In 2012, Jaclyn Victor signed a recording deal with KRU Music and released an album entitled "Ikut Rentakku".
Jaclyn's father died when she was nine years old, prompting her mother to take on three jobs simultaneously to support her and her three younger brothers.
Having secured a final thirty-third spot, Jaclyn performed "Superwoman" live, becoming the seventh person to reach the top twelve.
After another double elimination sending off Fahmy and Rydee, Jaclyn was back the following week performing a "Song from the 80s", Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You".
She has performed in duets with Hazami, Taufik Batisah, Akademi Fantasia's winner Zahid, Delon Thamrin and Misha Omar.
She has performed and recorded with international singers such as Peabo Bryson, Ramin Karimloo, Simon Bailey and Az Yet.
Jaclyn received her first international award when she won gold at the Asia New Singer Competition at the Shanghai Music Festival in China on 28 October 2005, emerging as the champion with her winning song "Gemilang".
She was expected to win the TV3's "Anugerah Vokal Terbaik" (Best Vocal Award) but was beaten by Hazami who performed "Kata".
On 29 April 2006, Victor won four of seven nominations from the Malaysian music scene's biggest night, the 13th Anugerah Industri Muzik.
After a series of delays, Jaclyn's second album, Inilah Jac, was released on 25 August 2006, while she was on a trip to Australia for both leisure and business purposes, including visiting Mount Buller and performing in two concerts in Melbourne's Australia for Christ Fellowship Church (with the singer-songwriter Juwita Suwito), and in Adelaide's Paradise Community Church (of which the inaugural Australian Idol winner, the Malaysian-born Guy Sebastian is a member, though Sebastian himself did not appear).
She competed in the Ikon Malaysia 2007 (solo category) competition, getting to the final round with Dayang Nurfaizah and Mawi.
At the 14th Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Malaysia, on 28 April 2007, Jaclyn was nominated for four awards – Best Vocal Performance in an Album – Female; Best Music Arrangement in a song – Inilah Masanya; Best Pop Album – Inilah Jac; Ceritera Cinta – Song of the year.
She sang the duet "You Are The Music in Me" in both English and Bahasa Malaysia with Vince Chong, the season 1 winner of another singing reality-TV program, Akademi Fantasia.
Two of her songs have been used as opening themes for Malaysian television series, "Cepat-Cepat" for sitcom Fara and "Satu Harapan" for the TV drama Manjalara.
In 2012, Jaclyn Victor won three Anugerah Industri Muzik awards for the song "Counting days" with Aubrey Suwito.
She also joined another singing competition hosted by Astro called Mania in 2012 battling several other Malaysian singers and as emerged as a top 3 finalist.
[6] Perkasa, the infamous non-governmental Malay organisation which was formed in the aftermath of the Malaysian general elections in 2008, has called for a blanket boycott of Jaclyn by Muslims nationwide over the song.
Through this label, Jaclyn Victor released 3 successful singles namely "Sebelah Jiwaku", "Jagalah Diri" and "Ikut Rentakku", produced and written by Malaysia's prolific singer-songwriter-producer Edry Abdul Halim.
In early of 2014, once again Jaclyn Victor won for The Best Vocal in Anugerah Juara Lagu 28 through her song, Ikut Rentakku beating other performers including Azlan and The Typewriter and Hafiz Suip.
[8] In July 2014, Victor continued her contract with KRU Music and released her English EP entitled "Unleashed" in September 2014.
[1] Jaclyn promoted the album in Los Angeles in a one-week tour, performing live shows and attending TV and radio interviews.
[10] The concert features West End stars David Shannon and Simon Bailey and local singers, Salamiah Hassan and Nikki Palikat.
[10] In 2015, Jaclyn Victor released the Malay version of her song "Sweeter than a dream" entitled "Seindah Mimpi" as a single.
Jaclyn performed the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody song with finalist Pasya at the Grand Finale of Mentor 7 in December 2018.
In early 2019, Jaclyn Victor competed as a finalist for the 6th time at Anugerah Juara Lagu through the song Nisan Cinta with Siti Nordiana.
In April 2019, Jaclyn released a collaborative song titled "Keep Flying" with Sasi The don, Caprice and Alvin Chong for Malaysian Airlines.
In early 2021, Jaclyn released a collaboration song with Faizal Tahir, Tuju K-Clique and Siti Nordiana titled " #BaikSemula " for Covid-19 pandemic and made a special performance at Anugerah Juara Lagu.