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 ...

Today, YouTube announced — in partnership with Universal Music Group — that it is remastering classic music videos. So far, there are only a few posted, but they look amazing. Watching YouTube music ...

All your favorite classic music videos are getting a facelift, thanks to a remastering project by YouTube Music and Universal Music Group. YouTube announced Wednesday that it has remastered more than ...

MTV’s first ever broadcast on August 1st, 1981 starts with footage of the Apollo 11 rocket launch. As the rocket lifts off, the footage cuts to an astronaut jumping on the moon, an acid-pop colored ...

Any devout ‘80s music fan knows that hearing “Beat It,” “Like a Virgin,” “All Night Long (All Night)” or “Dancing in the Dark” incessantly doesn’t exactly fulfill that craving for nostalgia. Radio ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On Wednesday, A-ha's "Take On Me" became the second music video from the '80s to pass one billion views on YouTube, after ...

The 1980s saw a music video boom and with it came the further exploitation of women in music. For decades prior, women had been used as tools – plastered across album covers and heralded as mere ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...