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BMG to work with Janet Jackson on new album
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 4 June 2015
The BeeMGees have only gone and signed that there Janet Jackson. You know, Janet. Janet Jackson. Or, in the words of BMG itself, the “icon, music artist, BET honoured, award-winning songwriter, producer, singer, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee and winner of the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award, publisher, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of biggest-selling artists in popular music history”. Yes, Janet Jackson. The Super Bowl. The Breast. The Nipplegate. Hurrah, Janet Jackson!
Jackson, says BMG, is the “biggest worldwide superstar to quit the traditional record label system for a so-called artist services deal”. I don’t know, that Jacob Whitesides is pretty big news. But yes, the BMG partnership will see the music rights firm work with Jackson’s own company, Rhythm Nation, to release her first album in seven years this autumn.
The new record is yet to be named, but I’m sure whatever it’s called it will be a suitable title for the latest musical offering from an icon, music artist, BET honoured, award-winning songwriter, producer, singer, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee and winner of the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award, publisher, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of biggest-selling artists in popular music history.
And now here’s BMG boss Hartwig Masuch with a quote: “Janet is not just a supreme artist, she is a unique cultural force whose work resonates around the world. It is an honour that she has chosen BMG to release her long-awaited new album. We look forward to collaborating with her across every platform”.
