THE LOS ANGELES AREA — At the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, which will take place the following month,
Shakira will be honored with the Video Vanguard Award.
Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna,
and Missy Elliott are among the artists who have previously received this award.
Additionally, this will be the first time in 17 years that she has performed on the stage of the VMAs.
During the course of her career, the Colombian singer has been awarded four Video Music Awards (VMAs),
beginning with her victory in the International Viewer's Choice (Latin America North) category in the year 2000.
This year, she is up for four awards: artist of the year, best collaboration (for "XQG," which she performed with Karol G),