Janet Jackson considers record deal
Janet Jackson The 44-year-old singer ended her contract with Island Def Jam in September 2008, after just 14 months with the label. Janet terminated her deal with the label after her tenth studio album Discipline failed to set the charts alight.
The singer claimed the label did not “support” and promote the record well enough, leading to its failure. She has been without a recording deal since she left Island Def Jam, and is currently looking for a new contract.
She says all the major labels are begging her to sign with them, but she is more interested in a smaller company because that would give her more creative control.
“All the major labels have called and they want to sit down and talk about me signing,” Janet told British newspaper The Daily Mirror. “But I need to figure out if that’s the route I want to take, or if I want to do something more independent.
“The latter might be better, where I’d be able to call the shots when creating my own album. I haven’t decided.”
Janet signed her first record deal with Virgin Records in 1993. Her first nine albums made more than $100 million worldwide, but she changed labels in 2007.
Janet is currently focusing on her acting career, and can be seen in new comedy Why Did I Get Married Too?.
