Summary: Janet Jackson becomes the artist with the most top 5 debuts and occupies the entire top 8 also tying Ariana Grande as the artist with the most #1 singles (5) as well as becomes the artist with the 2nd most top 5 albums. Monica is 1 week away from breaking her tie with "positions" and having the album with the biggest sales weeks in the Top 100 biggest sales weeks of all time.
On this weeks artist chart Janet Jackson and Monica occupy the top 2 as they have for the last 5 weeks, Nicki Minaj jumps up to #3 up 51% in sales with Whitney Houston remaining at #4 and Anita Baker reaching a new peak of #5.
Albums this week saw either a big jump or long fall in positions. "janet." remains at #1 for its 2nd week, "The Boy Is MIne" rises to #2 and "All For You" rose to #3 after earning its first #1 single with "Doesnt Really Matter" which debuted atop the chart ending the 5 week drought of #1 debuts which is a record. "Rhythm Nation 1814" fell 2 spots to #4 with "The Velvet Rope" rising 7 spots to #5 due to its single "Together Again" which debuted at #2 on the singles chart this week.
On the singles chart "Doesn't Really Matter" crowns the chart becoming the 2nd largest debut in history with "Together Again" debuting at #2 making Janet join Ariana Grande as the only artist to debut 2 songs in the top 2 in the same week with"if" falling to #3, "Again" rising to #4 and "That's the Way Love Goes" jumping 10 spots to #5 Janet Jackson joins Ariana Grande and Whitney Houston as the only artist top occupy the entire top 5 and becomes the artist with the 3rd most songs in the top 10 at once with 8 song in the top 10 this week belonging to Janet.
