Thriller is the first album to use music videos as successful professional tools with some videos from the album played regularly on MTV , thus transforming music videos into art .
`` The album was one of the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools , and the videos for the songs `` '' Billie Jean '' '' and `` '' Beat It '' '' and the short film Michael Jackson 's Thriller all received regular rotation on MTV and are credited for transforming music videos into a serious art form , with the latter also popularizing short films in the music industry . ''
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