Who's Won The VMA Vanguard Award Before? Check Out The Previous Winners HERE
From David Bowie to Kanye - here are all the previous winners of the VMA Vanguard Award...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 14:22
The MTV VMA's are taking place next Sunday! (We can't believe how quickly they've come around either.) With Rihanna set to receive the coveted VMA Vanguard Award - an honour bestowed on the very best artists and creators working on music videos - we decided we should learn up about the award's previous winners.
From David Bowie to Kanye West, from The Beatles to Britney, here are all of the VMA Vanguard Award's previous winners...
Who's Won The VMA Vanguard Award Before?
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1984: David Bowie.[Getty] -
1984: The Beatles.[Getty] -
1984: Richard Lester[Getty] -
1985: Russell Mulcahy.[Getty] -
1985: David Byrne.[Getty] -
1985: Kevin Godley & Lol Creme.[Getty] -
1986: Madonna.[Getty] -
1986: Zbigniew Rybczyński.[Getty] -
1987: Julien Temple.[Getty] -
1987: Peter Gabriel.[Getty] -
1988: Michael Jackson.[Getty] -
1989: George Michael.[Getty] -
1990: Janet Jackson.[Getty] -
1991: Bon Jovi & Wayne Isham.[Getty] -
1992: Guns N' Roses.[Getty] -
1994: Tom Petty.[Getty] -
1994: The Rolling Stones.[Getty] -
1995: R.E.M.[Getty] -
1997: LL Cool J.[Getty] -
1997: Mark Romanek.[Getty] -
1998: Beastie Boys.[Getty] -
2000: Red Hot Chili Peppers.[Getty] -
2001: U2.[Getty] -
2003: Duran Duran.[Getty] -
2006: Hype Williams.[Getty] -
2011: Britney Spears.[Getty] -
2013: Justin Timberlake.[Getty] -
2014: Beyoncé.[Getty] -
2015: Kanye West.[Getty] -
2016: Rihanna.[Getty]
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