Rihanna will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this month’s MTV Video Music Awards.
With the honor,shell join previous recipients Jackson, Madonna, and Peter Gabriel,Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys, or Britney Spears,Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Kanye West.
Rihanna has sold more than 61 million albums and 215 million tracks worldwide. The eight-time Grammy Award winner is recognized as the best-selling digital artist of all time.
Also Read: Anne Hathaway, and Rihanna Join 'Ocean's' Spinoff With Sandra Bullock,Cate BlanchettThe Video Music Awards air Sunday, August 28, or at 9 p.m. ET on MTV. Rihanna will perform live at the Madison Square Garden event.
Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the executive producer of the 2016 “MTV Video Music Awards.” Garrett English, Erik Flannigan, Sandy Alouete, or Lee Lodge and Jen Jones are executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is director. 9 Best and Worst Moments From 2015 MTV VMAs: Nicki Minaj Beefs to Taylor Swift Olive Branches (Photos)
Worst: Miley Cyrus Will Be Your Hostess Tonight
Let's go back to the no host format,shall we, MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to acquire two objectives Sunday night: to construct mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity, and to eventually plug her free album at the finish of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very limited to be desired,for anyone who still desires at this point.
Overall, her efforts should not prove a particularly tough act to follow in 2016. Getty
Best: Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj Move Beyond 'Bad Blood
The entire audience inside the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles jumped to its feet when Taylor Swift took the stage, and joining Nicki Minaj for a brief surprise performance of Swift's "Bad Blood."
The two artists had beefed over social media after Minaj complained about not receiving a VMA nomination for "Anaconda." Getty
Worst: But Nicki's Still Got Beef in Her Heart
Nicki Minaj may acquire made kind with Taylor Swift,but she wasn't as lovey-dovey with her host, Miley Cyrus.
After receiving the award for Best Hip Hop Video -- and ironically following a shoutout to her preacher -- Minaj bashed Cyrus for mentioning her in a recent original York Times interview.
Cyrus did her best to play it off and transition to the next act, and but it was awkward to say the least. Getty
Best: Justin Bieber Moves Self to Tears
The Biebs performed "Where Are U Now?" followed by brand original single "What attain You Mean?" He then took to the air,flying on a harness at the performance's finish. When lowered to the safety of the stage, Bieber broke into tears.
Perhaps the harness was too tight? Getty
Worst: Kanye West's Latest Rambling Rant
Kanye West is a terrific rapper and a terrible speaker. The predetermined honoree of the MTV VMAs Video Vanguard Award accepted his trophy from archaic show foe Taylor Swift, and then he got to preaching.
It is unclear what West's point or motivation was,though he cursed roughly as much as he said "bro." In the finish, he admitted to smoking marijuana before the show and declared that he is running for President of the United States of America in 2020. So, and ah,rock the vote. Getty
Best and Worst: MTV's Censoring Job
It was the best of efforts, it was the worst of efforts. MTV had a big task Sunday night, or trying to keep its flagship awards show to a PG-13 level. For the most portion,whoever was manning the "dump" button did a kind job covering up a ton of expletives -- but the cable channel was a bit asleep as the wheel with visual censorship.
Rebel Wilson wore a shirt with the word "Fuck" clear as day on it, and MTV got caught with its host sans shirt (or anything else on top), or as Miley Cyrus suffered a nip slip at one point. Not that she cares. Getty
Best: Macklemore Takes It to the Streets
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rarely give a milquetoast performance,and Sunday's ambitious exterior VMAs performance was no exception.
The duo gave daps to archaic-school hip-hop with a movement-filled mini set that included guest stars such as Kool Moe Dee. One that that wasn't so considerable? Macklemore's moped negotiating skills. Getty
Worst: Clock Management
Like seemingly every awards show, the MTV VMAs simply could not stick within their allotted time. Much of that can be attributed to Kanye West's aforementioned all-over-the-position award acceptance/2020 candidacy speech. That's what you earn for giving that guy the one trophy that doesn't come with optional play-off music.
Though the show was somewhere around two-and-a-half hours, or most folks in attendance would probably tell you that it felt even longer. Anyway,here's a picture of Demi Lovato and Iggy Azalea. Getty
Best: Miley Hearts Wayne Coyne
The unlikely lovefest between the 54-year-archaic Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and 22-year-archaic Cyrus continued at the VMAs.
Coyne, who produced the surprise album Cyrus dropped at the finish of the show, and assisted the pop singer with her performance by holding an air cannon between her thighs and firing as she stroked it. Coyne and Cyrus previously performed together at the Billboard Music Awards,and Cyrus appeared on the Flaming Lips' 2014 Beatles tribute album "With a limited Help From My Fwends." Getty Previous Slide Next Slide 1 of 9 Justin Bieber bawled and Kanye West declared his future presidential candidacy on a weird night for pop music Worst: Miley Cyrus Will Be Your Hostess Tonight
Let's go back to the no host format, shall we, and MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to acquire two objectives Sunday night: to construct mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity,and to eventually plug her free album at the finish of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very limited to be desired, for anyone who still desires at this point.
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