2. 1960’s
• Top of the Pops is created which
gives the chance to bands and artists
to play live music.
• The Beatles then release a film and
album ‘Hard days night’. Afterwards
they filmed a further 10 films to
promote the album release.
This then led the way for a music
video revolution.
3. 1975
• Queen then recorded Bohemian Rhapsody and created a
video at a staggering cost of £3000.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMc
• This was the first video shown on Top Of the Pops due to
Queen not being able to attend on the night.
4. 1981
• MTV is launched specifically for music
videos. ‘Music TeleVision’.
‘Video Killed the Radiostar’ is
released and is the first song to
be played on MTV.
5. 1983
• The legend of music video that is thriller is
released.
• Bigger budgets allowed for better videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
6. 2005
• 2005 was a massive year for music video.
• The giants that are iTunes and Youtube first
launched.
• iTunes allowed people to download music
videos.
• Youtube was full of music videos for a world
wide audience to view.
7. New Heights For Music Video.
• Lady Gaga’s music videos collectively
reach ONE BILLION views on youtube.
• 34 BILLION views reached for music
videos on youtube.
• This must mean that music videos will
become a more predominant role in
artists profits, they can only get better
with modern day technology.
