MUS 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: New Traditionalists
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Punk and disco weren"t prominent in 1980s pop music scene but did achieve some commercial success. Cable television is what led to the rise of mtv because of the growing demand for specialty channels. At first mtv didn"t have enough videos to fill its programming and had to draw upon whatever it could find to fill empty space. Mtv was at first just successful in the midwest due to how cable television was functioning during the early 1980s. Mtv favored artists who looked the part rather than were the part because it was making appearance much more important in the music industry. Michael jackson was without a doubt the king of pop during the 1980s and this was partly due to. Michael jackson perfectly used the new video age of music to enhance his brand and market himself. +madonna did the same thing as michael jackson but was far more controversial than michael jackson.
