JANET JACKSON albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

JANET JACKSON sold over 36.2 million albums. The best-selling album by JANET JACKSON is JANET., which sold over 8.14 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, JANET JACKSON is the 95th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of JANET JACKSON have sold over 790,000 units, led by RHYTHM NATION 1814 with over 200,000 units sold.

JANET JACKSON albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	JANET. JANET JACKSON 1993	1993	8,143,600	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 14 127 300
2	RHYTHM NATION 1814 JANET JACKSON 1989	1989	6,840,540	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 8 78 398
3	CONTROL JANET JACKSON 1986	1986	5,522,830	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 12 115 600
4	THE VELVET ROPE JANET JACKSON 1997	1997	5,162,500	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 30 239 675
5	ALL FOR YOU JANET JACKSON 2001	2001	3,732,671	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 27 218 1,071
6	DESIGN OF A DECADE 1986/1996 JANET JACKSON 1995	1995	3,655,990	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 38 371 1,092
7	DAMITA JO JANET JACKSON 2004	2004	1,291,514	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 99 893 3,816
8	20 Y.O. JANET JACKSON 2006	2006	1,100,000	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 96 1,099 4,663
9	DISCIPLINE JANET JACKSON 2008	2008	540,000	Rank in 2008 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 144 2,273 9,750
10	THE BEST JANET JACKSON 2009	2009	100,000	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 493 6,388 25,800
11	CONTROL - THE REMIXES JANET JACKSON 1987	1987	100,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 476 3,978 31,376
12	JANET REMIXED JANET JACKSON 1995	1995	23,930	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,434 13,361 52,035
13	UNBREAKABLE JANET JACKSON 2015	2015	N/A	Rank in 2015 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1,644 16,820 68,225

JANET JACKSON videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	RHYTHM NATION 1814 JANET JACKSON 1989	1989	200,000	Rank in 1989 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 11 24 410
2	JANET: LIVE IN HAWAII JANET JACKSON 2002	2002	125,000	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 29 315 643
3	THE VELVET ROPE TOUR: LIVE IN CONCERT JANET JACKSON 1999	1999	115,000	Rank in 1999 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 27 138 688
4	RHYTHM NATION COMPILATION JANET JACKSON 1990	1990	100,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 27 268 1,210
5	CONTROL - THE VIDEOS JANET JACKSON 1986	1986	100,000	Rank in 1986 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 11 78 1,256
6	DESIGN OF A DECADE 1986/1996 JANET JACKSON 1995	1995	50,000	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 33 383 2,188
7	JANET.: THE VIDEOS JANET JACKSON 1994	1994	50,000	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 32 402 2,207
8	CONTROL - THE VIDEOS PART II JANET JACKSON 1987	1987	50,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 24 153 2,368

JANET JACKSON sales by country

JANET JACKSON album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by JANET JACKSON are the United States (26.4 million), the United Kingdom (2.55 million) and Japan (2.02 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	665,000	5
2	Belgium	100,000	4
3	Canada	1,300,000	7
4	Denmark	125,000	2
5	France	600,000	3
6	Germany	900,000	4
7	Hong Kong	10,000	1
8	Ireland	7,500	1
9	Italy	100,000	1
10	Japan	2,023,404	10
11	Korea	28,171	1
12	Netherlands	350,000	5
13	New Zealand	67,500	6
14	Norway	75,000	2
15	South Africa	225,000	2
16	Spain	150,000	2
17	Sweden	90,000	2
18	Switzerland	195,000	5
19	Taiwan	175,000	2
20	Thailand	10,000	1
21	United Kingdom	2,552,000	9
22	United States	26,440,000	9

JANET JACKSON video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by JANET JACKSON are the United States (1.1 million), Australia (45,000) and Canada (15,000).