While promoting her second greatest hits album '' Number Ones '' , the singer performed an eight-minute medley of six hits during the American Music Awards of 2009 . It included " Control " , " Miss You Much " , " What Have You Done for Me Lately " , " If " , " Make Me " , and finished with " Together Again " . At the end of the performance , she received applauses and standing ovation from the audience . On the 2010 Essence Music Festival , held in New Orleans , Louisiana , Jackson included " What Have You Done for Me Lately " on the setlist , and performed wearing a one-piece outfit with leotards underneath . On the Number Ones : Up Close and Personal tour in 2011 , the song was the third on the setlist . She performed it wearing a metallic catsuit . In August 30 , the song was dedicated to Portland as a part of the tour which Jackson dedicated a song for the city she was performing . Writing for the '' Hartford Courant '' , Thomas Kintner pointed out that " six dancers joined Jackson to shimmy and gyrate through ... the punchy ' What Have you Done for me Lately ? ' " . The song was also included on Jackson 's Unbreakable World Tour ( 2015 – 16 ) . During the 2017-2019 State of the World Tour , it was performed interpolating Cardi B 's " Bodak Yellow " . Jackson included the song in concert at her 2019 Las Vegas residence Janet Jackson : Metamorphosis
American Music Awards of 2009
American Music Awards of 2009
What Have You Done for Me Lately