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Rihanna to be honoured with MTV's top prize at this year's VMAs

'This Is What You Came For' sensation Rihanna has been named as the recipient of this year's Video Vanguard Award at the upcoming MTV VMAs

This is MTV's most coveted and, perhaps, most prestigious award and Rihanna will be honoured for her incredible decade-spanning impact on the music industry as we know it. Tweeting about the exciting news this afternoon (August 12), Rihanna wrote:

"Honoured to take the #VMAs stage as your video #VANGUARD award recipient LIVE from NYC on August 28!"

This year's ceremony is due to take place on August 28 at the iconic Madison Square Garden venue in New York City, New York. It will be shown on MTV. 

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