- MTV launches (August 1st, 1981)
- Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"—The first music video played on MTV (1981)
- "You'll Never Look at Music the Same Way Again" commercial (1981)
- Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" (1981) [NSFW]
- Blondie's "Rapture"—The first rap video played on MTV (1981)
- Duran Duran's "Rio" (1982)
- Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" (1983)
- Michael Jackson's "Beat It" (1983)
- Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1983)
- Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (1983)
- WWF/MTV present "The Brawl to End It All" (1983)
- Madonna's "Borderline" (1984)
- "I Want My MTV" commercial (1984)
- Madonna performs "Like a Virgin" at the VMAs (1984)
- MTV's "Party House" Contest with John Cougar Mellancamp (1984)
- Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" (1984)
- WWF/MTV present "The War to Settle the Score" (1985)
- USA for Africa's We are the World" (1985)
- Live-Aid' s London finale and Live-Aid's Philadelphia finale (1985)
- a-ha's "Take on Me" (1986)
- RUN-DMC and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" (1986)
- Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" (1986)
- Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine" (1987)
- George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" (1987)
- Guns N' Roses visit Headbanger's Ball (1987)
- Sinead O'Connor visits 120 Minutes (1988)
- Yo! MTV Raps debuts (1988)
- Bon Jovi performs "Livin' on a Prayer/Wanted Dead or Alive" at the 1989 VMAs (1989)
- Madonna performs "Vogue" at the 1990 VMAs (1990)
- Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
- Madonna's "Justify My Love"—Banned by MTV (1990)
- George Michael's "Freedom '90" (1990)
- "Yo! Unplugged Rap" on MTV Unplugged (1991)
- Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
- Michael Jackson's "Black or White" (1991)
- Mariah Carey performs on MTV Unplugged (1992)
- The Real World debuts (1992)
- House of Style goes to Paris (1992)
- Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" wings Best Song at the 1992 MTV Movie wards (1992)
- Nirvana performs on MTV Unplugged (1993)
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