and 1990s, but musicians and filmmakers developed its basic shape and first explored its creative limits during the ’70s, a time of tumult and innovation in the record business, from the rise of arena rock and prog through the emergence of disco, electronic dance music, punk, and new wave...
Destiny’s Child in time for shooting “Say My Name’s” video. Their hasty recruitment meant they didn’t have much time to learn the video choreography but you wouldn’t guess that witnessing their assured moves in this colorful promo that remains one of the best music videos of the 00...
incredibly, it holds up. Whether it’sthe frenetic if imperfect YouTube videoor the crisp studio version, this was a group that brought a smile to a lot of faces. Just a group of talented kids playing a one-hit wonder on classical instruments and having fun doing it. –Mike...
Take a look at the YouTube comments for Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out”: Eight years after its release, the song is still helping people get through breakups, depression, illness, and even a prison sentence. Such are the healing powers of Florence Welch’s gale-force vocals...
of the times. Of course, MTV programmers have been replaced by YouTube algorithms, which, when they’re not sending you down a rabbit hole to white supremacist screeds and 9/11 conspiracy theories, force-feed us what’s already popular. The decade’s most viewed music video, Luis Fonsi’...
Over 4K music fans have voted on the 145+ Best R&B Artists Of All Time, Ranked. Current Top 3: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye
Since the early days of disco, dance music has been a popular genre around the world. In more recent years, electronic dance music (EDM) has become one of the most popular genres in the music industry. With its heavy basslines and euphoric beats, EDM has taken over festival stages and ...
Today,Donna Summeris mostly remembered for an incredible string of hit songs and chart-topping double-albums that helped introduce the world to disco and electronic dance music in the 1970s, with pulse-pounding anthems that can still be heard on the radio and in clubs throughout the world. ...
The superstars weren’t the only ones who brought their A-games to the video realm this year, though — a new crop of exciting young directors also worked with some of music’s most interesting newer artists to help make it an exciting year for the form both on and off YouTube’s Top...
As it turned out, his stint on Foxx's radio show and several YouTube music video appearances gained Sheeran a slew of new fans and led to a recording contract with Atlantic Records. His independent EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project (2011), reached the No. 2 slot in the iTunes chart ...