History of Music Videos

A music video is a short film that advertises an artist, a song and an album. They are now very important in the music industry and make a lot of money. They became what they are todays due to the development of Music Television (MTV).
MTV started its broadcast in 1981 is the USA. And due to constant broadcasting of music vedeos on MTV, more of them had to be produced.
This was a new side to the music industry as it meat artists could now show off they appealing looks(especially women), this may have lead to exploitation of artists or the consumer because, even though the sex-appeal sells.

In Britain music videos began being shown on Top Of The Pops in the 70s, due to the success and increased sales, bands started making videos to show on Pop of the Pops.

Now, the music video is as important as the song and audiences anticipate them as for artists like Lady Gaga's Telephone and a lot of money is put into making these. They can be seen as a pure for of commerse to sell the album of as a form of art.