Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jacqueline Schneider is a reporter who covers music and technology. Videos have created deeper connections to music and the ...

Music videos came of age in the 1980s – where promotional clips had usually been perfunctory mimed performances, the advent ...

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 ...

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 ...