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Janet Jackson Joins Five-Decade Hot 100 Club Via Cardi B’s ‘Principal’

Strong streaming tied to Cardi B’s No. 1 album propelled the sampled track onto the chart.

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Overview

  • “Principal” debuts at No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Oct. 4, giving Jackson her first chart credit since 2018.
  • The entry drew 4.9 million official U.S. streams in the Sept. 19–25 tracking week, plus 1,000 downloads and 725,000 in radio audience, according to Luminate.
  • The collaboration appears on Cardi B’s Am I the Drama?, which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
  • The song samples Jackson’s 1987 single “The Pleasure Principle,” linking her Control-era hit to a new audience.
  • By charting new material across five decades, Jackson joins Cher and Madonna as the only women to reach this milestone.