Once MTV found success with Michael Jackson, videos by other black performers ... Robert Christgau proclaimed that 1984 was the greatest year for pop singles since the height of Beatlemania ...

Just in time for spooky season, Michael Jackson's iconic 1983 ... the 13-minute clip aired on MTV in December 1983. The video ...

More than two months after he died, Michael Jackson dominated the MTV Video Music Awards as some of the industry's biggest stars, led by Janet Jackson and Madonna, paid homage to the "king.