BIllboard 100 greatest Music Video Artists of All Time
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t's been nearly four decades since our best and brightest stars first made the jump from our stereos to our televisions, changing the course of popular music in the process. In the course of that time, music videos have come to define what we love and remember about our favorite artists as much as anything short of the music itself -- creating icons, reinventing careers, sparking imaginations and inspiring untold millions of Halloween costumes worldwide.
On the verge of this Sunday's (Aug. 30) MTV Video Music Awards -- the one time a year where we're still guaranteed to celebrate one of media's most influential-but-under-recognized artforms -- Billboard wanted to take a look back at the artists who have given the most to the music video, whether through heavy rotation on MTV, millions of views on YouTube, or other mediums that predate both. Here is our list of the 100 artists who have made the music video eternal, with a YouTube playlist of videos from all the artists available at the end.
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Michael Jackson: Thriller
1983, in 1 top list Check -
41 new
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994, in 1 top list Check -
42 new
Beastie Boys: Body Movin'
1998, in 1 top list -
113 new
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
43 new
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
21 new
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
191 new
Childish Gambino: This Is America
2018, in 0 top lists -
17 new
Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
2 new
Madonna: Like a Prayer
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
180 new
Weezer: Buddy Holly
1994, in 0 top lists Check -
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Madonna: Vogue
1990, in 0 top lists -
13 new
Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Madonna: Material Girl
1985, in 0 top lists -
45 new
Guns N' Roses: November Rain
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
107 new
R.E.M.: Losing My Religion
1991, in 0 top lists -
152 new
Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1983, in 0 top lists -
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Beyoncé: Single Ladies, Put a Ring on It
2008, in 0 top lists -
134 new
Run DMC and Aerosmith: Walk This Way
1986, in 0 top lists -
114 new
Fatboy Slim: Praise You
1999, in 0 top lists -
51 new
OutKast: Hey Ya!
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
162 new
Spice Girls: Wannabe
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
125 new
The White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl
2002, in 0 top lists -
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Eminem: The Real Slim Shady
2000, in 0 top lists -
68 new
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1983, in 0 top lists -
193 new
Daft Punk: Around the World
1997, in 0 top lists -
141 new
Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
47 new
Eminem: Without Me
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
48 new
Eminem: My Name Is
1999, in 0 top lists -
89 new
George Michael: Freedom! '90
1990, in 0 top lists -
132 new
Nine Inch Nails: Closer
1994, in 0 top lists -
166 new
OK Go: Here It Goes Again
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
84 new
Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
88 new
M.I.A: Born Free
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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Janet Jackson: Rhythm Nation
1989, in 0 top lists -
36 new
TLC: Waterfalls
1995, in 0 top lists -
59 new
Björk: All Is Full of Love
1999, in 0 top lists -
38 new
Prince and the Revolution: When Doves Cry
1984, in 0 top lists -
55 new
Aerosmith: Crazy
1994, in 0 top lists -
71 new
Miley Cyrus: Wrecking Ball
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
101 new
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Don't Come...
1985, in 0 top lists -
143 new
Sia: Chandelier
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
27 new
David Bowie: Let's Dance
1983, in 0 top lists -
28 new
David Bowie: Blackstar
2015, in 0 top lists -
32 new
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Eat It
1984, in 0 top lists -
158 new
Katy Perry: California Gurls
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
29 new
David Bowie: Lazarus
2016, in 0 top lists -
15 new
Duran Duran: Rio
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
95 new
Foo Fighters: Everlong
1997, in 0 top lists -
11 new
Missy Elliott: The Rain Supa Dupa Fly
1997, in 0 top lists -
154 new
Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc.
2005, in 0 top lists
Last updated on Jun 19, 2021; source