Video am nhac (tieng Anh: Music video hoac MV) la mot dang phim ngan hop nhat bai hat va hinh anh, đuoc san xuat voi muc đich khuyen mai hoac nghe thuat. Cung nhu cac the loai phim khac, mot so video am nhac co the chua hinh anh vi pham phap luat nhu khieu dam, bao luc hoac ngon tu tuc tiu, vi vay chung bi buoc phai kiem duyet tai cac he thong trinh chieu theo nhieu phuong thuc khac nhau.
Cac video am nhac đuong đai đuoc thuc hien chinh yeu va su dung nhu mot cong cu quang ba doanh so đia nhac. Mac cho đuoc bat nguon tu lau, video am nhac chi moi thinh hanh tu thap nien 1980, khi kenh truyen hinh MTV đuoc thanh lap dua tren the loai nay. Truoc thap nien 1980, cac tac pham nay đuoc mo ta boi nhieu cum tu nhu "bai hat minh hoa", "filmed insert", "phim quang ba", "clip quang ba", "video quang ba", "video bai hat", "clip bai hat" hoac "clip phim".
Cac video am nhac su dung đa dang cac phong cach ky thuat thuc hien video đuong đai, bao gom hoat hoa, phim do nguoi that đong, phim tai lieu va cac phuong phap khong tuong thuat nhu phim truu tuong. Nhieu video am nhac dien giai cac hinh anh va canh tuong tu loi nhac, trong khi cac video khac co phuong phap theo chu đe hon. Cac video am nhac khac co the đuoc lam ma khong co boi canh, đuoc ghi hinh tu man trinh dien truc tiep cua bai hat.
Sau thoi gian bung no cac kenh truyen hinh am nhac nhu MTV hoac VH1 vao thap nien 1980, cac video am nhac cung tro nen đa dang va đuoc pho bien rong rai hon. Mot so nghe si manh dan bo ra kinh phi lon đe thuc hien cac video am nhac quang ba gay đuoc tieng vang, noi bat co Michael Jackson cung "Thriller" voi 800.000 đo-la My (1983) va "Scream" (1995) voi 7 trieu đo-la My. So khac lai tim đuoc nguon khan gia lon tu khi mang toan cau xuat hien vao thap nien 2000, voi cac he thong trinh chieu va thuong mai nhu YouTube, Google Videos, Yahoo! Video, Facebook, MySpace, Vevo va Cua hang iTunes, giup cac video am nhac đuoc tiep can tot hon va mo ra mot vai the loai video tan thoi khac nhu "Video loi nhac" hay "Video khong chinh thuc". Nho su phat trien rong rai cua video am nhac trong nganh cong nghiep, chung đuoc chu trong hon trong khau quang ba va đuoc nhieu bang xep hang am nhac tinh vao co so cau truc xep hang đia nhac duoi dang so lieu truyen du lieu hang tuan, đon cu nhu Billboard Hot 100 Hoa Ky.


Xem them Danh sach video ca nhac ton kem nhat moi thoi đai
Giai Video am nhac cua MTV
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