Saturday, 2 April 2011

History of Music Videos




Music Video Timeline

1964: Music accompanied by motion picture was introduced by the Beatles in 'A Hard Day's Night'.

1965: Beatles produced black and white films as promotional videos for their album releases.

1981: 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles is shown on MTV.

1984: Thriller by Michael Jackson. Which becomes a huge success due to its dark and scary visuals and innovative dance moves. The video adds to the song.

1988: 'Night of the Living Baseheads' by Public Enemy broke records and hip hop artists started to realise how they can express themselves (an image) through music videos.

1992: MTV started showing directors names thus talented directors started gaining recognition.

1995: 'Scream' by Michael and Janet Jackson was the most expensive video to be made costing about seven million dollars.

2002: Music Videos on DVD.

2005: iTunes Store.

2005: Youtube and Myspace launched. Due to which artists such as Ok Go and Soulja Boy gained success as viewers viewed their videos online.

2011: 'Friday' by Rebecca Black managed to get over 130 million views in less than 2 months. With a majority being dislikes and negative comments.