Janet Jackson Wants Fans To Design New Album Cover

07/18/2006 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Billy Johnson Jr

The cover of Janet Jackson's new album, 20 Years Old, due out September 26, will be designed by a fan. On July 18, Janet launched a contest giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for her ninth studio set.


The Design Me contest requires participants to download images of Janet, create proposed album covers, and to post the creations on the contest page. Contestants will vote for their favorite submissions, and Janet will select her top four favorites, which will be used for the first one million copies of the album.


Janet and her beau Jermaine Dupri, President Virgin Records, Urban Music, came up with the idea for the promotion. "We were going on the website and looking at all this creative stuff the kids were doing, and it amazed us," Janet says. "They were taking old pictures and they were just very creative with all the designs. We said, 'Let's have these kids design our album cover.'"


Janet hand-picked dozens of images, new and old, to be used in the contest. "They told me that I should pick maybe 20, 30 photos, but I think I went a little crazy," Janet says. "I picked way more than that. I gave them some of the new stuff I just shot for the album cover shoot. So they have some really recent photos as well as some stuff from 20 years ago."


Janet does not give participants any parameters for their designs. She wants them to be uninhibited and to "go for it."


"That's what it's really about," Janet says, "for them to manipulate it and get creative, and go wherever their images takes them."


To enter the contest, contestants should visit: http://designme.janetjackson.com.

Aww, too bad I'm neither a fan nor a graphic artist.

I'm sure that there are Nairaland members who can win this competition on a good day. Good luck in advance!

mennnn! but this chic hot o ,,,,gawd dam!

Don't forget the power of photoshop and skin toning pigments

aww, am here am her numba 1 fans,i love janet

coool

The body? Cosmetic surgery works wonders, you know.

kai,seun i neva knew u look at women bodies oo,

seun The woman is fine o! look at her here early this

no photshp rit no camera ready make up , pix by a paparazzi

fat or slim Janet is da bomb

janet is da boom,i love her

Me love her too

she fineeeeeee

dang! wish i had a body like her

Too bad I don't like her, besides, my photoshop is down.

Was that directed to me?

Oh, ok.

I see, It is cool

Wat do you see? lol

I am contesting for Janet's cd cover, i will need some one that i can trust over there in US, So, anybody mail me is full contact eg. first name,Last Name,Address,City,State,ZIP Code,U.S. Only,Home Phone,Work Phone,
Cell Phone, and Date of birth. To my email: adetilewa@gmail.com

I see that everybody love jenet.

"I am contesting for Janet's cd cover, i will need some one that i can trust over there in US, So, anybody mail me is full contact eg. first name,Last Name,Address,City,State,ZIP Code,U.S. Only,Home Phone,Work Phone,
Cell Phone, and Date of birth. To my email: adetilewa@gmail.com

I see that everybody love jenet"

LMAO, feel bad for anyone that falls for this.

Got an Idea, her album cover can be a hand reaching for her dress, just like the super bowl

;d

I LOVE JANET.I LOVE MICHAEL NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just another publicity stunt by janet and hubby

why are u triping hun?

diddy leave me alone

your ass keeps getting moi. maybe you should dress like arabian women then i will leave u.

diddy4:

. maybe you should dress like arabian women then i will leave u.

OMG LMAO