Editing Janet Jackson (section)

=== 2006–2007: ''20 Y.O.'' and ''Why Did I Get Married?'' ===
[[File:Janet Jackson.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Jackson promoting her 2006 studio album, ''[[20 Y.O.]]'']]
Jackson began recording her ninth studio album, ''[[20 Y.O.]]'', in 2005. She recorded with producers Dupri, Jam and Lewis for several months during the following year. The album's title was a reference to the two decades since the release of her breakthrough album ''Control'', representing the album's "celebration of the joyful liberation and history-making musical style".<ref name="Janet's Juggernaut">{{Citation |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57333/janets-juggernaut |title = Janet's Juggernaut |last = Coveney |first = Janine |newspaper = Billboard |date = September 5, 2006 |access-date = September 13, 2010 |archive-date = September 29, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140929190849/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57333/janets-juggernaut |url-status = live }}</ref>

To promote the album, Jackson appeared in various magazines, and performed on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' and at the Billboard Awards. Jackson's ''[[Us Weekly]]'' cover, revealing her slim figure after heavy media focus was placed on her fluctuations in weight, became the magazine's best-selling issue in history.<ref>The best-selling issue in ''Us Weekly'' history was the Janet Jackson mag, which sold a record 1.4 million the week of May 26. {{Citation|last=Kelly |first=Keith| title = MLad Mag's Coverup – Fhm Wraps Racy Glossy After Hudson News Complaint| newspaper=New York Post | date=June 23, 2006 | page = 36}}</ref> ''20 Y.O.'' was released in September 2006 and debuted at number two on the ''Billboard''&nbsp;200.<ref name="Billboard Album peaks" /> The album received mixed reviews, with multiple critics chastising the production and involvement of Jermaine Dupri.<ref name="Serpick" /> ''Rolling Stone'' disagreed with the album's reference to ''Control'', saying "If we were her, we wouldn't make the comparison."<ref name="Serpick">{{Citation |last=Serpick |first=Evan |title=Janet Jackson: 20 Y.O. : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |date=October 3, 2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/janetjackson/albums/album/11571388/review/11942285/20_yo |access-date=July 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503060722/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/janetjackson/albums/album/11571388/review/11942285/20_yo |archive-date=May 3, 2008}}</ref>

Jackson's airplay and music channel blacklist remained persistent, massively affecting her chart performance and exposure.<ref name="kreps" /><ref>{{Citation | title = Janet Blacklist? | publisher = TMZ | date = July 28, 2006 | url = https://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/janet-blacklist/ | access-date = June 18, 2013 | archive-date = November 14, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141114085516/http://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/janet-blacklist/ | url-status = live }}</ref> However, lead single "[[Call on Me (Janet Jackson song)|Call on Me]]", which featured rapper [[Nelly]], peaked at number twenty-five on the Hot 100, number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number six in the United Kingdom.<ref name="US-singles" /> The video for the album's second single, "[[So Excited (Janet Jackson song)|So Excited]]", was directed by [[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]] and portrayed Jackson's clothes disappearing through a complex dance routine.

''20 Y.O.'' was certified Platinum by the RIAA and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, also receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album.<ref name="cert" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046834/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard |magazine=Billboard |date=January 6, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2010 |archive-date=June 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606023719/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046834/ask-billboard |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/janet-jacksons-life-in-photos/ss-AAAj0QE#image=26 |title=Janet Jackson's life in photos |last=Turner |first=Mariel |date=July 19, 2018 |publisher=[[MSN]] |access-date=January 17, 2019 |quote=The 2006 project was certified Platinum, with 1.5 million copies sold, but never really found its footing. |archive-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174417/https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/janet-jacksons-life-in-photos/ss-AAAj0QE#image=26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
After the album's release, Dupri was condemned for his production and misguidance of the album, and subsequently was removed from his position at Virgin Records.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Mitchell |first1=Gail |last2=Garrity |first2=Brian| title=Dupri Exit Fuels Rumors | newspaper=Billboard |volume=118 |issue=44 | page=10 | date=November 4, 2006|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' stated, "After promising a return to Janet's dance-pop origins, [Dupri] opted to aim for urban audiences, a colossal mistake that cost Dupri his job and, probably, Janet her deal with Virgin."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2006/11/postkatrina-musicand-an-american-idol-dropout|title=Post-Katrina Music...and an American Idol Dropout|work=Slant Magazine|publisher=Cinquemani, Sal|access-date=December 4, 2014|date=September 11, 2006|archive-date=November 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114102329/http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2006/11/postkatrina-musicand-an-american-idol-dropout|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackson was ranked the seventh richest woman in the entertainment industry by ''Forbes'', having amassed a fortune of over $150 million.<ref>{{Citation | last = Goldman | first = Lea | author2 = Kiri Blakeley | title = The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment | work = Forbes | date = January 18, 2007 | url = https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html | access-date = September 3, 2008 | archive-date = November 24, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171124092119/https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_lander.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2007, she starred opposite [[Tyler Perry]] as a psychotherapist in the film ''[[Why Did I Get Married?]]''. It became her third consecutive film to open at number one at the box office, grossing $60 million.<ref>{{Citation| last = Ryan | first = Joal | title = Just Call It Tyler Perry's Box Office |work=[[E! News]] | date = October 15, 2007| url = http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b56440_Just_Call_It_Tyler_Perrys_Box_Office.html | access-date = September 17, 2010 }}</ref> Jackson's performance was praised for its "soft authority", though also described as "charming, yet bland".<ref>{{Citation| last = Scheib| first = Ronnie | title = Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? | newspaper=Variety | date = October 2007| page=32|volume=408|issue=10|issn=0042-2738}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Morris | first = Wesley | title = 'Married' is involving, if not blissful | work = [[The Boston Globe]] | date = October 13, 2007 | url = https://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=10489 | access-date = July 29, 2008 | archive-date = December 23, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223014618/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=10489 | url-status = live }}</ref>