Honestly, it’s hard to determine the possible successful trajectory of Damita Jo outside of the immense backlash she faced. All we know is that the album would have sold more and had greater hits if not for the campaign by the media to keep her music from playlists, radio, MTV, etc.
Then again, “Confessions” was so freakin’ huge!!! It sold over a million its first week n it’s second week sales were still bigger than Janet’s first week sales of DJ. I honestly don’t think Damita Jo had a chance either way. I could see the album selling maybe over 9 million worldwide and getting a hit or two but let’s be real, even All For You’s first week sales were over 600,000, her biggest first week sales ever!! Maybe Damita Jo could have sold close to 800,000 its first week at most but sales would have steadily declined in the US where as a Confessions was BIG throughout the year in sales! Who knows really???