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“MTV Icon: Janet Jackson”

Date confirmed on Getty Images’ “Ron Gallela Collection” (archived) (“‘MTV Icon: Janet Jackson’ on March 10, 2001”)

Michael Jackson, speech transcript

Janet, I'm so thrilled that you are being honored tonight as an Icon. No one deserves this more than you. You have achieved so much and will only keep climbing higher and higher. Your talent knows no boundaries. I love you and I am honored and proud to be your brother.