Janet Jackson discography | |
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![]() Jackson performing on her 2011 Number Ones, Up Close and Personal World Tour | |
Singles | 70 |
Promotional singles | 8 |
Other charted songs | 4 |
This is the singles discography of American singer Janet Jackson. Jackson has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. [1] [2] [3] Billboard ranked her as well as the third greatest female artist of all time in Billboard Hot 100 history (behind Madonna and Mariah Carey). [4]
Jackson signed with A&M Records at the age of fifteen. In 1982, Jackson released her self-titled debut album, which produced three singles. Her debut single, "Young Love", became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 64. Her follow-up, Dream Street (1984) failed to produce a Hot 100 single. In 1985, Jackson fired her manager-father Joe Jackson and hired A&M executive John McClain to oversee her career and hired R&B production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to produce Jackson's breakthrough album, Control (1986). The album launched seven singles, six of which became her first string of hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with the dance-pop single, "When I Think of You", becoming her first number one single on the chart.
In 1989, Jackson issued her fourth album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 . The album cemented Jackson as a pop music superstar after seven of its singles reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, a chart record that remains to this day. Of those seven singles, four peaked at number one on the chart, including "Miss You Much", "Escapade", "Black Cat" and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)". In accomplishing this, Jackson became the first and only artist to send songs off the same album to number one in three different calendar years.
Signing with Virgin Records in 1991, Jackson released her fifth album, janet. , in 1993. The album produced six top ten singles on the Hot 100, making Jackson the first and only artist to have three albums producing five or more top ten singles. The album produced two number one singles, including "That's the Way Love Goes", which became her longest running number one single on the Hot 100 at eight weeks and became her most successful single at the time, becoming an international hit as well, and "Again", which won Jackson an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Song for being featured on the Poetic Justice film, which Jackson starred in. In 1995, she participated with superstar brother Michael Jackson in the hit duet "Scream", which became the first single to debut at the top five of the Hot 100. Jackson followed that up with the dance song "Runaway", which made her the first female artist to have two songs debuting inside the top five of the chart. The release of 1997's The Velvet Rope produced international hits such as "Got 'til It's Gone" and "Together Again", the latter of which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became her biggest hit to date, selling six million copies worldwide. When the Blackstreet-featured remix of "I Get Lonely" peaked at number three on the Hot 100, Jackson made history once again when the song became her eighteen consecutive top ten single on the chart, the third most in history and the most by a female artist. [5]
After releasing the number one single, "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000) off the soundtrack to "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps", Jackson released her seventh studio album, All for You in 2001, which launched two of her recent top ten singles to date: "All for You", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks becoming her tenth and latest number one single, and "Someone to Call My Lover", her 27th top ten single.
Following the fallout of Jackson's controversial performance at the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in February 2004, Jackson released her eighth studio album, Damita Jo , which became her first album since 1984 to not produce a top 40 single, though the ballad "I Want You" ended up being certified platinum. Jackson returned to the top 40 twice afterwards with "Call on Me" (2006) and "Feedback" (2008), the latter being her 31st and recent top forty hit to date. Jackson has continued to record though more sporadically, releasing her eleventh and latest album to date, Unbreakable , which produced her 40th milestone Billboard Hot 100 entry, "No Sleeep", featuring rap artist J. Cole in 2015. Three years later, Jackson made her 41st Hot 100 entry with Daddy Yankee on the song "Made for Now" (2018).
Jackson's ten career number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 are the eighth most number one singles by a recording artist. [6] Between 1986 and 2006, Jackson scored 16 number one singles on the R&B singles chart, the fourth most behind James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Drake. [7] In addition, Jackson has sent 20 songs to number one on the Dance Club Songs chart, the fourth most behind Beyoncé, Rihanna and Madonna. [8] [9]
On January 9, 2010, Jackson's single "Make Me" reached number one on the US dance charts, making her the first artist to achieve a number one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past four decades. [10]
Janet's Control , Rhythm Nation 1814 and The Velvet Rope albums are included in Rolling Stone 's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. [11] [12] [13]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [6] | US R&B [7] | AUS [14] | CAN [15] | GER [16] | IRL [17] | NLD [18] | NZ [19] | SWI [20] | UK [21] | ||||
"Young Love" | 1982 | 64 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | Janet Jackson | |
"Come Give Your Love to Me" | 1983 | 58 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 169 | ||
"Say You Do" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Love and My Best Friend" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Don't Mess Up This Good Thing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | |||
"Don't Stand Another Chance" | 1984 | — [A] | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dream Street | |
"Two to the Power of Love" (with Cliff Richard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | |||
"Fast Girls" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"What Have You Done for Me Lately" | 1986 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 3 | Control | |
"Nasty" | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
"When I Think of You" | 1 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 23 | — | 10 |
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"Control" | 5 | 1 | 82 | 17 | — | — | 9 | 16 | — | 42 |
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"Let's Wait Awhile" | 1987 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 3 |
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"The Pleasure Principle" | 14 | 1 | 50 | 35 | — | 23 | 25 | 37 | — | 24 | |||
"Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | 59 | |||
"Miss You Much" | 1989 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 22 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | |
"Rhythm Nation" | 2 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 83 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 23 |
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"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US [6] | AUS [28] | CAN [29] | FRA [30] | GER [16] | IRL [17] | NLD [18] | NZ [19] | SWI [20] | UK [21] | |||||
"Escapade" | 1990 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 15 | — | 17 |
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"Alright" (solo or featuring Heavy D) | 4 | 100 | 6 | — | 43 | 14 | 35 | 28 | — | 20 |
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"Come Back to Me" | 2 | 79 | 3 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 20 | ||||
"Black Cat" | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 34 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 15 | ||||
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 32 | 27 | — | 34 |
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"State of the World" | 1991 | — [B] | 94 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" (with Luther Vandross featuring Bell Biv DeVoe and Ralph Tresvant) | 1992 | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | 8 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 32 | 2 | Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
"That's the Way Love Goes" | 1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | Janet | ||
"If" | 4 | 18 | 3 | — | 25 | — | 10 | 8 | 27 | 14 |
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"Again" | 1 | 19 | 2 | — | 29 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 6 |
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"Because of Love" | 1994 | 10 | 25 | 10 | — | 72 | — | 39 | 23 | — | 19 | |||
"Any Time, Any Place" | 2 | 37 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 13 |
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"And On and On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Throb" | — [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"You Want This" (featuring MC Lyte) | 8 | 16 | 15 | — | 90 | — | 37 | 11 | — | 14 |
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"Whoops Now/What'll I Do" | 1995 | — | 49 | — | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
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"What'll I Do" | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Scream" (duet with Michael Jackson) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | |||
"Runaway" | 3 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 6 | Design of a Decade 1986/1996 | |||
"Twenty Foreplay" | — | 29 | 27 | — | 74 | — | 41 | 38 | — | 22 | ||||
"Got 'til It's Gone" (featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell) | 1997 | — | 10 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 6 | The Velvet Rope | ||
"Together Again" | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
"I Get Lonely" (solo or featuring Blackstreet) | 1998 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 72 | 75 | — | 20 | 6 | 41 | 5 |
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"Go Deep" | — [D] | 39 | 2 | 22 | 72 | — | 54 | 13 | — | 13 | ||||
"You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Every Time" | — [E] | 52 | — | 95 | 67 | — | 38 | 34 | — | 46 | ||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US [6] [47] | AUS [48] | CAN [49] | FRA [50] | GER [16] | IRL [17] | NLD [18] | NZ [19] | SWI [51] | UK [21] | |||||
"Doesn't Really Matter" | 2000 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 5 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps - Soundtrack and All for You | ||
"All for You" | 2001 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | All for You | ||
"Someone to Call My Lover" | 3 | 15 | 9 | 58 | 65 | 23 | 46 | 18 | 42 | 11 | ||||
"Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" (with Carly Simon featuring Missy Elliott) | 28 | 20 | — | — | 69 | 21 | 34 | 49 | 56 | 13 | ||||
"Just a Little While" | 2004 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 72 | 54 | — | 43 | — | 37 | 15 | Damita Jo | ||
"I Want You" | 57 | 24 [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 [G] |
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"All Nite (Don't Stop)" | — [H] | — | — | 48 | 26 | 35 | 39 | 76 | ||||||
"Call on Me" (with Nelly) | 2006 | 25 | — | — | 41 | 45 | 20 | — | 11 | 43 | 18 | 20 Y.O. | ||
"So Excited" (featuring Khia) | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"With U" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Feedback" | 2007 | 19 | 50 | 3 | 36 | 40 | — | 59 | 17 | 51 | 114 |
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"Rock with U" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Luv" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Can't B Good" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Make Me" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | Number Ones | ||
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US [6] | US R&B [7] | AUS [48] | CAN [55] | FRA [56] | UK [57] | |||||||||
"Nothing" | 2010 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | Why Did I Get Married Too? | ||||||
"No Sleeep" (solo or featuring J. Cole) | 2015 | 63 | 18 | — | — | 106 | — [I] | Unbreakable | ||||||
"Unbreakable" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Dammn Baby" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Made for Now" (with Daddy Yankee) [59] | 2018 | 88 | 36 | — [J] | — [K] | — [L] | — [M] | non-album single | ||||||
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US [64] | AUS [65] | CAN [66] | FRA [67] | GER [68] | IRL [17] | NLD [69] | NZ [70] | SWI [71] | UK [72] | |||||
"Luv Me, Luv Me" (Shaggy featuring Janet Jackson) | 1998 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
"What's It Gonna Be?!" (Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson) | 1999 | 3 | 65 | — | — | 42 | — | 29 | 7 | 41 | 6 |
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"Girlfriend/Boyfriend" (with Blackstreet featuring Ja Rule and Eve) | 47 | 16 | 14 | 71 | 98 | — | 41 | 12 | — | 11 | Finally | |||
"Feel It Boy" (Beenie Man featuring Janet Jackson) | 2002 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 47 | 72 | — | 33 | 12 | 40 | 9 | Tropical Storm | ||
"Don't Worry" (Chingy featuring Janet Jackson) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Powerballin' | ||
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US [75] | US R&B [7] | AUS [76] | CAN [77] | GER [78] | NLD [79] | NZ [80] | SWI [81] | UK [82] | ||||||
"Diamonds" (Herb Alpert) [N] | 1987 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 27 | Keep Your Eye on Me | |||
"Making Love in the Rain" (Herb Alpert) [O] | 35 | 7 [83] | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | |||||
"2300 Jackson Street" (As The Jacksons) | 1989 | — | 9 [84] | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | 76 | 2300 Jackson Street | |||
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" (As part of Artists for Haiti) | 2010 | 2 | — | 18 | 3 | — | — | 8 | — | 50 | non-album single | |||
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Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
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US Dance [8] | |||
1985 | "Start Anew" | — | Control(Japanese Edition) |
1999 | "Ask for More" | — | non album single / Pepsi Commercial |
2001 | "Come On Get Up" | — | All for You |
2003 | "Megamix 04" | 3 | non album single / 2004 Super Bowl halftime show |
2004 | "R&B Junkie" | — | Damita Jo |
2006 | "Enjoy" | — | 20 Y.O. |
2015 | "Burnitup!" (featuring Missy Elliot) [85] | — | Unbreakable |
2016 | "The Great Forever" [86] | — |