This document provides a history of the development of music videos from the early 1900s through the 1980s and 1990s. It traces the evolution from early musical films incorporating songs and dance to the rise of MTV in 1981 which established music television and increased the importance of music videos as promotional tools. Key developments included early musical films in the 1930s-1950s, the increasing focus on the artist's image in the 1960s, the creation of MTV in 1981 which was dedicated solely to music videos, and influential individual music videos such as Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 1983 and Madonna's "Like a Prayer" in 1989.