All for You (album)

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All for You
Studio album by Janet Jackson
Released	April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16) (see release history)
Recorded	March 2000 – February 2001
Genre	R&B, pop, dance-pop, pop rock, adult contemporary
Length	73:01 (original) 76:45 (Japanese edition) 67:30 (clean) 76:50 (Limited Edition)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Rockwilder
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Entertainment Weekly (B) link The New York Times (positive) link Robert Christgau (B-) link Rolling Stone link Slant link Yahoo! Music UK link
Janet Jackson chronology
The Velvet Rope (1997) All for You (2001) Damita Jo (2004)
Alternate covers
Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD
Promotional cover
Singles from All for You
"Doesn't Really Matter" Released: July 25, 2000 "All for You" Released: December 13, 2000[1] "Someone to Call My Lover" Released: August 14, 2001 "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" Released: December 11, 2001 "Come On Get Up" Released: November 2002 (Japan)

All for You is the seventh studio album (tenth overall) by American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson, released in the United States on April 24, 2001 by Virgin Records. Unlike The Velvet Rope, which saw Jackson tackling darker issues like domestic violence and depression, All for You showcased a fluffier pop sound with lyrics talking mostly about her then-recent divorce. First pressings of the album did not contain a Parental Advisory warning on it, and a clean version was not offered, despite strong language and sexual content. Subsequent pressings of the album did in fact have a Parental Advisory warning on it, and a clean version was then issued, which omitted the track "Would You Mind?". This situation drew many comparisons to Jennifer Lopez's album, J.Lo (2001), as the same thing happened with that album. The album marked Jackson's first album to be released with a Parental Advisory label on it; the second being follow-up Damita Jo (2004). The album became Jackson's fifth consecutive album to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart, selling 605,000 units in its opening week, and shipped over 1.8 million units in its first week in the US. ^[2]

Contents 1 Release 2 Reception 3 Track listing 3.1 Bonuses 3.2 Bonus DVD 4 Personnel 5 Awards 6 Charts 6.1 Certifications 7 Release history 8 References

[edit] Release

A week before its release, MTV held a special entitled MTV Icon, and its first honorary icon was Jackson herself. Many artists paid tribute to Jackson on that night and commemorated her success since Control, such as Britney Spears, producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Christina Aguilera, 'NSYNC, Usher, Mýa, OutKast, Pink, Aaliyah, Jennifer Lopez, and brother Michael Jackson. Jackson performed "All for You" at the end of the special.

On its initial pressings, the album was released without a Parental Advisory sticker, despite featuring very strong language and sexual content in some songs ("You Ain't Right", "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)", "Would You Mind", "Trust a Try", "Son of a Gun", "Better Days"). It was later re-released in "explicit" and "clean" versions (both added the P. Diddy remix of "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" as a bonus track, while the edited disc also removed the steamy "Would You Mind"), although an edited version was already available in Wal-Mart stores before the re-release. A limited edition of All for You was released on November 20, 2001. The track listing was the same as that of the clean version, but it added yet another "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" remix as a bonus track. The limited edition also contained a bonus DVD with music videos from janet., The Velvet Rope, and ending with All for You's "Someone to Call My Lover". Due to the explicit nature of the track "Would You Mind", the entire song was cut from the clean version of the album, and the album was banned in Singapore, as Jackson's management refused to remove the track from the album.^[3]

[edit] Reception

All for You debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with more than 605,000 copies sold in its first week ^[4]. To date, the album has sold over three million copies, eventually earning a double platinum sales certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 18, 2001. The album reached number one again during the fourth week that "All for You" was number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, just behind Ash's Free All Angels. Worldwide, the album has sold an estimated seven million copies.^[5]

The first single off the album was "Doesn't Really Matter" (from the Nutty Professor II: The Klumps soundtrack). It was a number-one hit in the last quarter of 2000. Although the version of the song that was released as a single was found on the Nutty Professor II soundtrack, the album contains a slightly different mix. The album's title track was released as the second single and became Jackson's most successful hit single in years, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining there for seven weeks. The album's third single, "Someone to Call My Lover", was also a success, peaking at number three. The fourth single, "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (which featured Carly Simon and repurposed her 1972 hit "You're So Vain") did not meet the same success as the album's previous singles; it nonetheless peaked at number twenty-eight.

There were plans to release "Come On Get Up" as a commercial single in 2002 and a video was to be shot for the single, but it was canceled. Instead, promo CDs and vinyls were issued to DJs in Japan and America only in November of 2002. Also, on MTV's TRL in Spring 2001, Janet had told Carson Daly that "Trust a Try" would be a future single, but there were no plans for the single release. Instead of releasing "Come On Get Up" and "Trust a Try", Jackson began work on her next studio album, Damita Jo.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:59
2. "You Ain't Right" (Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Dana Stinson) – 4:32
3. "All for You" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, David Romani, Wayne Garfield, Mauro Malavasi) – 5:29
   • Contains a sample of Change's "The Glow of Love" (David Romani, Wayne Garfield, Mauro Malavasi)
4. "2wayforyou (Interlude)" – 0:19
5. "Come On Get Up" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Stinson) – 4:47
6. "When We Oooo" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis) – 4:34
7. "China Love" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis)
   • Contains a sample from the Square game "Legend of Mana"– 4:36
8. "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis) – 4:16
9. "Would You Mind" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Stinson) – 5:31
   • Not included on the clean version of the album
10. "Lame (Interlude)" – 0:11
11. "Trust a Try" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Stinson) – 5:16
12. "Clouds (Interlude)" – 0:19
13. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (with Carly Simon) (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Carly Simon) – 5:56
    • Contains a sample of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" (Carly Simon)
14. "Truth" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, James Wright, Stan Vincent) – 6:44
15. "Theory (Interlude)" – 0:26
16. "Someone to Call My Lover" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Dewey Bunnell) – 4:32
    • Contains a sample of America's "Ventura Highway" (Dewey Bunnell)
17. "Feels So Right" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Stinson) – 4:42
18. "Doesn't Really Matter" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis) – 4:24
19. "Better Days" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis) – 5:05
20. "Outro" – 0:08

[edit] Bonuses

Japanese Edition

21. "Who" (Jackson, Harris, Lewis, Stinson) – 3:45

Re-release

21. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (P. Diddy Remix featuring Missy Elliott and P. Diddy) – 4:26 (track 20 on clean edition)

Limited Edition Bonus Tracks

(Note: The Limited Edition contains the clean version of the album, therefore "Would You Mind" is not included, leaving the original album at only 19 tracks)

20. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (The Original Flyte Tyme Remix featuring Missy Elliott) – 4:14
21. "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (P. Diddy Remix featuring Missy Elliott) – 5:06

[edit] Bonus DVD

1. "That's the Way Love Goes" (One Take Version)
2. "If" (All Dance Version)
3. "Again" (Poetic Justice Version)
4. "Because of Love"
5. "Any Time, Any Place"
6. "You Want This"
7. Janet - Behind the Scenes
8. "Got 'Til It's Gone" (featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell)
9. "Together Again"
10. "Together Again" (Deeper Remix)
11. "I Get Lonely"
12. "Go Deep"
13. "You"
14. "Every Time"
15. The Velvet Rope - Behind the Scenes
16. "All for You"
17. "Someone to Call My Lover"
18. All for You - Behind the Scenes
19. MTV Icon Performance - "All for You"

[edit] Personnel

• Carly Simon - Performer
• Janet Jackson - Executive Producer, Main Performer, Producer, Vocals
• Jimmy Jam - Executive Producer, Producer
• Steve Hodge - Mixing
• Terry Lewis - Executive Producer, Producer

[edit] Awards

American Music Awards

• Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
• Award of Merit

Grammy Awards

• Best Dance Recording: All for You
• NARAS Governor's Award

Billboard Music Award

• Artistic Achievement Award

Essence Awards

• Reader's Choice Award for Entertainer of the Year

BMI Pop Awards

• Most Performed Song From A Motion Picture: Doesn't Really Matter
• Most Played Song: Doesn't Really Matter
• Most Played Song: All for You
• Most Played Song: Someone to Call My Lover

BMI Urban Awards

• Song of The Year: All for You

Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards

• Wanna Be Award given to good role models for kids

International Dance Music Awards

• Best Dance Video: All for You

Japan Gold Disc Awards

• Top Female Vocalist
• Top Selling Single of the Year for Foreign Music: Doesn't Really Matter
• Top Selling Single of the Year for Foreign Music: All for You
• Top Pop Album of the Year: All for You
• Top Selling Album of the Year: All for You

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)[6][7] Peak position Australian ARIA Albums Chart 3 Austrian Albums Chart 8 Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 3 Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 3 Canadian Albums Chart 1 Danish Albums Chart 21 Dutch Albums Chart 4 European Top 100 Albums[8] 2 Finnish Albums Chart 14 French SNEP Albums Chart 2 German Albums Chart[9] 3 Irish Albums Chart[10] 16

Chart (2001) Peak position Italian FIMI Albums Chart 10 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[11] 4 New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 6 Norwegian Albums Chart 4 Polish Albums Chart[12] 21 Swedish Albums Chart 4 Swiss Albums Chart 2 UK Albums Chart[13] 2 U.S. Billboard 200 1 U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1 U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 1

[edit] Certifications

Territory	Certifier	Certification	Sales
Australia	ARIA	Gold[14]	35,000
Canada	CRIA	3× platinum[15]	300,000
France	SNEP	Gold[16]	150,000[17]
Germany	IFPI	Gold[18]	100,000
Japan	RIAJ	2x Platinum	500,000
New Zealand	RIANZ	Gold[19]	7,500
Switzerland	IFPI	Gold[20]	15,000
United States	RIAA	2× platinum[21]	3,105,000[22]
United Kingdom	BPI	Gold[23]	100,000

[edit] Release history

Region	Date
Japan	April 16, 2001
Europe	April 23, 2001
United States	April 24, 2001

[edit] References

Preceded by Now 6 by various artists

U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album May 12, 2001 - May 19, 2001

Succeeded by Survivor by Destiny's Child

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