Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award at tonight’s Billboard Music Awards.
During the show, Ms. Jackson took the stage to perform a medley of fan-favorites from catalog: “Nasty,” “If” and “Throb.”
via Billboard:
Jackson opened with “Nasty,” the 1986 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 from Control. Janet – or Ms. Jackson, if you’re nasty – prowled the stage in a shimmery gold pullover and thigh-high boots. Asking the crowd, “Get the point? Good! Then let’s dance,” she blessedly delivered the song’s iconic line to the audience’s joyous response.
Then the sultry, dirty horn riff of her acid house classic “Throb” kicked in (Andy Cohen was loving it) and she delivered a high-energy run-through of that janet.single. She also worked in some of the music and choreography of “If” from the same LP (which just turned 25) before wrapping up and accepting her Icon Award with a moving speech about compassion, love and God.
Watch Jackson’s performance below.
Click here to watch Janet’s Icon Award acceptance speech.
