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Um Billboard even stated way back in 1997 that "Control" and "Rhythm Nation" both sold 14 million and the "janet." album sold over 20 million. The Velvet Rope sold 10 million worldwide also. We'll believe Billboard over you. That's almost 60 million from just 4 albums and Sales haven't been updated since. For you to say her being at 90 million or even 100 million isn't possible is absurd. Mind you her BMG catalog sales aren't even being included. Mariah's "Music Box" and "Daydream" albums have only sold over 7 million in the U.S. but they are certified Diamond which means 10 million. Janet is way undercertified. Take that into consideration before you start talking about inflated sales.
JJ fans are always consistent in disbelieving Madonna's stats just to 'validate' their idol's success. In spite of all factual cases, they remain delusional.
So pathetic.
She had a nice little peak in Europe from 1993-1998. 7 million albums sold in about 5 year is respectable for a black women releasing RnB albums. Look at how Mariah's Butterfly faired in Europe.
Had TVR performed similarly to janet. in Germany and the UK it may of passed 3 million sales on the continent. She should of made a remix for it like Janet - Remixed.
I have a few questions
1. I see from previous comments that you combined janet. and Janet. Remixed to get the total European and Asain sales of 2,330,000 and 1,025,000. Do you know how much the Remix album sold by itself? Ive seen estimates around 750,000 before.
2. I see you have Control the remixes at 150,000 sales. Does the remix album count for Controls european sales of 1,080,000 like you did for Janet. Remixes?
3. How much did Together again sell in Europe alone?
Sales in the U.S. (Nielsen Music) / Worldwide sales (ChartMasters)
“Rhythm Nation,” 238,742 / 250,000
“When I Think of You,” 230,118 / 200,000
“All Nite (Don’t Stop),” 218,916 / 250,000
“Love Will Never Do (Without You),” 207,479 / 150,000
“Black Cat,” 151,309 / 100,000
“Control,” 141,991 / 125,000
“The Pleasure Principle,” 128,459 / 125,000
“Come Back to Me,” 109,210 / 100,000
“Runaway,” 256,666 / Remaining tracks (this includes "Runaway," "Diamonds," Make Me," "The Best Things In Life Are Free," "Twenty Foreplay," "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" etc.) 300,000
"BurnitUp!," 78,935 / Remaining tracks from "Unbreakable" including "BurnitUp!" – 50,000
Hi Unbreakable!
As it stands I'll be unable to fix these figures if there is no additional information. While these numbers are valid, they would conclude on inflated sales overall. The well-known troll who posted them cherry-picked all numbers that were the most favorable to Janet to suggest figures were deflated. Truth is, all figures for downloads of off the radar singles are estimated by dispatching known career totals. Basically, it's a dispatching game, sales are assigned into each song as per their ranking on iTunes. Since these sales are more or less linear through the years, the ballpark from the dispatching will be correct (as seen in these numbers you post). Depending on when you look at iTunes / Livepopbars, some songs could be allocated a bit too many sales, others a bit too few. Cherry picking only the ones estimated in the low side, apart from demonstrating an unlimited bias and a disrespect of accuracy, will barely distort the reality and inflate the overall total!
The same happens to be true for compilations. The evolution of soundscan sales of an artist is known more often than not, so it's easy to do estimations. Then, many artists like Janet have multiple similar compilations. Depending on their price / sales, one or another will do well time to time. The dispatching of annual soundscan sales into compilations that sell off the radar is tricky, some may end up deflated, others inflated. The total is fine though. Fixing only the ones that haven't got allocated enough sales would fix 1/2 record, but corrupt the career total. That's the issue with biased people: even when they share accurate data, they present it in a faked way.
Obviously, if comprehensive leaks are shared, figures will be adjusted accordingly!
How is this list done cause it seems inaccurate as heck. Janet's best selling single is Together Again, sitting at 6+ million copies sold. How in the world did you come up with 3+ million?
Hi Tonk!
The question is how you come with 6 million 😉 that's a figure only reached by the very biggest hits of all-time, Together Again did already extraordinary at 3,2 million. Physical singles were really a thing in only 4 markets back then (US, UK, Germany, France, then Japan but it's a different story for foreign hits).
From official certifications, and UNAiDs Outlook Report from 2010. It is the only Janet song that has sold 10 million copies, and commercially her biggest selling single ever. You can wikipedia it, and check the sources of those claims. I did and they're solid. All official sources from France to US.
So, I'm afraid your calculations are way off.
Sorry that's 6 million +. And Together Again is one of the biggest selling songs ever...
It's funny how you claim that 6 million + as a crying kid, but can not relate how the single sold it. Can you be reasonable?
Great Job!
When can you do Paul McCartney or John Lennon CSPC? I'm really interested to see how commercially successful they were in their solo careers.
