Janet Jackson announces “new album, new world tour and new movement”

JANET Jackson has given fans the news they have long waited for — she has promised a new album and world tour for later this year.

29/09/2009 WIRE: Janet Jackson arrives for the amfAR charity dinner during the fashion week in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar).

JANET Jackson has given fans the news they have long waited for — she has promised a new album and world tour for later this year.

The Rhythm Nation singer has dropped off the radar since her last album Discipline was released in 2008.

It even prompted some fans to issue a missing person’s report to try and locate the singer.

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But the 49-year-old has come out of hiding to reveal plans to release a new album this year.

“I promised you’d hear it from my lips and now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement. I’ve been listening. Let’s keep the conversation going,” she said in a new video.

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— Jimmy Jam (@flytetymejam) April 17, 2015

Rumours had been growing that Jackson may be planning a comeback.

An uncredited photo suggested that Atlantic Records was set to release a new album from the singer in July, while online music app Spotify leaked details of a July 28 tour date.

Rare appearance ... Janet Jackson and her husband Wissam Al Mana. Picture: Splash

Height of fame ... Janet Jackson and her infamous Rolling Stone cover. Picture: Supplied

Last month the singer made a rare public appearance this week, stepping out at Giorgio Armani’s 40th anniversary dinner in Milan, Italy.

The six-time Grammy winner attended the exclusive event with her husband, business magnate Wissam Al Mana.

Close ... Michael Jackson kisses his sister Janet Jackson (L) after she presented him with the Grammy Legend Award in 1993. Picture: Supplied

The Nasty performer and Al Mana, a Qatari billionaire, reportedly wed in a secret 2012 ceremony.

She was previously wed to James DeBarge from 1984-1985 and Rene Elizondo from 1991-2000.

Wardrobe malfunction ... Janet Jackson (l) covers her breast after her outfit came undone during the half time performance with Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. Picture: Supplied

As well as her many hit singles, Jackson is also an actress of some note, having started out in the TV series Different Strokes and in films such as Poetic Justice, The Nutty Professor II.

Actress ... Eddie Murphy with Janet Jackson from film The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Picture: Supplied

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