History of Music Videos

Music videos are an important part of the music industry. They are now primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the same of music records.
In 1965, the first glimpse of the music in motion picture was 'A Hard Day's Night' and The Beatles set the stage for what became music videos.
In 1965, The Beatles filmed 10 black and white short promotional videos for their album releases. This kicked off the new wave of artists promoting through video.
MTV (music television) was the phenomenon that gave so much power and importance to the music video. MTV started broadcasting in 1981 in the USA. The first ever music video was played on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting music 24-hours-a-day, music videos were needed to be produced. Music videos began to play an important role in artist's careers.
MTV has been highly controversial; some saw it as a new fresh era in music, others saw it as an end of true talent, as artists have become more appreciated for their looks rather than their vocal and musical abilities.
Music videos have developed so much since the first one, this may be down to technology and the importance of the due to audience expectations. There are not three main types of music videos; narrative, performance and abstract.