Damita Jo

***Damita Jo*** is the eighth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on March 30, 2004, by Virgin Records. The album takes its title from Jackson's middle name. The album was released after the famous Super Bowl XXXVIII wardrobe malfunction. The album continues on with the theme of sex that began with _janet._ (1993) and features a more hip hop, funk and R&B feel to it.

## Track listing

<small>(*) denotes co-producer</small>

- Sample credits
- "Strawberry Bounce" contains a sample of "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule.
- "All Nite (Don't Stop)" contains a sample of "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" by Herbie Hancock.
- "R&B Junkie" contains a sample of "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King.
- "I Want You" contains a sample of "Close to You" by B.T. Express.

## Personnel

- Janet Jackson – vocals, backing vocals, producer
- Dallas Austin – beats, keyboards, Line 6 guitar, producer
- Bobby Ross Avila – bass, drums, co-producer, guitar, keyboards, Moog lead, nylon guitar, producer, Rhodes electric piano
- Babyface – instrumentation, producer
- BAG & Arnthor – arrangers, engineers, producers, programming
- Miri Ben-Ari – violin, violin arranger, violin producer
- Paul Boutin – engineer
- Billy Brown – backing vocals
- Henrik Brunberg – assistant engineer
- Jason Carson – engineer
- Fran Cooper – make-up
- Ian Cross – engineer
- Roger Davies – management
- Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
- Freckles – backing vocals
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
- Jon Gass – mixing
- Serban Ghenea – mix assistant
- Johnny Gill – guitar
- Lee Groves – programming
- Cesar Guevara – assistant engineer
- Stephan Haeri – mixing
- Rob Haggett – assistant programming
- Doug Harms – assistant engineer
- Terri Harris – personal assistant
- Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
- Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing, mix engineer
- Keenan "Kee Note" Holloway – bass
- Kameron Houff – engineer
- Kevin Hunter – guitar
- Jun Ishizeki – engineer
- Iz – bass, co-producer, drums, electric guitar, guitar, horn stabs, Moog synthesizer, percussion, scratches

- Jimmy Jam – drum programming, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer
- Glenn Jeffery – guitar
- Henrik Jonback – guitar
- Goran Kajfes – horn
- Brent Kolatalo – assistant engineer
- Ken Lewis – instrumentation
- Terry Lewis – producer
- Wayne Scot Lukas – wardrobe
- Matt Marrin – mix engineer
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Andrew MacPherson – photography
- Glen Nakasako – art direction, design
- Big Jon Platt – A&R
- Ervin Pope – keyboards
- Joni-Ayanna Portee – backing vocals
- Magnum Coltrane Price – bass
- Tony Reyes – backing vocals, bass, Line 6 guitar
- Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
- Lindsay Scott – management
- Rick Sheppard – engineer, MIDI, sound design
- Xavier Smith – assistant engineer
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Scott Storch – producer
- Télépopmusik – producers
- Tony "Prof T" Tolbert – backing vocals
- David Treahearn – mixing assistant
- Rabeka Tuinei – mixing assistant
- Max Vadukul – photography
- Kanye West – vocals, producer
- Colin Wolfe – bass
- Ghian Wright – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Bradley Yost – assistant engineer
- Janet Zeitoun – hair stylist, stylist

### Weekly charts

|Chart (2004)|Peak position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Australian Albums Chart|align="center"|18|
|Austrian Albums Chart|align="center"|49|
|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)|align="center"|33|
|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)|align="center"|40|
|Brazil Albums Chart|align="center"|40|
|Canadian Albums Chart|align="center"|7|
|Czech Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|34|
|Danish Albums Chart|align="center"|34|
|Dutch Albums Chart|align="center"|23|
|French Albums Chart|align="center"|35|
|German Albums Chart|align="center"|21|
|Irish Albums Chart|align="center"|72|
|Italian Albums Chart|align="center"|37|
|Japanese Albums Chart|align="center"|10|
|New Zealand Albums Chart|align="center"|50|
|Spanish Albums Chart|align="center"|49|
|Swedish Albums Chart|align="center"|43|
|Swiss Albums Chart|align="center"|34|
|UK Albums Chart|align="center"|32|
|US _Billboard_ 200|align="center"|2|
|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|align="center"|2|

### Year-end charts

|Chart (2004)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|US _Billboard_ 200|align="center"|73|
|US _Billboard_ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|align="center"|20|

## Release history

|Country|Date|Label||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Japan|March 22, 2004|rowspan="3"|EMI|
|Australia|rowspan="2"|March 26, 2004||
|Germany||||
|United Kingdom|March 29, 2004|rowspan="3"|Virgin Records|
|United States|rowspan="2"|March 30, 2004||
|Canada||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Damita Jo
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Janet Jackson
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: October 2002 – February 2004
- **length**: 65:02
- **label**: Virgin Records, Virgin
- **prev title**: All for You (Janet Jackson album), All for You
- **prev year**: 2001
- **next title**: 20 Y.O.
- **next year**: 2006