CBS: Music legend Janet Jackson returned to perform on TV for the first time in seven years at 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 “Someone to Call My Lover” and “All For You” in front of the star-studded audience at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Memorial Day before she was honored with the show’s Icon Award.
“I’m so honored. I’m so grateful,” Jackson said as she accepted the Icon Award, which has previously been given to Rihanna in 2013 and Lionel Richie in 2022. Jackson, an 11-time American Music Award winner and a five-time Grammy winner, has been topping the charts for decades. The youngest of the 10 Jackson children, she grew up performing with her sisters and brothers, including the late Michael Jackson,.
Despite being one of the top-selling artists of all time, her career suffered from the fallout of the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime appearance with Justin Timberlake, when her bare breast was briefly exposed. For years, Timberlake has been panned for not initially defending Jackson, who was widely blamed for what was referred to as a “wardrobe malfunction.” He issued a public apology in 2021.
