Janet's total record sales, when you don't add in stream units, and add them all up, is impressive considering the genres she recorded under (dance pop, R&B, new jack swing, etc.) but if you considered her a pop diva in the same way as a Whitney or a Madonna or a Mariah Carey, then it definitely is disappointing she only sold that much. Still impressive for someone whose brother was at one time a monstrous seller in his heyday.

Janet is making new music and new world tour. Hope she will be coming in France. I’m so happy 😍

Looks like there was a jump to around 62,700,000 albums sold.

What albums were changed if you don't mind me asking?

Hello MJD why Janet doesn’t her totals album sales by country like the other artists? I would like to know please

MJ sold 5x as much as her and they both made the same music.

Whitney and Mariah were making similar music and were selling more.

She did well, but Iets not over exaggerate her sales.

Whitney and mariah did not make the same music as Janet Jackson at all.

Hey MJD! Do you know how many copies Together Again sold in Germany and France?

They kinda did because Mariah and Whitney were both pop/r&b from the beginning.

You do realize Mariah is an amazing writer as well. Janet and Mariah both had to prove that they were amazing writers and still don't get credit. Also Madonna actually is a great writer too, her lyrical ability is not that of Mariah or Janet imo(coming from a stan) but her ability to write great melodies and hooks is underrated. Janet, Madonna, and Madonna are all amazing songwriters and you shouldn't have to put one of the down to uplift Janet.

The Velvet Rope was certified 2x-Platinum in Japan. That's 400,000. Not 275,000.

Hi Iris!

TVR is Plat in Japan, you check search for ジャネット・ジャクソン on cell アーティスト at https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html and then press the left button.

Hello MJD,

The website below shows that Janet was given a 2x-Platinum cert January 1999 for Japan.
https://www.julienslive.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/378/lot/154721?uact=2&aid=378&lid=154722&current_page=136

That's just an in-house record company award, to her kind of management company JDJ. It's not an actual recording industry organisation award, given on the back of actual audited sales.

Looks like she received the plaque when sales were 200k=Platinum. Platinum was later changed to 250,000, so the updated cert on the website would have been only Platinum and not 2x. Platinum has gone back down to 200k nowadays. Is it possible she passed 400,000 in Japan with The Velvet Rope?

I am surprised that the "Janet" album did not di better in UK. The album had 4 Top Ten Singles and 8 Top 20 singles in the UK. Despite that, the album is only 2x-Platinum in UK.

HI, The album "Discipline" doesn't appear on her EAS total, Spotify tool... Do you know why?

According to Twisted Brother, here are some sales for Janet.

Italy -
The Velvet Rope - 200,000
Janet - 125,000
Control - 100,000
Rhythm Nation - 100,000
Design of a Decade - 100,000
All For You - 60,000
Damita Jo - 10,000
20 YO - 6,000
Discipline - 5,000
Number One/The Best - 3,000
Unbreakable - 2,000

Netherlands -
Control - 140,000
Janet - 140,000
The Velvet Rope - 130,000
Design of a Decade - 80,000
Rhythm Nation - 60,000
All For You - 50,000
Damita Jo - 10,000
Discipline - 6,000
20 YO - 5,000
Unbreakable - 3,000

Germany -
Janet - 600,000
The Velvet Rope - 500,000
Design of a Decade - 400,000
All For You - 225,000
Rhythm Nation - 150,000
Control - 125,000
Damita Jo - 35,000
Discipline - 15,000
20 Y.O - 10,000
Unbreakable - 10,000

France -
The Velvet Rope - 550,000
Design of a Decade - 400,000
Janet - 250,000
All For You - 180,000
Control - 40,000
Rhythm Nation - 40,000
Damita Jo - 20,000
20 Y.O - 15,000
Discipline - 15,000
Number Ones/The Best - 15,000
Unbreakable - 7,000

it is possible we could get a break down on janet jacksons cspc sales by decade?

Lol Maybe you’re a bit deaf because from Thriller to the end of his career Michael did more pop music oriented than his sister

HI,
Is it normal that the album "Discipline" is not on her Spotify number tool? As well, do we know what's the "official" reason for most of her music videos not being available on Youtube when everyone's else are?...

LOL! Whitney was super pop until Waiting to Exhale. How will I Know, So Emotional, I wanna dance are NOT R&B! Mariah's European/global breakthrough came in 1993-4 with Music Box.

britney has a very different style of dancing from Janet, who imitated her brother a lot, not to mention that Britney's performances and music videos have references like any artist did, but they are primarily altenticos, schoolgirl clothes, red overalls, look green clothes with the snake, the stewardess in blue... they are iconic moments in music, not copy.

I don't know if these are worldwide sales but it's wrong

Control = 14 Million
Rhythm Nation = 14 Million
janet. = 20 Million
The Velvet Rope = 10 Million
All For You = 7 Million
Damita Jo = 3 Million
20 Y.O. = 1.5 Million
Discipline = 1 Million
Unbreakable = 400K
Black Diamond = TBD

Don't know how much Janet Jackson & Dream Street sold and Design Of A Decade sold 10 million.

Morning,
I'm still wondering why her album "Discipline" doesn't appear on any Spotifyl streaming tally? Is it a glitch or something?

With all nepotism and help she had, her numbers are nowhere in big 4 league. Even Enya, tina turner outsold her. And new mpgs are already ahead. The way her fans claim her in league of whitney is beyond me