MTV

On This Day

07.06.25

On This Day in 1988, MTV Refused To Play Neil Young’s “This Note’s for You” for a Pretty Silly Reason

By Em Casalena
The List

07.04.25

4 Rock Musicians That Blew up Thanks to Early MTV

By Em Casalena
The List

06.08.25

3 Hair Metal Bands That Went From MTV Fame to Obscurity

By Thom Donovan
Features

06.01.25

3 One-Hit Wonders From the Late 1990s That ‘Total Request Live’ Made Famous

By Jacob Uitti
Features

05.21.25

In 1992 of This Month, MTV Made a Controversial Shift Away From Music Videos With the First Episode of ‘The Real World’

By Lauren Boisvert
Features

04.18.25

On This Day in 1987, MTV Gave Metalheads a Reason to Watch with ‘Headbangers Ball’

By Clayton Edwards
Latest Music News & Stories

03.14.25

Famed MTV VJ, Radio Host Alive After Being in Coma: “I Was Unresponsive for Two Months”

By Chris Piner
Behind The Song

12.31.24

The Story Behind Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 Breakout “Unwritten” and How it Became the Theme Song for ‘The Hills’

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

10.23.24

Remember When: Twisted Sister Is Banned from MTV for a Gory Zombie Video

By Bryan Reesman
Features

10.10.24

Remember When: Guns N’ Roses Destroyed the Set of MTV’s ‘Headbangers Ball’

By Bryan Reesman
Behind The Song

08.16.24

The Story Behind the Queen Single “Body Language” and How Partial Nudity and Freddie Mercury Groans Made it the First Banned Music Video on MTV

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Behind The Song

07.27.24

The Unusual Way MTV Made Tracey Ullman’s “They Don’t Know” a Hit in the U.S.

By Al Melchior