The following list represents the Billboard positions for "Damita Jo" on the album charts, and for "I Want You" and "Just A Little While" on each of the singles charts for the week ending June 5, 2004. "Damita Jo" sold 19,783 copies this week, bringing its eight-week total to 762,885 copies sold in the US.
"Damita Jo":
The Billboard 200: 42 to 51
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: 13 to 18
"I Want You":
Hot 100: 90 to 93
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: 35 to 45
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 35 to 45
"Just A Little While":
Hot Dance Music/Club Play: 11 to 15
Video footage of the recent Essence Magazine photo shoot that Janet took part in this past February alongside Mary J. Blige and Beyonce is now available on Blige's official website.
The June issue of Essence with the three entertainers on the cover is now on newsstands.
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" will be released in the U.K. on two CD-singles and one 12" vinyl-single on Monday, June 7. The singles will have the following tracklistings:
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" - UK CD-single #1: VUSCD292 1. All Nite (Don't Stop) 2. I Want You
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" - UK CD-single #2: VUSDX292 1. All Nite (Don't Stop) 2. I Want You 3. Put Your Hands On 4. All Nite (Don't Stop) (Sander Kleinenberg Radio Mix) 5. I Want You (Ray Roc Radio Mix) 6. All Nite (Don't Stop) [Enhanced video] 7. I Want You [Enhanced video]
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" - UK 12" vinyl-single: VUST292 1. All Nite (Don't Stop) 2. All Nite (Don't Stop) (Sander Kleinenberg Club Mix) 3. I Want You 4. All Nite (Don't Stop) (So So Def Remix feat. Elephant Man)
The previously reported Janet LidRock CD will contain the "I Want You" music video, the previously unreleased E-Smoove remix of "I Want You", a screensaver, and wallpaper.
The CD will be sold with beverages at Regal Cinemas nationwide beginning Friday, May 28.
Al B. Rich has been officially commissioned to produce a remix of "R&B Junkie", according to DJ Riddler, half of the duo that makes up the Al B. Rich team.
While the remix has already been completed, DJ Riddler says that the status of releasing the track is unknown at this time as Virgin is currently putting its efforts into "All Nite (Don't Stop)."
The Al B. Rich team consists of Albert Castillo and Rich Pangilinan, aka DJ Riddler. The duo have previously remixed Janet's "Son Of A Gun" and have also mixed for other artists such as Dido, Christina Aguilera, and Jocelyn Enriquez.
LidRock, the company that manufactures mini-CDs and gives them away for free inside of the lids of fountain drinks, will release a Janet CD beginning May 28, according to the LidRock website.
Janet's LidRock will be given away with the purchase of a beverage at Regal Theaters across the U.S. At this point, it is unknown what exactly the mini-CD will contain.
The following list represents the Billboard positions for "Damita Jo" on the album charts, and for "I Want You" and "Just A Little While" on each of the singles charts for the week ending May 29, 2004. "Damita Jo" sold 23,628 copies this week, bringing its seven-week total to 743,102 copies sold in the US.
"Damita Jo":
The Billboard 200: 32 to 42
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: 11 to 13
"I Want You":
Hot 100: 84 to 90
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: 31 to 35
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 31 to 35
"Just A Little While":
Hot Dance Music/Club Play: 4 to 11
The edited version deletes most of the sexual content contained in the original video. It does, however, continue to use the song that is on the regular version of the "Damita Jo" album, not the edited song that appears on the clean album version.
- May 19: Tokyo - Pre-recording interviews with CX-TV's "Smap Smap" and ANB-TV's "SMA-Station."
- May 20 and 21: Tokyo - Janet will be holding a press junket today for several Japanese television stations, radio stations, and newspapers.
- May 23: Tokyo - Janet will tape a performance of "Just A Little While" at CX-TV's "Hey Hey Hey."
- May 24: Tokyo - Janet will hold a press junket today for several Australian, New Zealand, and Asian television and radio stations.
- May 27: London - Janet will be interviewed on the BBC by Jonathan Ross.
- May 29: Milan - Janet will perform at "Festivalbar."
- June 1: Germany - Janet will appear on "TV Total."
- June 2: Germany - Janet will appear on "Anke Late Night."
The "All Nite (Don't Stop)" music video will be featured as a New Joint on BET's "106 & Park" on Thursday, May 27, according to Janet's official website.
The website does not make it clear if this is the premiere date for the video, or if it will simply be featured on "106 & Park" on that day. Previously, Janet's website announced that the video would premiere on BET and VH-1 the week of May 17.
Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have put their Edina, Minnesota, Flyte Tyme Studios up for sale and are building a new studio in Santa Monica, California, the Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting.
The duo have recently decided to shift their Flyte Tyme company to the west coast. Since February 2003, they've rented space at Village Recorders, a legendary studio in Santa Monica, California, where they recorded Janet's "Damita Jo" album.
The new Santa Monica studio called Flyte Tyme West is currently under construction and is expected to open this summer. Janet had recorded a large amount of her back catalogue at the Minneapolis studio.
Jam has planned a "goodbye party" for the Minneapolis studio on May 22.
This upcoming Friday, May 14, Janet will be in Seattle to record two shows, one of them being a special online performance that will be available on MSN.com.
On Monday, May 17, Janet will be leaving for Japan where she will be doing two weeks of promotional stops.
Following the Japanese promotion, Janet will fly to Europe where she will be staying for four weeks. Promotional stops there include a performance at Italy's "41st Festivalbar," which records on Saturday, May 29, and will air on Italia Uno on June 1 and again on June 8.
The following list represents the Billboard positions for "Damita Jo" on the album charts, and the positions for "I Want You" and "Just A Little While" on each of the singles charts for the week ending May 22, 2004. "Damita Jo" sold 32,868 copies this week, bringing its six-week total to 719,474 copies sold in the US.
"Damita Jo":
The Billboard 200: 25 to 32
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: 9 to 11
"I Want You":
Hot 100: 73 to 84
Hot 100 Airplay: drops out
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: 28 to 31
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 27 to 31
"Just A Little While":
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: 31 to 68
Hot Dance Music/Club Play: 1 to 4
She has also been nominated in the category of "Best Female R&B Artist" along with Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, and Monica.
The show will be held Tuesday, June 29, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and will air live on BET beginning with a pre-show at 6:00 P.M. EST, and the main show at 8:00 P.M. EST.
Viewers can attend the show by purchasing tickets through Ticketmaster. Prices range from $75-$500 and go on sale May 12.
A new interview with Janet will air tonight on Canada's "etalk Daily" on CTV at 7:00 P.M. EST, according to the CTV website. The program will repeat later that night at 12:30 A.M.
In addition, video clips of Janet's recent appearance on CTV's "Canada AM" are now available to stream on the show's website.
The "All Nite (Don't Stop)" music video will be added to rotation on both VH1 and BET beginning the week of May 17, according to Janet's official website.
The "All Nite (Don't Stop)" German CD-single will be released on June 7, 2004, according to the official German Virgin Records website. It will contain the following tracklisting, which includes the Japanese bonus track "Put Your Hands On":
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" - German CD-single 1. All Nite (Don't Stop) 2. I Want You 3. Put Your Hands On
Janet wrapped up her three-day promotional visit to Toronto today after giving six interviews and performing five times.
She performed "Just A Little While" during her "MuchOnDemand" appearance, and both "All Nite (Don't Stop)" and "I Want You" during her "MuchMoreMusic Live" appearance and again at her "Canada AM" appearance.
The following list represents the Billboard positions for "Damita Jo" on the album charts, and the positions for "I Want You" and "Just A Little While" on each of the singles charts for the week ending May 15, 2004.
"Damita Jo":
The Billboard 200: 15 to 25
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: 6 to 9
"I Want You":
Hot 100: 67 to 73
Hot 100 Airplay: 67 to 71
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: 28 to 28
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 27 to 27
"Just A Little While":
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: 44 to 31*
Hot Dance Music/Club Play: 2 to 1*
Hot Dance Singles Sales: 14 to 10*
While giving an interview on CHUM FM in Toronto this morning, Janet announced that her upcoming concert tour will begin on September 17 in Vancouver.
Janet also revealed that she is currently working on the tour setlist, which she said will be completely different from the last tour. She did not announce what the tour will be titled.
"Just A Little While" has hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Chart for the week ending May 15, 2004. The song becomes Janet's 16th #1 dance track.
The remainder of Billboard's charts will be announced later this week.
"Late Night With Conan O'Brien" airs on Thursday night, May 6, at 12:30 A.M. It will repeat on Comedy Central on Friday, May 7, at 6:00 P.M. EST, and again on Monday, May 10, at 12:00 P.M. EST.
A test press of an upcoming promo CD single for "All Nite (Don't Stop)" reveals five different mixes for the song that have been made. The official Low End Specialists website also reveals that the mix they created had been approved by Virgin.
The tracklisting for this rare test press is as follows:
"All Nite (Don't Stop)" - US test press CD
1. Sander Kleinenberg Everybody Mix (8:42)
2. Sander Kleinenberg Dub (8:41)
3. Low End Specialists Main Mix (8:43)
4. Low End Speicalists Dub (8:43)
5. Low End Specialists Instrumental (8:41)