Jim Blashfield (born September 4, 1944, Seattle, Washington) is an American filmmaker and media artist, best known for his short films such as "Suspicious Circumstances" and "The Mid-Torso of Inez", and his music videos for musicians Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, Nu Shooz, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Marc Cohn.
 He has collaborated with Bill Frisell and the Oregon Symphony.
American singer Lady Gaga has released three video albums and has been featured in twenty-eight music videos.
 From her debut album "The Fame" (2008), she released music videos for the singles "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi".
 In the latter, she portrays a doomed starlet taking revenge on her lover.
 She reissued her first album as "The Fame Monster" (2009), preceded by a music video for the lead single "Bad Romance", which won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video and seven MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year in 2010.
 The following year, Jonas Åkerlund directed the music video for "Telephone"—a continuation of "Paparazzi"—which was shot as a short film.
 The video received an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year nomination, and was named the Best Music Video of the Decade by "Billboard" in January 2015.
 For her 2010 video "Alejandro", Gaga received positive review from critics, though she was criticized by the Catholic League that alleged blasphemy.
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author.
 He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.
The discography of American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician and parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic consists of fourteen studio albums, ten compilation albums, eleven video albums, two extended plays, forty-six singles and fifty-four music videos.
 Since the debut of his first comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums—more than any other comedy act in history—recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and performed more than 1,000 live shows.
 His works have earned him four Grammy Awards among eleven nominations, along with several gold and platinum record certifications in the United States.
 Yankovic's first single, "My Bologna", was released in 1979, and he made his chart debut two years later with his second single, "Another One Rides the Bus", which peaked at number four on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
 His self-titled debut studio album was released on Scotti Brothers Records in April 1983, peaking at number 16 on the US "Billboard" 200 and being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "
Ricky", the album's third single, became his first single to chart on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number 64.
Nathan Scherrer, born 1988 in Northport, Michigan, is an American music video and commercial executive producer and creative producer who has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, including Pharrell William's Freedom and Dead Weather's I Feel Love, and in 2016 won the Grammy for Best Music Video for Beyonce’s Formation video which was directed by Melina Matsoukas.
 The video also won the Cannes Gran Prix Best Music Video award and the best music video of year award at the BET Awards.
 It also won the video of year at the VMAs in 2017.
 He was also among several producers who were nominated for Beyonces music film, Lemonade, which won the best long form music video award at the 2017 VMAs.
Dog Eat Dog is the 12th album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1985.
 It was her second album for Geffen Records.
 The album was a departure for Mitchell due to its synthetic sound (featuring production work by British synthesiser musician Thomas Dolby).
 Lyrically, the album dealt with prominent issues in mid 1980s society, such as Reaganism, televangelists, consumerism and famine in Ethiopia.
 One of Mitchell's more unusual songs, "Smokin' (Empty, Try Another)" was recorded by sampling the sound of the cigarette machine in the hall of the studio where "Wild Things Run Fast" was recorded.
 "Good Friends" was recorded as a duet with Michael McDonald; a video was produced for the song using film animation by Jim Blashfield.
 "Shiny Toys" and "Good Friends" were released as singles; "Shiny Toys" was also released in a 12" Extended Dance Single format, remix by François Kevorkian, and had a more complete lyric than the album version, featuring spoken voice by Thomas Dolby ("I LOVE being out on the golf course!")
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Chris Brown is an American singer, songwriter and actor who has appeared in many music videos. His videography consists of sixty-four music videos, five guest appearances, four video albums, four film appearances and four television appearances.
 Brown's first music video was for his debut single "Run It!
", taken from his self-titled debut album.
 Directed by Erik White, the video "introduced the world" to Brown's dance moves.
 White and Brown directed the accompanying music video for the second single "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)", which made reference to Michael Jackson.
 Some of Brown's other videos have been noted for its similarities to Jackson's work, including his music videos for "Wall to Wall" (2007), "Yeah 3x" (2010), "She Ain't You" (2011) and "Turn Up the Music" (2012).
 In 2007, Brown made his acting debut in the film, "Stomp the Yard", as Duron.
 That same year, he also appeared in "This Christmas" as Michael "Baby" Whitfield.
 Brown's music video for the single "Forever" (2008) was directed by Joseph Kahn and was "highly regarded as one of the best videos of 2008".
 It earned Brown three nominations at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Dancing in a Video, Best Choreography and Video of the Year.
American singer Kelly Clarkson has released two video albums and has appeared in thirty-seven music videos.
 In 2002, she made her debut music video appearance for the video "Before Your Love", which was immediately released after winning the premiere season of the television series competition "American Idol".
 A accompanying video for "Before Your Love"'s companion single "A Moment Like This" was also issued later that year.
 From her debut album "Thankful" (2003), Clarkson released music videos for the singles "Miss Independent", "Low", and "The Trouble with Love Is", the foremost of which earned her three MTV Video Music Award nominations, including Best New Artist in a Video.
 "Thankful" was immediately followed by the release of Clarkson's debut video album "Miss Independent" that same year.
 In 2004, a music video for her single "Breakaway" was released to promote the Disney feature film "".
 Clarkson's sophomore studio album "Breakaway" (2004) issued accompanying music videos for its singles "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Because of You", "Walk Away", and an additional live video for "Breakaway".
 The videos for "Since U Been Gone" and "Because of You" earned a total of three MTV Video Music Awards and a MuchMusic Video Award.
 Clarkson's second video album "Behind Hazel Eyes" was released in 2005 as a companion piece to "Breakaway".
The videography of American pop/R&B recording artist Whitney Houston consists of fifty-five music videos, four music video compilations, a concert tour video and three music video singles.
 In 1983, Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records and two years after released her eponymous debut album.
 Houston's first music video was for the single "You Give Good Love", which was selected to establish her in the black marketplace first.
 In the video of worldwide hit "Saving All My Love for You", she played a beaming All-American girl shadowed by her secret lover's wife.
 The following video "How Will I Know", directed by Brian Grant, that helped introduce the singer to a wider audience when it became one of the first videos by a black female singer to earn heavy rotation on MTV, blasting open the doors for a whole generation of R&B and pop divas to follow.
 The clip won MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video at its 3rd ceremony of 1986. "
Greatest Love of All", the final single released from Houston's debut album, which helped cement the M.O. for the classic Whitney video.
 In June 1986, Houston released her first video compilation "The No. 1 Video Hits", containing her four music videos off the "Whitney Houston" album.
 The video compilation reached number-one on the "Billboard" Top Music Videocassettes chart and stayed at the top spot for 22 weeks, which remains the all-time record for a video collection by a female artist, and was certified Platinum for shipments of 100,000 units by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 15, 1986.
 In 1987, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", the first single from her second album "Whitney", was one of Houston's most recognized music videos in company with the song's smash hit worldwide.
 Houston's fashion and hairstyle in the clip―towering curly wig, colorful dangly earrings and a series of going-to-the-club outfits―became one of her iconic looks.
Filipina singer Nina has released five video albums and appeared in forty-five music videos, three films and twelve television shows.
 After signing a record deal with Warner Music Philippines, Nina released her first single, "Heaven," in 2002.
 Its music video was inspired by the cover art of her debut album of the same name where she is dancing in front of the camera while animations appear in the background.
 In 2003, the music videos for "Jealous" and "Foolish Heart" gained popularity in the Philippines, topping various music video charts in the country.
 "Jealous" featured actors Cedric Carreon and Angel Jacob, playing the roles of ex-boyfriend and other girl in the music video.
 It won Favorite New Artist in a Video at the 2003 MTV Pilipinas Music Award.
 The music video for "Loving You" depicts Nina on a journey in a fantasy world to find her dream guy.
 All music videos from the album "Heaven" (2002) were directed by Avid Liongoren, except "Foolish Heart." "
A Girl Can Dream," the second single from her second studio album "Smile" (2003) featured singer Christian Bautista as her love interest in a school-themed music video.
 In 2004, Nina appeared in a cameo appearance for the comedy film "Masikip sa Dibdib."

Question: What American singer and parodist worked with Jim Blashfield on a music video?
Answer: "Weird Al" Yankovic