Discipline (Janet Jackson album)

Discipline
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2008 (2008-02-22)
RecordedJuly 2007–January 2008
Studio
Genre
Length53:55
LabelIsland Def Jam
Producer
Janet Jackson chronology
20 Y.O.
(2006)
Discipline
(2008)
Number Ones
(2009)
Singles from Discipline
  1. "Feedback"
    Released: December 26, 2007
  2. "Rock with U"
    Released: February 5, 2008
  3. "Luv"
    Released: February 11, 2008
  4. "Can't B Good"
    Released: March 18, 2008

Discipline is the tenth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on February 22, 2008, by Island Records. It is her only album released with the record label after her five-album deal with Virgin Records was fulfilled with the release of 20 Y.O. (2006). Jackson worked with producers such as Darkchild, Ne-Yo, Shea Taylor, Stargate, Johntá Austin, Jermaine Dupri, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream on the album. Jackson's long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis did not contribute to the project. The album was executive produced by Island Urban president Dupri and Jackson. The album experimented with the electropop, house, and dance-pop genres and also contained R&B and hip hop-oriented tracks.

The album received generally positive reviews, with critics arguing that it was an improvement on Jackson's two previous albums. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming her sixth to top the chart, and her first number-one album since All for You (2001). However, sales of the album quickly fell, and by June, the album's promotion had officially ended. Jackson started her Rock Witchu Tour—with the support of Live Nation—in early September to positive reviews, but by the end of that month, Jackson parted with her record label due to the album's commercial failure. Four singles were released from the album: the lead single "Feedback" reached number nineteen on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jackson's best charting single since 2001's "Someone to Call My Lover",[1] while the following singles–"Rock with U", "Luv" and "Can't B Good"–did not match the success of "Feedback".

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