--- description: Rihanna may have won the Video Vanguard Award at Sunday night's VMAs, but it was Beyoncé who became the most decorated artist in history. title: Beyoncé Has Now Won More VMAs Than Any Other Artist Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1361ba0dee2acef8/6988a3f80a4a22849b9cb10f/beyonce-vmas2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [VMAs 2016](/tag/vmas-2016/) ## VMAs 2016 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé Breaks Madonna's Record With More VMAs Than Any Artist Ever  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 29, 2016 3:54 PM CUT  Beyonce accepts an award onstage during the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Beyonce accepts an award onstage during the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City.John Shearer—Getty Images for MTV.com  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 29, 2016 3:54 PM CUT [Rihanna](http://time.com/4470251/vmas-2016-drake-rihanna/ "undefined") may have won the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at [MTV’s Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4470114/vmas-2016-mtv-winners/ "undefined") Sunday night, but with wins in eight different categories, [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4470188/vmas-2016-beyonce-lemonade-live/ "undefined") officially became the [most decorated artist](http://time.com/4470169/vmas-2016-mtv-review/ "undefined") in VMA’s history. Queen B took home Moonmen for “Best Female Video,” “Best Pop Video,” “Breakthrough Long Form Video,” “Best Choreography,” “Best Editing,” “Best Cinematography,” “Best Direction” and — last but not least — “Video of the Year,” officially surpassing Madonna’s record of 20\. Bey has now won 24 of the coveted statues. Of course, she also delivered what many considered the best performance of the night, taking the stage for a medley of five of her songs from _Lemonade —_ including “Sorry,” “Hold Up” and “Formation.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4470510/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4470510/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-awards/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Breaks Madonna's Record With More VMAs Than Any Artist Ever","datePublished":"2016-08-29T15:54:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:58.203Z","description":"All hail the Queen","url":"https://time.com/4470510/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-awards/","keywords":["VMAs 2016","Newsfeed","Music","Beyonce","Video Music Awards","mtv vmas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1361ba0dee2acef8/6988a3f80a4a22849b9cb10f/beyonce-vmas2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1361ba0dee2acef8/6988a3f80a4a22849b9cb10f/beyonce-vmas2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce VMAs","caption":"Beyonce accepts an award onstage during the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"John Shearer—Getty Images for MTV.com","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/vmas-2016/","name":"VMAs 2016"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4470510/vmas-2016-mtv-beyonce-awards/","name":"Beyoncé Breaks Madonna's Record With More VMAs Than Any Artist Ever"}}]}] ```