I Love You is such a real song. That dress is hot too.
Janet nooooooo whyyyyyy
Ashanti performance was solid and im proud to say the chick has proven that she is here to stay… This shoes that hate can make you strive to be the best no matter what is thrown your way …
Usher I WAS A MAJOR FAN UNTIL HE FIRED HIS MOM BUT AFTER SEENIG HIM PERFORM IM COMING BACK TO BECOME NUMBER 1
Janet is my wife so is ashanti so shit ill just smile at janet and say no female can touch her performance wise……
I agree..Ashanti sounds really great, better than before. if only chrihanna would take the same notes and get a voice coach!
Janet in her 40′s doing it like that? Say it aint so….Go Damita Jo!
Okay. I religiously watched DWTS until they prematurely kicked off Mario. Usher is an excellent dancer & performer, but they need to get a better demographic going in their studio audience. Their studio audience is skewed much older than it should be. They were killing me softly with the cheesy clapping every 30 seconds. Either they need to lose the clapping track in the background or they need to make the audience hold their applause until something great truly happens.
That being said, all three did a good job on their respective performances.
I meant shows not shoes for the ashanti comment sorry
Why is it that Ashanti has the same on-stage mannerisms as she did when she first came out like 6 yrs ago? That same “hand on my chest” routine is getting tired. I could watch a performance of “Foolish” or something and see virtually no difference in her on-stage presence. Tho the song and video were a step up, the performance was not.
Ashanti has really came back and stepped it up.
Usher and Janet still got it in my opinion. I can’t wait for the Rock Wit U concert also. I know it will be sick as usual.
USHER HE WAS GOOD AND THE LAST DANCE HE DID WAS A CLASSIC HINT HE WAS WEARRING BLACK AND WHITE SUITE AND GLOVES.THEN TOOK THHEM OFF. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO BAD JASON DIDNT GET THE TROPHY ITWAS THAT GIRL WHO SKITES DONT KNOW HER BUT SHE WON.
yea..ashanti’s gucci shoes are pretty hot..once again, I cant afford them! lol
I love Janet!
PLEASE EVERYONE GO GET THE ALBUM ON JUNE 3RD.. SHE IS HERE OUR GIRL IS BACK… I LOVE LOVE ASHANTI…..
LETS MAKE THIS THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM FOR ASHANTI… IN 2002.. SHE SOLD OVER 500k IN HER FIRST WEEK!
Ashanti will be making the following appearances and interviews:
June 2nd: 106 & Park
June 3rd: Interview on The Steve Harvey Show
June 3rd: Interview with DJ Clue on Power 105
June 5th: Regis & Kelly
June 5th: Interview with Angie Martinez on Hot 97
June 6th: Good Morning America at Bryant Park, New York
wasnt feelin it.
I agree with you “Dame” take that Chris Brown. Usher killed it not once but two perfomances. These younger cats after Usher need to hide for now because Usher is back.
Janet is going on tour? WELL ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!
#16 I agree, and for some reason I think Dancing With The Stars is the cheesy-ist show for anyone to perform on because of the whack audience.
That being said, Usher did his thing on there. He also performed a jazz rendition of Yeah that was pretty good. Angel you should show that clip as well!
The Way that I love you is my jam! Ashanti is doing it real big with that joint.
Twenty or thirty years ago, you would have had a hard time finding people in their 30′s and 40′s keeping up with people in their 20′s.
Ursh was a lil’ stiff, but he still did his thing. I really liked the performance.
J.J. is a queen as far as I’m concerned. Every young chick out here trying to sing and dance (from Britney to Ciara) needs to bow down to Janet because there was no one doing it like her before she came along.
I like ‘Shani.
Janet…is the issh…cant wait for the tour
Ashanti..i think her album is gonna be fiyah…
Usher is the man.
Black people doing it..Holla!!!
Usher still GOT IT- Gotta love him, I love his swagger!
Ashanti I’m so glad you proved those haters wrong. I’ve been a fan from day one and still am. You are definitely a STAR:)
Janet – I hope I can you see you on tour. Love Ya! I’m patiently waiting 4 Rhythm Nation and All For You tours to be released on DVD. I saw you on Larry King and you said you will release those two on DVD. Can’t wait:)
Ohh, and leave Ashanti alone with her 2002 moves, lol.
Ush said C-Breezy, thats nice and all…but I’m back. Sit down, because the original Michael Jackson swagger jacker is here once again!
I LOVE ASHANTI, I’m her biggest fan, SHE LOOKS SEXY as usual, SHE SOUNDS GREAT as usual (lately)…..CANT WAIT TILL JUNE 3……and to whoever made the comment about her touching her chest and singing, either way it was great she could have been touching her ass it still was great…..I guess the hate will begin……I LOVE HER….like those idiots thats on the “beyonce crack” im on the “ASHANTI CRACK”
liked ashanti’s vocals, improvement from her past live perfomances. ashanti’s movements on stage didn’t match her style of dress or the emotional tempo of song. she sang the song and made hand gestures as if it was a dance song, which, would call for different attire and dancers.
janet’s dance performance was great. didn’t like the lip synching. if that’s to be expected at the concert, i’ll pass!
usher was ok. performance not classy enough for dancing with the stars, in my opinion.
Wow Ashanti.. ti was great!
Go girl!
Janet killed those performances and I was feeling her swagger on LUV go ahead Damita Jo and she was singing over the track. Alot of artist do that especially ones that sing and dance at the same time! Ashanti was a lil’ stiff but happy she is making a comeback with that song. Usher……pass not feeling the cd!
Usher looked terrible on DWTS.
#16
Mario stayed longer than he should have, actually. From day 1, he was salacious. With all the body bumping and scant dresses, he should have known he couldn’t be so overtly sexual. He was adding too much emphasis on his pelvic region throughout the competition, too…sounds crazy, I know…but if you watched his performances, he was quite literally “goosing” his partner. I think it was a mix of youth and inexperience…the lewd “rolling” you might do to an R. Kelly song is not conducive to ballroom dance. And, when the rumors started about the affair with his partner, his dancing became something you just couldn’t forgive.
I’m sorry, but Ashanti has the most MEDIOCRE voice in R&B…I never understood the hype. Not trying to be mean, I’m just confused….her singing always seemed like talk/screaming to me, and there’s no emotion behind it.
I wish I could see what other people see in her, but she’s just not doing it for me. Some of her songs were cute though (production-wise I mean), but her voice….what’s the big deal?? Can someone please ‘splain? LOL
She’s pretty though…
Janet is going to tour, I am there!!!!! #31 All For You is on DVD you can go to a Best Buy or Circuit City. Janet said she was in the process of releasing Rhythm Nation and the Janet tour on DVD. #34 Then don’t go because that’s why she’s the greatest female entertainer of all time and it makes up for her singing ablility.
sorry but usher looked bored and sounded like he was lipping (not saying he was but saying he sounded it). didn’t like it at all
Usher is a very talented man. Ashanti sounded and looked great. I love Janet and she is one of the best performers of our time.
Yo Ashanti tore it up last night, I was flipping through channels and saw her, she looked good in that skirt and it was a good performance…..a lot of props, plus she looked good…..
Usher, Usher, Usher….. Whewwwwww that was a PERFECT performance… I guess I need to buy your CD… Not a Tamika fan but I’m loving you as a performer.
Ashanti… GREAT, Love the dress and the performance too… Hate the hair… Lets take it back to the Foolish days with the straight black hair… Love that look…
Didn’t watch Janet (yawn)
to number 39!
You dont understand Ashanti hype? Why not… she sold over 500K albums in 2002 and her three number 1 albums.. I guess you dont understand her hype, but a lot of people do…. she is a songwriter… can you name one female RB chick that wrote they entire album? I heard on an interview – when she went to LA and heard the beat for ‘TITWIU” she wrote that entire song!
Her Lyrics are amazing…
yes i am an STAN for life
Im sorry but Ashanti sounds a PICKLE! She never sounds good to me, but thats just my opinion.
# 38, many of the dances on the show are very sexual. I am a fan of the show, and the dancers’ styles are a matter of opinion. I was reading an article yesterday that discussed how the producers pair the partners a certain way to up the sex appeal, make the audience wonder if the partners are dating each other, & keep the ratings up. Mario is not the first or the last person on the show to grind his partner on the dance floor. Some of the married contestants have been just as sexual or more sexual than Mario was. My main point is that Mario is a much better dancer than Marissa, who was safe the week that Mario was eliminated. My other main point is that the audience is inappopriately skewed regarding age for some of the performances. The last point is there is too much clapping going on during the performance. It sounds like a clap track instead of natural applause.
There is a fine line, which may be up for debate itself but I can only go by what I’ve seen from every other celebrity on that show… There is a line you cannot cross…Mario’s dancing was lewd and low-browed and it’s not because he didn’t have an ability, but merely because he CHOSE to come acrose that way. The lip-biting in the behind-the-scenes moments, which he knew would be televised?? He made every moment with his partner some extended sex scene and that is NOT what the show has been about.
Well excuse me Miss Ashanti. Girlfriend definitely threw down in that performance. And the shoes are on fiyah!!!! I really like that single she has out. It definitely hit home for me. I have been there and done that. Overall, she did a very good job.
I love Usher’s smooth dancing, but I can’t stand the lip synching stuff. It’s getting old and it’s time for usher to learn how to sing and dance all at once.
I’m glad Janet is going on tour. I wanna see it because She dances the whole time and I saw her Velvet Rope tour and it was amazing!
Ashanti. I wish her much success, but I really wish she could’ve been a writer cause I’m still not a fan of her voice, but she has fans so good luck to her.
Usher’s performance was great.
Love to see him dancing.
-Usher did his thing!
-Janet did her thing, mostly!
-Ashanti’s voice is much better! She needs to work on her breathing and singing at the same time so that she doesn’t run out of breath. It is time to also incorporate a routine with her songs. Take it to the next level, so that she will be able to tour successfully. But, I must say she gets an A for most improved singing.
I really liked Usher’s performance. I think that he reminds me a lot of Michael Jackson. Ashanti just doesn’t do anything for me musically. I just think that she is struggling to have a career after Ja Rule doesn’t have one.
BTW Usher’s performance was TERRIBLE! His lipsynching was off and i dont think he can dance like he use to…he needs to hang it up imo.
ashanti tore it up!!! she finally FINALLY discovered how to sing and perform im sooo proud of her she’s come a long way from her “baby, baby, baby” day’s lol fa real she rip it…and her vocables were bomb (yes vocables is a word. means the same thing as adlibs) lol
I think Ashanti did a great job!She actually sounded like the radio version. I never understood why people hate on her so much. She is very talented. She is a better songwriter than anybody in the game(tied with Alicia Keys). Also why don’t nobody hate on Rihanna(non singing ass), keyshia cole, brandy. Anyways, I wish her the best of luck, and yes, I do think her album is going to be hot. I will be going to get it on June 3rd.
Give it Ashanti, you just can’t sing and her stage performance is just horrible. She always look like she just started out singing. And most improved singer ( who)? If that’s improved she was just horrible. And she isn’t the only woman to write her own songs. Research.
There is something off about Usher. I saw him on SNL and he just didn’t look as smooth as he usually does. I’m beginning to believe that she’s all over him and he can’t break away enough to rehearse. He can dance, of course…but his voice was weird…his dancing was weird at times too… I would NEVER say he should hang it up…but he needs to get better. If he releases that song where he sings about her, he’s definitely going to flop…You ppl hate that woman like she’s wronged you.
usher performed a second song. a very jazzed up version of “yeah.” IT WAS CORNY, angel!!! FULL OF CORN – straight up!!! and it sounded as if he was lip syncing.
ALL DID WELL, CNT WAIT 4 USHERS new album-JANETS TOUR & ASHANTI rokd it, BUT IDK if im buyin hte album (if tht switch & hey baby oin there) -HELL NAWW, hahaha….