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  • Janet Jackson performs onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City
  • Janet Jackson is all smiles at the Lanvin Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 in Paris, France on October 2, 2009
  • Janet Jackson dazzles in blue at the amfAR Milano 2009 red carpet event at the Inaugural Milan Fashion Week event at La Permanente on September 28, 2009 in Milan, Italy
  • Janet Jackson looks chic in black at the Versace show at Milan Womenswear Fashion Week SpringSummer 2010 in Milan, Italy on September 25, 2009
  • Janet Jackson is spotted at the Malpensa Airport on September 22, 2009 in Milan, Italy
  • Inside Janet Jackson’s VMA Tribute To Michael Jackson
  • Janet Jackson dances to ‘Scream’ as she pays tribute to her brother Michael at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009

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    Janet Jackson performs onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City

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    Janet Jackson is all smiles at the Lanvin Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 in Paris, France on October 2, 2009

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    Janet Jackson dazzles in blue at the amfAR Milano 2009 red carpet event at the Inaugural Milan Fashion Week event at La Permanente on September 28, 2009 in Milan, Italy

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    Janet Jackson looks chic in black at the Versace show at Milan Womenswear Fashion Week SpringSummer 2010 in Milan, Italy on September 25, 2009

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    Janet Jackson is spotted at the Malpensa Airport on September 22, 2009 in Milan, Italy

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    Inside Janet Jackson’s VMA Tribute To Michael Jackson

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    Janet Jackson dances to ‘Scream’ as she pays tribute to her brother Michael at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009

 
 

FIRST PUBLISHED: November 12, 2009 2:05 PM EST
LAST UPDATED: November 12, 2009 2:13 PM EST

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

Janet Jackson will kick off the 2009 American Music Awards with a special opening medley, Access Hollywood has learned.

“We’re thrilled about having Janet Jackson open this year’s show,” American Music Awards producer Larry Klein said in a statement to Access “She is an incredibly dynamic performer and I think the audience will be excited to see what she has in store.”

This will mark the fourth time Janet has performed on the American Music Awards, having previously performed “Control” in 1987, “Escapade” in 1990 and “Together Again” in 1998.

She will join other previously announced acts including Whitney Houston (in her first primetime performance since 2004), Rihanna, Green Day, Shakira, Lil Wayne, Mary J. Blige, Keith Urban, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry and Adam Lambert.

Janet Jackson has earned nine American Music Awards over her career. She won the award for Soul/R&B Single for “Nasty” as well as for Soul/R&B Video Female in 1987. Her hit “Miss You Much” garnered two nods in 1990 for Dance Single and Soul/R&B Single and in 1991 she took home the prizes for Dance Artist, Pop/Rock Female and Soul/R&B Female. Janet Jackson also earned an AMA in 1999 for Soul/R&B Female and in 2002 for Pop/Rock Female.

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