Singles Janet Jackson Appreciation Thread // Made For Now (Feat. Daddy Yankee) Out Now

[JustCKing]

I don’t know if it’d be considered a failure. It spent over a year in the top 10, and had the biggest song of the entire year...more than what can be said of Lemonade.

Breh, Lemonade broke and set records. It also outsold Anti by a wide margin.

 

[Danie84]

Control/Rhythm Nation/Janet/Velvet Rope

...quadruple CLASSICS Back-to-BACK

84 Baby/90s Kid

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Breh, Lemonade broke and set records. It also outsold Anti by a wide margin.

How many top 10 songs did Lemonade produce? People can buy Bey’s shyt but they aren’t playing it or requesting it like that.

 

[JustCKing]

How many top 10 songs did Lemonade produce? People can buy Bey’s shyt but they aren’t playing it or requesting it like that.

The entire album charted and it set a record for doing so:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th.../may/04/beyonce-chart-record-lemonade-top-100

 

[TheDarkCloud]

The entire album charted and it set a record for doing so:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th.../may/04/beyonce-chart-record-lemonade-top-100

And only one song went top 10.

 

[JustCKing]

And only one song went top 10.

And still a bigger and more significant album than Anti.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

And still a bigger and more significant album than Anti.

That’s debatable lol

 

[brownsugah]

We ain’t even discussing Janet anymore.

 

[Doctor Wily]

I love Janet but she was HUGE never as big as Bey or Whitney even.
Janet out charted MJ in the US but that’s it. She was never a bigger star nor were her songs more popular.

Beyonce's female equals in terms of sales during that same time period have been exactly who??

Adele.
Rhianna
Lana del ray
Nikki Minaj
Taylor Swift


That's some field shes up against

 

[Suzie]

You can't compare Beyonce and Usher. Confessions was an anomaly. One could argue that both Beyonce and Rhianna should be selling a lot more considering Adele manages to go diamond twice in the same decade that Beyonce and Rihanna were dominant. There's all kinds of things that factor into that, which have nothing to do with Beyonce or Rihanna.

Confessions was NOT an anamoly. There are plenty of other albums that sold that amount during the late 90-early 00s. Plenty.

 

[Suzie]

I wonder when Janet’s next album is dropping? That’s more important to me.

It seems soon. Her people posted a picture of them at Bernie’s place so that means it’s finished

 

[Standing on business]

Confessions is definitely an anomaly

How's ushers career doing now btw

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Confessions is definitely an anomaly

 

[brownsugah]

It seems soon. Her people posted a picture of them at Bernie’s place so that means it’s finished

That’s great to hear! Do you think she’ll drop it this year? What were your thoughts on her last album, Unbreakable?

 

[Suzie]

Confessions is definitely an anomaly

How's ushers career doing now btw

What makes it an anamoly?
Maybe as far as r&b goes but during that time period r&b was mainstream.
Like I stated, plenty of other albums during that time sold just as much. Below isn’t even the entire list. It wasn’t unheard of for artist to have big block buster albums like that during that time. Confessions was HUGE though.


10. 1997 – Shania Twain – Come On Over – 33,500,000
15. 2011 – Adele – 21 – 30,140,000
18. 1997 – Céline Dion – Let’s Talk About Love – 29,800,000
27. 2002 – Norah Jones – Come Away With Me – 23,900,000
32. 2000 – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 22,900,000
38. 2002 – Eminem – The Eminem Show – 21,400,000
41. 2000 – Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 20,800,000
42. 2015 – Adele – 25 – 20,410,000
49. 2000 – Britney Spears – Oops!… I Did It Again – 18,935,000
59. 1999 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication – 16,270,000
60. 2002 – Avril Lavigne – Let Go – 16,220,000
61. 1998 – Madonna – Ray Of Light – 16,000,000
63. 2008 – Lady Gaga – The Fame / The Fame Monster– 15,820,000
66. 2004 – Usher – Confessions – 15,500,000
68. 2000 – NSYNC – No Strings Attached – 15,300,000
70. 2004 – Green Day – American Idiot – 15,250,000
72. 2006 – Amy Winehouse – Back To Black – 14,900,000
74. 2000 – Enya – A Day Without Rain – 14,430,000
80. 1997 – Spice Girls – Spiceworld – 13,950,000