CSPC: Janet Jackson Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single.

Janet Jackson (1982) – 3,000 equivalent albums

Remaining tracks – 20,000

Dream Street (1984) – 2,000 equivalent albums

Remaining tracks – 10,000

Control (1986) – 195,000 equivalent albums

Control – 100,000
Nasty – 350,000
What Have You Done for Me Lately – 250,000
The Pleasure Principle – 125,000
When I Think of You – 200,000
Let’s Wait Awhile – 175,000
Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) – 75,000
Remaining tracks – 25,000

Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) – 210,000 equivalent albums

Rhythm Nation – 250,000
Miss You Much – 250,000
Love Will Never Do (Without You) – 150,000
Alright – 150,000
Escapade – 300,000
Black Cat – 100,000
Come Back to Me – 100,000
Remaining tracks – 100,000

What’s Janet Jackson’s signature song? A striking fact when one looks at her most viewed videos on YouTube in each country, the most viewed song is different several times. This lack of obvious smash hurts her digital sales, just like her poor popularity overall since iTunes was launched.

Figures are thus terrible. Blockbusters like Control and Rhythm Nation 1814 have no song at all coming close to half a million downloads.