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The History of Music Videos

By emma_devlin

  • 1964 - Creation of Top of the Pops

    1964 - Creation of Top of the Pops
    Top of The Pops was a British TV programme that broadcasted performances of top artistes on the BBC.

  • 1981 - Creation of MTV

    MTV was a music channel, dedicated to playing music videos. It was highly successful due to its popularity with both artistes and their audience.

  • 1983 - Micheal Jackson's Thriller

    1983 - Micheal Jackson's Thriller
    In 1983, Jackson created one of the first narrative story like music videos, that has proved inspirational to many other artistes.

  • 1984 - MTV's Video Music Awards (VMA)

    Often seen as an alternative to a Grammy, these awards were created as music videos increased in popularity.

  • 1987 - MTV Europe

    MTV launched a European show, named MTV-E. It was broadcasted to 1.6 million homes.

  • 1994 - MTV European Music Awards

    1994 - MTV European Music Awards
    Demonstrating the growth of music videos and the music industry, MTV expanded its awards to include Europe too.

  • 2005 - Creation of YouTube

    YouTube was created in California by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Google later brought the site in 2006 for $1.65 billion.