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JANET
JACKSON: ALL FOR YOU: LIVE IN CONCERT FROM HAWAII
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HEAT UP AIRWAVES ON HBO NEXT FEBRUARY
Exclusive Presentation Will Be Superstars Second HBO Concert
EventNEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2001 Four-time Grammy winner Janet
Jackson will heat things up this winter when she stars in Janet
Jackson: All For You: Live In Concert From Hawaii, it was announced
today by Nancy Geller, senior vice president, HBO Original Programming.
The exclusive music special will be presented Sunday, Feb. 17, from
Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, and marks her second HBO concert
event, following the 1998 Emmy®-winning Janet: The Velvet
Rope. Directed by Emmy® winner David Mallet, Janet Jackson:
All For You: Live In Concert From Hawaii will capture her dynamic
live performance, showcasing the brilliant visual sense and style
that have captivated concertgoers for more than a decade. Jackson
will perform hits from her extensive chart-topping catalogue of
music, including songs from her recent multi-platinum album All
for You.
Janet Jackson is one of todays premier entertainers,
and a favorite of our subscribers, noted Geller. Her
spectacular show continues HBOs tradition of presenting the
biggest and best music.
This year has marked a series of successes for the superstar, beginning
with the release of All for You, produced by Jackson
with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; it debuted at Number One on the
Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, marking the highest-selling week
of her career, and has already sold more than five million copies
worldwide. Jackson also exploded onto the singles charts with the
albums title track, the highest debuting single in Billboards
Soundscan history, remaining at Number One on the Hot 100 for seven
weeks. Her second single, Someone to Call My Lover,
also soared to the top of the charts and produced a Number One hit
video. Jacksons latest smash single is Son of a Gun.
In addition, her All for You Tour 2000 was among this
years hottest concerts events, selling out arenas nationwide.
Selling more than 50 million albums during her career, Jacksons
previous five multiplatinum albums include The Velvet Rope
(1997), Design of a Decade (1995), janet.
(1993), Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) and Control
(1986). With 20 gold and five platinum singles, she has amassed
a long list of honors, including four Grammy Awards, and numerous
MTV Music Video Awards and Soul Train Music Awards, as well as The
Award of Merit at this years American Music Awards. In addition,
nearly two dozen artists paid tribute to Jackson on MTVs first
MTV ICON earlier this year. Last year she starred with
Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, which
featured her Number One hit Doesnt Really Matter.
Jackson has also received Academy Award® and Golden Globe Best
Song nominations for Again, from John Singletons
1993 film Poetic Justice, in which she also starred.
Janet Jackson: All For You: Live In Concert From Hawaii will be
produced by Tony Eaton and directed by David Mallet, the team behind
Jacksons first HBO special, Janet: The Velvet Rope.
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