Janet Jackson – Gen X Playlist

Janet Jackson Receives ICON Award at the 2025 American Music Awards: ‘I Don’t Consider Myself an Icon’

Janet Jackson Receives ICON Award at the 2025 American Music Awards: ‘I Don’t Consider Myself an Icon’

The 2025 awards show airs on Monday, May 26 live from Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+

By Ilana Kaplan
May 26, 2025

Janet Jackson is forever an icon — especially at the 2025 American Music Awards.

Janet Jackson at the 2025 AMAs The five-time Grammy winner received the ICON Award, who CBS and Dick Clark Productions previously referred to as “one of the most influential entertainers of the modern era,” during the Tuesday, May 13 ceremony.

Ahead of accepting the honor, Jackson, 59, took the stage in loose-fitting jeans, a white puffer coat and a white tee and kicked off her set with her 2001 classic “Someone to Call My Lover.” She then transitioned into a funky rendition of her 2001 hit “All for You,” which included a dance break remix with a striking guitar solo.

Afterward, Tasha Smith presented the award to Jackson with a heartfelt introduction.

“I love you so much,” Jackson began her acceptance speech. “I am so so honored. I am so grateful. I mean, no disrespect in any way, but I don’t consider myself an icon.”

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Janet Jackson Interviewed for Allure – January 2022

Janet Jackson Interviewed for Allure – January 2022

Janet Jackson – Still in Control – Allure Magazine

allureJanetJackson A pop superstar for 30-plus years, Janet Jackson could easily rest on her laurels. But, as Robin Givhan learns on a visit to London, the Queen of Control is still firmly in the driver’s seat.

Janet Jackson Documentary Sets Premiere Date, Shares New Trailer

First episode of two-part, four-hour Janet premieres Jan. 28 on A&E and Lifetime

A&E and Lifetime have revealed that the first episode in their two-part documentary about Janet Jackson — made in cooperation with the singer herself — will premiere on Jan. 28.

The documentary also shared a new three-minute trailer for Janet, an “intimate, honest, and unfiltered look” at Jackson’s life and career. As Jackson says early in the preview about making the four-hour documentary, “It’s just something that needs to be done.”

…Janet also features exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage from throughout Jackson’s childhood and career, with the documentary taking her back to her hometown of Gary, Indiana to her independence with Rhythm Nation, from her Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction to her close relationship with her late brother Michael, who she simply refers to as “Mike.”

‘I am Part of That Conversation’: Janet Jackson Offers Rare Response to 2004 Super Bowl Incident

Janet Jackson talks beauty standards, women becoming ‘comfortable in their skin, in their size’ in new interview

Music Icon Janet Jackson Reminds Us Who’s Boss with Latest Cover Story

‘Dammn Baby‘—Miss Jackson is back! In an exclusive cover story with Allure Magazine, Janet Jackson talks about her phenomenal career and all the anticipation leading up to her latest documentary titled Janet Jackson, to be released on January 28th, 2022.

The documentary, created over a span of five years, aims to give loyal fans the questions to answers they’ve always wondered. Good Morning America revealed the newest cover which is planned to hit the stands nationwide on January 18th.

Janet Jackson Opens Up About Getting Older in Rare Interview: ‘I Do Hope I Age Gracefully’

“We’re all going to get there,” Janet Jackson said of the aging process in Allure’s February cover story

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Janet Jackson Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, 2019

Janet Jackson Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, 2019

I’m getting around to blogging about this a little late. Janet Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2019.

Why Janet Jackson deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Janelle Monáe inducts Janet Jackson into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Janet Jackson Thanks Son, 2, at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for Showing Her the Meaning of ‘Real’ Love

Janet Jackson Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, 2019

“Your baby sister has made it in,” Jackson said, addressing her family during her speech

By BRITTANY SPANOS
March 29, 2019

Janet Jackson delivered a nostalgia-tinged speech after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her family members in the Jackson 5 were inducted in 1997, and her brother Michael being inducted as a solo artist in 2001.

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Janet Jackson – Music Suggestions

Sure, if you’re Gen X you remember the Control album. (Read more about the Control album on Wikipedia).

You probably also remember Janet’s Rhythm Nation 1814 album. (Read more about the Rhythm Nation 1814 album on Wikipedia)

You remember Janet wearing that single key in one ear in her music videos then.

You remember “What Have You Done For Me Lately,” (Link You Tube) and “Nasty” (Link You Tube – audio only. Link You Tube – official music video).

janetJacksonKey — Janet Jackson in the 1980s

You of course remember the Rhythm Nation 1814 song and video (Link You Tube). And Miss You Much (Link You Tube). Love Will Never Do Without You (Link You Tube).

You may even remember “Black Cat” (Link You Tube – audio only).

But if you’re like I am, Janet may have just dropped off your musical radar at some point in the 1990s.

So you may have missed some of her other songs post 1980s.

The other day, I went to You Tube and listened to all of Janet’s “Damito Jo” album (here). I didn’t care for most of the songs on that album – however there were one or two that I enjoyed.

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