♪ Who run the world ♪
♪ Girls ♪
♪ Won't look down ♪
♪ Won't open my eyes ♪
♪ Show him what I got ♪
- [Chelsea] On the verge
of this Sunday's MTV VMAs
we are counting down the 100 greatest
music video artists of all time.
So between Beyonce, Sia and of
course, O.G. Michael Jackson
who's our number one pick?
Let the countdown begin.
♪ Love love love ♪
♪ I want your love ♪
♪ Love love love ♪
At number six, at this
point the name Lady Gaga
will forever be synonymous
with cultural shifting music videos
all of them iconic,
especially "Bad Romance"
which racked up seven
wins at the 2010 VMAs.
♪ Caught in a bad romance ♪
Coming in at number five is Missy Elliott
because let's be honest,
every video of hers
is sensory overload.
♪ Me I'm super fly ♪
♪ Super duper fly ♪
In explosion of unique fashion
in-your-face visual effects
and iconic choreography.
♪ Join voices in protest ♪
♪ To social injustice ♪
Rolling into number four,
a timid performer at first
Janet Jackson used her music videos
to prove herself as an
artist and that she did.
At the age of 24, her
"Rhythm Nation" music video
won her the VMA for Best Choreography.
♪ If you like it ♪
♪ Then you should've put a ring on it ♪
♪ Whoa oh oh ♪
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
Next at number three, it's
hard to pick one Beyonce video
so let's just go with "Single
Ladies: Put A Ring On It"
which became iconic with nothing
more than three leotards,
three pairs of pumps
and a lot of attitude.
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
♪ Oh oh oh ♪
♪ Oh oh ♪
♪ Thriller ♪
♪ Thriller night ♪
Getting closer at number two
there's no doubt Michael
Jackson of the 80s and 90s
paved the way for music videos today.
From "Thriller" to "Bad"
to "Smooth Criminal"
they live on as truly iconic.
♪ Come on vogue ♪
And finally at number one, Madonna paved
a provocative visual path into the future
through her music videos.
We'd say the David
Fincher directed "Vogue"
stands as her finest
visual moment to date.
♪ Let your body move to the music ♪
♪ Hey hey hey ♪
All right, head over to Billboard.com
to see what other artists we've included
in our list of 100 and let us
know if you agree or disagree.
Until then for Billboard
News, I'm Chelsea Briggs.
