Janet Jackson, Blur make 'Dance Central' debut

By Hector Cortez Dec 21, 2010, 1:29 GMT

Blur and Janet Jackson both make their Dance Central debut this week.

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that songs from Blur, Rihanna and Janet Jackson will be available Dec. 21 for download on Xbox LIVE for Dance Central, exclusively for Kinect for Xbox 360.

"Disturbia," from Rihanna’s third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, released in 2008, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording.

English alternative rock band Blur will make their Dance Central debut with "Girls & Boys," which peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock chart and was nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award.

Janet Jackson is also making her Dance Central debut tomorrow with "Control," from the album of the same name. The song was released in 1986 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Control" earned Jackson a 1988 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video.

Previously released downloadable content (DLC) includes:

The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling"
Cameo – “Word Up!"
Lady Sovereign – “I Got You Dancing”
Ne-Yo – “Because of You”
Sean Paul – “Temperature”
Tag Team – “Whoomp! (There It Is)"

All tracks are available for 240 Microsoft Points per song.