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Janet Jackson: Damita Jo (2004)
Janet's eighth studio release,
Damita Jo, was released in March 2004. Its first single, Just A Little While, was marketed to mainstream and adult contemporary radio in early spring 2004. However, likely due in part to the Super Bowl controversy (see below), it was not as commerially successful as her previous efforts; it failed to hit the Billboard Top 40 on the pop charts, the first Jackson single to do so since the early-'80s. MTV and VH1 declined to show the video.
"Just A Little While" was followed by the more urban single, "I Want You", though with similar lukewarm success. The third, "All Nite (Don't Stop)", failed to appear on the charts.
Even though
Damita Jo didn't live up to her past album sales, it didn't bother members of the recording company and some award shows to recognize the singer.
Jackson received an American Music Award nomination for Favorite R&B/Soul Artist though nu-soul singer Alicia Keys took the trophy (and whom Jackson presented when Keys did her duet with Usher at the AMA's), and in December 7th, NARAS announced the 2004 Grammy nominations, though Janet was banned from attending the award show last year (see, Super Bowl controversy below), she earned two nominations for
Damita Jo, one for Contemporary R&B Album the Year, and another for her single I Want You in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category.
Jackson received nominations as Best Female R&B singer at the Source Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and BET Awards.
Though, she didn't go on tour for
Damita Jo, Jackson performed two songs on "Good Morning, America"; an additional two songs on her appearance from Saturday Night Live, danced and performed on
Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" and also at the BET Awards.
Eventually garnering Platinum status in the U.S., total sales of the record have reached three million copies in total worldwide.
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