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  "title": "Nirvana Are This Year’s VMAs Video Vanguard Award Winners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-are-this-years-vmas-video-vanguard-award-winners",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:35:19.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2510798/nirvana-are-this-years-vmas-video-vanguard-award-winners/news/"
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  "summary": "Here's a funny one. This year, the MTV Video Music Awards have dropped the show's Best Rock category for the first time in the show's 37-year history. But today, the folks at MTV have announced that the network's highest lifetime achievement honor, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, will be bestowed upon Nirvana. Finally, some institutional recognition for Nirvana! The post Nirvana Are…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Nirvana to Receive Video Vanguard Award at 2026 VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-to-receive-video-vanguard-award-at-2026-vmas",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:35:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Nirvana to Receive Video Vanguard Award at 2026 MTV VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-to-receive-video-vanguard-award-at-2026-mtv-vmas",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:44:21.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Nirvana to Receive Video Vanguard Award at 2026 VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-to-receive-video-vanguard-award-at-2026-vmas-6445389",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:51:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Nirvana to Receive Video Vanguard Award at VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-to-receive-video-vanguard-award-at-vmas",
        "published": "2026-09-09T17:08:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Nirvana Set For VMAs Video Vanguard Award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nirvana-set-for-vmas-video-vanguard-award",
        "published": "2026-09-09T17:47:53.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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