| 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's ten career number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 are the eighth most number one singles by a recording artist. [5]
Signing with A&M Records in 1982 at 15, her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Young Love" off her self-titled debut album, reaching number 64, becoming only a moderate success. Her subsequent follow-up, Dream Street (1984) failed to produce a Hot 100 single. Her third album, Control (1986) was her breakthrough album, producing six top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including five in the top ten with the song "When I Think of You", becoming her first number one single on the chart.
Her fourth album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), remains the only album in history to produce seven consecutive top five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number one singles -- "Miss You Much", "Rhythm Nation", "Escapade", "Black Cat" and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)". After signing with Virgin Records in 1991, Jackson released her fifth album, Janet , in 1993. The album produced six top ten singles, including the number-one hits "That's the Way Love Goes" and "Again", with the former becoming her most successful charting single to date.
In 1995, Jackson became the first female artist to have two songs debut inside the top ten of the Hot 100, with the Michael Jackson duet, "Scream" and "Runaway". Two years later, Jackson's sixth album, The Velvet Rope produced two top ten singles, the number-one hit "Together Again" and the Blackstreet-featured remix of "I Get Lonely", the latter of which gave Jackson an unprecedented 18th top ten hit in a row, which made her the only artist to have that many. [6]
After releasing the number one single, "Doesn't Really Matter", off the soundtrack to Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Jackson released her seventh studio album, All for You , in 2001. The album launched two of her most recent top ten singles to date: "All for You", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks, becoming her tenth and final number one single, and "Someone to Call My Lover", her 27th top ten hit.
Jackson struggled to have success on the charts following the fallout of Jackson's controversial performance at the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in February 2004. Jackson's eighth studio release, Damita Jo , was her first album in two decades to not produce a top 40 single. Jackson returned to the top 40 just twice afterwards with the moderate hits "Call on Me" (2006) and "Feedback" (2008). After a seven-year hiatus, Jackson released her eleventh and latest studio album, Unbreakable (2015), which produced her 40th milestone Billboard Hot 100 entry, "No Sleeep", featuring J. Cole.
Jackson has only charted more sporadically since then with the Daddy Yankee-featured "Made for Now" (2018) and as a sampled credit on the Cardi B song, "Principal" (2025).
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [5] | US R&B [7] | AUS [8] | CAN [9] | GER [10] | IRL [11] | NLD [12] | NZ [13] | SWI [14] | UK [15] | ||||
| "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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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [5] | US R&B [7] | AUS [22] | CAN [23] | FRA [24] | GER [10] | IRL [11] | NLD [12] | NZ [13] | SWI [14] | UK [15] | ||||
| "Escapade" | 1990 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 15 | — | 17 |
| Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 |
| "Alright" (solo or featuring Heavy D) | 4 | 2 | 100 | 6 | — | 43 | 14 | 35 | 28 | — | 20 |
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| "Come Back to Me" | 2 | 2 | 79 | 3 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 20 | |||
| "Black Cat" | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | 34 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 15 | |||
| "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" | 1 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | 8 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 32 | 2 | Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "That's the Way Love Goes" | 1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | Janet | |
| "If" | 4 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 25 | — | 10 | 8 | 27 | 14 |
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| "Again" | 1 | 7 | 19 | 2 | — | 29 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 6 |
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| "Because of Love" | 1994 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 10 | — | 72 | — | 39 | 23 | — | 19 | ||
| "Any Time, Any Place" | 2 | 1 | 37 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 13 |
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| "And On and On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Throb" | — [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You Want This" (featuring MC Lyte) | 8 | 9 | 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 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | ||
| "Runaway" | 3 | 6 | 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 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
| "I Get Lonely" (solo or featuring Blackstreet) | 1998 | 3 | 1 | 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 | |||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [5] [41] | US R&B [7] | AUS [42] | CAN [43] | FRA [44] | GER [10] | IRL [11] | NLD [12] | NZ [13] | SWI [45] | UK [15] | ||||
| "Doesn't Really Matter" | 2000 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 5 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps - Soundtrack and All for You | |
| "All for You" | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | All for You | |
| "Someone to Call My Lover" | 3 | 11 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 18 | 24 [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 [G] |
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| "All Nite (Don't Stop)" | — [H] | 90 | — | — | 48 | 26 | 35 | 39 | 76 | |||||
| "Call on Me" (with Nelly) | 2006 | 25 | 1 | — | — | 41 | 45 | 20 | — | 11 | 43 | 18 | 20 Y.O. | |
| "So Excited" (featuring Khia) | 90 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "With U" | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Feedback" | 2007 | 19 | 39 | 50 | 3 | 36 | 40 | — | 59 | 17 | 51 | 114 |
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| "Rock with U" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Luv" | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Can't B Good" | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Make Me" | 2009 | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | Number Ones | |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| US [5] | US R&B [7] | AUS [42] | CAN [49] | FRA [50] | UK [51] | |||||||||
| "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) [53] | 2018 | 88 | 36 | — [J] | — [K] | — [L] | — [M] | non-album single | ||||||
| "—" 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 [58] | AUS [59] | CAN [60] | FRA [61] | GER [62] | IRL [11] | NLD [63] | NZ [64] | SWI [65] | UK [66] | |||||
| "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 |
| Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front | |
| "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' | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| US [69] | US R&B [7] | AUS [70] | CAN [71] | GER [72] | NLD [73] | NZ [74] | SWI [75] | UK [76] | ||||||
| "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 [77] | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | |||||
| "2300 Jackson Street" (As The Jacksons) | 1989 | — | 9 [78] | — | — | — | 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 | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
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| US Dance [79] | |||
| 1985 | "Start Anew" | — | Control(Japanese Edition) |
| 1999 | "Ask for More" | — | non album single / Pepsi Commercial |
| 2001 | "Come On Get Up" | — | All for You |
| 2003 | "Janet 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) [80] | — | Unbreakable |
| 2016 | "The Great Forever" [81] | — |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| US [5] | US R&B [7] | |||
| "Principal" (Cardi B featuring Janet Jackson) | 2025 | 92 | 26 | Am I the Drama? |