Celebrity Mound

Her unfortunate ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at the Super Bowl half time show made headlines back in 2004, but Janet Jackson managed to keep her assets in check – well, only just – as she performed a concert in Taiwan on Friday.

The 44-year-old singer skin tight, extremely low cut rubber cat suit as she performed alongside an array of exotically clad dancers.

The futuristic shiny suit bought back memories of 2004 where the star infamously suffered a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ during her 2004 half time Super Bowl performance.

While singing alongside Justin Timberlake, she accidentally revealed her breast to 90 million viewers.

A spokesman for the star later explained that the incident ‘was not intentional. … He was supposed to pull away the bustier and leave the red-lace bra.’

Meanwhile, Janet is also promoting her book True You, which focuses on her self image and self esteem struggles.

There was a time when I was so down and felt so unattractive and it lasted for a very, very long time,’ she told Piers Morgan last week. ‘I used to bang my head against the wall.’

‘The person that I was with, my ex-husband at the time, I mean, he’d have to stop me,’ she added.

She also discussed her famous older brother Michael Jackson, calling him ‘very sweet, very gentle, incredibly smart, always about love.

‘He knew who he was,’ she said.

The ‘All For You’ singer is no longer interested in recording LPs as they no longer have the impact they once did and would rather make singles.

Her ex-boyfriend, producer Jermaine Dupri, said: “I can tell you that she’s not working on an album. We just did the one song ‘Nothing’ for the ‘Why Did I Get Married Too?’ soundtrack.

“Last time I heard she really didn’t want to do an album. She wanted to just do singles every once in a while. She’s looked at the marketplace -albums are not really doing what they usually do when you put all this budget out there. Janet is just trying to figure out her landscape.”

Janet is also concentrating on her acting career after recently starring in ‘Why Did I Get Married Too?’

Jermaine added in an interview with Vibe.com: “Janet’s cool. She has a lot of work going on that’s keeping her in the right direction. The movie came out, which is the biggest Tyler Perry movie he has had thus far. It looks like her star power as an actress is still there. And she’s about to do the other movie, ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf’ with Mariah Carey, Kerry Washington and Whoopi Goldberg.”

A&M Records is putting a lot of effort — and a ton of money — into the promotion of Janet Jackson’s new greatest hits album, and with good reason. A source tells us the label quietly signed the pop star to a new recording contract last month.

“A&M wants this CD to remind people how great Janet is,” says a snitch. “They’re hoping it’ll whet the public’s appetite for Janet and pave the way for her new music.”

It’s a homecoming of sorts for Jackson — and perhaps an attempt to reclaim her glory days: She began her career at A&M at 16 and had her biggest U.S. hit under their management: “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814″ moved a whopping 8.5 million units in 1989.

Unfortunately, Miz Jackson didn’t have quite the same luck at Virgin Records. She moved to the label in 1991 and started off with a handful of successful CDs, but 2004′s “Damita Jo” and 2006′s “20 Y.O.” tanked. A move to Def Jam last year didn’t help — her “Discipline” album proved to be one of
the biggest flops of her career, barely mining gold.

Just last night, she did an ABC interview in which she admitted that she tried to stage an intervention with Michael in 2007 and again earlier this year. She’s also spoken to Rolling Stone and Harper’s Bazaar since the King of Pop’s death.

At least A&M exec Jimmy Iovine isn’t deterred. Our source says he tapped music producer Rodney Jerkins — who has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson to Beyoncé — to oversee production on Janet’s upcoming album. The CD, which is in the early stages of recording, is expected to drop in the second quarter of 2010.

“Jimmy has given the mandate to make this Janet record a success,” says the insider. “He believes that he has the right team in place to finally take Janet back to the top of the music charts. It’s a top priority for the label.”

(source)