Jakob

It helps but radio and tv is like 95% of promotion. If they don't play the music, you're not getting a #1 song. Huffington Post published an article last year on how Les Moonves instructed Viacom to ban ALL Janet's music, including the new singles. Like I told you before, the singles were projected to become hits. Then Moonves f***ed things up and too much damage was done (tv appearances were not gonna get Janet a top ten hit later that year).

Yes, she had interviews and stuff, but non-fans are not going to buy your album or singles unless they hear it on the radio frequently

Please tell me you're kidding. They sabotaged everything after February 2004.

Still blocked in Europe....

It's just your opinion dude. You can't say that it's trash and that that is a fact. You clearly dislike Damita Jo which is fine, but you can't say the fact that it failed on the charts and sales-wise is because it's 'trash'. There's actual trashy music out there that is #1 all over the world.

Its not my fantasy world, my friend. At 37, Janet had a #2 album (consider that Usher was #1 and the hot new thing atm) which is not bad at all. Of course, people bought the album after the Superbowl hysteria but the singles were pretty much only bought by the fans because radio didn't support. Thats why she peaked at #45 and #57 on the Hot 100. Without big airplay. You need radio and tv support (Viacom) and non-fans to buy the music too.

Sales don't always equal success. Plus, literally everyones album sales decline. TVR era got Janet 1 #1 hit AFY era got Janet 2 #1 hits It's likely, with the previous success, that Damita Jo might've got Janet one more #1 Hot 100 hit. Like @janet.1814 says, things like a world tour and the Superbowl shouldve made Janets exposure on the charts even bigger (which results in higher sales)

It WAS because of the Super Bowl. Thats not just our little theory here as fans, but it's factual.

EXACTLY

Uhm... How exactly was she on a decline? All For You gave her two (!) #1 hits and a #3 hit on the Hot 100 in her mid-30s! The success of All For You was probably why Damita Jo was predicted to be a success as well. Then the Viacom-boycott started (also in large parts of Europe!) and everything changed.

It deserved better. Much better. And we both know sales would've been much bigger and the singles would've done much better. Radio and TV airplay is everything.

Great albums don't always equal success. I'm not saying Damita Jo is her best album, it's just that Damita Jo and its era would've been much bigger if Jan wasn't blacklisted. It doesn't matter how you feel about the songs. The reviews were really good.

I really have to disagree with you this time around. Imagine this: The Superbowl stunt with the exposed bra went as it was supposed to happen. Radio and TV (MTV, VH1) played the singles. The singles reached AT LEAST the top 10 (note: the reviews were positive; radio & tv would've picked up the singles). Due to the successful singles there would've been at least 1 more music video, Janet would've gone on the Damita Jo World Tour and the singles were all over radio. The reason some fans dislike the Damita Jo, 20 Y.O. and Discipline era is NOT because the records were "bad" but because mainstream radio and tv didn't pick it up so it never got as huge as the 1986-2001 albums. As fans we probably would've liked the album better if it did very well and was all over radio and tv.

Uhm. What YOU think about the singles is not really important. Wasn't it Billboard that wrote a review about JALW saying it was most likely going to be a hit? And why wouldn't the singles be succesful? All her 1986-2001 albums had big hits, so why not the Damita Jo album? The songs totally fit in the 2004 sound so radio and TV would've definitely played it.

Well. You can imagine how well the songs would've done on the charts in the US if Viacom didn't blacklist the singles.

Wasn't Just A Little While projected to be a possible #1? Plus, Janet had #1s on all her albums from Control til All For You, and Damita Jo could've easily had 1 or 2 number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as well.

True.

Yep. The die-hard fans always check who Janet starts to follow

Thanks for this information! Seems like there are not that many differences with Europe. We're missing some more janet. videos and we only have the Got Til It's Gone video from TVR, and So Excited from 20 Y.O.

Yes, but the tickets never say "Show will be recorded". Why would they say that so prominently on the ticket?

Interesting, right? Dvd? Netflix? Rhythm Nation 30th Anniversary Special?

So.... A few fans noticed that Janet started following Vogue Magazine on Instagram. How awesome would it be if Janet graces the cover soon!

Some older tour book pictures are in this book, yes, but there are a LOT of rare pictures as well. It's a great book!

I still feel like they could get back together. Yes, what he did was wrong but she forgave him and they're still friends. There was great chemistry between them and as long as he stays away from her production team i would like to see them back together.

I made an unboxing video of the Metamorphosis coffee table book! Did you guys buy the book and what are your thoughts?