
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.
