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Janet Jackson Takes The Icon Award At The 2025 AMAs: “I Don’t Consider Myself An Icon”


Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award at the 2025 American Music Awards after performing on television for the first time in seven years.

The star took the stage at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas and performed a song medley before receiving the night’s special award. “The one thing that I hope for is that I’ve been an inspiration to others and artists to follow their dreams and succeed,” she said before thanking everyone in her team. “I wanna thank the AMAs for this honor, which I am humbly grateful.

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