Billboard Best Video Results

Three weeks ago, in anticipation of MTV’s thirtieth birthday on August 1st, Billboard asked readers to celebrate three decades of music television by voting on the best videos of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Readers voted each week, in a separate poll.

The results are here for you to read and obviously Michael appears in all three decades:

Top Ten Best Videos of the 80’s as voted by Billboard Voters:

  1 – Thriller – Michael Jackson
  2 – Like A Prayer – Madonna
  3 – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
  4 – Take On Me – Aha
  5 – When Doves Cry – Prince
  6 – SledgeHammer – Peter Gabriel
  7 – Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
  8 – Walk This Way – Run DMC
  9 – Every Breath You Take – Police
10 – Rhythm Nation – Janet Jackson.

Top Ten Best Videos of the 90s as voted by Billboard Voters:

  1 – Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
  2 – Scream – Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
  3 – Vogue – Madonna
  4 – Freak On A Leash – Korn
  5 – Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
  6 – My Name Is – Eminem
  7 – The Rain – Missy Elliott
  8 – Waterfalls – TLC
  9 – November Rain – Guns N Roses
10 – Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai

Top Ten Best Videos of The 00s as voted by Billboard Voters:

  1 – Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
  2 – Toxic – Britney Spears
  3 – I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic at the Disco
  4 – You Rock My World – Michael Jackson
  5 – Single Ladies – Beyonce
  6 – Disturbia -Rihanna
  7 – The Real Slim Shady – Eminem
  8 – Firework – Katy Perry
  9 – Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
10 – Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliott

Source: billboard.com & MJWN