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Music videos have been integral to pop culture since the 1980s. MTV raised a generation.

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MTV launched in 1981, turning videos into a primary marketing tool. Since then, visuals have become inseparable from pop rollouts—now amplified by YouTube, TikTok, and short-form platforms.

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