Janet Jackson knows how to keep a secret: The singer has been married since last year.
A representative for Jackson confirmed on Monday that the musician and Qatari business tycoon Wissam Al Mana wed last year.
This is Jackson’s second secret marriage. She secretly married Rene Elizondo Jr. in 1991. They separated in 1999.
The 46-year-old Jackson first tied the knot when she was 18 to singer James DeBarge, which lasted three months in 1984.
In a joint statement to Entertainment Tonight, Jackson and Al Mana said their wedding was a “quiet, private and beautiful ceremony.”
The couple also said they would like privacy and “are allowed this time for celebration and joy.”
“The rumours regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true,” Jackson and Al Mana added.
“Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favourite children’s charities.”
