Rihanna to Receive Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs
Rihanna has come a long way from her 2005 video for "Pon de Replay" which featured a choreographed dance routine in a club  the artist will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. It won't be the first time Rihanna has been recognized at the ceremony she's already won Video of the Year awards for "Umbrella" in 2007 and "We Found Love" in 2012. Previous winners of the achievement include superstars like Beyonc, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West. That's not all Rihanna is coming for at the ceremony she's has been nominated for Best Female Video, Best Collaboration twice and for Best Male Video with Calvin Harris. The Video Music Awards take place on Aug. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York. , EW