Avril Lavigne just released her fifth studio album this week. But back in 2002 we were all rocking out to 'Sk8er Boi' from Avril's debut album Let Go. Despite being only 17 years old at the time, the track's punky attitude set the singer/songwriter apart from her teen counterparts like Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears. Now she's a married lady on the verge of turning the big 3-0.
These days Mariah Carey's in a sling, thanks to the busted shoulder and bruised ribs she sustained on the set of her latest video. But that's getting off easy compared to the duel between Mimi and her evil twin Bianca in the clip for 'Heartbreaker' from the 1999 album Rainbow.
In 2001, Pharrell Williams got his hands on Britney Spears, writing and producing songs like 'I'm A Slave for You' and 'Boys' for the pop princess third studio album Britney. A year later Williams remixed 'Boys' and jumped on the track with Brit. The N.E.R.D. mastermind is having a moment...he is heavily featured on the summer's two hottest singles, 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke and 'Get Lucky
In 1994 Bon Jovi took the background in their own music video for 'Always', which appeared on the band's greatest hits compilation Cross Road. They left the video's storyline to some of Hollywood's then up-and-coming actors. Check out cameos from a very young Carla Gugino and Keri Russell.
Oh, those abs. Oh those cheesy lyrics. So bad it's good. Throwback this Thursday to July of 1991 for 'Good Vibrations' by Mark 'Don't Call Me Marky Mark' Wahlberg and his Funky Bunch!