Janet Jackson :: Charts & Sales History

[raindrops]

I though UK certifications were automatic since 2004 ?

they became automatic since 2013, and they only count sales since february 1994 (and streams since its creation obviously)

[BadMan125]

How many records Janet Jackson sold in Japan?

Roughly 2 million albums. No idea about singles though. I don't think she has a certified single in Japan but I'll check. Mariah, Madonna, Celine and Whitney all outsold her in Japan.

[BadMan125]

It does lol

You know it doesn't.

[BadMan125]

Janet has surpassed 1 million subscribers on YouTube.

80s/90s divas who now have 1 million or more YouTube subscribers
BRITNEY SPEARS - 9.55 million
MARIAH CAREY - 8.62 million
WHITNEY HOUSTON - 7.1 million
CELINE DION - 6.32 million
MADONNA - 5.65 million
CHRISTINA AGUILERA - 5.16 million
CYNDI LAUPER - 2.5 million
MARY J BLIGE - 2.43 million
TONI BRAXTON - 2.08 million
BONNIE TYLER - 1.73 million
JANET JACKSON - 1 million

[Choley]

80s/90s divas who now have 1 million or more YouTube subscribers
BRITNEY SPEARS - 9.55 million
MARIAH CAREY - 8.62 million
WHITNEY HOUSTON - 7.1 million
CELINE DION - 6.32 million
MADONNA - 5.65 million
CHRISTINA AGUILERA - 5.16 million
CYNDI LAUPER - 2.5 million
MARY J BLIGE - 2.43 million
TONI BRAXTON - 2.08 million
BONNIE TYLER - 1.73 million
JANET JACKSON - 1 million

Shakira - 35.6 million
Jennifer Lopez - 15.4 million
Thalia - 7.05 million
Selena - 3.12 million
Shania Twain - 2.61 million

[Nerd Score]

You know it doesn't.

I know it does

[BadMan125]

Shakira - 35.6 million
Jennifer Lopez - 15.4 million
Thalia - 7.05 million
Selena - 3.12 million
Shania Twain - 2.61 million

Thanks. I knew I was forgetting some other divas. Doggone, Thalia has THAT many?!

[BadMan125]

Mariah took advantage of Record Store Day with the vinyl re-release of her "#1's" compilation, which led to the album going back to the Billboard 200. If Janet had cared since she had momentum earlier this year with her documentary, she would've done the same for probably one of her hits sets but she didn't. So many missed opportunities.

[Nerd Score]

We all should know by now Janet don't care about sales

[Choley]

Janet's most successful markets for each album excluding US (Control to Damita Jo)


Control - UK
• 725,000 copies sold
• 3 top 10 hits


Rhythm Nation - Japan
• More than 500,000 copies sold
• Best selling international female album of 1990
• Rhythm Nation Tour broke the record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome within 7 minutes


Janet. - UK
• 825,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #1 with over 31,000 copies sold
• Spent two weeks at the top
• 3 top 10 singles; one of them went #2


Design Of a Decade - UK
• 800,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #2 with over 54,000 copies sold


The Velvet Rope - France
• 600,000 copies sold according to her label
• Together Again was the 7th best selling single of 1998
• Together Again sold over 700,000 copies as of 1998 and arguably eligible for Diamond (750,000)


All For You - Japan
• Debuted with 120,100 copies sold
• 750,000 copies sold in total
• It was the best selling international pop album of 2001
• Doesn't Really Matter was the best selling international pop single in 2000 and eligible for Gold (100,000)
• All For You was the most successful international pop song of 2001


Damita,20 Y0 and Discipline - all Japan

*UK sales includes club sales

[TwentyForeplay]

Janet's most successful markets for each album excluding US (Control to Damita Jo)


Control - UK
• 725,000 copies sold
• 3 top 10 hits


Rhythm Nation - Japan
• More than 500,000 copies sold
• Best selling international female album of 1990
• Rhythm Nation Tour broke the record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome within 7 minutes


Janet. - UK
• 825,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #1 with over 31,000 copies sold
• Spent two weeks at the top
• 3 top 10 singles; one of them went #2


Design Of a Decade - UK
• 800,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #2 with over 54,000 copies sold


The Velvet Rope - France
• 600,000 copies sold according to her label
• Together Again was the 7th best selling single of 1998
• Together Again sold over 700,000 copies as of 1998 and arguably eligible for Diamond (750,000)


All For You - Japan
• Debuted with 120,100 copies sold
• 750,000 copies sold in total
• It was the best selling international pop album of 2001
• Doesn't Really Matter was the best selling international pop single in 2000 and eligible for Gold (100,000)
• All For You was the most successful international pop song of 2001


Damita,20 Y0 and Discipline - all Japan

*UK sales includes club sales

I think these are also contenders:

Control

The Netherlands

• 1x Platinum (100,000), likely eligible for 2x Platinum
• Charted 66 weeks on the album chart
• #20 album of 1986
• #42 album of 1987

• 4 consecutive Top 10 hits on the Single Top 100
• 6 consecutive Top 20 hits on the Dutch Top 40
• What Have You Done For Me Lately peaks at #1
• Diamonds becomes another smash hit in 1987 peaking in the Top 5

Rhythm Nation

Canada

• 1x Platinum (100,000), at least 4x Platinum
• #53 album of 1989
• #25 album of 1990

• 7 consecutive Top 10 hits plus an additional Top 15 hit (State of the World) on the official RPM Singles Chart
• Miss You Much peaks #1 in physical sales
• Miss You Much #2 / #16 YE (Gold)
• Escapade #1 / #10 YE
• Love Will Never Do #1 / #25 YE
• The week Love Will Never Do reached #1, it became the first song ever to reach #1 in Canada without having a physical release and RN was the longest charting album still on the chart (+68 weeks)

janet.

Canada

• 3x Platinum (300,000) way back in 1993, eligible 5x Platinum
• 2 weeks at #1
• #9 album of 1993

• 4 consecutive Top 10 hits on the official RPM Singles Chart
• That's The Way Love Goes #1 (6 weeks) / #3 YE
• If #3 / #25 YE
• Again #2 / #32 YE
• That's The Way Love Goes and If both go #1 on The Record's physical singles chart

Design of a Decade

Australia

• 4x Platinum (280,000), eligible 5x Platinum
• 3 weeks at #2
• 12 consecutive weeks in the Top 10
• #6 album of 1995

• Runaway #8 / #37 YE (Gold)

The Velvet Rope

Denmark

• 2x Platinum (100,000)
• 1 week at #1
• 3 consecutive months at the start of 1998 in the Top 10
• #40 album of 1997
• #9 album of 1998

• Got 'Til It's Gone and Together Again both peak in the Top 5 of the Danish Singles chart

[Nerd Score]

How big the Damita Jo era was suppose to been that album was supposed to have surpass All For You.

[BadMan125]

How big the Damita Jo era was suppose to been that album was supposed to have surpass All For You.

How are you so sure? AFY was pretty poppy compared to DJ.

[Choley]

All For You was the 37th best selling female album of the 2000's.That's pretty good if you ask me

Best selling female albums released in 00's

Here's the full list

Spoiler!

1- Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 24 million
2- Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again - 22 million
3- Avril Lavigne - Let Go - 17 million
4- Amy Winehouse - Back to Black - 17 million
5- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster - 16.5 million
6- Enya - A Day Without Rain - 15 million
7- Shakira - Laundry Service - 13 million
8- Pink - Missundaztood - 13 million
9- Shania Twain - Up - 13 million
10- Alicia Keys - Songs in a Minor - 12.6 million
11- Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - 12 million
12- Madonna - Music - 12 million
13- Britney Spears - Britney - 12 million
14- Dido - Life for Rent - 11 million
15- Christina Aguilera - Stripped - 11 million
16- Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits - 11 million
17- Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway - 11 million
18- Destinys Child - Survivor - 10 million
19- Beyonce - Dangerously in Love - 10 million
20- Taylor Swift - Fearless - 10 million
21- Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come - 10 million
22- Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor - 10 million
23 - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi - 10 million
24- Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin - 9.5 million
25- Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream - 9.4 million
26- Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - 9.3 million
27- Adele - 19 - 8.7 million
28- Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts - 8.6 million
29- Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - 8.5m
30- Jennifer Lopez - JLo - 8.4 million
31- Nelly Furtado - Loose - 8.2 million
32- Shania Twain - Greatest Hits - 8.2 million
33- Dixie Chicks - Home - 8 million
34- Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby - 8 million
35- Britney Spears - In The Zone - 8 million
36- Beyonce - I am Sasha Fierce - 7.5 million
37- Janet Jackson - All For You - 7.5 million
38- Britney Spears - Greatest Hits My Prerogative - 7 million
39- Leona Lewis - Spirit - 7 million
40- Hikaru Utada - A Best - 7 million
41- Pink - Funhouse - 7 million
42- Pussycat Dolls - PCD - 7 million
43- Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift - 6.6 million
44- Fergie - The Dutchess - 6.5 million
45- Beyonce - B'day - 6.5 million
46- Pink - I'm Not Dead - 6.5 million
47- Kylie Minogue - Fever - 6.4 million
48- Alicia Keys - As I Am - 6.4 million
49- Destiny's Child - Destiny Fullfilled - 6.3 million
50- Duffy - Rockferry - 6 million
51- Mary J Blige - No More Drama - 6 million
52- Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me Then -6 million
53- Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - 6 million
54- Sheryl Crow - The Very Best Of - 6 million
55- Madonna - GHV2 - 6 million
56- Hikaru Utada - Distance - 5.5 million
57- Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis - 5.5 million
58- Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party - 5.5 million
59- Ashanti - Ashanti - 5.5 million
60- Aaliyah - Aaliyah - 5 million
61- Shakira - Oral Fixation Vol 2 - 5 million
62- Nelly Furtado - Whoa Nelly - 5 million
63- Tatu - 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane - 5 million
64- Enya - Amarantine - 5 million
65- Celine Dion - One Heart - 5 million
66- Anastacia - Anastacia - 5 million
67- Anastacia - Not That Kind - 5 million
68- Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana - 4.7 million
69- Norah Jones - Not Too Late - 4.6 million
70- Cher - The Very Best Of - 4.6 million

-from pure charts-

[Carlito]

All For You was the 37th best selling female album of the 2000's.That's pretty good if you ask me

Best selling female albums released in 00's

Here's the full list

Spoiler!

1- Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 24 million
2- Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again - 22 million
3- Avril Lavigne - Let Go - 17 million
4- Amy Winehouse - Back to Black - 17 million
5- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster - 16.5 million
6- Enya - A Day Without Rain - 15 million
7- Shakira - Laundry Service - 13 million
8- Pink - Missundaztood - 13 million
9- Shania Twain - Up - 13 million
10- Alicia Keys - Songs in a Minor - 12.6 million
11- Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - 12 million
12- Madonna - Music - 12 million
13- Britney Spears - Britney - 12 million
14- Dido - Life for Rent - 11 million
15- Christina Aguilera - Stripped - 11 million
16- Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits - 11 million
17- Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway - 11 million
18- Destinys Child - Survivor - 10 million
19- Beyonce - Dangerously in Love - 10 million
20- Taylor Swift - Fearless - 10 million
21- Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come - 10 million
22- Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor - 10 million
23 - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi - 10 million
24- Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin - 9.5 million
25- Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream - 9.4 million
26- Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - 9.3 million
27- Adele - 19 - 8.7 million
28- Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts - 8.6 million
29- Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - 8.5m
30- Jennifer Lopez - JLo - 8.4 million
31- Nelly Furtado - Loose - 8.2 million
32- Shania Twain - Greatest Hits - 8.2 million
33- Dixie Chicks - Home - 8 million
34- Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby - 8 million
35- Britney Spears - In The Zone - 8 million
36- Beyonce - I am Sasha Fierce - 7.5 million
37- Janet Jackson - All For You - 7.5 million
38- Britney Spears - Greatest Hits My Prerogative - 7 million
39- Leona Lewis - Spirit - 7 million
40- Hikaru Utada - A Best - 7 million
41- Pink - Funhouse - 7 million
42- Pussycat Dolls - PCD - 7 million
43- Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift - 6.6 million
44- Fergie - The Dutchess - 6.5 million
45- Beyonce - B'day - 6.5 million
46- Pink - I'm Not Dead - 6.5 million
47- Kylie Minogue - Fever - 6.4 million
48- Alicia Keys - As I Am - 6.4 million
49- Destiny's Child - Destiny Fullfilled - 6.3 million
50- Duffy - Rockferry - 6 million
51- Mary J Blige - No More Drama - 6 million
52- Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me Then -6 million
53- Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - 6 million
54- Sheryl Crow - The Very Best Of - 6 million
55- Madonna - GHV2 - 6 million
56- Hikaru Utada - Distance - 5.5 million
57- Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis - 5.5 million
58- Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party - 5.5 million
59- Ashanti - Ashanti - 5.5 million
60- Aaliyah - Aaliyah - 5 million
61- Shakira - Oral Fixation Vol 2 - 5 million
62- Nelly Furtado - Whoa Nelly - 5 million
63- Tatu - 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane - 5 million
64- Enya - Amarantine - 5 million
65- Celine Dion - One Heart - 5 million
66- Anastacia - Anastacia - 5 million
67- Anastacia - Not That Kind - 5 million
68- Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana - 4.7 million
69- Norah Jones - Not Too Late - 4.6 million
70- Cher - The Very Best Of - 4.6 million

-from pure charts-

By the way, Mariah's Greatest Hits album is missed in that list, as it belong to the 5 million sales club albums of the 2000's.

[HouseTargaryen]

Roughly 2 million albums. No idea about singles though.

Janet is between 3/3.5 million albums in Japan. Maybe more.

[Nerd Score]

How are you so sure? AFY was pretty poppy compared to DJ.

Damita Jo was suppose to have outsold All For You

[TwentyForeplay]

Janet is between 3/3.5 million albums in Japan. Maybe more.

Janet has easily sold 4 million albums in Japan.

The issue is none of Janet's record labels have ever re-certified any of her albums in Japan after they finished charting meaning we have no idea how much they truly sold. Keep in mind Japan is the world's second biggest market and sales outside the Top 100 or 200 are not negligible. For some of her albums only the initial shipment was officially certified (ex. Design of a Decade and The Velvet Rope certified 1x Platinum their month of release but never again).

We can only estimate her sales based off how well they did on the Oricon chart, guess catalogue sales (impossible to know without re-certification), and then multiply that amount by an estimated volume in which foreign pressings were imported (more guesswork, can be anywhere from 30% to over half of total sales for foreign artists).

It's my impression that Janet's sales in Japan were a 60-40 split between domestic Japanese pressings and imported copies. Most underestimate her selling power in Japan since her labels never bothered to properly certify her albums.

Even The Velvet Rope sold over 400,000 copies in Japan according to Toshiba EMI by January 1999 and it was her weakest selling album during her prime (147,340 Oricon sales). Clearly the album was still selling consistently after it left the chart and/or had a higher than average volume of imported copies.

Then there's Design of a Decade which sold 260,990 Japanese copies while charting on the Oricon charts. Knowing how hugely successful greatest hits albums are in Japan, it must've been her best catalog seller but it was never re-certified and so we have no idea how well it did over time. Obviously it surpassed 400,000 but we have no idea if it reached 600,000 or beyond.

[CUUUUuuuuuute]

Janet's most successful markets for each album excluding US (Control to Damita Jo)


Control - UK
• 725,000 copies sold
• 3 top 10 hits


Rhythm Nation - Japan
• More than 500,000 copies sold
• Best selling international female album of 1990
• Rhythm Nation Tour broke the record for the fastest sellout in the history of the Dome within 7 minutes


Janet. - UK
• 825,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #1 with over 31,000 copies sold
• Spent two weeks at the top
• 3 top 10 singles; one of them went #2


Design Of a Decade - UK
• 800,000 copies sold
• Debuted at #2 with over 54,000 copies sold


The Velvet Rope - France
• 600,000 copies sold according to her label
• Together Again was the 7th best selling single of 1998
• Together Again sold over 700,000 copies as of 1998 and arguably eligible for Diamond (750,000)


All For You - Japan
• Debuted with 120,100 copies sold
• 750,000 copies sold in total
• It was the best selling international pop album of 2001
• Doesn't Really Matter was the best selling international pop single in 2000 and eligible for Gold (100,000)
• All For You was the most successful international pop song of 2001


Damita,20 Y0 and Discipline - all Japan

*UK sales includes club sales

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[lovedeluxe]

Got Til It's Gone hits 70 million on Spotify today.

Did we get that wrong back in 1997? It's streamed more than some of her biggest hits and will be eligible for Gold between end of this year or early next year.

[Nerd Score]

One thing about Japan is they stick with Janet through thick and thin and love her to the end Korea to which why I don't understand she rarely go perform in Asia I was watching old performances of hers in Asia but she probably sold close to 10 million records in Japan I'm just assuming her sales are always ambiguous since 04 as we already know.

[Choley]

One thing about Japan is they stick with Janet through thick and thin and love her to the end Korea to which why I don't understand she rarely go perform in Asia I was watching old performances of hers in Asia but she probably sold close to 10 million records in Japan I'm just assuming her sales are always ambiguous since 04 as we already know.

Only Mariah,Madonna and Celine sold at least 10 million records in Japan (international western females only)

[BadMan125]

Only Mariah,Madonna and Celine sold at least 10 million records in Japan (international western females only)

I think Whitney too outsold Janet in terms of total records in Japan. Album sales wise, I believe Whitney is around 6 million albums in Japan easily so she's above Janet as well. She also has one of the best-selling international hits in the history of Japan with IWALY whereas I don't think Janet has been able to accomplish that. I could be wrong but I don't think she has a million-selling single in Japan.

[HouseTargaryen]

Janet was quite successful in Japan. Rhythm Nation, Janet, and Design of a Decade all should be around 600k copies sold (+/-) in Japan which is AMAZING. She dropped a bit with The Velvet Rope, but then released her best seller which is All For You 750k-800k.

[red3269]

Janet has easily sold 4 million albums in Japan.

The issue is none of Janet's record labels have ever re-certified any of her albums in Japan after they finished charting meaning we have no idea how much they truly sold. Keep in mind Japan is the world's second biggest market and sales outside the Top 100 or 200 are not negligible. For some of her albums only the initial shipment was officially certified (ex. Design of a Decade and The Velvet Rope certified 1x Platinum their month of release but never again).

We can only estimate her sales based off how well they did on the Oricon chart, guess catalogue sales (impossible to know without re-certification), and then multiply that amount by an estimated volume in which foreign pressings were imported (more guesswork, can be anywhere from 30% to over half of total sales for foreign artists).

It's my impression that Janet's sales in Japan were a 60-40 split between domestic Japanese pressings and imported copies. Most underestimate her selling power in Japan since her labels never bothered to properly certify her albums.

Even The Velvet Rope sold over 400,000 copies in Japan according to Toshiba EMI by January 1999 and it was her weakest selling album during her prime (147,340 Oricon sales). Clearly the album was still selling consistently after it left the chart and/or had a higher than average volume of imported copies.

Then there's Design of a Decade which sold 260,990 Japanese copies while charting on the Oricon charts. Knowing how hugely successful greatest hits albums are in Japan, it must've been her best catalog seller but it was never re-certified and so we have no idea how well it did over time. Obviously it surpassed 400,000 but we have no idea if it reached 600,000 or beyond.

Agree. We often read that AFY sold about 750,000 copies in Japan but I have seen foreign releases with the same or even less Oricon sales certified for 1M by the RIAJ. Point is we will never know for sure but I agree that 4M in album sales is the floor for her.