--- title: Janet Jackson Nasty Spotify, Trump "Nasty Woman" Hillary description: Spotify reported that streams of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" are up by 250% following Donald Trump's "nasty woman" comment during the debate. canonical: https://time.com/4538918/janet-jacksons-nasty-trump-debate-comment/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T19:30:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:50.171Z og:title: Trump's Comment Boosts Streams of Janet Jackson's 'Nasty' og:description: Following Donald Trump's "nasty woman" comment og:url: https://time.com/4538918/janet-jacksons-nasty-trump-debate-comment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump's Comment Boosts Streams of Janet Jackson's 'Nasty' twitter:description: Following Donald Trump's "nasty woman" comment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Get Into Janet Jackson's 'Nasty' Groove After Trump Called Hillary Clinton a 'Nasty Woman' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 20, 2016 7:30 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 20, 2016 7:30 PM UTC Of the several contentious moments during [last night’s third and final presidential debate](http://time.com/4538113/presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-lessons/), Republican candidate Donald Trump’s comment that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was “[such a nasty woman](http://time.com/4538271/donald-trump-nasty-woman-interruption-presidential-debate/)” sparked [strong opinions on the Internet](http://fortune.com/2016/10/19/presidential-debate-nasty-woman-donald-trump/), and evidently music nostalgia. Spotify reported that streams of Janet Jackson’s 1986 hit “Nasty” increased by 250% following Trump’s debate comment last night. It’s fitting that this streaming highlight would happen to Jackson, who’s already having a significant year; the 50-year-old singer recently [announced her pregnancy](http://time.com/4527745/janet-jackson-pregnant/) and was also named as a [2017 nominee for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame](https://www.rockhall.com/vote). 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