Janet Jackson Makes Surprise , ‘Billboard’ Music Awards Appearance, To Honor Mary J.
Blige.
The 56-year-old pop icon, who rarely makes public appearances, .
Shocked fans by showing up to present Mary J.
Blige with the lifetime achievement Icon Award.
Decked out in a top hat and tuxedo, Jackson received her own standing ovation prior to presenting her friend with the honor.
Decked out in a top hat and tuxedo, Jackson received her own standing ovation prior to presenting her friend with the honor.
The 2018 Icon Award recipient asked, "What makes an icon?".
Is it a multi-decade career full of not only hits, but those songs that make you feel a certain way when you hear them and get a certain look on your face?
You know, the look that says, ‘Girl, yes!
I understand!
Yes!’ , Janet Jackson, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
Is it a multi-decade career full of not only hits, but those songs that make you feel a certain way when you hear them and get a certain look on your face?
You know, the look that says, ‘Girl, yes!
I understand!
Yes!’ , Janet Jackson, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
The answer is all of the above.
The answer is tonight's recipient of the 2022 'Billboard' Icon Award, Mary J.
Blige, Janet Jackson, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
Mary J.
Blige represents truth.
Her work has always given us comfort because she sings me, she sings you, Janet Jackson, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
After Blige received her award, she first thanked Jackson for her contributions to music.
After Blige received her award, she first thanked Jackson for her contributions to music.
Speaking of icons, you were always one of our biggest inspirations growing up, Mary J.
Blige, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
It takes a lot of time, hard work, and a lot of surviving, trial and error, to achieve greatness.
What an icon means to me is overcoming obstacles to accomplish the unthinkable and be wildly admired for having influence over a multitude of people, and that is what I've always represented.
, Mary J.
Blige, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News.
The message of my music has always been that we are not alone in our struggles, and I'm not alone now.
For so long I was searching for a real love, but I finally found my real love, and that real love is me.
, Mary J.
Blige, at the 2022 'Billboard' Music Awards, via Yahoo News