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Janet Jackson Says Her Family’s ‘Dream Wasn’t Ever to Be Famous’ While Accepting AMAs ICON Award
Janet Jackson accepts the ICON Award at the 2025 AMAs.
“No disrespect in any way, I don’t consider myself an icon,” Jackson said while holding an award that stated otherwise on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas stage. As the spoken word intro to “Control” played over the speakers, Janet and her dancers hit the stage and kicked off her performance with “Someone to Call My Lover,” her sweetly come-hither 2001 single from All For You; after that, she segued into the sexy, slammin’ title track (and Hot 100 No. After thanking her staff, her management, her dancers, producers, musicians, fans and many more folks who have helped her decades-long career, Jackson left the audience with these words: “Keep God in every part of your life, because that’s where He wants to be.”
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