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)
After a period of hiatus and numerous rumours about whether she was recording a new album or not, Janet Jackson officially announced her return on May 16, 2015. Jackson announced she had founded her own label, Rhythm Nation, becoming the first female African-American recording artist to do so, while also planning the album to be distributed by BMG, as well as preparing herself for a new world tour in the same year. She also announced that her world tour was called Unbreakable World Tour, and on August 20, 2015, it was confirmed that "Unbreakable" was also the album's title. On September 3, 2015, its track list was revealed, with its title track being one of the seventeen tracks on the album. In the same day, the song was released to digital download and streaming for those who pre-ordered the album, as well as it premiered on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station, hosted by Ebro Darden. On September 29, 2015, the song was officially released to urban contemporary radio stations as the album's second single, while being sent to urban adult contemporary radio on October 5, 2015.