Madonna’s Most Controversial Song Was Banned on MTV — and Became One of Her Most Iconic Hits

Madonna’s Justify My Love shocked MTV with its ban in 1990, but fans propelled it to #1, cementing her status as pop’s most daring icon.
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Video May Have Killed the Radio Star — But Streaming Just Killed MTV

By Teresa Spencer MTV — once the raging heartbeat of youth culture, rebellion, and eyeliner — is officially pulling the plug. The network that made Madonna a religion and turned flannel into a ...
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How will MTV be remembered?

My dad still remembers being 13 in 1981, sitting in front of the TV and waiting for his favorite bands to come on. There was ...

‘MTV Was a Lot Like Kabul’

Tequila girls. Coke-dealing staffers. Office fires. In its heyday, the network was the most powerful — and “exotic” — place ...

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The true story of Britney Spears’ famous snake dance: "It was really risky"

More than two decades after Britney Spears’ unforgettable 2001 VMA performance, the snake handler reveals what really ...

MTV Is Shutting Its Music Channels Forever And I'm Remembering These 30 Iconic Music Videos We Grew Up With

Peter Gabriel's iconic song holds the record for the most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards in 1987. It ...
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MTV to shut down some of its music channels

What has happened in jukeboxes of days gone by. Well, for one thing, video, jukeboxes are fast replacing the old machines we used to love and there is good reason. Dollar for dollar or rather quarter ...