''Unbreakable'' is the eleventh
studio album
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by American singer
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
. It was released on October 2, 2015, and is the first album released under her independent label Rhythm Nation, distributed by
BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label.
BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its ...
through a partnership with the singer. Jackson had parted ways with
Island Records
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in 2008 due to dissatisfaction over the company's lack of promotion for her tenth studio album, ''
Discipline
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'' (2008). The singer began recording new material with producer
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Roy Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists.
Jerkins has won multiple Grammy Awards. Among hi ...
the following year, but eventually abandoned the project. She became busy with film roles and embarked on a worldwide concert tour, and in 2013 announced her third marriage to
Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana. Two years later in May 2015, Jackson announced that she would embark on the
Unbreakable World Tour and release ''Unbreakable''.
Jackson reunited with songwriting/production duo
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, their last collaboration being on her ninth studio album ''
20 Y.O.
''20 Y.O.'' is the ninth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on September 20, 2006, by Virgin Records. Its title makes reference to her third studio album ''Control'' (1986), and is a commemoration to its twentieth ann ...
'' (2006). Additional songwriting and production was provided by
Dem Jointz, Tommy McClendon and Thomas Lumpkins. Featured artists include rappers
J. Cole
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his d ...
and
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy Elliott or Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the earl ...
. ''Unbreakable''s theme reflects various experiences over the course of Jackson's life—including aspects of her childhood and the
death of her brother Michael—in addition to socially conscious messages prevalent in her 1989 album ''
Rhythm Nation 1814''. Its lead single "
No Sleeep" became her 40th entry on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number 63, as well as her most successful entry on the US
Adult R&B Songs chart, topping the chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks.
The album debuted at number one on the
''Billboard'' 200, becoming Jackson's seventh album to top the chart in the United States. This made her the third act in the history of the chart to have a number one album in each of the last four decades.
It also peaked within the top 40 of most
major music markets. It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with some commenting that it reflected her maturation. ''Unbreakable'' was named by several publications as one of the best album releases of 2015. As of April 2016, the album has sold over 253,000 copies in the United States.
Background
After releasing her tenth studio album ''
Discipline
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'' in 2008, Jackson parted ways with her label home of 14 months,
Island Records
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. A spokesperson for the singer added, "
ackson
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Ackson was born on 23 November 1976 in Bul ...
will have autonomy over her career, without the restrictions of a label system... Always known to break new ground and set trends, Jackson's departure from Island Records makes her one of the first superstar artists to have the individual freedom to promote their work through a variety of avenues such as iTunes, mobile carriers and other diverse and innovative channels."
Mariel Concepcion of ''Billboard'' magazine suggested "Jackson would seem to be a natural fit at Live Nation Artists, which is already home to
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one of ...
,
Nickelback and
Shakira."
The following year, she suffered the unexpected
death of her brother
Michael Jackson; she later performed a special tribute to him at the
2009 MTV Video Music Awards
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. She also ended her seven-year relationship with record producer
Jermaine Dupri.
As a joint venture with
EMI,
Universal Music Enterprises subsequently released her second greatest hits compilation, ''
Number Ones
A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented in language with number words. More universally, individual numbers can ...
'' (2009) under
A&M Records. Although she began recording new material with producer
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Roy Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists.
Jerkins has won multiple Grammy Awards. Among hi ...
, she eventually abandoned the project, still unwilling to specify whether she intended to sign with a major label or release music independently.
UMe and A&M later released her third compilation ''
Icon: Number Ones'' (2010) as the debut of the ''
Icon'' album series, designed to feature "the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of the most popular artists in music history."
After starring in feature films ''
Why Did I Get Married Too?'' and ''
For Colored Girls'' in 2010, she embarked on the world concert tour
Number Ones, Up Close and Personal in 2011 to promote her second compilation. In 2013, she indicated she was once again working on a new record. Later that year, she also revealed that she was married to her third husband,
Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana. She announced in May 2015, that she would embark on the
Unbreakable World Tour and release her eleventh studio album through her newly formed, independent record label as a result of a partnership between herself and BMG.
Recording
In October 2009, just a month before Jackson released her second compilation album ''Number Ones'' (2009), American producer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins revealed that they were working together on the singer's eleventh studio album:
Since we've been working ... I feel like the studio has become a second home for her because with the whole situation with Michael ackson
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Early life
Ackson was born on 23 November 1976 in Bul ...
happening, and I feel like right now, emotionally, she can come here and let all her feelings out. ..You gotta understand, she lost her brother. She was in a relationship for seven years ith Jermaine Duprithat's over now. There's things that she told me that I didn't even realize. You know, certain hingslike self-esteem that I didn't even realize that she dealt with for years that, you know. ... She's working on her book and she'll deal with that in her book, but also in songs, certain songs we're dealing with that head on. And sometimes it can be a touchy subject for us to even go into, and I kinda had to persuade her, 'Let's just go, let's talk about that.' And she's been doing it, and she's a pro about it.
However, in 2010, Jackson revealed she had scrapped the recorded material with Jerkins. Although she recorded and released "
Nothing" as the theme for the film ''
Why Did I Get Married Too?'', she stated: "There have been a lot of record labels that have asked me to sit down and talk with them, but I don't know if I want to do something completely independent, or go with a major". In August 2011, while touring with her
Number Ones, Up Close and Personal world tour, the singer stated that she would "go back into the studio later this year or early next. I am not sure what I will be doing yet. I like to be inspired by what is going on in my life at that time". In 2013, she confirmed she was recording a new album and "creating the concept and initial thoughts on the music."
In August 2014, producer and engineer Ian Cross, who worked on her last three studio albums, confirmed in an interview with
studio monitor manufacturer
Barefoot Sound
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See also
Li ...
that he was working on Jackson's new album, stating, "The new album is going to be great. It's a process. There's a lot in store, yet to come", also saying they worked in recording studios in Qatar, Paris, and Middle East. He asserted that he and the singer "had a little bit more of a special relationship because we became friends naturally. You meet a lot of people and you become friends with a couple of them, but sometimes there is one person you become really good friends with. She asked me to work on an album with her called ''Discipline'' in 2007 and, again, just do the same thing, produce the vocals. That led to her hiring me full-time to work with her. That's where I'm at now". After Cross' declarations, Jackson herself responded to the rumor, neither confirming nor denying the works, stating: "If there is a new project, you'll hear it from my lips", she tweeted. Barefoot Sound subsequently removed the full text of the Cross interview from their website. ''Unbreakable'' saw Jackson reunite with long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who did not contribute to her previous project.
Composition
''Unbreakable'' is divided into two sides; the first side is composed mostly by
dance-pop
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and
R&B songs, while the second one is more experimental.
The album opens with the title track "
Unbreakable", a mid-tempo R&B song, which describes Jackson's unyielding devotion to her fans. The following track "
Burnitup!" is an
uptempo song with
electronic beats, with processed vocal samples and
house
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
drums.
Jackson asks "Mr. DJ" to "turn it up" and the crowd to "dance like no-one's watching", while Elliott raps "Make it work, make it work, make it work". "Dammn Baby", the third track, has hints of trap bass and percussion, and bits of previous single "
I Get Lonely" into its breakdown.
In the fourth song "The Great Forever", she is reportedly to sound like her late brother
Michael Jackson, and addresses the curiosity about her romantic life. "I don't see why loving someone or what I do seem so radical to you
..What you think doesn't mean nothing at all / Doesn't change who I am."
The next track, "Shoulda Known Better" opens as a ballad, but develops
EDM
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Music
* Electronic dance music
* Early Day Miners, American band
Science and technology
* Electric dipole moment
* Electrical discharge machining
* Electronic distance measurement
*Entry, Descent, and landing demonstra ...
beats for its underpinning.
During the song, she asks "Why, why, why?", before making a call for social action. "We won't accept excuses. We tolerate no abuses".
Sixth track, "After You Fall", is a stripped ballad with Jackson's vocals being accompanied by only a piano line.
The following song "Broken Hearts Heal" is a song with "breezy" vocal harmonies, and a tribute to her brother Michael, reminiscing about a childhood full of singing and laughing together. During the chorus, she sings "Our love ain't no material thing/Inshallah see you in the next life".
Eight track "Night" is a
house
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track which accompanies breathy vocals by Jackson.
The ninth song and lead single from the album, "
No Sleeep", is an
R&B song,
which lyrically finds Jackson crooning about a long-distance romance over "soulful"
keyboards and programmed
drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...
s.
Starting the second part, "Dream Maker / Euphoria", the tenth track, is an R&B song with a
soul sample, and at one point of the song she sings "Wish I could create a perfect place, without jealousy, abuse, or hate". Eleventh song "2 B Loved" is described lyrically as a "rapturous celebration of the power of love", complete with a "burst of sunshiny pop froth complete with hand claps,
nda hip-shaking groove". Next track "Take Me Away" has an
electro-rock
Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrum ...
arrangement and lyrically looks for escape with a lover.
The following and thirteenth song "Promise" is an interlude. The fourteenth track, "Lessons Learned", is built over a "plucked" guitar figure, on which Jackson sings about an abusive relationship where the victim keeps that way. At one point of the song Jackson sings "What makes her want to stay?".
"Black Eagle", the next song, is a two-part song that sets its mysticism and self-help to modal phrases and quiet finger snaps; she addresses the struggles of today, but goes with "Because every life matters... We all need to do better."
The sixteenth track "Well Traveled" is
arena rock, described as a "
Bon Jovi
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power ballad" song. The closing track, "Gon' B Alright", is "twisted"
psychedelic rock
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, and was compared to
Sly & The Family Stone sound.
Singles
The album's
lead single, titled "No Sleeep", was released on June 22, 2015. In early June, Jimmy Jam tweeted, "Early morning #Plush #NoSL333P #ConversationsInACafe", along with a picture of sheet music in a darkened studio. Fans quickly found out the titles "No SL333P" and "Plush" in the picture. Later, a snippet of the song was leaked, followed by a countdown on her official website which revealed the song on June 22, 2015.
The album version of the song features additional verses from American rapper
J. Cole
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his d ...
. It was released to radio airplay and made available for digital download on July 23, 2015.
Jackson's solo version of the single debuted on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 67, marking her 40th entry on the chart. The album version featuring J. Cole enabled it to re-enter the Hot 100 with a new peak position at number 63, while also topping the US
Adult R&B Songs chart.
The music video for the third single, titled "Dammn Baby", was released May 4, 2016 on YouTube and her official Facebook page. The song debuted on the US
Adult R&B Songs chart at number 20.
Release and promotion
On April 22, 2015, she tweeted, "Letting go doesn't mean you stop", after a fan created a mock Missing Persons poster of Jackson which had begun circulating the internet prompting Jackson to retweet it herself, adding to further speculation of a new album. On May 16, 2015, on her 49th birthday, Jackson announced a new album and world tour and stated "I promised you would hear it from my lips. And now you will. This year, new music, new world tour, a new movement. I've been listening. Let's keep the conversation going." It was later announced that she will release her new album in the fall of 2015 under her own record label, Rhythm Nation, distributed by
BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label.
BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its ...
. The launch of Rhythm Nation marks Jackson as among the few African-American female musicians to establish a record label. In June, she released the album's first single, "No Sleeep". That same month, she teased a track titled "Love", which was later re-titled "Unbreakable". The song is about how important her fans were to her. On August 20, 2015, she released a preview of a new song "The Great Forever", while also confirming the title of her eleventh studio album as ''Unbreakable'', and is set to release on October 2, 2015.
She has promoted the album through social media, frequently using the
hashtag
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#ConversationsInACafe as well as taglines "I've been listening" and "Let's keep the conversation going." To further promote the album, Jackson embarked on the accompanying
Unbreakable World Tour in August 2015.
Pre-sale tickets were made available exclusively to
American Express
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and
Citibank
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cardholders prior to general admission tickets going on sale on June 22, 2015.
Jackson's forthcoming album was also made available for pre-order, along with vinyl copies of the album's lead single "No Sleeep". On September 19, 2015, Jackson was set to perform at the
iHeartRadio Music Festival at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena. However, on September 18, her rep confirmed she had withdrawn from the festival.
Due to Jackson's pregnancy, the Unbreakable World Tour resulted in postponement until September 2017; re-branded the
State of the World Tour, with a new setlist and costumes.
Critical reception
''Unbreakable'' received positive reviews. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 22 critics.
Jim Fusilli of ''
The Wall Street Journal'' complimented Jackson's vocals, as well as her efforts to craft a contemporary but familiar sound to add to her diverse catalog. He notes that she and her primary producers, Jam and Lewis, "explore a satisfying range of musical styles plucked from across the span of pop history" including
funk
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,
electronic dance music and
soul.
According to Jed Gottlieb of the ''
Boston Herald
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'', "
like her peers, Jackson doesn't fear slow-burn R&B. This kind of
quiet storm soul shows up again and again, on the big ballad 'Well Traveled' and the lead single 'No Sleeep'."
Writing for ''
Entertainment Weekly'', Kyle Anderson called the album "her most sonically diverse set since 1997's quirky, hypersexual ''
The Velvet Rope''" adding that "the most thrilling aspect of ''Unbreakable'' is her willingness to experiment."
Jon Pareles of ''
The New York Times'' commented that Jackson depicts a far more subdued persona in comparison to the explicit nature of her previous albums. He states that "
r most of 'Unbreakable,' she plays big sister—someone who's happily in love, willing to offer advice and wishing for a better world. It's a benign role but a modest one, reinforced by the music."
''
Newsday
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s Glenn Gamboa wrote that ''Unbreakable'' reflects her maturation, stating that after a tumultuous period in her career following the
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network, is notable for a moment in which Janet Jackson's breast—adorned with a nipple shield—was expo ...
, "Jackson finally seems like herself again—actually an even wiser version of herself."
In her review for ''
USA Today'', Elysa Gardner wrote: "The young woman intent on liberating herself and the world is still socially and spiritually conscious, but she has evolved into a more settled, reflective artist ... With ''Unbreakable'', Jackson, already a proven survivor—of both her family's well-publicized struggles and decades of changing trends in pop music and culture—gives us no reason to doubt that people will keep watching, and listening." Mikael Wood of ''
Los Angeles Times'' wrote that the album is a collection of "grand-scaled but meticulously detailed songs" that include a mix of balladry, R&B, rock and EDM.
Wood comments that although "the music makes for delicious ear candy, Jackson isn't content to leave it at that. She also has messages to deliver
Writing for ''
The Guardian'', Alex Macpherson remarked: "Unbreakable’s highlights are low-key moments of reflection and nostalgia: the hypnotic sway of Promise, the languorous dread of Lessons Learned and After You Fall, a skeletal piano lullaby that seems composed for Jackson’s late brother Michael, and on which she once again demonstrates the emotional range of her voice." Rebecca Haithcoat of ''
Spin
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'' rated ''Unbreakable'' 8/10, stating that "it proves Janet can still surprise us. Who would've ever envisioned her slipping on a pair of boots and cowboy-cut Wranglers to sing 'Lessons Learned,' a country-tinged ballad about co-dependency? Or that she and the boys would've gone full ''Nashville'' and let a steel guitar cry and a little twang curl the edges of her voice on 'Well Traveled' (and that the whole thing would work!)?"
Andy Kellman of
AllMusic gave the album 3.5/5 stars, complimenting Jackson's diversity of sound while referencing her own catalog and familial influences. He remarked: "No one but Jackson can directly reference previous triumphs, address her audience, and yet move forward quite like this."
Accolades
Commercial performance
''Unbreakable'' debuted at number one on the US
''Billboard'' 200 chart in the week ending October 8, 2015.
The album sold 116,000
album-equivalent units in its first week, which included streaming and individual digital song sales. Of that sum, the album sold 109,000 in pure sales.
This became Jackson's seventh number one album on that chart and also made her the third act to amass a number one album in each of the last four decades. The album also debuted at number one in the US Independent Albums Chart.
In its second week, the album dropped to number eight on the chart, earning an additional 30,000 units, which represented a drop of 74 percent in album sales. Of that sum, 27,911 were in pure album sales. As of April 28, 2016, the album has sold 253,000 copies in the United States.
In Canada the album also debuted at number one, with sales of 4,300 units.
It became Jackson's second chart-topping album in Canada in the Soundscan era since ''
All for You'' debuted atop the charts in 2001.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number eleven on the
UK Albums Chart, which represents her highest debut in that country since 2001 when ''
All for You'' debuted at number two.
Her previous albums had missed the top 20 with ''
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* ''Damita Jo'' (album), a 2004 album by Janet Jackson and her middle name
**"Damita Jo", a song from the album above
*Damita Jo DeBlanc (1930–1998), aka Damita Jo, American actress, comedian, and singer
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'' peaking at number 32, and ''
20 Y.O.
''20 Y.O.'' is the ninth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on September 20, 2006, by Virgin Records. Its title makes reference to her third studio album ''Control'' (1986), and is a commemoration to its twentieth ann ...
'' and ''
Discipline
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'' both debuting at number 63.
Track listing
All tracks were written and produced by
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
,
James Harris III, and
Terry Lewis (the latter two being credited as ''Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis'' for production roles).
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
See also
*
List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2015
*
List of ''Billboard'' number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2015
*
List of number-one albums of 2015 (Canada)
References
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2015 albums
Albums produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Albums produced by Missy Elliott
Albums produced by J. Cole
BMG Rights Management albums
Janet Jackson albums