No, her first name ain’t baby, it’s Janet, and soon she’ll be honored as an icon.
Later this month, Janet Jackson is set to receive the Icon Award at the 2025 American Music Awards.
The 11-time American Music Award winner will also take to the stage for her first television performance since 2018.
“Celebrating 50 years in the music industry, Jackson is still making an impact including the recent viral craze on social media of her Billboard 100 high-energy dance track ‘Someone To Call My Lover’ that catapulted the song back on the Billboard charts, nearly 24 years after its original release, reaching #3 on the R&B Digital Songs chart and achieving a 1,400% gain in year-to-date U.S. on-demand streams for the hit according to Luminate,” a press release explained. “‘Someone to Call My Lover’ originally debuted at #3 and was the second single from her chart-topping, seventh studio album, ‘All For You.'”
Jackson’s honor comes as she’s kicking off another installment of her Las Vegas residency, Janet Jackson: Las Vegas, which returns to the Resorts World Theatre stage on May 21 for a six-show run through May 31.
The 2025 American Music Awards will air live from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Memorial Day, May 26 at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on the CBS Television Network, and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
The 51st annual awards show will be hosted by Jennifer Lopez.
Decades ago, Lopez and Jackson worked together when the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer was a backup dancer for the global phenomenon.
Fans can vote for all award categories at VoteAMAs.com and the AMAs Instagram profile. Voting closes May 15, at 11:59:59 p.m. PT. Collaboration of the year and social song of the year will remain open for online voting through the first 30 minutes of the AMAs broadcast.
Tickets to the star-studded show are available now on Ticketmaster.
