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Rihanna to receive Vanguard Award


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Kylie or Xtina deserve this before Rihanna does but I suppose this says a lot about their desired demographic. 

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Jenniferella

Great ! Well deserved. Can't wait to see her performance

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2 minutes ago, Stef said:

People expecting Gaga to get the award right now when its been 3 years since she last released pop music and she's only released TWO music videos since 2011? :rip::rip: 

JT won his in 2013 when his last album was in 2006

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1 minute ago, mariomania1234 said:

What even? :toofunny:

The quality and cultural impact from her TFM videos ALONE are higher than most of her contemporaries videography.

Anyway, I think they give this award to singers who have been around for a while. Which is why I think Gaga will get hers later.

Yes, Bad Romance and Telephone both impacted pop culture and rightfully won awards at the 2010 VMAs. That doesn't mean she is automatically entitled to the Vanguard award. No videos from the BTW or ARTPOP era have had the same sort of impact and she needs to have a couple more stellar videos before she's even considered.

They shouldn't even give this award out every year, only when somebody is truly deserving of it. Whilst Rihanna does have a good videography, it's obvious a major factor of them giving it to her is guaranteeing her attendance. After last years tragic guest list I think they'll do anything they can to get as many A-listers there as possible.

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10 minutes ago, Steve Nasty said:

Hmm I know Rihanna is an icon and super successful but up until this point all the vanguard recipients have been authentic artists with real talent. Kinda disappointing 

Edit: except Britney I suppose

Well, Bon Jovi won it one year, and that was back when they were still doing the big hair band thing.

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1 minute ago, VoltKid said:

JT won his in 2013 when his last album was in 2006

and he had 20+ years of active career behind :classy:

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Just now, Caesium said:

They shouldn't even give this award out every year, only when somebody is truly deserving of it. 

THIS!

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Lord Temptation

I LOVE Umbrella, SOS and Rude Boy but overall Rihanna's videos are cheap and chatty!

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1 minute ago, estoniankid said:

and he had 20+ years of active career behind :classy:

I'm just responding to the point that it is dependant on how active an artist is for the past years

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2 minutes ago, VoltKid said:

I'm just responding to the point that it is dependant on how active an artist is for the past years

I doubt its that dependent on recent accomplisments. MJ Vanguard award is also known as Lifetime Achievement Award, so they don't give it out to someone who had more videos in the past years, than someone else. Quantity /=/ quality, and they know that.

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