The pop icon piqued online curiosity when she announced her first album in seven years,but she’ll need more than her nostalgic fame to earn a comebackThere’s a tier of proper pop megastars whose gloss can seemingly never be dulled, even when their record sales slip well below average. This is down to the perfect storm of nostalgia that continues to swirl around their past glories, and the tough work they’ve already build in and the flickers of genius that remain. Prince,for example, hasn’t made a properly brilliant album in a very long time, and while Madonna’s final two veer more towards the “oh yes that one” end of her discography – yet both are still capable of causing media meltdowns. Fellow pop icon Janet Jackson – who recently announced details of her first album in seven years,Unbreakable, to an online frenzy – finds herself in a more interesting position, and having spent enough time away for people to actually want to know what a new Janet album in 2015 might sound like. Related: Janet Jackson: 10 of the best Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com