1964The Beatles became one of the most famous bands in the world with their modern music video for ‘A Hard Days Night’.

1981The music channel MTV was created. This enabled music videos to play a central part in music marketing by mid 1980’s

1984Michael Jackson released his music video ‘Thriller’, which proved to be a big hit.

1926The ‘Talkies’ were introduced, this involved musical short films featuring bands, vocalists and dancers.

1930 ‘Screen songs’ were introduced. This included a series of cartoon films which encouraged audiences to sing along by following a marker.

1985The music channel VH1 was launched. This featured a range of soft music to suit an older audience helping to broaden the audience of music videos.

1988Hip Hop music began to increase in popularity

1992Director names were shown in the credits of music videos

1995Michael Jackson’s music video ‘Scream’ becomes one of the most expensive music videos, costing a total of 7million dollars to create.

2010The number of music videos viewed online begins to massively increase.

2010Lady Gaga’s music video ‘Poker Face’ reaches one billion views.

2005The online entertainment website ‘YouTube’ was created enabling music lovers to access their favourite music videos online. This resulted in an increase of new artists.

2005‘iTunes’ opens allowing people to download their favourite tracks from the computer.