Janet Jackson announces new album and tour

Janet Jackson has announced a comeback album and world tour.

The superstar - who turned 49 today - surprised fans by posting a video on her Twitter last night, announcing her 11th album, which will be a follow-up to 2008's 'Discipline'.

Janet said: "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."

My conversation... #ConversationsInACafe https://t.co/buOK6ZhfHY

— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) May 16, 2015

The video was captioned, "My Conversation", and included the hashtag, "Conversations In A Cafe", which may be a reference to the name of the 'That's The Way Love Goes' singer's new album.

It was rumoured earlier this year that the sister of Michael Jackson - who recently moved record labels to Atlantic Records - would be releasing new music on 10 July, after the forum Janet.Club.com posted a photo of an album box with "reserve your copy today" written on it, in what looks like a record store.

The Twitter post accompanying the photo read: " @harmonicait ...Call the FYE in BKLYN and ask if Janet is in their release sched. They say yes. From the store... (sic)"

Janet still hasn't confirmed a release date for her new music.