History of music videos

Music Videos: the Timeline

1929-09-08 13:47:34

Bessie Smith - St Louis Blues

First music video (played in theatres until 1932)

1940-11-13 00:00:00

Disney's Fantasia

An animated film based on classical music pieces.

1956-06-01 12:48:59

Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise

Distributed in UK and US. Later Bennett claimed he made the first music video.

1960-01-01 18:11:38

Scopitone

First visual jukeboxes are invented around this time in France and short films are started to be produced by French artists.

1964-06-23 18:11:38

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

This video was a big influence for future contemporary artists and the use of music videos in general.

1975-06-01 18:11:38

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

The video that also had a major influence in terms of promoting music through video.

1980-06-01 18:11:38

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

This video makes history as it's the first music video that airs on MTV. It's also the first video of such a big budget and portrays new technologies in terms of editing.

1982-11-03 18:11:38

Micheal Jackson - Thriller

The first video to use a narrative and create a sort of short film within the music promotion. MJ put an immense effort to make this video happen which resulted in a huge success and became iconic in the music video history.

1988-03-03 18:11:38

Madonna - Like A Prayer

One of Madonna's biggest and most tabu-like themes exploring music videos. Madonna's influence on the music industry and music video culture is still seen to this day.

1992-06-01 18:11:38

Guns 'N Roses - November Rain

The video often appeared at #1 or in the top 10 of several future all-time MTV countdowns throughout the 1990s. In addition, the video was voted "Best Video Clip" in Metal Edge's 1992 Readers' Choice Awards.

1998-09-30 18:11:38

Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time

Pop-culture phenomenon, Britney broke all the charts while the music video help promote the song.

2008-10-13 18:11:38

Beyonce - Single Ladies

Directed by Jake Nava, this one-take video was a huge success and showed how good performance is capable of achieving success as opposed to complex effects within the promo.

2012-07-15 18:11:38

Psy - Gangam Style

The video went viral when it was released which helped to promote the song as well as the artist. The video is currently most watched on Youtube, with over 1 billion views.

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