Icon: Number Ones
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{{Infobox album
| name = Icon: Number Ones
| type = Greatest hits
| artist = Janet Jackson
| cover = Janet Jackson - Icon.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2010|08|31}}
| recorded = August 1985 – early 2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 52:45
| label = {{flatlist|
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Janet Jackson
- Rodney Jerkins
- Bryan-Michael Cox
- Jermaine Dupri
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis}}
| prev_title = Number Ones
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Unbreakable
| next_year = 2015
}}
Icon: Number Ones (released as Best of Number Ones on the iTunes Store) is the third greatest hits album by American singer Janet Jackson. It was released on August 31, 2010, by Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Universal Music Enterprises as a part of the Icon album series, designed to feature "the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of the most popular artists in music history."{{citation|title=Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/icon-series-launched-by-universal-music-enterprises-100254019.html|publisher=PR Newswire|place=Universal Music Enterprises|date=2010-08-09|access-date=2010-08-09}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1940297|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Icon > Overview )))|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2010-08-26}}
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the compilation a three and-a-half out of five star rating, commenting that it was "divided fairly" between her '80s and '90s hits, but also said that "Not every one of her big hits is here — 'The Pleasure Principle', 'Rhythm Nation', 'Love Will Never Do (Without You)', 'If', 'Got Til It's Gone' are all MIA — but this is a good sampler indicating the breadth and depth of Miss Janet’s work."
Track listings
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 52:45
| title1 = What Have You Done for Me Lately
| writer1 = {{hlist|Janet Jackson|James Harris III|Terry Lewis}}
| extra1 = Control (1986)
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = Nasty
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra2 = Control
| length2 = 4:03
| title3 = When I Think of You
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra3 = Control
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = Miss You Much
| writer4 = {{hlist|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra4 = Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
| length4 = 4:12
| title5 = Escapade
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra5 = Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Alright
| note6 = 7" House Mix with Rap; featuring Heavy D
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra6 = Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
| length6 = 4:59
| title7 = That's the Way Love Goes
| writer7 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra7 = janet. (1993)
| length7 = 4:25
| title8 = Together Again
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis|René Elizondo Jr.}}
| extra8 = The Velvet Rope (1997)
| length8 = 4:07
| title9 = Doesn't Really Matter
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris|Lewis}}
| extra9 = Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (soundtrack) (2000) / All for You (2001)
| length9 = 4:56
| title10 = All for You
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jackson|Harris, Lewis|David Romani|Wayne Garfield|Mauro Malavasi}}
| extra10 = All for You
| length10 = 4:32
| title11 = Make Me
| writer11 = {{hlist|Jackson|Rodney Jerkins|Thomas Lumpkins|Michaela Shiloh}}
| extra11 = Number Ones (2009)
| length11 = 3:38
| title12 = Nothing
| writer12 = {{hlist|Jackson|Johntá Austin|Bryan-Michael Cox|Jermaine Dupri}}
| extra12 = Why Did I Get Married Too? soundtrack (2010)
| length12 = 4:10}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Icon: Number Ones ! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|40|artist=Janet Jackson|rowheader=true|access-date=September 10, 2022}} |
References
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Category:2010 greatest hits albums
Category:Interscope Records compilation albums
Category:Universal Music Group compilation albums