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The 26 pages that link to MTV, each with the reason it gives.

• Music videoRelated: Its rotation of videos made the form central to music promotion and youth culture.

• Pop musicRelated: Its video rotation changed pop stardom by making image and screen presence central.

• Popular musicRelated: MTV made visual presentation a powerful force in popular music promotion.

• Michael JacksonRelated: The success of Jackson’s videos helped broaden the channel’s programming and audience.

• New wave musicRelated: MTV amplified visually inventive new wave artists and helped bring them to mass audiences.

• Run-DMCRelated: Airplay for "Walk This Way" brought the group before a broader television audience.

• Janet JacksonRelated: Jackson’s visually elaborate videos helped make her a major presence on the network.

• Cindy CrawfordRelated: MTV gave Crawford a youth-culture platform beyond magazines and runway shows.

• Generation XRelated: Its early music-video programming helped define popular culture during Generation X’s adolescence.

• New RomanticRelated: Its emphasis on video rewarded the movement’s carefully staged visual identities.

• Rod StewartRelated: Stewart's videos and performance persona suited the visual pop era MTV helped define.

• The CarsRelated: The band’s inventive videos helped its songs gain visibility during MTV’s rise.

• AerosmithRelated: Aerosmith’s videos helped restore the band’s visibility during its 1980s comeback.

• Appetite for DestructionRelated: Heavy rotation of the album’s videos helped carry the band to a mass audience.

• Billie JeanRelated: MTV’s rotation of the video helped bring Jackson to a wider television audience.

• NSYNCRelated: Its rotation of NSYNC videos amplified the group’s visual identity and reach.

• Smells Like Teen SpiritRelated: Heavy rotation of the video helped carry the song into mainstream popular culture.

• Stevie Ray VaughanRelated: Video exposure helped make Vaughan’s live intensity and recognizable playing visible to mainstream audiences.

• 1980sRelated: MTV made the music video a central force in 1980s youth culture and music promotion.

• Hall & OatesRelated: The duo’s videos helped sustain their visibility during MTV’s formative years.

• Mike JudgeRelated: MTV gave Beavis and Butt-Head a national platform and shaped its early audience.

• The Real WorldRelated: The network commissioned the series to reach young viewers with unscripted programming.

• The Smashing PumpkinsRelated: Videos for songs such as “Today” and “1979” gave the band wide visual exposure.

• Yana ChurikovaRelated: MTV Russia brought the channel’s youth-oriented music format into the setting of her early career.