Rihanna will be honored at the 2016 MTV VMAs

The native girl barbados, it will earn the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, which is the highest recognition that can be done to an artist on this gala, because it uses more than ten year career marking a great musical impact, cultural and philanthropic worldwide.

The ceremony will be held at Madison Square Garden on August 28, which will also provide the public with a live presentation. The artist only has 28 years has won multiple awards for highlighting a Grammy, 14 Billboard Awards, and has had the best video of the year twice in the VMA. Also of note it is the artist with the most digital sales of this era with 61 million records sold and more than 200 million songs.

Among the stars who have received this award are Michael Jackson, Madonna, Guns N 'Roses, Beastie Boys, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Kanye West. The biggest night nominees have already been released and the list is headed by Beyonce with 11 nominations followed by Adele who owns 8 other major nominees are Justin Bieber and Drake.