history of music videos
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A Brief History ofMusic Videos
Early Beginnings
• In 1974, on Australian TV, “Countdown” premiered, which promoted acts on the show while playing video clips.
• Over the 1980s, Countdown was broadcasted in 22 different countries.
• In 1980, Split Enz, a band from New Zealand, pioneered using video clips to go along with each song on their album “True Colors”.
Pre MTV Era
• Video Concert Hall was the first program showing music videos on American TV, in 1978.
• In 1981, Night Flight premiered on American Cable TV.
MTV
• The channel was launched in 1981, with the first music video being “Video Killed the Radio Star” by Buggles.
• Artists began using music videos more frequently, as now an outlet was easily available. Singers such as Michael Jackson used music videos to not just sell more albums, but create a unique image, or brand.
MTV pt.2
• Subsequent MTV channels were released, with some for a worldwide audience, such as MTV Europe, and MTV Asia.
• Other MTV channels focused on different markets, such as VH1, MTV Base, MTV Hits,
Recent Times
• With MTV focusing more on Reality TV and less on music videos, other channels worldwide have been spawned, each attempting to find their own demographic.
• Music videos are also still a popular way of promoting a single, though usually it is uploaded on the internet.
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