Legendary British music show Top of the Pops, on which Janet has been a frequent guest from the start of her career, is to air its final show later this year. Janet’s last appearance was just over two years ago in June 2004 when she performed All Nite (Don’t Stop). It is still unknown whether Janet will appear again during her promotional tour before the final show on July 30th. The BBC show has been running for 42 years.
Jermaine Dupri has said, in an interview with MTV, that he’s hoping to feature a Janet and Mariah Carey duet on 20 Years Old. Although it has not been recorded yet, he says that if it’s not ready in time for the album launch in September, it’ll make for an extra track if and when the album is repackaged.
Earlier this month, Jermaine Dupri demonstrated he’s a true showman by bringing out Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson during his set at the Summer Jam radio festival in New Jersey. Now, Dupri is thinking about how to pull the ultimate trump card and get the two legends on the same song.
In April, Carey hinted that she was very open to the collaboration. “He never talked to me about that, but if Jermaine has a concept, we should go and write something,” she told MTV Radio. “I love Janet. I’ve been a big fan of Janet since ‘Con-tro-ol!’ ”
On Friday, JD said he is, in fact, developing an idea for Carey and his longtime girlfriend to do it up right on a song.
“It’s gonna happen on this record,” he said about the collaboration. “Please believe that. I got a mean idea, so look for it. We definitely gonna do a repackage on [Janet’s 20 Years Old] once it comes out. Hopefully it’s successful and people buy into it, then I’m going back in the studio.