VIDEO : Rihanna to recieve Michael Jackson video award at MTV VMAs

Thursday, MTV announced that pop star Rihanna, who released her first album in 2005, will earn the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the Aug. 28 show in New York City. Rihanna's hits and highly viewed music videos include "Umbrella," ''We Found Love" and "Work." She has won the VMA for video of the year twice.
Past recipients of the Video Vanguard Award include Madonna, Guns N' Roses, Peter Gabriel, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West.