History of music videos

1930 – experimentation – Len Lye

1940 – fantasia – Walt Disney

1950 – music promos were filmed

1960 – scopitone juke box

1960s – narration videos

1964 – a hard day’s night

1070s - TOTP

1975 – bohemian rhapsody

1980s – had to promote yourself through music videos

1981 – MTV was launched

1983 – thriller - $500,000, directed by John Landis

1985 – VH1 Released

1986 – the chart show channel 4

2005 – YouTube launched

I got this information from work I did in class and therefore re-wrote it as a timeline to show it clearly.

 

Most expensive music videos:

Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson – scream - $7,000,000

Madonna – Die another day - $6,100,000

Madonna – Express yourself - $5,000,000

Madonna – Bedtime Story - $5,000,000

Michael Jackson – Black or White - $4,000,000

Guns N Roses – Estranged - $4,000,000

Gwen Stefani – Make me like you - $4,000,000

Puff Daddy – Victory - $2,700,000

MC Hammer – 2 legit 2 quit - $2,500,000

Mariah Carey – Heartbreaker - $2,500,000

I got this information from a VH1 website explaining how much the top 10 music video costs and this website clearly broke down how the money was used to make it.

 

Most Viewed music videos:

Psy - Gangnam Style – 2.6 billion views

Wiz khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – 1.8 billion views

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk – 1.7 billion views

Taylor Swift – Blank Space – 1.6 billion views

Adele – Hello – 1.6 billion views

Justin Bieber – Sorry – 1.6 billion views

Taylor Swift – Shake it off – 1.5 billion views

Enrique Iglesias – Bailando – 1.4 billion views

LittleBabyBum - The Wheels on the Bus – 1.4 billion views

Major Lazer – Lean on – 1.4 billion views

I got this information from a youtube video in which gave a list of the most viewed music videos of all time. This music video was released only a month ago therefore the results are accurate.

 

Music videos are mostly made to promote the artist. They are also used to boost sales of the song so that people buy it more.

Most popular music videos from each decade:

1980s – Girls on film – Duran Duran

1990s – Black or White – Michael Jackson

2000s- Bad romance – Lady gaga

2010s – Gangnam Style - Psy

This has helped me understand what music videos looked like through the different years and what made music videos so successful. I can use this information when coming to make our own music video as we can try and replicate some of the qualities that the successful music videos have.