Michael Jackson passed away June 25 after a powerful overdose of the prescription drug Propofol.

Get ready for a full 8 minutes of Janet! Janet Jackson will kick off the 2009 American Music Awards with a special opening medley next Sunday night. “

We’re thrilled about having Janet Jackson open this year’s show,” American Music Awards producer Larry Klein said in a statement Thursday. “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 — who will release a new Greatest Hits Compilation later this month — has performed on the American Music Awards, having previously performed “Control” in 1987, “Escapade” in 1990, and “Together Again” in 1998.

The 2009 American Music Awards airs Sunday, Nov. 22 @ 8PM on ABC.

The “Control” star is expected to share memories of her older brother– who died of an overdose last June — for “In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson.”

The interview will air Nov. 18 @ 10 PM on ABC, and marks the first time Janet has allowed cameras into her Malibu mansion.

The picture of Janet was taken from a 2001 photo shoot for the tour book of the “All For You Tour.”

Number Ones drops Nov. 17.

Check Out The Tracklisting Here…

Here’s a look at the official tracklisting:
Disc 1
1. What Have You Done For Me Lately (Control, #1 R&B)
2. Nasty (Control, #1 Dance & R&B)
3. When I Think Of You (Control, #1 Pop & Dance)
4. Control (Control, #1 Dance & R&B)
5. Let’s Wait Awhile (Control, #1 R&B)
6. The Pleasure Principle (Control, #1 Dance & R&B)
7. Diamonds-Herb Alpert with Janet Jackson (Keep Your Eye on Me, #1 Dance & R&B)
8. Miss You Much (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Pop, Dance & R&B)
9. Rhythm Nation (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Dance & R&B)
10. Escapade (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Pop, Dance & R&B)
11. Alright (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Dance)
12. Come Back To Me (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 AC)
13. Black Cat (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Pop)
14. Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, #1 Pop)
15. The Best Things In Life Are Free—Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson with
16. That’s The Way Love Goes (janet, #1 Pop, Dance & R&B)

Disc 2
1. If (janet, #1 Pop, Dance & R&B)
2. Again (janet, #1 Pop)
3. Because Of Love
4. Any Time, Any Place (janet, #1 R&B)
5. Scream-Michael Jackson and Janet (History – Past, Present, and Future Book 1, #1 Dance)
6. Runaway
7. Got ‘Til Its Gone—janet featuring Joni Mitchell and Q-Tip (The Velvet Rope, #1 Japan and South Africa)
8. Together Again (The Velvet Rope, #1 Pop and Dance)
9. I Get Lonely—janet featuring BLACKstreet (The Velvet Rope, #1 R&B)
10. Go Deep (The Velvet Rope, #1 Dance)
11. What’s It Gonna Be—Busta Rhymes featuring janet (Extinction Level Event, #1 R&B)
12. Doesn’t Really Matter (All For You, #1 Pop)
13. All For You (All For You, #1 Pop, Dance, R&B)
14. Someone To Call My Lover (All For You, #1 Dance)
15. All Nite (Don’t Stop) (Damita Jo), #1 Dance)
16. Call On Me with Nelly (20 Y.O, #1 R&B)
17. Feedback (Discipline, #1 Dance)
18. Make Me

Janet, a legend in her own right, is working on an autobiography and a new studio album set for release next year.

Despite recently ending their 7-year relationship, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri are still spending together. The platinum-selling singer and her former boyfriend were spotted at Donatella Versace’s Versace post-show party during Milan Fashion Week in Italy on Monday.

Janet Jackson performed a tribute to her brother Michael at the 26th annual MTV Music Video Awards, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday. A montage of the star’s songs and videos played, including “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Smooth Criminal” and finally, “Scream,” the duet that won Michael and Janet a VMA in 1995.

Janet tells Harper’s Bazaar Magazine that she hasn’t watched television since learning of Michael’s death of an overdose on June 25. At times, the star still struggles with the concept that her brother is gone, at one point in the interview, Janet refers to Michael in the present tense, saying, “My brother is, I mean was…..You have to forgive me, because it’s really hard to believe he’s passed.”

Janet, a legendary performer in her own right, recalls growing up with the King of Pop fondly.

“He’d have the same red shirt, the same black pants, the same white T-shirt. Mike was very simple. When I was 14 years old, I would shop for him. [Michael was then 21.] I washed his clothes, cleaned his room. When mother would go out of town, she’d say, ‘I’m leaving you in charge. Take care of Mike,’” she tells the mag.

Janet On Michael’s Sense Of Style: “If it was shiny, if it had any kind of bling, he loved it. It was that drummer-boy look. Do you remember that black jacket he wore for Motown’s 25th anniversary? That’s our mother’s! He grabbed that from her closet! He loved anything that sparkled.”

What Janet Would Like The World To Know About Michael: “He loved to laugh. The last time we were together, he’d laugh so hard, he would just start crying. Sometimes his humor would be corny, sometimes dry. He loved the Three Stooges, he loved slapstick, he loved Eddie Murphy in his silly comedies. He loved to have fun. He loved to play.”

If Janet Had One More Day With Her Brother, She Would: “…Relive that moment we had when we were kids, do our little run: We’d wake up, feed the animals, spend the entire day together.”

Janet is scheduled to pay tribute to her late brother at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York this Sun., Sept. 13.