--- description: It's official: Janet Jackson is pregnant at 50-years-old, and feeling great. The singer exclusively confirmed to People that she's expecting title: 'We Thank God for Our Blessing.' Janet Jackson Announces She's Pregnant at 50 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3559db21063d034/6988a99ea988ca1d396b9b9b/janet-jackson2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'We Thank God for Our Blessing.' Janet Jackson Announces She's Pregnant at 50 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2016 11:42 AM CUT  Janet Jackson on stage during the 2015 BET Awards in Los Angeles, on June 28, 2015. Janet Jackson on stage during the 2015 BET Awards in Los Angeles, on June 28, 2015.JC Olivera—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2016 11:42 AM CUT It’s official: [Janet Jackson is pregnant](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/10/12/janet-jackson-baby-bump-photo-pregnancy-announcement/ "undefined") at 50-years-old, and feeling great. The singer exclusively confirmed to [_People_](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/10/12/janet-jackson-baby-bump-photo-pregnancy-announcement/ "undefined") that she’s expecting and shared photos of her baby bump. “We thank God for our blessing,” she said. It will be the first child for Jackson, who is married to Wissam Al Mana. “She is super excited about her pregnancy and is doing extremely well,” a source close to the Jackson family told _People_. “She actually feels very good about everything.” [Read more at People.com](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/10/12/janet-jackson-baby-bump-photo-pregnancy-announcement/ "undefined"), and in the latest issue of _People_ magazine hitting newsstands Friday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4527745/janet-jackson-pregnant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4527745/janet-jackson-pregnant/"},"headline":"'We Thank God for Our Blessing.' Janet Jackson Announces She's Pregnant at 50","datePublished":"2016-10-12T11:42:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:08:38.037Z","description":"The singer confirmed that she's expecting","url":"https://time.com/4527745/janet-jackson-pregnant/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3559db21063d034/6988a99ea988ca1d396b9b9b/janet-jackson2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3559db21063d034/6988a99ea988ca1d396b9b9b/janet-jackson2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 BET Awards - Show","caption":"2015 BET Awards - Show","creditText":"JC Olivera—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4527745/janet-jackson-pregnant/","name":"'We Thank God for Our Blessing.' Janet Jackson Announces She's Pregnant at 50"}}]}] ```