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First Music Video
Even though there is a lot of contreversy surronding who created the first music video, many resources claim that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen was the first music video to be created. -
MTV Airs First Music Video
The first music video that they aired was 'Video Kill The Radio Star' by The Buggles MTV was created for exsposure, allowing artists to show their music videos which would gain them more popularity. But as time went on, it also became about understanding audiences on a different level. -
First Black Artist Aired
MTV aired 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson, which was the first black artist to be aired on the channel. -
First Video to be Banned
"Body Language" by Queen became the first muic video to be banned from MTV because it had homoetrotic undertones plus lots of skin and sweat and it was deemed un-sitable for the audience at the time. -
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
The 14 minute long music video privatley aired on the 14th November 1983, but was publicly aired, by MTV on the 2nd December after weeks of short trailers and hype. Because of the hype of it and the sheer scale of the music video, this video changed the way music videos are percieved and being made. This video allowed artists to create more cinematic and dramatic music videos so the video almost became serperate to thesong, rather than something that accompanied it. -
The First Lyric Video
The first lyric video was "Sign O Times" by Prince and the music video included animated graphics with the lyrics coming up on screen. -
Most Expenive Music Video
The original air date, of Scream by Michael Jackson, is un-known other than being in May 1995. The video was directed by Mark Romenak who also directed the video for "Bedtime Story" by Madonna. The video cost $7 Million dollars to produce and unlike man of his other music videos, Michael Jackson had Romenak create the concept for the video. The video has been said to be a response from the backlash he recieved from the media in 1993. -
Britney Spears '...Baby One More Time'
The music video had a narrative structure which ran along side the song, unlike many other artists in the 90's who chose to keep it simple. Because of the narative sturtucre, this changed how music videos are being created, as they're now more likely to involve a story rather than just performances. -
Beyonce's 'Single Ladies'
Despite the videos simplicity, the video has become so iconic that its even won 3 VMA's including 'Video of the Year' and 'Best Choreography.' The video was directed by Jake Nava, who had also directed the videos of 'Crazy in Love' and 'Beautiful Liar'. The music video used different camera angles and using full circle pans. The video was shot straight after them filming 'If I Were A Boy' which were both shot in black and white. -
Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'
There are two videos to go with the song both directed by Diane Martel. The first video which was released, was an un-rated version which featured topless women. A week after going live on Youtube, it got taken down and was replaced with a censored version but oth versions generated over a million views. The music video, aswell as the song and Robin Thicke's perfomance at the 2013 VMA's with Miley Cyrus, caused a massive contreversy amongst the general public. -
Most Contreversial Music Video
The most contreversial music video was the video for Miley Cyrus' video for 'Wrecking Ball' which featured her nude on awrecking ball. The video gained 19.3 Million views on the vevo platform in just 24 hours, however this was surpassed by Nicki Minaj's video for Anaconda which gained 19.4 Million views in 24 hours.
