A Background On Music Videos

Music videos were invented to increase sales of the song and also to add a visual representation to the artist. The era of music videos began in 1975 with Queen and their song "Bohemian Rhapsody". This was a massive success for the band and boosted their popularity higher than ever. Once other artists noticed the spark this had created within the music industry they began to follow in Queen's footsteps and iconic videos such as "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "Take On Me" by Aha were created, as well as "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles; the first ever video shown on MTV.  Thus, the music video industry was born.