Music Video Success Criteria

There are many ways that you can tell if a music video is successful or not, such as. If the video has won any awards such as a VMA. Another way you could tell is if the video gets a lot of hits on YouTube. Also you could see from when the video was released if the sales of the song has increased whether that be through downloads or the purchase of CD's. Another reason is if the video is talked about a lot through magazines, newspapers or online. You can also tell through how many times the video is shown on television and how much publicity the video gets whether that be positive or negative.

There have been many successful music videos over the years but one music video i would class as a successful video is from the song 'Gangnam Style by PSY' this song is by a Korean artist called PSY the song has had over 500 million! views on YouTube since its release in July 2012. This may be to do with the cheesy dance moves that have been used during the video. The song has also reached number one in the charts in the UK and many other countries.