Rihanna was honored at the Michael Jackson Awards.

Rihanna will receive the Video Music Awards (VMA) Lifetime Achievement Award at an event on August 28th.

The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award is the highest honor an artist can receive in the music video industry. The award reflects not only an artist's impact on music but also on popular culture, fashion, film, and philanthropy.

Rihanna delivered a spectacular performance at the 2014 VMA Awards. Photo: Reuters

Rihanna, 28, has won the MTV Video of the Year award twice and eight Grammys. To date, she has sold over 61 million albums. The star of the hit song "Umbrella" is also the founder of the Clara Lionel Foundation, which works to improve health and cultural services in her home country of Barbados and other regions.

Rihanna will perform at the ceremony in New York, where she has been nominated for four VMA awards for the songs "Work" (featuring Canadian rapper Drake) and "This is What You Came For" (featuring Calvin Harris).

Rapper Kanye West won the Vanguard Award in 2015. Other artists who have been honored with this award include Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake.

According to TT&VH