This Sunday (August 24) we will once again be blessed with the awesome/hot mess that is the MTV Video Music Awards. To prepare, let’s revisit some of the best performances in VMA history.

Britney Spears, “I’m a Slave 4 U” (2001)

Kanye West, “Runaway” (2010)

Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”/ “The Way I Am” (2000)

Madonna, “Vogue” (1990)

Michael Jackson Medley (1995)

Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me” (2009)

Diddy feat. Sting, Faith Evans & 112, “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)

Madonna, “Like a Virgin” (1984)

Justin Timberlake Medley (2013)

Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, & Missy Elliott, “Like a Virgin”/”Hollywood” (2003)

TLC – “Crazy Sexy Cool Medley” (1995)