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Chronological Key History of music video

1930 - Music started to be used in films and to make the experience of watching the film more enjoyable, this was the first sort of music videos that where seen, however are very different to the music videos that we have become used to today.

1940 - Short lips with music where showed on TV that featured jazz bands of the time, this is the first live performance style music video that  where shown and are partially the inspiration for both music videos and adverts we see today.

1965 - The beetles began releasing promotional music videos before the latest releases to help promote sales of the album. This is an early example of using extra footage to increase profit making the industry about more than just the music and performance.

1974 - MTV was released, the first time a channel dedicated to just music videos was shown on television and at the time was the only way that people viewed music videos, this channel shaped a generation and opened peoples eyes to more and new genres of music.

1983 - One of the earliest Narrative music videos Michael Jackson released the thriller music video one of the longest music videos that had ever been made at the time was incredibly popular and still is today as it showed both the artist and a narrative to go along with it.

2005 - Technology improved and thanks to the internet sites such and youtube and iTunes where released making it easy and free to watch music videos from nearly anywhere and are one of the most common ways that music videos are watched today.

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