Just as "Video Killed the Radio Star" marked the ending of an era when MTV played its first music video on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 a.m.

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But nearly a quarter of a century after it announced its arrival with Video Killed The Radio Star, MTV shows no signs of losing its grip on the world's young music consumers.

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