VIDEO: Jay Z, Blue Ivy Present Beyonce with VMA Vanguard Award

After an epic VMA performance, Beyonce kept it short and very sweet as her husband, Jay Z, and daughter, Blue Ivy, presented her with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Check out the videos below.

Beyonce is one of the most widely recognized and highly respected women in pop culture. A solo recording artist, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman, she has released four #1 solo albums and has sold over 75 million albums worldwide. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 16 Grammy Awards. Billboard named her the Top Female Artist and Top Radio Songs Artist of the 2000s decade. The Recording Industry Association of America also recognized Beyonce as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s.

The critics have consistently praised her energetic stage shows likening her to the best entertainers of the past with her own brand of sass and class that makes her the artist of the future. "Beyonce has a breathtaking need to entertain," said Ben Ratliff of the New York Times and Chantal Eustace of the Vancouver Sun summed it up writing, 'Beyonce Twisted all the theatrics into her music