Janet Jackson Returns to the Charts, Streams Soar 109% After Documentary Series

Janet Jackson’s new documentary series leads to significant gains for the legend’s catalog and the return of some of her best-known classics to Billboard’s sales charts.

The four-part series, titled Janet Jackson., premiered on A&E and Lifetime in a two-night event on Jan. 28 and 29. The documentary, which spans the superstar’s life, from her earliest years through her 2019 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was the channel’s most-watched non-fiction program since Surviving R. Kelly in 2019. The first episode registered 2.8 million people on live TV, and another 1.2 million in the next few days either digitally or on demand, according to Nielsen, with parts two through four drawing 4.3 million, 3.7 million and 3.8 million viewers, respectively.

Attention surrounding the series led listeners to Jackson’s catalog on music services, with activity up across the board. The hitmaker’s songs collectively earned 10.6 million official on-demand U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 3, according to MRC Data, up 109% from the week ending Jan. 27.

Jackson’s biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit, “That’s The Way Love Goes,” was the leader of the pack, with 778,000 U.S. official on-demand streams (a 59% increase). 2001’s “All for You” came in second, with a 63% weekly increase to 581,000 clicks. Other Jackson classics – 1986’s “Control” (575,000 and up 277%) “Any Time, Any Place” (558,000 for a 39% boost) and “Nasty” (482,000 to rocket 174%) rounded out the top five.

Likewise, “That’s The Way Love Goes” won as Jackson’s top seller for the week, with 1,300 downloads. The sum prompts the track’s No. 5 debut on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. “All For You” secured second place, with 1,100 downloads and a No. 10 chart entrance. Three more of the superstar’s singles make the 15-position list, with each selling 1,000 copies after rounding: “Rhythm Nation” at No. 11 “Escapade” at No. 13 (1,000) and “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” in the anchor slot.

Flipping to albums, Jackson releases combine for 17,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 3, up 282%. Of her studio releases, 1989’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 proved the champ, with 4,000 equivalent album units.

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Here Are the Lyrics to Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow’s ‘Industry Baby’

When Lil Nas X teamed up with Jack Harlow to release “Industry Baby” in July 2021, the song immediately went viral on TikTok and soon climbed up the charts.

“Industry Baby” soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Oct. 23, 2021, marking Lil Nas X’s third Hot 100 leader, following his record 19-week No. 1 “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, and “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” while Harlow notched his first.

If you need a guide to follow along with the words of Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s TikTok-viral hit, find the lyrics below.

(Daytrip took it to ten, hey)

Baby back, ayy
Couple racks, ayy
Couple Grammys on him
Couple plaques, ayy
That’s a fact, ayy
Throw it back, ayy
Throw it back, ayy

And this one is for the champions
I ain’t lost since I began, yeah
Funny how you said it was the end, yeah
Then I went did it again, yeah

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin’ for
I don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em I ain’t layin’ low
You was never really rootin’ for me anyway
When I’m back up at the top I wanna hear you say
He don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em that the break is over

Uh, need to, uh
Need to get this album done
Need a couple number ones
Need a plaque on every song
Need me like one with Nicki now
Tell a rap nigga, “I don’t see ya”, ha
I’m a pop nigga like Bieber, ha
I don’t fuck bitches, I’m queer, ha
But these niggas bitches like Madea
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Ayy, oh, let’s do it
I ain’t fall off, I just ain’t release my new shit
I blew up now everybody tryna sue me
You call me Nas, but the hood call me Doobie, yeah

And this one is for the champions
I ain’t lost since I began, yeah
Funny how you said it was the end, yeah
Then I went did it again, yeah

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin’ for (I got what they waitin’ for)
I don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em I ain’t layin’ low
(Bitch, I ain’t runnin’ from no one)
You was never really rootin’ for me anyway (like, ooh-ooh)
When I’m back up at the top I wanna hear you say (like, ooh-ooh)
He don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em that the break is over

(Yeah)
My track record so clean
They couldn’t wait to just bash me
I must be gettin’ too flashy
Y’all shouldn’t have let the world gas me (woo)
It’s too late ’cause I’m here to stay
And these girls know that I’m nasty (mm)
I sent her back to her boyfriend
With my handprint on her ass cheek
City talkin’, we takin’ notes
Tell ’em all to keep makin’ posts
Wish he could but he can’t get close
OG so proud of me that he chokin’ up while he makin’ toasts
I’m the type that you can’t control
Said I would then I made it so (so)
I don’t clear up rumors (ayy)
Where’s y’all sense of humor? (Ayy)
I’m done makin’ jokes ’cause they got old like baby boomers
Turn my haters to consumers
I make vets feel like they juniors (juniors)
Say your time is comin’ soon but just like Oklahoma (mm)
Mine is comin’ sooner (mm)
I’m just a late bloomer (mm)
I didn’t peak in high school, I’m still out here gettin’ cuter (woo)
All these social networks and computers
Got these pussies walkin’ ’round like they ain’t losers (losers)

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin’ for (I got what they waitin’ for)
I don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em I ain’t layin’ low
(Bitch, I ain’t runnin’ from no one)
You was never really rootin’ for me anyway (like, ooh-ooh)
When I’m back up at the top I wanna hear you say (like, ooh-ooh)
He don’t run from nothin’, dog
Get your soldiers, tell ’em that the break is over

Yeah
I’m the industry baby, mm
I’m the industry baby
Yeah

Lyrics licensed & provided by LyricFind

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: David Biral, Jackman Thomas Harlow, Kanye Omari West, Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, Montero Lamar Hill, Denzel Michael-Akil Baptiste, Nicholas David Lee, Rosario Peter IV Lenzo, Raul Ignacio Cubina

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Saweetie & H.E.R. Team Up for Breezy New Single ‘Closer’

Saweetie officially unveiled the next single off her upcoming Pretty Bitch Music album, and brought H.E.R. along with her for the ride.

“Closer,” which dropped on Thursday (Feb. 10) finds H.E.R. musing the loved-up chorus over a sparkling, 70s-inspired track. “I want you, you, you / I love everything you do, do, do,” she sings.

Saweetie then hops in for her flirty verse, “I wanna fall in love for the weekend / Three boyfriends, I don’t know where I’m sleepin’ / We be thuggin’, clubbin’, f—in’ / Order room service when we done that’s the sequence,” she flows.

The rapper told Billboard last year that with Pretty Bitch Music, she hopes people will get to know who she really is and how she feels. “I need people to know who Diamonte is, and not just who Saweetie is.”

“I have feelings and I’m a human being,” she explained. “But people just talk about you like you can’t read, and I think there’s just this misconception that I come from perfect beginnings, and I’m just some perfect individual. But it’s like, no. I have feelings just like everyone else.”

She added, “This is just an album that I think it will just humanize me.”

Saweetie dropped her latest project, Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1, back in April 2021 and the star has since released a number of singles, including her TikTok viral collaboration, “Best Friend,” featuring Doja Cat.

Listen to Saweetie’s “Closer” featuring H.E.R. below.

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New details in fatal Hollywood shooting show moments before. Two suspects still on the run

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Miami-Dade School Board selling downtown parking lot for $25M for possible redevelopment

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An Orlando area bakery put unpaid child labor in danger, shorted workers $4,700 in pay

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Diplo Set Up His Gear at a ‘Random Park’ & Played New Music

Why wait for a tour or scheduled performance to play some new music? Diplo decided on Tuesday (Feb. 8) that, instead, he would make his own rave at a park.

The DJ shared a video to TikTok and Twitter, in which he’s seen spinning records, writing, “I popped up at a random park to play new music just for fun.” The one-minute clip then shows his team bringing speakers, generators and all the necessary equipment into Los Angeles’ Elysian Park, before he shared his location to his Instagram followers and started playing a new song, titled “Don’t Forget My Love,” at his outdoor DJ booth.

By sundown, the park was filled with fans, who expressed their excitement over Diplo’s impromptu performance. “F— what I’m doing, I’m stopping everything and I drove up here,” one fan is seen telling the cameraman.

“Can’t wait for the next one,” Diplo captioned the video on Twitter.

Throughout the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic, Diplo didn’t stop his musical hustle, live-streaming DJ sets from his living room.

“You guys want me to do this every night,” he asked the internet at the and of one of his 95-minute sest. “Like and subscribe, wash your hands and stay 6 feet away from your friends.”

 

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Justin Bieber Spotted in the Studio With Tory Lanez

Ontario natives Justin Bieber and Tory Lanez spent some time together in the studio this week, and the duo marked the occasion with a photo.

Tory Lanez shared the snap on Tuesday (Feb. 8) of the Canadian stars hanging out by the audio board, captioning the post, “@justinbieber !! [champagne emoji] [muscle flex emoji] One of the most honest and solid people I’ve met throughout my career … incredible human being … timeless soul !
I owe bro 1000000 favors,” he wrote, adding that JB is his “lil big bro.”

While the post didn’t indicate that a musical collaboration between the two was on the horizon, fans on Twitter expressed concern that Bieber was hanging out with the controversial rapper, who pleaded not guilty in November 2021 to charges related to allegedly shooting an unarmed Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in July 2020.

Lanez was charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. If convicted, the rapper faces a maximum state prison sentence of 22 years and eight months.

“Men stay showing that they support abuse every day,” one Twitter user wrote. “For YEARS Justin Bieber and many other big artists did not acknowledge Tory Lanez’ existence until he shot a woman in the foot. Then they all want to be friends. But ‘not all men’ right?”

“He really don’t be thinking about the consequences and just goes all in it,” another wrote of Bieber’s decision.

Another user added that the photo made them “sick to my stomach” as another example “of men in the entertainment industry ‘protecting’ each other.”

See below.

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