It's over on the night of January 1, 2026: that's when the last music video will air on MTV Germany. This was foreseeable.

These three music videos from 1982 helped to prove MTV's staying power and influence in the visuals of many artists.

The '70s paved the way for the '80s sound, as evident in these three 1979 rock songs. Revisit these throwback hits.

MTV's descent from youth culture powerhouse to obsolescence represents one of entertainment's most dramatic collapses. The ...

Released at the height of the 1980s, Def Leppard’s Hysteria helped redefine rock albums through scale, sound, and lasting ...

A maximalist magnum opus that’s sold 25 million copies and counting, Purple Rain catapulted Prince into the immortal pop ...

Devo was first nominated for a Grammy in 1985 for music video "We're All Devo." The new wave band is up again in 2026 in the ...

MTV kickstarted a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video. More than four ...

Justin Hayward sings many of the most famous Moody Blues songs, including "Nights in White Satin," and he's now the last ...

Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters — Bono would ...

Brian De Palma's 1984 thriller Body Double deserves reappraisal. A gloriously sleazy Hitchcock homage that launched Melanie Griffith and predicted MTV aesthetics.

rockers who have somehow managed to combine legendary excess and hedonism with a frankly very respectable time upon this ...