Janet Jackson receives Icon Award at 2025 American Music Awards, performs on TV for first time in 7 years

Music legend Janet Jackson returned to carry out on TV for the primary time in seven years on the 2025 American Music Awards on Monday.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who turned 59 earlier this month, sang and danced to her hits “Somebody to Name My Lover” and “All For You” in entrance of the star-studded viewers on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Memorial Day earlier than she was honored with the present’s Icon Award.

“I am so honored. I am so grateful,” Jackson stated as she accepted the award, beforehand given to Rihanna in 2013 and Lionel Richie in 2022. 

“I imply no disrespect in any means however I do not contemplate myself an icon. My household, myself, our dream was to, it wasn’t ever to be well-known. We all the time had a particular love for music, dancing and singing. Fame got here on account of laborious work and dedication,” she stated. “My story, my household story, is actually an American story. This could have solely occurred in America. The one factor that I hope for is that I have been an inspiration to different and artists to comply with their desires and succeed.”

Jackson, an 11-time American Music Award winner and a five-time Grammy winner, has been topping the charts for many years. The youngest of the ten Jackson kids, which included the late Michael Jackson, she grew up performing together with her sisters and brothers. 

Thus far, “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” is the one album to generate seven high five-charting songs on the Billboard Sizzling 100. 

“Somebody To Name My Lover,” a part of the seventh studio album “All For You,” though initially launched in 2001, lately climbed again on the Billboard 100 after the observe gained popularity on TikTok.

With hit songs like “All For You,” “That is the Manner Love Goes,” “Nasty,” “Collectively Once more” and “What Have You Performed For Me These days,” Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2019, with many seeing it as an overdue honor.

In December 2024, Jackson launched a Vegas residency at Resorts World Theatre, and she or he’s set to return to the identical stage for 3 extra performances later this week.

Regardless of being one of many top-selling artists of all time, her profession suffered from the fallout of the notorious 2004 Tremendous Bowl halftime look with Justin Timberlake, when her naked breast was briefly uncovered. For years, Timberlake has been panned for not initially defending Jackson, who was broadly blamed for what was known as a “wardrobe malfunction.” He issued a public apology in 2021.