Michael Jackson's MTV Video Music Award for "Thriller" is on the auction block and expected to fetch more than $100,000. The "Moonman" award was issued in 1984 at the cable network's inaugural VMAs.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” becomes a top seller again in the U.K.

THE BUGGLES: (Singing) Video killed the radio star. In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video.

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video. More than four ...

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