When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

Music videos came of age in the 1980s – where promotional clips had usually been perfunctory mimed performances, the advent ...

What were the best rock music videos for each year of the 1980s? It was a decade that set the standard for what the music video can be and we saw the growth explode over the course of the 1980s.

Most music videos don't make sense. Some are plain out there. And, the level of cheesiness is astronomical. On that note, ...

The 1980s are a rich text of classic songs that topped the Billboard charts and shaped culture along the way. Stacker ranked ...

No, Mr. Astley, this isn't a fake-out. You're streaming royalty now. British pop star Rick Astley, whose inescapable '80s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" found an unexpected renaissance in the digital ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...

While many think of the 80s as those years with leg warmers, home video exercise tapes, and songs that sound like they were made in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, the truth of the matter is there ...

MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the network will play exclusively music videos, but there's a catch. Here ...