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This is a list of models who have appeared in music videos of different singers and musical groups. [1]
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This is a list of models who have appeared in music videos of different singers and musical groups. [1]
Models have appeared in music videos since no later than the 1970s; preceding the beginning of the MTV era, in 1981. A pre-MTV example is Jerry Hall's performance in the music video for Bryan Ferry's cover version of "Let's Stick Together", in 1976.
Frequently, models already have well-established names and faces, with significant public awareness, before appearing in music videos. These include Sports Illustrated cover model Christie Brinkley appearing in Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" video, the early 1990s supermodels appearing in George Michael's "Freedom! '90" video, and the various Victoria's Secret models who went on to appear in music videos.
In a few instances, individual models have appeared repeatedly in the music videos of one musical performer. Such a model sometimes becomes a signature collaborator with, or muse of, that one performer. Examples include Christie Brinkley's work with her partner and later husband Billy Joel, Lysette Anthony's work with Bryan Adams during his Reckless era, Tawny Kitaen's work with Whitesnake in the late 1980s, Linda Evangelista's couple of videos with George Michael in the early 1990s, Stephanie Seymour's videos with Guns 'N Roses during their Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II era, and Behati Prinsloo's work with her partner and later husband Adam Levine in various Maroon 5 videos. Vice versa, model ensembles have appeared in the music videos of George Michael's "Freedom! '90" and "Too Funky", Duran Duran's "Girl Panic!" and Fergie's "M.I.L.F. $".
Some models have gone on to perform in their own music videos, or to feature as singers in other performers' music videos. These include Caprice Bourret, Carla Bruni, Cara Delevingne and her sister Poppy, Grace Jones, Karen Elson, Lisa Barbuscia, Miranda Kerr, Naomi Campbell, Sabrina Salerno, Sade and Samantha Fox, among others.
Models have also appeared in musical scenes, which contain complete songs, within feature films. An example is the opening credits of The Secret of My Success , in which Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz make appearances walking to the title song by Night Ranger. A further example is the opening credits of Cool as Ice , which features Naomi Campbell and Bobbie Brown performing for the film's title song alongside Vanilla Ice. In both instances, separate music videos were also produced for the songs. The Night Ranger video for "The Secret of My Success" featured the band and other musicians only. In contrast, Vanilla Ice's "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" video featured scenes from the film, which included the models.
The processes of runway and studio modelling have featured, among others, in the music videos of Kraftwerk's "The Model", George Michael's "Father Figure" and "Too Funky", Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" and Simple Minds' "Real Life" song from the album of the same name.
In at least one instance in a music video, a musical performer has directly emulated the earlier work of a model: One scene in Madonna's "Vogue" music video, from 1990, was an homage to a pose by Madame Bernon; from Horst P. Horst's "Mainbocher Corset" photograph of 1939. [2] [3] [4] Madonna's "Justify My Love" music video was also influenced strongly by the provocative models in the black and white photography of Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton. [5]
If available, the relevant music video is linked from the table. Dancers, actors and other non-musician performances are not usually included in this list, unless they were recognised as professional models around the time of each music video's creation. Likewise, musicians who have gone on to model, as a secondary career, are not included in the lefthand column.
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