20 Y.O.

20 Y.O. is the ninth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was first released in Japan on September 20, 2006, by Virgin Records. Its title is a reference to the twentieth anniversary of the 1986 breakthrough album Control, which she made when she was 20, and that she felt 20 in 2006 as she was making 20 Y.O.. The album represents the "celebration of the joyful liberation and history-making musical style" of Control. It is an R&B and dance album. Jackson enlisted a range of producers with whom to work on its material, including LRoc, Manuel Seal, The Avila Brothers, and No I.D., in addition to her longtime partners Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and then-boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. 20 Y.O. received mixed reviews from music critics, with some of them questioning the involvement of Dupri. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, making it Jackson's eighth consecutive top-three entry and second consecutive number-two album debut on the chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it platinum, becoming Jackson's eighth consecutive platinum album. Worldwide, the album has sold 1.5 million copies. 20 Y.O. earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album in 2007. To promote 20 Y.O., the singer appeared in various magazines, and performed on Today and the 2006 Billboard Music Awards. To further promote the release online, Jackson launched the "Design Me" cover contest, giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for the album by downloading images of her and creating proposed covers for the album. Jackson hand-picked dozens of images to be used in the contest and selected her top four favorites, which were used for the standard edition's cover on American pressings of 20 Y.O.. Three singles were released from the album–"Call on Me", "So Excited",...