The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...

When it comes to music videos, there is a before and after. There was a time when music videos weren’t prized like they were in the 1980s and 1990s. Prior, they were rarely seen promo materials. But ...

MTV launched in 1981, forever changing how music was delivered to the masses. Round-the-clock music television meant that artists and bands had a new platform with which to share their music, helping ...

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 ...

Jeremy has more than 2800 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

MTV launched in 1981 and within two years the economics of the music industry had rearranged themselves around a medium nobody had planned for. Some artists understood immediately. They didn’t make ...

Jeremy has more than 2800 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...