Janet's estimated worldwide record sales

[billyworld99]

Janet Jackson: 700,000

Source: Janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



Dream Street: 400,000

Source: Janet Albums chart/mjjcharts



Control: 14,000,000

Source: JanetJackson.com (2009)



Rhythm Nation:14,000,000

Source: JanetJackson.com(2009)



Janet:20,000,000

Source:JanetJackson.com

(2009)



Design of Decade: 9,000,000

Source: Janet albums charts/mjjcharts



velvet rope: 10,000,000

Source:Janetjackson.com(2009)



All For You:7,000,000

Source:JanetJackson.com(2009)



Damita Jo: 2,450,000/

Source: Janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



Janet Remixed:400,000

Source: Janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



20 YO: 1,430,000

Source: Janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



Discipline:795,000

Source: Janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



Number Ones: 250,000

Source: janet Albums Chart/mjjcharts



Total album Sales Worldwide: 80,425,000
[Edited 2/2/11 18:13pm]

Single - Known Certifications & Sales

104,000 Young Love
75,000 Come Give Your Love To Me
67,000 Say You Do
82,000 Don't Stand Another Chance
7,000 Two To The Power Of Love
30,000 Fast Girls
1,493,000 What Have You Done For Me Lately

1,306,000 Nasty

1,149,000 When I Think Of You

813,000 Control

1,149,000 Let's Wait Awhile

933,000 Diamonds
642,000 The Pleasure Principle

15,000 Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
1,798,000 Miss You Much

1,246,000 Rhythm Nation

1,388,000 Escapade

1,104,000 Alright

806,000 Come Back To Me

1,060,000 Black Cat

903,000 Love Will Never Do (Without You)

25,000 State Of The World

1,567,000 The Best Things In Life Are Free

2,546,000 That's The Way Love Goes

1,290,000 If

2,121,000 Again

472,000 Because Of Love

942,000 Any Time, Any Place / And On And On

752,000 You Want This / 70s Love Groove

623,000 Whoops Now / What'll I Do

1,993,000 Scream

1,606,000 Runaway

157,000 Twenty Foreplay
551,000 Got 'Til It's Gone

3,613,000 Together Again

1,721,000 I Get Lonely

216,000 Go Deep
119,000 Every Time
220,000 Girlfriend/Boyfriend
1,344,000 What's It Gonna Be?!

1,506,000 Doesn't Really Matter

1,433,000 All For You

603,000 Someone To Call My Lover

209,000 Son Of A Gun

170,000 Feel It Boy
150,000 Just A Little While

224,000 All Nite (Don't Stop) / I Want You
195,000 Call On Me

50,000 So Excited
15,000 With U
608,300+ Feedback

23,230+ Rock With U

8,470 Luv




Total singles Sales worldwide: 42,603,000 (excluding nothing and make me)

Source: Janet Global Singles htm:MJJcharts

if you include albums+singles, music dvds she's at an estimates 130 million records

 

[OnOurWay]

Impressive. And to think most of those numbers are under estimates.

 

[Scary13]

Definitely impressive! Janet has done very well for herself!

 

[chanel05]

I heard so something about how she needs them recertified

 

[OnOurWay]

I heard so something about how she needs them recertified

She's under-certified in the US by over 10 million albums.

 

[chanel05]

I feel that Janet being MJs sister helped her in the door but she has had an amazing career on her own. I feel if anyother person has had the success she's had, they would get more praise than she does. For women, I think she is just as important to pop culture as Madonna even though Madonna is known more worldwide

 

[Moulin Rouge]

I feel that Janet being MJs sister helped her in the door but she has had an amazing career on her own. I feel if anyother person has had the success she's had, they would get more praise than she does. For women, I think she is just as important to pop culture as Madonna even though Madonna is known more worldwide

I agree she had an easy entrance inro the industry but being a jackson can only do so much you have to work to become astar on your own no matter who you are. I also think it's hard being related to Michael if you are in the music industry because he set such a high standard which you are expected to match up to. No one matches up to him but Janet did great for herself as a female artist, heck as an artist in general. I do think being Michael's baby sister diminishes things a bit compared to if she was any other female artist but i don't think she'd have it any other way. She's accomplished alot and has a ton to be proud of, Michael always said how he was proud of her.

 

[Moon__Walk]

That's excellent! I didn't realize that Janet was so popular...

 

[chanel05]

I agree she had an easy entrance inro the industry but being a jackson can only do so much you have to work to become astar on your own no matter who you are. I also think it's hard being related to Michael if you are in the music industry because he set such a high standard which you are expected to match up to. No one matches up to him but Janet did great for herself as a female artist, heck as an artist in general. I do think being Michael's baby sister diminishes things a bit compared to if she was any other female artist but i don't think she'd have it any other way. She's accomplished alot and has a ton to be proud of, Michael always said how he was proud of her.

True... It was even hard for mike to live up to mike sometimes. People are like "she good, but she ain't mike"lol. I would hate to always be compared to my brother who is the sh*t in the industry. No one was/is f**king with mike.. I don't care what anyone says.
People fail to realize that she had two albums before she hit it big. I feel like her contributions should be appreciated more. I would hate for to have to die to get her due(like they did with MJ). She may not be the best singer but she is good at what she does and her rhythm nation album sh*ts on anything that some of these female artist put out today. People always talk about her sexual image but she had two full albums/eras where she wore all black, with long pants and long sleeves. At the end of rhythm nation she finally showed her stomach and thats all she really showed. She never shook her behind and was always half naked like artist are now just to make it big.

 

[raz2911]

Very impressive, and lots of them are too low aswell, Janet hasn't had them re-certified in years, control since 1989 !!

Together Again is way out, its listed as one of the best selling singles in history with 6 million sold, lots of the others are out aswell.

 

[Moulin Rouge]

True... It was even hard for mike to live up to mike sometimes. People are like "she good, but she ain't mike"lol. I would hate to always be compared to my brother who is the sh*t in the industry. No one was/is f**king with mike.. I don't care what anyone says.
People fail to realize that she had two albums before she hit it big. I feel like her contributions should be appreciated more. I would hate for to have to die to get her due(like they did with MJ). She may not be the best singer but she is good at what she does and her rhythm nation album sh*ts on anything that some of these female artist put out today. People always talk about her sexual image but she had two full albums/eras where she wore all black, with long pants and long sleeves. At the end of rhythm nation she finally showed her stomach and thats all she really showed. She never shook her behind and was always half naked like artist are now just to make it big.

Yup, being compared to Michael you never get you due but like you said he wasn't even fully appreciated until he passed. Michael aslways had respect as an artist but people tried to downplay his success the last decade and a half of his life.janet isn't the strongest singer but she's a great entertainer and unfortunately like all great artist you aren't fully appreciated till you're gone and it'll be the same for Janet.

Rhythm Nation is one fo my favorite albums, it's one of the few albums i could listen without skipping a track. I like that she used to cover up as well because no one could saying she was only good for her body but that was part of her insecurities which i'm glad she shed.

 

[chanel05]

Yup, being compared to Michael you never get you due but like you said he wasn't even fully appreciated until he passed. Michael aslways had respect as an artist but people tried to downplay his success the last decade and a half of his life.janet isn't the strongest singer but she's a great entertainer and unfortunately like all great artist you aren't fully appreciated till you're gone and it'll be the same for Janet.

Rhythm Nation is one fo my favorite albums, it's one of the few albums i could listen without skipping a track. I like that she used to cover up as well because no one could saying she was only good for her body but that was part of her insecurities which i'm glad she shed.

I agree... It's sad that most won't get their due until they are here to see it

 

[raz2911]

Just thought I'd post this in here, I found it on a Janet thread on another forum. It's Janet's US sales based off certifications, shipments and a chart expert from UKmix:


Singles

Janet Jackson & Dream Street era

Young Love - 170,000
Come Give Your Love To Me - 190,000

= 360,000


Control Era

WHYDFML - 900,000 (Gold)
Nasty - 950,000 (Gold)
WITOY - 900,000 (Gold)
Control - 850,000 (Gold)
LWA - 900,000 (uncertified)
TPP - 500,000 (uncertified)

= 5,000,000

Rhythm Nation 1814 Era

Miss You Much - 1,300,000 (Platinum)
Rhythm Nation - 900,000 (Gold)
Escapade - 1,000,000 (Gold)
Alright - 650,000 (Gold)
Come Back To Me - 550,000 (uncertified)
Black Cat - 800,000 (Gold)
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 700,000 (Gold)
TBTILAF - 400,000 (uncertified)

= 6,300,000

janet. Era

TTWLG - 1,400,000 (certified platinum) (+242,000 digital) (1,642,000 physical + digital)
If - 900,000 (certified gold) (+212,000 digital) (1,112,000 physical + digital)
Again - 1,450,000 (certified platinum)
Any Time Any Place - 750,000 (certified gold)
Because Of Love - 300,000 (uncertified)
You Want This - 550,000 (certified gold)

= 5,804,000


Design of A Decade Era

Runaway - 1,100,000
Scream - 1,000,000 (certified platinum) (+187,629 digital) (1,187,629 physical + digital)

= 2,287,629

Velvet Rope Era

Together Again - 1,500,000 (gold)
I Get Lonely - 1,110,000 (gold)
What's It Gonna Be?! feat. Janet - 1,050,000 (gold)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend - 200,000

= 3,860,000

All For You Era

Doesn't Really Matter - 800,000 (certified gold)
Doesn't Really Matter (EP) - 5,000
All For You - 600,000 (+235,000 digital) (AFY is uncertified, but Billboard said it was gold when Janet was honored in 2001) (835,000 physical + digital)
Someone To Call My Lover - 350,000 (uncertified)
Son Of A Gun - 11,500 (digital)/15,000 (physical) (uncertified) (26,000 physical + digital)

= 2,016,000

Damita Jo Era

Just A Little While - 10,000 (physical)/4,500 (digital) (14,500 physical + digital)
I Want You - 1,000,000 (certified platinum)
All Night (Don't Stop) - 4,000

= 1,018,500


20 Y.O. Era

Call On Me - 179,000 (+60,000 physical) (239,000 physical + digital)
So Excited - 105,000 (digital)
With U - 4,000 (digital)

= 332,000

Discipline Era

Feedback - 822,000 (digital)
Rock With U - 23,230
Luv - 8,470

= 853,700


Total estimated U.S. single sales = 28,317,829


If you add in digital single sales with the shipments, 30,000,000 singles in the US would be a safe estimate.

Receipts:

http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.....tist&perPage=25
http://www.billboard.com/column-chartbea....004124554.story
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18015
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2279501#2279501
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2528813#2528813
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1588578


Albums

Soundscan - 61,815
Sony BMG - 82,000

= 143,815

Soundscan - 21,320
Sony BMG -44,000

= 65,320

Certification - 5x platinum
Soundscan - 505,018
BMG Club House - 883,000

= 6,388,018


Control is obviously 6x platinum. Columbia House was comparable in size to Sony BMG Music Club, so it has probably sold the same amount there as in BMG. So Control could be 7 or 8x platinum.

Certification - 6x platinum
Soundscan - 1,389,047
Sony BMG - 1,100,000

= 8,512,047


Some of that total is in the Soundscan era. No one knows how much this album truly shipped other than A&M. But the figure ties in nicely with the NY Daily News estimate of 8.5 million

Certification - 6x platinum
Soundscan - 7,025,727
Sony BMG - 860,000

= 7,885,727


janet. should obviously be 8x platinum, probably more.

Certification - 2x platinum
Soundscan - 2,439,001
Sony BMG - 1,480,000

= 3,919,001


Obviously should be 4x platinum. As it continues to be one of Janet's best sellers in her back catalog, it could be 5x platinum.

Certification - 3x platinum
Soundscan - 3,237,266
Sony BMG - 420,000

= 3,657,266

Certification - 2x platinum
Soundscan - 3,108,795 (+DVD Edition - 136,250 [as of 2005])
Sony BMG - 100,000

= 3,345,045


AFY should be 3x platinum. It COULD possibly be 4x platinum.

Certification - Platinum
Soundscan - 1,004,428

= 1,004,428

Certification - Platinum
Soundscan - 679,000


= 679,000

Soundscan - 451,209

= 451,209

Soundscan - ~180,000+ (double disc over 100 minutes, so it counts twice); 360,000+



Total estimated U.S. album sales = 36,410,876





Her RIAA certifications are obviously at least 40 million. She sold 4,743,000 albums through Sony BMG Music Club. As stated previously, Columbia House was comparable in size so you could tack on another 3 or 4 million albums. If you factor in other club house sales, reshipments, etc, I estimate her RIAA tally to be about 42 million max.


Receipts:
http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum...Year=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25
http://www.billboard.com/#/column/c...-life-after-discussing-divas-1004009551.story
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ch...ing-dec-5-2010-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1120452#1120452 for Soundscan
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2...for_new_future_with_old_label_am_records.html

Janet's total estimated U.S. record sales = 64,728,705​

Some worldwide singles sales (Also from UKMix):

UK

4,360,000 copies sold on shops, adding 15% (shipment)

5,015,000 copies sold.

Germany

What You Have Done For Me Lately 160,000
Nasty 140,000
When I Think Of You 50,000
Let's Wait A While 60,000
Miss You Much 120,000
Rhythm Nation 10,000
Escapade 80,000
Alright 20,000
Blackcat 40,000
The Best Things In Life Are Free 180,000
That's The Way Love Goes 240,000
If 70,000
Again 120,000
Because Of You 30,000
You Want This 20,000
Scream 180,000
Whoops Now 210,000
Runaway 70,000
Twenty Foreplay 30,000
Got 'Til It's Gone 120,000
Together Again 500,000
I Get Lonely 30,000
Go Deep 30,000
Every Time 40,000
What's It Gonna Be?! 40,000
Doesn't Really Matter 60,000
All For You 90,000
Somebody To Call My Lover 10,000
Son Of A Gun 20,000
Feel It Boy 10,000
Just A Little While 10,000
All Nite (Don't Stop) 10,000
Call On Me 10,000

Total of 2,810,000 copies.

France

Call On Me 10,000
Just A Little While 10,000
Feel It Boy 30,000
All For You 310,000
Somebody To Call My Lover 40,000
Doesn't Really Matter 40,000
Girlfriend/Boyfriend 10,000
Together Again 670,000
Go Deep 90,000
I Get Lonely 20,000
Got Til It's Gone 180,000
Whoops Now 190,000
Scream 130,000
Runaway 40,000
That's The Way Love Goes 70,000
Escapade 70,000

Total of 1,920,000 singles sold.

Netherlands

What You Have Done For Me Lately 45,000
Nasty 37,000
When I Think Of You 44,000
Control 22,000
Let's Wait A While 20,000
The Pleasure Principle 16,000
Miss You Much 10,000
Rhythm Nation 12,000
Escapade 8,000
Alright 5,000
Blackcat 8,000
Love Will Never Do 4,000
The Best Things In Life Are Free 5,000
That's The Way Love Goes 30,000
If 14,000
Again 7,000
Because Of Love 4,000
You Want This 4,000
Whoops Now 7,000
Scream 20,000
Runaway 7,000
Twenty Foreplay 7,000
Got Til Its Gone 20,000
Together Again 89,000
I Get Lonely 8,000
Go Deep 2,000
Every Time 8,000
What's It Gonna Be? 6,000
Girlfriend/Boyfriend 4,000
Doesn't Really Matter 9,000
All For You 7,000
Somebody To Call My Lover 2,000
Son Of A Gun 5,000
Feel It Boy 2,000
Just A Little While 1,000
All Nite (Don't Stop) 1,000

Total of exactly 500k.

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Janet's team really needs to re-certify her entire catalogue worldwide, they haven't been re-certified since a couple years after each release and it is obvious she has sold much more since they were last certified, she must be at at least 150 - 200 million records sold and not the 100 million she's been at for years

 

[Memefan]

Wow..I am shocked. Her numbers are much lower than I'd have expected.


I can't believe her biggest album, RN only sold 9M...especially in the 90s.

 

[raz2911]

9 million in the US is not bad at all, its more than Dangerous is certified for, released at a similar time and re-certified much later than Rhythm Nation (7 million in the US as of 2000) where as Rhythm Nation was last certified in 1992, and both albums have sold very well.

 

[twinklEE]

yeah but dangerous sold way more than rn did as whole, worldwide.

nice sales though.

 

[Ashtanga]

Wow..I am shocked.

Me too.... :wtf:

 

[raz2911]

Oh definitely, I personally think it should have done better in the US though, its a complete masterpiece!! I always thought Dangerous deserved to outsell Thriller.

Anyway compared to her contemporaries at the time though Rhythm Nation sold extremely well, Madonna's Like A Prayer is 4x Platinum, Whitney's I'm Your Baby Tonight is also 4x Platinum, only Mariah Carey's self titled album which is 9x Platinum is similar in sales.

 

[Memefan]

9 million in the US is not bad at all, its more than Dangerous is certified for, released at a similar time and re-certified much later than Rhythm Nation (7 million in the US as of 2000) where as Rhythm Nation was last certified in 1992, and both albums have sold very well.

I agree with you up to a point, don't forget the Dangerous era was literally cut short because of the first allegations. And only Black or White went to number #1 Janet had a flawless era with RN & Janet. For a while she was the "alternative to MJ" aka the "normal one"

Oh definitely, I personally think it should have done better in the US though, its a complete masterpiece!! I always thought Dangerous deserved to outsell Thriller.

Anyway compared to her contemporaries at the time though Rhythm Nation sold extremely well, Madonna's Like A Prayer is 4x Platinum, Whitney's I'm Your Baby Tonight is also 4x Platinum, only Mariah Carey's self titled album which is 9x Platinum is similar in sales.

Great point.

 

[chanel05]

I agree with you up to a point, don't forget the Dangerous era was literally cut short because of the first allegations. And only Black or White went to number #1 Janet had a flawless era with RN & Janet. For a while she was the "alternative to MJ" aka the "normal one"

I agree. I think if he had toured the states the sales would have went up. Oh, I often wonder how things would have been if 1993 didnt happen.
Also, I dont know if youre American or not but this time period in the states, New Jack Swing was kinda on its way out. He was late to the party. If he had released the album a year earlier it would have done much better hear (like Janets Rhythm Nation).

Oh definitely, I personally think it should have done better in the US though, its a complete masterpiece!! I always thought Dangerous deserved to outsell Thriller.

Anyway compared to her contemporaries at the time though Rhythm Nation sold extremely well, Madonna's Like A Prayer is 4x Platinum, Whitney's I'm Your Baby Tonight is also 4x Platinum, only Mariah Carey's self titled album which is 9x Platinum is similar in sales.

I agree. Its also not fair to compare anyones sells to Mike lol..
BTW.. Rhythm Nation is one of my favorite albums.

 

[KOPV]

If you compare anyone to Michael they will fall short so it's not really fair to.. lol!!

Janet has proven a force to be reckon with on her own, she's a HUGE success in retrospect of reality..


Michael was NOT reality, he was in a league of his own.. It's only crippling to anyone to be compared!

 

[IDRAG4MJ]

thxs for posting

 

[Annita]

This is from the Chartmaster-Analysis for Janet Jackson:

The gap in performance in streaming of Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson is so big that a low song from the latter is one of the biggest streamers from the former. Scream is close to 10 million plays, enough for the 6th spot among Janet Jackson’s list but barely Top 50 inside a similar Michael Jackson ranking.

http://chartmasters.org/2017/04/cspc-janet-jackson-popularity-analysis/27/

 

[KOPV]

People can say what they want about her being Michaels sister and how it helped her career.. truth to it? sure! but people bought her albums because they were good.. stack her sales up to any other Jackson aside from Mikes and see how far the name got them in a solo career.. Need I remind people she wasn't even part of the Jackson 5 or Jacksons group.. she was "just" the little sister. Did not have the notoriety all the other brothers had to launch a solo career.