Unbreakable (Janet Jackson album)
"Unbreakable" debuted atop the "Billboard" 200 albums 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. "Unbreakable" 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 opened atop the US Independent Albums Chart. In its second week, "Unbreakable" dropped to number eight on the "Billboard" 200 with 30,000 equivalent album units sold, which represented a drop of 74 percent in album sales. Out of that figure, 27,911 were pure album sales. As of 28 April 2016, "Unbreakable" has sold 253,000 copies domestically. In Canada the album also debuted at number one, with sales of 4,300 units, which represented the lowest sales for an album debuting at number-one in 2015. It became Jackson's second chart-topping album in Canada in the Soundscan era since "All for You" debuted atop the charts in 2001.
Unbreakable (Janet Jackson song)
Michael Arceneaux of "Complex" opined that the song "successfully conveys the overall theme of the album and Janet’s state of mind—self-assured, truly ready to sing again, and very much in love." For Saeed Saeed of "The National", the track is "the clearest example of Jackson in her new Zen-pop mode: one can imagine that a few years ago this would have been a more raucous affair. Here, the track is a mid-tempo jam that revolves around a superb vocal sample as Jackson soulfully hails the blessings of reflection." While noting that "'Unbreakable' is also the title of a song that began her brother Michael’s final album before he died in 2009", Rob Tannenbaum of "Billboard" remarked that "the high chorus even sounds like something he might’ve written." "Entertainment Weekly" Kyle Anderson echoed the same thought, claiming she 'matches the timbre of his croon" on the track. Writing for the "Los Angeles Times", Mikael Wood went on to praise Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for creating "grand-scaled but meticulously detailed songs that almost sound as though they’ve been under construction since 2008," citing the song as one example, while praising "Jackson’s lush overdubbed harmonies." Though noting that the song "loops a sweet-soul sample through the verses like an early Kanye West production", Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" wrote that "the melodies lack the invincible catchiness of Ms. Jackson’s best songs." "Unbreakable" debuted and peaked at number 45 on the UK Indie Chart. It also peaked at number five on the US "Billboard"s Adult R&B Songs.