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Damita Jo

Damita Jo is the eighth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on March 30, 2004, by Virgin Records. The album takes its title from Jackson's middle name. The album was released after the famous Super Bowl XXXVIII wardrobe malfunction. The album continues on with the theme of sex that began with janet. (1993) and features a more hip hop, funk and R&B feel to it.

Damita Jo
Studio album by
Janet Jackson
ReleasedMarch 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)
RecordedOctober 2002 – February 2004[1]
Genre
Length65:02
LabelVirgin
Producer
Janet Jackson chronology
All for You
(2001) 		Damita Jo
(2004) 		20 Y.O.
(2006)
Singles from Damita Jo
  1. "Just a Little While"
    Released: February 2, 2004
  2. "I Want You"
    Released: February 19, 2004[2]
  3. "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
    Released: April 27, 2004[2]
  4. "R&B Junkie"
    Released: December 30, 2004

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
BBC Music(mixed)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[5]
The Guardian     [6]
The New York Times(positive)[7]
Rolling Stone     [8]
Slant Magazine     [9]
The Village Voice(favorable)[10]
USA Today    [11]
Yahoo! Music UK          [12]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Looking for Love (Intro)"  
 1:29
2. "Damita Jo"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Bobby Ross Avila
  • Issiah J. Avila
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
  • Avila Brothers
 2:46
3. "Sexhibition"  
Dallas Austin 2:29
4. "Strawberry Bounce"  
 3:11
5. "My Baby" (featuring Kanye West)
  • Kanye West
  • Jackson
  • Jam & Lewis
 4:17
6. "The Islands (Interlude)"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 0:39
7. "Spending Time with You"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • B. R. Avila*
  • Iz*
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
  • Avila Brothers
 4:14
8. "Magic Hour (Interlude)"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 0:23
9. "Island Life"  
 3:53
10. "All Nite (Don't Stop)"  
 3:26
11. "R&B Junkie"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Tolbert
  • Michael Jones
  • Nicholas Trevisick
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 3:11
12. "I Want You"  
  • Kanye West
  • Jackson
  • Jam & Lewis
 3:57
13. "Like You Don't Love Me"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • B. R. Avila*
  • Iz*
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
  • Avila Brothers
 3:31
14. "Thinkin' Bout My Ex"  
Babyface
4:36
15. "Warmth"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 3:44
16. "Moist"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • B. R. Avila
  • Iz
  • Tolbert
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
  • Avila Brothers
 4:54
17. "It All Comes Down to Love (Interlude)"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 0:39
18. "Truly"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 3:59
19. "The One (Interlude)"  
  • Jackson
  • Ritz
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Télépopmusik
  • Jackson
  • Jam & Lewis
 1:02
20. "SloLove"  
  • BAG & Arnthor
  • Jackson
 3:44
21. "Country (Interlude)"  
  • Jackson
  • Harris
  • Lewis
  • Jam & Lewis
  • Jackson
 0:31
22. "Just a Little While"  
  • Jackson
  • Austin
Dallas Austin
4:11

(*) denotes co-producer

Sample credits

Personnel

  • Janet Jackson – vocals, backing vocals, producer
  • Dallas Austin – beats, keyboards, Line 6 guitar, producer
  • Bobby Ross Avila – bass, drums, co-producer, guitar, keyboards, Moog lead, nylon guitar, producer, Rhodes electric piano
  • Babyface – instrumentation, producer
  • BAG & Arnthor – arrangers, engineers, producers, programming
  • Miri Ben-Ari – violin, violin arranger, violin producer
  • Paul Boutin – engineer
  • Billy Brown – backing vocals
  • Henrik Brunberg – assistant engineer
  • Jason Carson – engineer
  • Fran Cooper – make-up
  • Ian Cross – engineer
  • Roger Davies – management
  • Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
  • Freckles – backing vocals
  • Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
  • Jon Gass – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mix assistant
  • Johnny Gill – guitar
  • Lee Groves – programming
  • Cesar Guevara – assistant engineer
  • Stephan Haeri – mixing
  • Rob Haggett – assistant programming
  • Doug Harms – assistant engineer
  • Terri Harris – personal assistant
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
  • Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing, mix engineer
  • Keenan "Kee Note" Holloway – bass
  • Kameron Houff – engineer
  • Kevin Hunter – guitar
  • Jun Ishizeki – engineer
  • Iz – bass, co-producer, drums, electric guitar, guitar, horn stabs, Moog synthesizer, percussion, scratches
  • Jimmy Jam – drum programming, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer
  • Glenn Jeffery – guitar
  • Henrik Jonback – guitar
  • Goran Kajfes – horn
  • Brent Kolatalo – assistant engineer
  • Ken Lewis – instrumentation
  • Terry Lewis – producer
  • Wayne Scot Lukas – wardrobe
  • Matt Marrin – mix engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Andrew MacPherson – photography
  • Glen Nakasako – art direction, design
  • Big Jon Platt – A&R
  • Ervin Pope – keyboards
  • Joni-Ayanna Portee – backing vocals
  • Magnum Coltrane Price – bass
  • Tony Reyes – backing vocals, bass, Line 6 guitar
  • Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
  • Lindsay Scott – management
  • Rick Sheppard – engineer, MIDI, sound design
  • Xavier Smith – assistant engineer
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Scott Storch – producer
  • Télépopmusik – producers
  • Tony "Prof T" Tolbert – backing vocals
  • David Treahearn – mixing assistant
  • Rabeka Tuinei – mixing assistant
  • Max Vadukul – photography
  • Kanye West – vocals, producer
  • Colin Wolfe – bass
  • Ghian Wright – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Bradley Yost – assistant engineer
  • Janet Zeitoun – hair stylist, stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[15] 18
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 49
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[17] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18] 40
Brazil Albums Chart[19] 40
Canadian Albums Chart[20] 7
Czech Albums Chart[17] 34
Danish Albums Chart[21] 34
Dutch Albums Chart[22] 23
French Albums Chart[23] 35
German Albums Chart[24] 21
Irish Albums Chart[25] 72
Italian Albums Chart[26] 37
Japanese Albums Chart[27] 10
New Zealand Albums Chart[28] 50
Spanish Albums Chart[29] 49
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 43
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 34
UK Albums Chart[32] 32
US Billboard 200[20] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[20] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
US Billboard 200[33] 73
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[34] 20

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Platinum 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[36] Gold 100,000^
Singapore (RIAS)[37] Gold 5,000[37]
South Korea (RIAK)[38] Gold 9,256[38]
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[40] Platinum 1,002,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Label
Japan March 22, 2004 EMI
Australia March 26, 2004
Germany
United Kingdom March 29, 2004 Virgin Records
United States March 30, 2004
Canada

References

  1. ↑ "Janet Jackson Lays Tracks For New LP - MTV.com". MTV. 2002-10-16. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2000-2009 Career Timeline". janet-xone. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Damita Jo – Janet Jackson". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Janet Jackson Damita Jo Review". BBC Music. 2004-03-26. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  5. ↑ "Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)". Entertainment Weekly. 2004-04-09. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,607059,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  6. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (2004-03-24). "Janet Jackson, Damita Jo". The Guardian (London). http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1177773,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  7. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (2004-03-28). "Two Lessons At the School For Scandal". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/arts/two-lessons-at-the-school-for-scandal.html. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  8. ↑ "Janet Jackson: Damita Jo : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 2004-04-24. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/damita-jo-20040324. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  9. ↑ "Janet Jackson: Damita Jo". Slant Magazine. 2004-03-23. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  10. ↑ "But It's Really Good Sex". The Village Voice. 2004-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  11. ↑ "USATODAY.com - Jackson steps out as 'Damita Jo'". USA Today. Jones, Steve. 2004-03-29. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  12. ↑ "Janet Jackson - Damita Jo". Yahoo! Music UK. 2004-04-02. Archived from the original on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  13. ↑ "Damita Jo (Clean): Janet Jackson". Amazon. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  14. ↑ "Damita Jo: Janet Jackson". Amazon. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  15. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Australian Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  16. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in Deutsch). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in Nederlands). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  18. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in français). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  19. ↑ "Hot100brasil". Hot 100 Brasil. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Illegal name entered janet/Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart "Damita Jo – Janet". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). http://www.billboard.com/artist/Illegal name entered janet/Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  21. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". IFPI Denmark. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  22. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in Nederlands). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  23. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in français). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  24. ↑ "Janet Jackson, Damita Jo" (in Deutsch). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  25. ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 1 April 2004". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  26. ↑ Artisti – Classifica settimanale dal 26/03/2004 al 01/04/2004. Federation of the Italian Music Industry.
  27. ↑ "???·???/?????·?????" [Damita Jo / Janet Jackson] (in 日本語). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  28. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  29. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes – Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 29.03.04 al 04.04.04" (PDF) (in español). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  30. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  31. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  32. ↑ "Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  33. ↑ "2004 Year End Charts – Top Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). 2004-12-25. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2004/tlptitl.jsp. Retrieved 2010-09-22. 
  34. ↑ "2004 Year End Charts – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). 2004-12-25. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2004/blptitl.jsp. Retrieved 2010-09-22. 
  35. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Music Canada.
  36. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Janet Jackson – Damita Jo" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Alphonso, Jill (2004). I'm in Love. Straits Times. The album has gone gold in Singapore, says EMI Music, which distributes her album.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Korea Database, Best Selling Foreign Album in Korea (1999-Now)".
  39. ↑ "British album certifications – Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Damita Jo in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  40. ↑ "American album certifications – Janet Jackson – Damita Jo". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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