Before the age of the music video, most big musicians had to settle for foregoing music video footage entirely or investing in whole films. (See: The many musical films The Beatles produced for their ...

If there's one channel that made all the groove-worthy songs trend among a generation and make them part of people's music playlist, then MTV is it. The channel that shaped the music and youth culture ...

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...

The 1980s gave rock music room to get bigger, louder, and stranger. Hair metal took over MTV, heavy metal kept expanding, and newer sounds like new wave and alternative rock pushed the genre in fresh ...

One of Mötley Crüe's biggest hits was initially rejected by their record label, but the song subsequently became one of MTV's most-watched videos, so much so that the network eventually pulled it from ...