History of the Music Video

The History of Music Video’s.

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a piece of music. Modern music videos are usually made to promote the sale of music recordings by marketing and also to further sell the works of the artist/band. Music videos go along way back in history though during the 1980’s they became what we expect from them today. The term "music video" first came into popular usage in the early 1980s.

MTV started broadcasting in 1981 in the USA and it marked the beginning of the music video's ruling over the music industry. The first video ever played on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting 24-hour-a-day music, music videos were needed to be produced. So from that moment music video began to play an important role in artists' careers.

MTV’s surge into new and exciting videos left 2 opinions on audiences. Some saw as the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music while others considered it to mark the end of true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for their looks instead of their vocal abilities. Either way music videos brought, and continue to bring, the music industry to a whole new level whether viewers like it or not.