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Virgin Records released Jackson's ninth studio album, 20 Y.O., on September 26, 2006. 20 Years Old, a nod to the twentieth anniversary of Control (and said to reference to how young Janet feels). The album debuted at number two on Billboard's albums charts, selling over 296,000 copies in its first week. Janet launched a contest, the "Design Me" cover contest, giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for the album by downloading images of Janet and creating proposed covers for the album. Janet hand-picked dozens of images to be used in the contest. She selected her top four favorites which were used for the first one million pressings of 20 Y.O.[35]
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In late 2002, new scandal arose surrounding Jackson. His most recent album, Invincible, had disappointing sales figures. Instead of blaming this on what was, by most fans and critics, considered mediocre music, he blamed his record label and industry executives, most notably the legendary producer Tommy Mottola, whom Jackson likened to Satan. Jackson ... recorded a song featuring various celebrities on vocals in an attempt to raise funds for disaster relief following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. However, the song was never released. One possible reason was that producer Marc Schaffel has worked as a producer of homosexual pornography (side-note: his house was searched by the police in 2004; it is not clear whether this was related to Jackson).
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"Mr. Jackson spoke personally to B.E.T. CEO Debra Lee regarding his invitation to attend the ceremony. Mr. Jackson respects B.E.T. and was one of the first recording artists to demand that his record company cooperate with, at the time, a newly established network."
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Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966), occassionally billed as simply Janet, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. She is ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth most successful act in rock and roll history, and the second most successful female artist in pop music history.[1], she has sold over over 100 million albums worldwide.[2] Guinness World Records lists her as the world's most searched-for person in Internet history.[3] Her recent film Why Did I Get Married? became her third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office,[4] following Poetic Justice (1993) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).
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In 1989, Jackson began recording her fourth album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. 1814 referred to the year "The Star Spangled Banner" was written; in addition, 'R' is the 18th letter of the alphabet and 'N' the 14th, hence 1814. Though executives at A&M wanted an album similar to Control, Jackson instead created an album that, in addition to songs about love and relationships, had heady socially-conscious message.
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In 2007, Jackson's Control and janet. were listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as two of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time, coming in at #87 and #151, respectively.[45]
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