In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...

MTV is attempting to pull out all of the stops leading up to the 2025 Video Music Awards. In a move to celebrate the network’s legacy, reps on Friday announced that current and classic music videos ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

If you’ve scrolled through social media lately, you might have caught wind of some dramatic headlines claiming that MTV is ...

Here's to the MTV music video trilogy that helped define an era of rock storytelling, saved its band, and launched the ...

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

Everyone has a story about where they were when they first saw Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”—arguably the best music video of all time (of all time)—or how they would run home from school to catch a ...

For years, turning on MTV meant surrendering to whatever came next. A brand-new type of music, a new artist, or something cool from a favorite band. That experience has largely disappeared, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be a joke among people of a certain age that “I remember when MTV still played music.” This is because, after years of ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV is attempting to pull out all of the stops leading up to the 2025 Video Music Awards. In a move to celebrate the network’s ...