Another List of the 30 All-Time Best Music Videos
MTV celebrated their 30th anniversary yesterday... and that has everyone talking about music videos. Last week, "Time" magazine released a list of The 30 All-Time Best Music Videos, and now Billboard.com has done the same thing.
Billboard.com's list is the result of a readers' poll... and it ranks the Top 10 videos from each decade: The '80s, the '90s and the 2000s.
Here's the Top 5 of each:
The '80s:
1.) "Thriller", Michael Jackson (1983)
2.) "Like a Prayer", Madonna (1989)
3.) "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", Cyndi Lauper (1983)
4.) "Take on Me", A-Ha (1985)
5.) "When Doves Cry", Prince (1984)
(The complete Top 10, with video links, begins here.)
The '90s:
1.) "Baby One More Time", Britney Spears (1998)
2.) "Scream", Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (1995)
3.) "Vogue", Madonna (1990)
4.) "Freak on a Leash", Korn (1999)
5.) "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nirvana (1991)
(The complete Top 10, with video links, begins here.)
The 2000s:
1.) "Bad Romance", Lady Gaga (2009)
2.) "Toxic", Britney Spears (2004)
3.) "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", Panic! At the Disco (2006)
4.) "You Rock My World", Michael Jackson (2001)
5.) "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)", Beyoncé (2008)
(The complete Top 10, with video links, begins here.)