Janet Jackson's Official Top 20 most streamed songs in the UK

Janet Jackson is pop royalty: a trailblazer who reeled off era-defining club hits, raised the bar for choreo in music videos and helped to normalise expressions of female sexuality in the mainstream.

For these reasons – and the fact she's simply a great entertainer – fans are feverishly excited that she is bringing her Together Again Tour to the UK for her first British headline shows in 13 years.

Janet's setlist has to pack a lot in because, well, she has a lot of hits. To be precise, Miss Jackson-If-You're-Nasty has racked up 38 Top 40 singles including 17 that made the Top 10. She is surely the only artist to have scored hits with both Cliff Richard (1984's Two to the Power) and Nelly (2006's Call on Me) – that's what he call range.

So, here's a comprehensive guide to her Top 40 most streamed songs in the UK, beginning with a closer look at the Top 5. 

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5. Scream

Released: 1995
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3
Total UK streams: 13.6 million 

When it was released in 1995, Scream was the very definition of an event record – a duet uniting two superstar siblings with a video rumoured to be the most expensive ever made. Over a relentless Jam and Lewis beat, Janet and brother Michael take aim at the tabloid press, urging them to "stop pressurin'" the Jackson clan with their constant column inches. It's still thrilling to hear two bona fide icons sounding quite this hacked off.

4. Got 'til It's Gone

Released: 1997
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 6
Total UK streams: 14.8 million

The lead single from Janet's 1997 album The Velvet Rope is sultry, understated and audacious. It doesn't just feature A Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip, but also the great Joni Mitchell, whose 1970 signature hit Big Yellow Taxi it samples. Janet reimagines Joni's environmental anthem as a late-night R&B jam about the one that got away, and Q-Tip chips in with: "Joni Mitchell never lies.'" The result is a prime example of Janet's ability to wield quiet power. 

3. That's the Way Love Goes

Released: 1993
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 2
Total UK streams: 20. 3 million

Released as the lead single from her 1993 album Janet, this slinky slow jam was a major chance of pace after the hard-hitting beats of her Rhythm Nation 1814 era. At the time, Janet called That's the Way Love Goes "easy and fun, soft and seductive", an accurate description of a song that ushered in her more sensual, reflective songwriting of the '90s. It was only kept off the top of the Official Singles Chart by the Five Live EP, a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury featuring George Michael, Lisa Stansfield and Queen. 

2. All for You

Released: 2001
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3
Total UK streams: 22 million

The title track – and lead single – from Janet's 2001 album All for You is an unstoppable bop. Its sleek neo-disco groove is pure ear candy, but Janet adds a sprinkling of saltiness with her lyrics. Clue: when she mentions a "nice package", she isn't singing about something she ordered on Vinted. It was pipped to Number 1 in April 2001 by Emma Bunton's What Took You So Long? and Shaggy's It Wasn't Me.

1. Together Again

Released: 1997
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4
Total UK streams: 33.9 million

Janet's most enduring hit is heartbreaking but hopeful – a song about loss inspired by a friend claimed by AIDS and a letter from a fan whose father had died. Together Again was originally written as a ballad, before Janet and regular collaborators Jam and Lewis reworked it into a cathartic house banger. The result ranks among one of the greatest, most poignant singles of the '90s. And when she performs it live, there isn't a dry eye in the house. 

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