Pop megastar Janet Jackson delighted fans when she announced her Number Ones – World Tour last month. Now, the 44 year old looks set to heighten excitement even more, after officially announcing the trek’s first show and ticket information.

Let’s just say, Ms. Jackson will be hitting the stage sooner than you may think. Official press release after the jump…

The fans have chosen the first city to be announced for Janet Jackson’s largest ever world tour celebrating for the first time the Icon’s 35 number one hits in 35 global cities. An overwhelming amount of fans submitted suggestions to http://www.janetjackson.com to select the first announced site of her new tour. The winning city is Hong Kong.

This tour will differ from her previous concert schedules in that she will perform music exclusively from her chart topping CD NUMBER ONES. There will also be a focus on venues that will allow Janet to be up close and personal in a much more intimate setting.

The Hong Kong performance will take place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on February 14th. Tickets will go on sale on 10 am next Tuesday 14th December.

Janet has expressed her excitement for her return to perform in the city and the fans desire to have her there by saying

“The fans really reached out and voted for Hong Kong to be the Valentine’s Day city of our Number Ones tour. I am thrilled to receive your votes and I will be performing in Hong Kong Feb 14, 2011!”

Janet has also selected the first fan winner of the contest in voting for the cities. The winner will be announced on www.JanetJackson.com and they will receive an autographed copy of NUMBER ONES and an autographed copy of her upcoming book “True You” (on stands February 8th). In each of the 35 cities Janet will dedicate one of her number one songs to the city and she will also recognize 20 young people whose lives and work have enriched their communities in a major way. If you wish to submit someone you know in one of the selected cities please visit www.janetjackson.com.

You already know That Grape Juice will be in the house on the tour’s inevitable London date. It’s been been too long. Nonetheless, it’s great to see Janet finally catering to her International audience again. For the non-US market was strangely neglected by the numerous labels she’s been signed to over the last decade – despite her commercial deflation in the States. Here’s hoping this tour returns her to prominence in all territories, thereafter opening the doors for new material, new projects, and new successes. After all, as Madonna’s continued success has shown, age need not be a hindrance.

that was cool to see. might be my favorite era, seeing her live at the Joe for the Rhythm Nation tour might be tied for first. quick question, does anyone know the names of some of the "many" friends Janet says she's lost to AIDS, any former dancers, collaborators? i vaguely remember hearing that the guy from the What Have U Done... video had passed from it, true??

datdude said:

that was cool to see. might be my favorite era, seeing her live at the Joe for the Rhythm Nation tour might be tied for first. quick question, does anyone know the names of some of the "many" friends Janet says she's lost to AIDS, any former dancers, collaborators? i vaguely remember hearing that the guy from the What Have U Done... video had passed from it, true??

If you mean the male lead, no. He had gender reassignment surgery and now lives as a female in the Los Angeles area.

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

This was a really cool performance. She sang it really well. Thanks for posting. I also love the dancing.

wow, gender.reassignment.surgery. dayum. castration and coochie/boob replacements.

dag said:

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

This was a really cool performance. She sang it really well. Thanks for posting. I also love the dancing.

You're welcome! I love that performance too.

datdude said:

wow, gender.reassignment.surgery. dayum. castration and coochie/boob replacements.

I know, that was my reaction as well. I think he goes by Lola now.

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

That wasnt live...Pre-recorded vocals

ViintageJunkiie said:

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

That wasnt live...Pre-recorded vocals

Ugh! Are you kidding me? She was CLEARLY singing live. Of course there was the DAT track in the background, but she was not lipping that performance.

ViintageJunkiie said:

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

That wasnt live...Pre-recorded vocals

How can you tell?

SEANMAN said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

That wasnt live...Pre-recorded vocals

Ugh! Are you kidding me? She was CLEARLY singing live. Of course there was the DAT track in the background, but she was not lipping that performance.

You can hear that it's not live .. Just an alternate version of the song

THIS is live

Janet has always use pre-recorded vocals and THIS video proves it. I love Janet to death tho

audio feed from Black Cat performance during VRT

The whole song is a pre-recorded track...up until 2:08 where you can clearly hear Janet is OUT OF BREATH, trying to keep up

ViintageJunkiie said:

Janet has always use pre-recorded vocals and THIS video proves it. I love Janet to death tho

audio feed from Black Cat performance during VRT

The whole song is a pre-recorded track...up until 2:08 where you can clearly hear Janet is OUT OF BREATH, trying to keep up

I can't watch the video now because I'm at work, but that TTWLG performance is live. You can even hear the little nuances in her voice that wouldn't be there if it was pre-recorded. Your opinion, but it's wrong.

ViintageJunkiie said:

SEANMAN said:

Speaking of TTWLG, this is for the naysayers who say Janet never sings live...

That wasnt live...Pre-recorded vocals

It's live and it's not an alternate version as you claim.

SEANMAN said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

Janet has always use pre-recorded vocals and THIS video proves it. I love Janet to death tho

audio feed from Black Cat performance during VRT

The whole song is a pre-recorded track...up until 2:08 where you can clearly hear Janet is OUT OF BREATH, trying to keep up

I can't watch the video now because I'm at work, but that TTWLG performance is live. You can even hear the little nuances in her voice that wouldn't be there if it was pre-recorded. Your opinion, but it's wrong.

When you get home, listen to the Black Cat video I posted.

ViintageJunkiie said:

SEANMAN said:

Ugh! Are you kidding me? She was CLEARLY singing live. Of course there was the DAT track in the background, but she was not lipping that performance.

You can hear that it's not live .. Just an alternate version of the song

THIS is live

and you would post this video to showcase Janet's live singing...

ViintageJunkiie said:

SEANMAN said:

I can't watch the video now because I'm at work, but that TTWLG performance is live. You can even hear the little nuances in her voice that wouldn't be there if it was pre-recorded. Your opinion, but it's wrong.

When you get home, listen to the Black Cat video I posted.

No one's claiming 'Black Cat' on TVR tour was live....

trueiopian said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

You can hear that it's not live .. Just an alternate version of the song

THIS is live

and you would post this video to showcase Janet's live singing...

Well it's one of the only videos where she's actually singing live

TotalAlisa said:

musicjunky318 said:

Janet's core fanbase, the only that has been there from the beginning and stuck by her throughout her career is black. I don't who these stans think they're fooling.

That's not to say she doesn't have white fans, that's not to say that she isn't more of a crossover than a Mary J or R.Kelly (because she is) but she's not that universal. Her white audience has never matched the size of her black audience.

Michael was universal. Not Janet.

i agree 100000%

even michael jackson to a certain degree... seemed to be more supported by blacks during his trialing times.... Mj was huge influence to black culture... like almost apart of the family.... where as to everyone else (not black )they just like his songs and not necessarily him... Im am generalizing because there are exceptions to this...

right, i dont know why some of these fans are trying to deny that janet's core fanbase has always been the black community. when black artists cross over white people embrace them as long as everything is going good, soon as they hit a rough spot or some kinda controversy that audience drops them like hot bricks. janet was a cross over darling until the superbowl, while white america was busy rippin her apart THE BLACK COMMUNITY supported her, hen mtv wasnt messin with her no more she was a regular on bet, when the grammy didnt want her there she was dancing on the bet awards. whoever said janet didnt have as much success on the r&b charts as the pops chart must be crazy, a recent list just confirmed janet has the most #1 r&b songs in the last 20 years.

lowkey said:

TotalAlisa said:

i agree 100000%

even michael jackson to a certain degree... seemed to be more supported by blacks during his trialing times.... Mj was huge influence to black culture... like almost apart of the family.... where as to everyone else (not black )they just like his songs and not necessarily him... Im am generalizing because there are exceptions to this...

right, i dont know why some of these fans are trying to deny that janet's core fanbase has always been the black community. when black artists cross over white people embrace them as long as everything is going good, soon as they hit a rough spot or some kinda controversy that audience drops them like hot bricks. janet was a cross over darling until the superbowl, while white america was busy rippin her apart THE BLACK COMMUNITY supported her, hen mtv wasnt messin with her no more she was a regular on bet, when the grammy didnt want her there she was dancing on the bet awards. whoever said janet didnt have as much success on the r&b charts as the pops chart must be crazy, a recent list just confirmed janet has the most #1 r&b songs in the last 20 years.

Janet's POP audience >>>>> R&B audience

Fact. Deal with it.

Her core isn't the black community. Her success lies with the POP audience. We're not speaking of "support" because the "support" was hardly there.

Janet is a POP artist first and R&B artist second. I don't care if you think her debut was R&B because it really wasn't. Her sound and brand is a staple in POP, not R&B.

[Edited 12/9/10 12:16pm]

trueiopian said:

lowkey said:

right, i dont know why some of these fans are trying to deny that janet's core fanbase has always been the black community. when black artists cross over white people embrace them as long as everything is going good, soon as they hit a rough spot or some kinda controversy that audience drops them like hot bricks. janet was a cross over darling until the superbowl, while white america was busy rippin her apart THE BLACK COMMUNITY supported her, hen mtv wasnt messin with her no more she was a regular on bet, when the grammy didnt want her there she was dancing on the bet awards. whoever said janet didnt have as much success on the r&b charts as the pops chart must be crazy, a recent list just confirmed janet has the most #1 r&b songs in the last 20 years.

Janet's POP audience >>>>> R&B audience

Fact. Deal with it.

Her core isn't the black community. Her success lies with the POP audience. We're not speaking of "support" because the "support" was hardly there.

Janet is a POP artist first and R&B artist second. I don't care if you think her debut was R&B because it really wasn't. Her sound and brand is a staple in POP, not R&B.

[Edited 12/9/10 12:16pm]

of course her success is gonna be greater when the pop audience supports her, thats a no brainer, but the fact is she hasnt had much pop support over the last 8 years or so. her biggest successes inrecent years has been on the r&b charts. her only #1's since the AFU era has been r&b and dance. the dates she played on the rock wit u tour were mostly sold out in the large urban cities.the younger kids coming up now that knows who janet is are black kids.janet is a pop icon but she is a much bigger icon in the black community.

lowkey said:

of course her success is gonna be greater when the pop audience supports her, thats a no brainer, but the fact is she hasnt had much pop support over the last 8 years or so. her biggest successes inrecent years has been on the r&b charts. her only #1's since the AFU era has been r&b and dance. the dates she played on the rock wit u tour were mostly sold out in the large urban cities.the younger kids coming up now that knows who janet is are black kids.janet is a pop icon but she is a much bigger icon in the black community.

So basically you agree - Her POP audience >>> R&B audience. Good. When Janet stops appealing to her POP she won't get any support. But when she does she will get support. Janet hasn't made a good POP record in these late 8 years. 'Feedback' was very close and it reached the top 20 on the Hot 100. Janet hasn't had much success on the R&B charts these past few years either. Her last #1 on that chart was 'Call on Me' with NELLY in 2006. 'Nothing' flopped and only reached #58 on that chart and 'Make Me' reached #71. That doesn't sound like success to me. If she were a big drawing in the R&B community than she would do well on their charts and chart no matter what the single is. But she doesn't. The Rock With U tour had only two sold out shows and that was LA and Vegas. NYC is the largest Urban city and her show was 84% full, not 100%. The younger kids bit is not entirely true. You're acting as if Janet's a local act and only known to black people. GTFOH. Janet is a greater POP icon than R&B. You're smoking some serious shit if you think she's just as big of an R&B icon as she is POP. There are many, many R&B artists that have a far bigger brand in the R&B genre than Janet does.

ViintageJunkiie said:

trueiopian said:

and you would post this video to showcase Janet's live singing...

Well it's one of the only videos where she's actually singing live

There are plenty of other ones...

Janet does both Pop and R&B but she's known more for her Pop hits and sound.

lowkey said:

TotalAlisa said:

i agree 100000%

even michael jackson to a certain degree... seemed to be more supported by blacks during his trialing times.... Mj was huge influence to black culture... like almost apart of the family.... where as to everyone else (not black )they just like his songs and not necessarily him... Im am generalizing because there are exceptions to this...

right, i dont know why some of these fans are trying to deny that janet's core fanbase has always been the black community. when black artists cross over white people embrace them as long as everything is going good, soon as they hit a rough spot or some kinda controversy that audience drops them like hot bricks. janet was a cross over darling until the superbowl, while white america was busy rippin her apart THE BLACK COMMUNITY supported her, hen mtv wasnt messin with her no more she was a regular on bet, when the grammy didnt want her there she was dancing on the bet awards. whoever said janet didnt have as much success on the r&b charts as the pops chart must be crazy, a recent list just confirmed janet has the most #1 r&b songs in the last 20 years.

ViintageJunkiie said:

trueiopian said:

and you would post this video to showcase Janet's live singing...

Well it's one of the only videos where she's actually singing live

Um...no...

^^Live AND with dope vocals^^

TTWLG is live. Period. The difference between live and not live is

LIVE

VS. NOT LIVE

In the first clip, she's barely doing the choreography and she's holding her mic. It's live. In the second clip she's doing all the choreography and wearing the patented headset mic. Lip Sync. There's a difference.

trueiopian said:

lowkey said:

of course her success is gonna be greater when the pop audience supports her, thats a no brainer, but the fact is she hasnt had much pop support over the last 8 years or so. her biggest successes inrecent years has been on the r&b charts. her only #1's since the AFU era has been r&b and dance. the dates she played on the rock wit u tour were mostly sold out in the large urban cities.the younger kids coming up now that knows who janet is are black kids.janet is a pop icon but she is a much bigger icon in the black community.

So basically you agree - Her POP audience >>> R&B audience. Good. When Janet stops appealing to her POP she won't get any support. But when she does she will get support. Janet hasn't made a good POP record in these late 8 years. 'Feedback' was very close and it reached the top 20 on the Hot 100. Janet hasn't had much success on the R&B charts these past few years either. Her last #1 on that chart was 'Call on Me' with NELLY in 2006. 'Nothing' flopped and only reached #58 on that chart and 'Make Me' reached #71. That doesn't sound like success to me. If she were a big drawing in the R&B community than she would do well on their charts and chart no matter what the single is. But she doesn't. The Rock With U tour had only two sold out shows and that was LA and Vegas. NYC is the largest Urban city and her show was 84% full, not 100%. The younger kids bit is not entirely true. You're acting as if Janet's a local act and only known to black people. GTFOH. Janet is a greater POP icon than R&B. You're smoking some serious shit if you think she's just as big of an R&B icon as she is POP. There are many, many R&B artists that have a far bigger brand in the R&B genre than Janet does.

Plus Janet would probably do a straight-up pop album if she ever returns to the studio.

16 Janet Jackson Barbie D...ike To See

When the SoulBounce team got the news that a Janet Jackson Barbie doll had been created, squeals of delight could be heard across the country. That is until we learned that there was only one of its kind manufactured and that the doll is currently being auctioned off to the highest bidder to benefit the charity Project Angel Food. With the bid already topping $1000 and with broken hearts, we all kissed our dreams of owning the "Divinely Janet" doll goodbye. Which ultimately was fine, because although the Divinely Janet doll is an absolutely gorgeous replica of Janet when she performed on American Idol earlier this year, it's not exactly one that we would have chosen being the group of Janet fans that we are. A style and fashion trendsetter, Janet has so many iconic looks throughout her career that could translate well into a miniature plastic version of the diva. With that said, we came up with our own ideas for Janet Jackson Barbie dolls that we'd like to see made and would most definitely buy if ever given the chance. Mattel, are you listening?

SEANMAN said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

Well it's one of the only videos where she's actually singing live

Um...no...

^^Live AND with dope vocals^^

TTWLG is live. Period. The difference between live and not live is

LIVE

VS. NOT LIVE

In the first clip, she's barely doing the choreography and she's holding her mic. It's live. In the second clip she's doing all the choreography and wearing the patented headset mic. Lip Sync. There's a difference.

The Rosie performance was indeed live, but just because shes sittin down holding a mic and not doing choreography doesnt mean she wont lipsync

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PRE-RECORDED VOCALS

Listen at 1:45

Listen at 1:30

Listen at 1:23

Notice something during those times? The SAME EXACT VOCAL AD LIB. Again, I love Janet with my heart, but I know a lipsynched performance when I hear one

I took this quote from another forum..... it was a janet jackson thread... and seriously THIS IS WHAT i was talking about...

you can see for yourself.... click the link... and look for this last post at the bottom of the page

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59250&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=550