These rockers reveled in visuals, becoming mainstays in the industry. Check out three videos below that ruled MTV back in the day.

When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the network will play exclusively music videos, but there's a catch. Here ...

Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes were honored for the first time, Lady Gaga crossed town and Doja Cat took it back to the 1980s.

Current and classic music videos will begin airing on Monday for 24 hours a day until the MTV VMAs on Sunday, Sept. 7.

An alternative title for I Want My MTV: The Uncensored History of the Music Video Revolution could be Drugs and Money. As we learn in Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum’s splendid oral history, music ...