Doesn't Really Matter
Janet Jackson
2000
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2000
Release: 2000Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording was available as a single and on The Nutty Professor II soundtrack in 2000. The All for You album presentation followed in 2001; that later album year does not date the original recording.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2000.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Doesn't Really Matter - earlier original single metadata
Recording-specific metadata retains the original May 2000 single date within later Best of Number Ones packaging. Only the supported year is assigned, not the later compilation date.
Doesn't Really Matter - original soundtrack recording
The original Nutty Professor II soundtrack recording is identified with Janet Jackson's solo credit and a 2000 release year, before the All for You album presentation.
All for You - original Virgin album metadata
The original 2001 album includes All for You and Someone to Call My Lover. Doesn't Really Matter is not assigned 2001 as its first release; the earlier soundtrack recording is separately sourced and selected.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song was inspired by unconditional love and was featured in the film "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps."
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2000.html, position 51
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2000.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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