MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake posed for a selfie, paid tribute to music legend Prince and steered clear of controversy at a half-time Super Bowl performance on Sunday (Feb 5 morning, Singapore), returning to the gig where he and Janet Jackson introduced "wardrobe malfunction" to the American lexicon.

He danced and sang his way through a roughly 12-minute set before a television audience estimated at more than 100 million people, mixing a song from his new album and staples such as Can't Stop The Feeling that made him an internationally known solo artist.

In a tribute in Minneapolis to the state's native son Prince, who died in 2016, Timberlake played a white piano and sat beneath a projection of Prince on a screen to sing a cover of I Would Die 4 U.

The only major piece of clothing that came off this time was Timberlake's jacket.

In 2004, he infamously ripped off part of Jackson's garment during their half-time show in Houston and briefly bared her breast.

The incident dubbed "Nipplegate" was blamed on a wardrobe malfunction.

She ended up taking most of the blame for the incident, with some radio stations boycotting her music. A few hours ahead of the game this year, her fans stormed social media and made #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay the top trending item on Twitter.