In 2008 Jackson released her tenth studio album Discipline. It is also Jackson's eighth consecutive platinum album, it went on selling 1.2 milion copies worldwide. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 297,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Jackson's eighth consecutive top three debut and second consecutive number two album debut. In 2006 Jackson released her ninth studio album 20 Y.O. Despite weaker sales then her previous efforts, the album was certified platinum by RIAA with an estimate of 3 million copies worldwide. It was Jacksons weakest effort since Dream Street believed to be due to blacklisting by MTV and radio stations due to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 381,000 copies. In 2004 Jackson released her next album Damita Jo. It went on being certified 2× Platinum by RIAA and selling over 7 million copies worldwide. It was Jackson's fifth straight number one debut in the United States, and the biggest opening week sales of her career.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 605,128 copies in its first week. In 2001 Jackson released her seventh album All for You. It was certified 3× Platinum and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Following the contract was her sixth album The Velvet Rope, The album produced one of the biggest hits of her career " Together Again". In 1997 Jackson received an $80 million dollar contract, making her the world's highest paid musical act for the second time in her career.
It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA and has since sold 10 million copies worldwide. In 1995 Jackson released her first compilation album Design of a Decade 1986/1996. Certified 6× platinum by the RIAA, it sold over 14 million copies. It became Jackson's third consecutive album to top the chart, as well as reaching the number one position in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with the largest first-week sales in history for a female artist at the time. Īfter being approached personally by Virgin Records owner Richard Branson, and signing the multi-million dollar contract with the label, she released her fifth studio album Janet (1993). The album was certified 6× Platinum by RIAA, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The album went on to produce seven consecutive top 5 hits, four of them reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in three separate calendar years, A record yet to be broken. Her fourth album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989), topped the Billboard 200 for four consecutive weeks and sold three million copies within the first four months of its release. Her third album, Control (1986), which became known as her breakthrough album, topped the Billboard 200 and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Her next album, Dream Street (1984), peaked at number 147 on the Billboard 200, a weaker effort than her previous album. Her debut album, Janet Jackson (1982), peaked at number 64 on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 250,000 copies in the US. When she was sixteen, her father arranged a contract for her with A&M Records. The albums discography of American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson consists of ten studio albums, two compilation albums, and two remix albums. Jackson performing on her 2008 Rock Witchu Tour