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Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Janet Jackson will soon be roaming the backstreets and church choirs of America on the hunt for "the next big thing" in pop. Naturally, it's all for a reality show. It'll be coming to MTV just in time to promo her upcoming fall tour. We all know things haven't been hunky dory with Jackson's music career. Her latest album, Discipline, has moved a mere 392,000 copies and her label has abandoned promotion of the disc. (23/06) More
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