The 2023 Video Vanguard Award winner has a long history with MTV: see it in pH๏τos

Whenever, wherever … Shakira will be at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The Colombian songstress has a lengthy history with the buzzy awards show, starting way back with her first appearance in the early 2000s, through her time on stage when Kanye interrupted Taylor, to her prolific performances. In total, she has won six Moon Person trophies in her decades-long career.

So it’s no surprise she was honored Tuesday night with the 2023 Video Vanguard Award, as she’s “a true global force who continues to inspire & influence the mᴀsses with her unique, musical prowess,” per Paramount’s president of music, music talent, programming and events and Paramount+’s chief content officer for music, Bruce Gilmer. “She’s a trailblazer for women around the world & one of the first artists to lead the globalization of Latin music.”

Following her electrifying performance at the 2023 VMAs in Newark, New Jersey — where she also took home the award for best collaboration for “TQG” with Karol G — look back on some of her biggest VMAs moment.

Shakira won her first VMA in 2000 for international viewer’s choice (Latin America North) for “Ojos Así,” followed by another in the same category in 2002 for “Whenever, Wherever/Suerte.”

That year, she walked the red carpet in New York City, sporting bright blonde hair and a sᴇxʏ take on a skirt suit.