![]() ![]() It still sold three million copies despite the backlash from the Super Bowl incident. “Damita Jo” (2004) had an array of producers, although Jam and Lewis were still involved to a much lesser extent. Perhaps the apparent diminished pop sensibility of the albums also had some impact to ears such as mine who preferred the pop focus of the early hits. ![]() Nevertheless there are some great tracks and videos to discover, which makes this period in the wilderness all the more unfortunate. Justin’s career was unscathed by the incident (storm in a teacup), but Janet’s music and videos were seemingly blacklisted for some time.Īlthough the albums still hit the top five in the US, their impact was much reduced and barely visited the charts in the UK – “Damita Jo” (US No.2, UK No.32), “20 Y.O.” (US No.2, UK. This was the result of the controversy stemming from ‘nipple-gate’ in the Super Bowl performance with Justin Timberlake where a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ led to an extreme reaction against Janet. The period between 2004 and the “Unbreakable” album in 2015 could in many ways be viewed as Janet’s years in the pop wilderness.
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