Janet Jackson performed for the first time on stage in eight years at this year's AMAs. She joins an elite few artists by receiving the Icon Award.

Jackson gave her first TV performance in seven years at the 2025 AMAs as she was notably honored with the Icon Award. Previously, the “That’s the Way Love Goes” singer received the Billboard Music Awards Icon Award in 2018, where she performed a medley of “Nasty,” “If” and “Throb.”

The 2025 awards show airs on Monday, May 26 live from Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+Janet Jackson received the ICON Award at the 2025 American Music AwardsAhead of accepting the award, she performed her 2001 classics "Someone to Call My Lover" and "All for You"Previous ICON Award recipients have included Rihanna in 2013 and Lionel Richie in 2022Janet Jackson is forever an icon — especially at the 2025 American Music Awards.