Janet Jackson :: Charts & Sales History

[musiclover3568]

Wow, outside of Africa(where numbers are low overall but at least she's in third place), her lowest numbers are in Asia. She needs to schedule a tour there when she releases Black Diamond by 2030.

Most of Janet's videos on YouTube have only been unblocked/uploaded within the past few years, so it's understandable why numbers are so low (with the exception of South Africa). But I expected Europe to be on 800,000 at least.

South Africa is the only country where Janet has sold more copies than Whitney, Celine, Mariah & Madonna.

[Mugen]

Wow, outside of Africa(where numbers are low overall but at least she's in third place), her lowest numbers are in Asia. She needs to schedule a tour there when she releases Black Diamond by 2030.

[musiclover3568]

I thought I would rank "The Big 5" in terms of Spotify listeners per continent


Africa (South Africa only):

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Whitney Houston	98,100
2. Mariah Carey	86,300
3. Janet Jackson	51,900
4. Celine Dion	44,100
5. Madonna	N/A

Asia:

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Mariah Carey	2 million
2. Celine Dion	890,300
3. Whitney Houston	463,400
4. Madonna	223,600
5. Janet Jackson	126,700

Europe:

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Mariah Carey	5.6 million
2. Madonna	4 million
2. Whitney Houston	4 million
3. Celine Dion	2.6 million
4. Janet Jackson	605,700

North America:

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Mariah Carey	5.6 million
2. Whitney Houston	2.9 million
3. Madonna	2.6 million
4. Janet Jackson	1.2 million
5. Celine Dion	1 million

Oceania:

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Mariah Carey	1.8 million
2. Whitney Houston	1.5 million
3. Madonna	970,700
4. Celine Dion	502,000
5. Janet Jackson	354,300

South America:

Rank	Current Listeners
1. Madonna	1.5 million
2. Mariah Carey	1.1 million
3. Whitney Houston	883,800
4. Celine Dion	798,800
5. Janet Jackson	141,600

Very disappointing for Europe.

[lovedeluxe]

Starting to think Team Janet was bluffing on updating the album certifications.

Give them time.

[BadMan125]

Probably lots of digging. Before Virgin,
she released 4 albums through A&M who used music clubs. I don't know how they look up sales but I'm sure it is a task. You'd think her Virgin-current albums would have been updated by now.

I don't think they'll include the music club sales but maybe I'm mistaking the RIAA for Soundscan. It's understandable that they have to go through the sales for the A&M albums but the Virgin ones should've BEEN updated, you're absolutely right.

[HouseTargaryen]

Starting to think Team Janet was bluffing on updating the album certifications.

Probably lots of digging. Before Virgin,
she released 4 albums through A&M who used music clubs. I don't know how they look up sales but I'm sure it is a task. You'd think her Virgin-current albums would have been updated by now.

[BadMan125]

Chile, they taking too long.

Starting to think Team Janet was bluffing on updating the album certifications.

[UnapologeticKenny]

SPOTIFY UPDATE - 13/01/23 ~ 19/01/23
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FOLLOWERS: 3,409,800 (+11,838)
MONTHLY LISTENERS: 5,415,778 (+145,739)
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TOTAL STREAMS (LEAD): 1,171,485,836 (+3,819,509 / %± LW: -0,81%)
TOTAL STREAMS (WITH FEATS): 1,290,437,476 (+4,194,315 / %± LW: -0,70%)
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#	ALBUM	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	The Velvet Rope	1,075,806	-0.29%	297,321,026
02 (=)	janet.	843,475	0.94%	245,696,743
03 (=)	All For You	518,691	-2.68%	156,594,096
04 (=)	Control	410,205	-4.28%	119,687,553
05 (=)	Rhythm Nation 1814	407,920	-0.65%	126,197,633
06 (=)	20 Y.O.	143,184	-6.99%	35,627,745
07 (=)	Discipline	103,531	5.24%	29,354,090
08 (=)	Unbreakable	94,770	2.76%	71,164,415
09 (=)	Damita Jo	79,478	3.69%	27,665,302
10 (=)	Janet Jackson	5,808	-1.29%	1,822,291
11 (=)	Dream Street	3,309	7.37%	914,363

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#	SONG	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Together Again²	461,190	1.05%	133,457,919
02 (+1)	That's The Way Love Goes	370,684	3.16%	113,151,406
03 (-1)	All For You³	356,350	-3.58%	103,683,996
04 (=)	Got 'Til It's Gone²	315,422	-2.22%	82,624,921
05 (=)	Scream²	217,309	4.00%	69,618,809
06 (=)	Again	142,034	-2.19%	38,300,213
07 (=)	Any Time, Any Place	141,448	-0.89%	41,977,718
08 (=)	Call On Me	111,555	-8.84%	22,657,314
09 (=)	I Get Lonely²	109,507	1.18%	37,531,713
10 (+1)	Escapade	102,562	0.57%	28,599,383
11 (-1)	When I Think Of You	92,527	-11.34%	22,840,001
12 (=)	Rhythm Nation4	87,339	-2.07%	24,989,757
13 (+1)	Nasty	70,433	-0.94%	27,043,858
14 (-1)	Let's Wait Awhile	67,385	-7.19%	17,711,312
15 (+2)	Feedback²	63,018	4.99%	17,355,375
16 (=)	If	59,755	-1.63%	20,389,944
17 (-2)	Feel It Boy	58,850	-10.95%	14,958,501
18 (=)	Miss You Much	55,059	-1.89%	17,154,972
19 (=)	The Pleasure Principle²	54,960	3.17%	15,601,816
20 (=)	What Have You Done For Me Lately²	50,556	-2.80%	17,219,114
21 (=)	Doesn't Really Matter²	50,061	1.56%	16,005,218
22 (+1)	Whoops Now²	49,039	5.97%	7,735,163
23 (-1)	What's It Gonna Be?! (feat. Janet Jackson)²	48,452	2.55%	15,320,700
24 (=)	Love Will Never Do (Without You)²	45,190	0.19%	14,135,440
25 (=)	Someone To Call My Lover²	42,426	-0.81%	13,496,916
26 (=)	Come Back To Me	39,598	1.48%	10,156,748
27 (+1)	Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)	37,318	0.30%	8,190,007
28 (-1)	Go Deep	36,645	-1.58%	10,572,044
29 (=)	Made For Now	35,030	-1.72%	31,317,525
30 (=)	Black Cat³	34,885	0.85%	10,196,485

Spoiler!

31 (+2)	BURNITUP! (feat. Missy Elliott)	33,526	3.84%	18,869,812
32 (-1)	Every Time	32,776	-0.70%	8,539,434
33 (-1)	Control²	31,380	-2.94%	9,104,943
34 (=)	Would You Mind	28,746	-2.76%	7,696,161
35 (=)	No Sleeep (feat. J. Cole)	27,144	0.47%	16,477,909
36 (=)	Luv Me, Luv Me	26,621	1.30%	10,514,624
37 (=)	All Nite (Don't Stop)	25,411	2.23%	9,366,669
38 (=)	Alright³	20,844	0.36%	12,081,279
39 (=)	Runaway	19,725	-1.25%	5,551,587
40 (=)	You Want This	18,629	-1.56%	5,429,487
41 (=)	Because Of Love	18,346	-0.93%	4,593,517
42 (+2)	Rock With U	17,223	9.97%	3,568,956
43 (-1)	Velvet Rope	16,840	-1.92%	4,272,767
44 (-1)	So Excited	16,245	-2.32%	5,404,420
45 (=)	The Best Things In Life Are Free - From "Mo' Money" Soundtrack	15,070	2.09%	1,339,142
46 (=)	I Want You	13,150	0.20%	2,946,724
47 (+1)	Throb	12,820	0.75%	3,479,834
48 (-1)	You	12,740	-2.73%	3,000,808
49 (=)	Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)	10,737	-0.75%	4,208,458
50 (+2)	Tonight's The Night	10,404	8.57%	1,558,725

PS.: Streams from compilation versions and radio/single edits are merged with the original song's totals.
PS2.: The small number at the song's titles means how many different versions are merged together for the final totals.
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Some milestones:
* You - 3 million *Janet's 52nd most streamed song to date*
* Funky Big Band - 1 million *104th*

[JeremySpears]

^ I don’t think she will ever upload that awful DS video so you can take that off the list

[BadMan125]

Every Time has been uploaded on YouTube.

The last video from The Velvet Rope to be uploaded.

So far:

1. Dream Street (no "Dream Street")
2. Control (6 - ALL)
3. Rhythm Nation 1814 (6, no "Alright")
4. janet. (6 - ALL)
5. Design of a Decade (just "Twenty Foreplay", no "Runaway" yet)
6. The Velvet Rope (7 - ALL)
7. All for You (3 - ALL)
8. Damita Jo (2, no "All Nite Don't Stop" yet)
9. 20 Y.O. (2 - ALL)
10. Discipline (2 - ALL)
11. Unbreakable (2 - ALL)

So there are four videos yet to be uploaded on her page.

[BadMan125]

The fact that only one album achieved a million streams this week is really bad, right?

Yeah. I guess a lot of factors play into how. Her peers got quadruple the streams she gets.

[musiclover3568]

Every Time has been uploaded on YouTube.

[gorgonzola]

......

[HouseTargaryen]

Chile, they taking too long.

[TwentyForeplay]

The fact that only one album achieved a million streams this week is really bad, right?

For an artist of her caliber, yes. There's a lot we can balme but ultimately she has made improvements.

I think the majority of people streaming Janet are people who grew up with her. The rest are those who come across Together Again, All For You and That's The Way Love Goes on playlists or organically check out her catalog after artists reference and sample her music. Most of her hits have abysmal playlisting and she has has never had a song go viral (unlike Mariah and Madonna which have multiple times). She also hasn't put out a new album since 2015. There's literally nothing attracting a new audience.

Even when she promotes herself it's places consumed by an audience who already know her music (ie. having her documentary on Lifetime). And a lot of the efforts feel quite late. She should've had a Dancing With The Stars night when the show had good ratings. Not in 2021. Her music videos should've been available on YouTube for a decade now. And more work still needs to be done.

The Best Things In Life Are Free (Classic Club version) is one of her most shazamed songs and it's still unavailable on streaming in 2023. That song is arguably her biggest airplay hit in the UK and Australia (2 of the world's Top 10 biggest music markets).

[hun]

The fact that only one album achieved a million streams this week is really bad, right?

[UnapologeticKenny]

SPOTIFY UPDATE - 06/01/23 ~ 12/01/23
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FOLLOWERS: 3,397,962 (+11,722)
MONTHLY LISTENERS: 5,270,039 (+211,600)
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TOTAL STREAMS (LEAD): 1,167,666,327 (+3,850,607 / %± LW: +3,89%)
TOTAL STREAMS (WITH FEATS): 1,286,243,161 (+4,223,716 / %± LW: +3,76%)
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#	ALBUM	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	The Velvet Rope	1,078,953	3.33%	296,245,220
02 (=)	janet.	835,626	6.83%	244,853,268
03 (=)	All For You	532,963	-3.09%	156,075,405
04 (=)	Control	428,552	1.82%	119,277,348
05 (=)	Rhythm Nation 1814	410,594	4.67%	125,789,713
06 (=)	20 Y.O.	153,950	11.02%	35,484,561
07 (=)	Discipline	98,380	7.26%	29,250,559
08 (=)	Unbreakable	92,222	11.52%	71,069,645
09 (=)	Damita Jo	76,648	10.29%	27,585,824
10 (=)	Janet Jackson	5,884	5.35%	1,816,483
11 (=)	Dream Street	3,082	0.65%	911,054

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#	SONG	WEEK STREAMS	%± LW	TOTAL STREAMS
01 (=)	Together Again²	456,398	0.56%	132,996,729
02 (=)	All For You³	369,588	-7.54%	103,327,646
03 (=)	That's The Way Love Goes	359,315	5.29%	112,780,722
04 (=)	Got 'Til It's Gone²	322,587	3.14%	82,309,499
05 (=)	Scream²	208,941	7.56%	69,401,500
06 (=)	Again	145,218	8.00%	38,158,179
07 (=)	Any Time, Any Place	142,725	9.58%	41,836,270
08 (=)	Call On Me	122,368	12.01%	22,545,759
09 (+1)	I Get Lonely²	108,235	8.52%	37,422,206
10 (-1)	When I Think Of You	104,363	-1.24%	22,747,474
11 (=)	Escapade	101,976	5.33%	28,496,821
12 (=)	Rhythm Nation4	89,189	5.13%	24,902,418
13 (+2)	Let's Wait Awhile	72,605	6.09%	17,643,927
14 (-1)	Nasty	71,101	0.91%	26,973,425
15 (-1)	Feel It Boy	66,087	-3.97%	14,899,651
16 (+1)	If	60,746	8.58%	20,330,189
17 (-1)	Feedback²	60,024	6.09%	17,292,357
18 (=)	Miss You Much	56,120	2.89%	17,099,913
19 (=)	The Pleasure Principle²	53,270	4.14%	15,546,856
20 (=)	What Have You Done For Me Lately²	52,013	2.33%	17,168,558
21 (+2)	Doesn't Really Matter²	49,290	12.31%	15,955,157
22 (=)	What's It Gonna Be?! (feat. Janet Jackson)²	47,248	5.26%	15,272,248
23 (-2)	Whoops Now²	46,277	-0.62%	7,686,124
24 (=)	Love Will Never Do (Without You)²	45,105	6.18%	14,090,250
25 (=)	Someone To Call My Lover²	42,773	9.69%	13,454,490
26 (=)	Come Back To Me	39,020	5.40%	10,117,150
27 (+1)	Go Deep	37,232	4.18%	10,535,399
28 (-1)	Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)	37,208	2.69%	8,152,689
29 (+1)	Made For Now	35,643	6.21%	31,282,495
30 (-1)	Black Cat³	34,592	1.40%	10,161,600

Spoiler!

31 (+2)	Every Time	33,008	10.56%	8,506,658
32 (-1)	Control²	32,332	0.12%	9,073,563
33 (+2)	BURNITUP! (feat. Missy Elliott)	32,287	14.83%	18,836,286
34 (=)	Would You Mind	29,561	2.05%	7,667,415
35 (+1)	No Sleeep (feat. J. Cole)	27,016	6.56%	16,450,765
36 (-4)	Luv Me, Luv Me	26,280	-18.27%	10,488,003
37 (=)	All Nite (Don't Stop)	24,857	5.68%	9,341,258
38 (=)	Alright³	20,770	4.30%	12,060,435
39 (=)	Runaway	19,975	7.72%	5,531,862
40 (=)	You Want This	18,925	10.18%	5,410,858
41 (=)	Because Of Love	18,518	9.50%	4,575,171
42 (=)	Velvet Rope	17,170	7.70%	4,255,927
43 (=)	So Excited	16,630	6.36%	5,388,175
44 (=)	Rock With U	15,661	6.20%	3,551,733
45 (=)	The Best Things In Life Are Free - From "Mo' Money" Soundtrack	14,762	0.37%	1,324,072
46 (+2)	I Want You	13,124	19.20%	2,933,574
47 (-1)	You	13,098	7.36%	2,988,068
48 (-1)	Throb	12,725	5.75%	3,467,014
49 (=)	Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)	10,818	10.60%	4,197,721
50 (+2)	Empty	9,818	7.32%	2,016,997

PS.: Streams from compilation versions and radio/single edits are merged with the original song's totals.
PS2.: The small number at the song's titles means how many different versions are merged together for the final totals.
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Some milestones:
* Moist - 1 million *Janet's 103rd song to reach this mark*

[musiclover3568]

I believe Together Again is close to 1 million.

Together Again is at 960,000 in the UK

[HouseTargaryen]

Does Janet have any million selling singles in the UK?

I believe Together Again is close to 1 million.

[thebigham]

^Sh.it! Sorry. Thanks!

[HouseTargaryen]

^No.

Together Again is her only Platinum (300,000) single in the UK:

https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/

Platinum is 600k in UK for singles.

[thebigham]

^No.

Together Again is her only Platinum (600,000) single in the UK:

https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/

[adamf2thedeath]

Does Janet have any million selling singles in the UK?

[thebigham]

What's going in with them certs? I guess her team is doing some deep research.

Probably when the tour starts? They gotta do the albums and about 10 singles?

[Nerd Score]

I feel like Janet team do things without her consent don't know of course to be true but it seem like they just want to get some money cause she does not announce the things her team be doing a lot and she certified the songs that we correctly knew would be eligible and certified but her Together Again tour and the janet. album 30th anniversary her numbers will ve going up.