Rihanna To Be Awarded MTV Video Music Award Lifetime Achievement Prize

Rihanna will receive MTV's lifetime achievement award at the Video Music Awards later this month.

It's MTV's highest honour and is known as the Michael Jackson video vanguard award.

Last year Kanye West won the trophy, with Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears previously getting it.

"[The award] reflects an artist's impact not just on music but on pop culture, fashion, film and philanthropy," says MTV.

She will also perform at the ceremony in New York, as well as being nominated for best collaboration and best female video.

The Winners at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards

A passionate kiss, Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Revenant” bear encounter and a foul-mouthed hosting duo dominated Saturday’s profanity-laden MTV Movie Awards, where “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” came away the top winner.

Kevin Hart and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are co-hosting the 2016 MTV Movie Awards Saturday at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. Breaking from tradition, the show will not air live. Instead, fans can tune in Sunday at 8 p.m. "It's an honor to be hosting the MTV Movie Awards with a guy who's not only one of the funniest guys on the planet, but who's often mistaken as my twin, Kevin Hart," Johnson said in a statement. "We live for our fans and promise to make this an epic, historic unforgettable night for them." Hart added, "I love hosting—it's my thing. Dwayne and I are the perfect team for the epic 25th anniversary show."