History of Pop Music Videos

Music videos became very prominent in the 1980’s when MTV arose to the televisions. When pop music first began still images were put together to create clips of songs to promote them, videos have developed majorly over the years. Short musical clips were put together to promote songs in the 1950’s as years passed a few clips were put together and then music videos began to come together. The real beginning of music videos began in the early 70’s where the real buzz was created through TV shows such as Top of the Pops which aired on British Television. This then lead to MTV the most popular music channel. Pop music videos tend to be bright and tell a story as well as contain catchy lyrics which create a sense of reality which is appealing to its audience. This has lead to the success of artists and more TV coverage has lead them to more fame. Madonna was a massive pioneer in the pop genre who set a high standard. Her fan base was extremely wide as it targeted many different age groups. She also became a role model to women and girls where here music video lead to people wanting to be like her including dressing like her. A famous song from Madonna was Material Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M Spice Girls were a famous girl group who has a massive influence on pop music and audiences which ranged from young girls to older women. Due to the success of the career within the pop genre these lead them to starring in their own films, their own merchandise and hosting many concerts as well as attending events such as Party in the Park. Wannabe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ