But Carey signed to Epic earlier this year for a more modest advance of $2 million, according to sources.
Nine years later, Carey commanded an $80 million contract for four albums.
Jackson herself landed a record-breaking $32 million deal with Virgin Records in 1991. Hot 100 Chart Moves: Janet Jackson Returns With 40th Career Hit, ‘No Sleeep’Īlternative financing models are becoming the norm even for heritage artists once used to grandiose paydays. Sharing management duties are Jaime Mendoza and Jessica Davenport of JDJ Entertainment, who, as a group, negotiated with BMG to lock down a recording budget for Jackson (to the tune of at least $500,000, according to an insider) along with a sizable marketing spend. The model/businesswoman took a vested interest in Jackson’s career through Sterling/Winters, Jackson’s management company, which is owned by Kathy Ireland Worldwide and run by president/COO Stephen Roseberry. 1s tour, Jackson effectively pulled a vanishing act, marrying Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana in 2012 and shelving those very endeavors for what, to longtime fans, seemed like an eternity. Back then, she was managed by Kenneth Crear and it seemed that new music was imminent, having built up “so much good will” over the years that “you just had to mention her name, it didn’t even have to be anything of substance, and people would go a**-s-t.”īut then, following a 2011 No. Indeed, initial talk of a “multiple Janet projects occurring simultaneously” goes back at least to 2010, according to one source who was working with Jackson at the time. With Janet, if she doesn’t put out a cross-format smash right out of the box, people think it isn’t a success, but that’s not it. Why? “I think there’s a desperation to a lot of the older divas,” says Jon Cohen, evp of recorded music at BMG US. Still, by diva standards, the Janet rollout has had a relatively low profile so far. Cole Team Up for ‘No Sleeep’ Remix: ExclusiveĪfter a long lukewarm period, it seems the world wants Janet Jackson back. 15) were purchased two weeks after going on sale nearly 80 percent of the tickets for the second leg (Jan. According to promoter Live Nation, 88 percent of the tickets on the trek’s first leg (Aug. But most of all, her 65-date Unbreakable Tour is selling tickets at a blazing clip. 5 in its second week on Billboard’s Adult R&B airplay chart - her first top five hit on that tally in 11 years - and the song will get added sizzle when the album version, featuring red-hot rapper J. Jackson’s new single, “No Sleeep,” rose to No. Since a May 16 online tease of “new music, new world tour, a new movement,” Jackson has rapidly reeled off news about the launch of her own Rhythm Nation Records (a worldwide partnership with BMG), her first studio album in seven years and the initial two legs of a world tour, starting Aug. (Granted, Cher at 69 seems immune, but she’s the exception to most rules.) Can Janet Jackson, at 49, avoid the syndrome? Britney Spears, 33, Jennifer Lopez, 46, Celine Dion, 47, and Shania Twain, 49, already have taken the Vegas route. Just ask Madonna, 56, or 45-year-old Mariah Carey, whose journeys into middle age have been challenging at best. No matter how little her talent might diminish, under the spotlight’s glare, critics gleefully count wrinkles and listen for pitchy vocals in a way that rarely happens with male artists. Time can be cruel to the female pop star rounding 50. Inside Janet Jackson’s Comeback Gamble and the Hurdle of the ‘Aging Diva’ Stereotype
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