Music videos have been released commercially on physical formats such as videotape, LaserDisc, DVD and Blu-ray. Similar to an audio album, a video album is a long-form release containing multiple music videos on a disc. The market for video albums is considerably smaller than for audio albums and audio singles. Video albums are eligible for gold certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (Recording Industry Association of America) after record labels shipped 50,000 units to retailers, while both audio albums and singles have to ship 500,000 units to achieve gold. One of the early video albums was Eat to the Beat (1979) by American rock band Blondie, a videocassette containing music videos of all tracks from their fourth studio album of the same name. It was produced by Paul Flattery for Jon Roseman Productions and directed by David Mallet. The music videos were recorded in New York and New Jersey, with some songs featuring the band playing in a concert fashion, and some others having scenarios based on the songs' lyrics. Another popular video album was Olivia Physical (1982) by Olivia Newton-John, which won the Video of the Year at the 25th Grammy Awards.Dennis McDougal, The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood (New York: Da Capo, 2001), p. 407. The video collection features music videos of all songs from her ninth studio album, Physical (1981).
music videos have been released commercially on physical formats such as videotape laserdisc dvd and blu-ray similar to an audio album a video album is a long-form release containing multiple music videos on a disc the market for video albums is considerably smaller than for audio albums and audio singles video albums are eligible for gold certifications from the recording industry association of america (recording industry association of america) after record labels shipped 50000 units to retailers while both audio albums and singles have to ship 500000 units to achieve gold one of the early video albums was eat to the beat (1979) by american rock band blondie a videocassette containing music videos of all tracks from their fourth studio album of the same name it was produced by paul flattery for jon roseman productions and directed by david mallet the music videos were recorded in new york and new jersey with some songs featuring the band playing in a concert fashion and some others having scenarios based on the songs' lyrics another popular video album was olivia physical (1982) by olivia newton-john which won the video of the year at the 25th grammy awardsdennis mcdougal the last mogul lew wasserman mca and the hidden history of hollywood (new york da capo 2001) p 407 the video collection features music videos of all songs from her ninth studio album physical (1981)