MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...

MTV's ‘Moon Person' trophy is the most coveted award of the MTV Video Music Awards, also known as the VMAs, which are one of the most recognized music award shows in the world.

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time.

That being said, the country music genre was a little underrepresented on MTV, at least in it’s early years. CMT launched in 1983, and Vh1 in 1985, so there were other options, but it wasn’t until ...