Unbreakable

Album: Unbreakable (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • Over a funky groove from longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, this song finds Janet Jackson expressing her gratitude for her adoring fans.
  • The title track of the first album recorded by Janet Jackson after losing Michael in 2009, this is also the name of the song that began her late brother's final album, Invincible. According to a press release, Unbreakable marks "the first time Janet Jackson has opened up about her brother Michael and with reflections concerning her youth."
  • Unbreakable debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It marked Janet Jackson's seventh chart-topper and made her just the third act to achieve #1 albums in each of the '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s along with Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen.

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