MTV Video Music Award
The following is a list of recipients of the MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
The Video Vanguard Award, also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, is given to musicians who have made a profound effect on the MTV culture. The award was renamed in 1991 as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from then on. The award is also given to music video directors who have created some of the most popular and acclaimed music videos in MTV history. The award has come under fire because MTV hardly handed the award out during the 1990s and 2000s. While the recipients of the award have included some of the most popular and acclaimed artists in MTV history, MTV has been criticized for not handing out the award to other artists that some see as having an effect on MTV.
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Date Established : 1984
Check all the winners of MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award presented under MTV Video Music Award since 1984 .