--- title: VMAs 2016: Beyoncé Hits Red Carpet with Blue Ivy description: On Sunday night, the singer surprised on the red carpet, bringing with her Blue Ivy and many of the women featured in "Lemonade" canonical: https://time.com/4470038/vma-2016-mtv-beyonce-blue-ivy/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T00:18:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:34.536Z og:title: Watch Beyoncé Hit the VMA Red Carpet With Blue Ivy og:description: The singer also brought many of the women featured in "Lemonade" og:url: https://time.com/4470038/vma-2016-mtv-beyonce-blue-ivy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c20882d2153810/6988a3eae20a8769f9a922e5/beyonce-lemonade-vmas-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Beyoncé Hit the VMA Red Carpet With Blue Ivy twitter:description: The singer also brought many of the women featured in "Lemonade" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c20882d2153810/6988a3eae20a8769f9a922e5/beyonce-lemonade-vmas-red-carpet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Hits the MTV VMA Red Carpet With Daughter Blue Ivy > Sponsored content. 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Beyonce Knowles and guests attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 29, 2016 12:18 AM UTC The [show hasn’t even begun](http://time.com/4465441/mtv-vmas-2016-guide/?iid=sr-link1), but resident showstopper Beyoncé has already made a splash. On Sunday night, the superstar singer hit the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet (or white carpet, as the case may be) with an unexpected date in tow: her 4 1/2-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy. The duo turned heads (Beyoncé was bedecked in feathers, after all), but the singer chose to make an even bigger statement by bringing along a team of further plus-ones, all of whom made appearances in her [_Lemonade_ visual album](http://time.com/4305890/beyonce-lemonade-album-review/?iid=sr-link8). Actress Quvenzhané Wallis, model Winnie Harlow, and the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown were among the women on the red carpet alongside Beyoncé. > [](https://twitter.com/BeyonceReigns/status/770037371433783296) [MTV announced earlier](https://twitter.com/MTV/status/770013157028929537) Sunday that the _Lemonade_ star would be performing at the show—a surprise addition to the stacked performance lineup. She’s nominated for 11 awards. ### VMAs 2016: See Celebrities on the Red Carpet  Beyoncé attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Nicki Minaj attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City. 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