The same MTV effect is credited with boosting the US success of UK New Wave and synthpop acts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_British_Invasion https://en.

The same MTV effect is credited with boosting the US success of UK New Wave and synthpop acts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_British_Invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_British_Invasion . Conversely, as other have pointed out, the advent of MTV wasn't such great news if you happened to be a black performer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV#Breaking_the_'color_barrier' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV#Breaking_the_'color_barrie...