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The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees Have Been Announced
This year's MTV Video Music Awards will take place in early September and will air on both CBS and MTV.
Every MTV VMA Video Vanguard Award Winner: From The Beatles to Nicki Minaj
The MTV Video Music Awards’ Video Vanguard Award is widely regarded as the most prestigious honor that music video creatives and musicians can win from the organization. It’s also, however, one of the most storied and controversial awards in the business. Since being introduced at the very first VMAs in 1984 (during which The Beatles and David Bowie both won it), the Video Vanguard Award has experienced several name changes and sporadic periods in which years went by without it being awarded to anyone at all. Whether directly or indirectly, this is due to the award’s name being changed in 1991 to the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award — just three years after the King of Pop himself won it in ’88. In 2003, though, Jackson went under investigation by the L.A. Department of Child and Famil...
Nicki Minaj to Receive Video Vanguard Award and Perform Live at 2022 VMAs
Nicki Minaj will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, airing live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. She is also set to perform on the show for the first time since 2018. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Minaj will be the first Video Vanguard recipient since another female rapper, Missy Elliott, was honored in 2019. The award wasn’t presented in the last two years, due to complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Minaj is the fourth rapper to receive the honor, following LL Cool J (1997), Kanye West (2015) and Elliott. In addition, Beastie Boys, which started out as a rap trio before veering into alternative, were honored in 1998. Interestingly, of the nine Vid...
