By Amanda Wicks
Sports Illustrated cover model Ashley Graham appears in DNCE’s new music video “Toothbrush,” which only adds to the list of music videos featuring super models.
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The two almost seem to go hand-in-hand. Billy Joel’s 1983 video for “Uptown Girl” featured model Christy Brinkley, who would go on to marry the musician in 1985. But models haven’t been limited to rock alone. Hip-hop, country, pop and other genres have called upon the leggy, beautiful women to take part in its music videos. Starting in 1990, here’s a rundown of the top appearances.
1990 – Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington in George Michael’s “Freedom ’90”
1991 – Helena Christensen in Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”
1991 – Iman in Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time”
1992 – Naomi Campbell in Michael Jackson’s “In the Closet”
1992 – Stephanie Seymour in Guns N’ Roses “November Rain”
1992 – Cindy Crawford in Bon Jovi’s “Please Come Home for Christmas”
1997 – Kate Moss and Sophie Dahl in Elton John’s “Something About the Way You Look Tonight”
1997 – Alex Wek in Busta Rhymes’ “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”
2003 – Kate Moss in White Stripes’ “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself”
2003 – Naomi Campbell, Omahyra Mota, Eugenia Volodina, Jessica White, Liliana Domínguez in Jay Z’s “Change Clothes
2003 – Gemma Ward in John Mayer’s “Daughters”
2005 – Karen Elson in White Stripes’ “Blue Orchid”
2006 – Miranda Kerr, Selita Ebanks and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Pharrell’s “Number One”
2010 – Anne V in Maroon 5’s “Misery”
2010 – Selita Banks in Kanye West’s “Runaway”
2010 – Laetitia Casta in Rihanna’s “Te Amo”
2011 – Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova and Yasmin Le Bon in Duran Duran’s “Girl Panic!”
2012 – Chanel Iman in Usher’s “Dive”
2013 – Emily Ratajkowski in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”
2013 – Kate Moss and Lily Cole in Paul McCartney’s “Queenie Eye”
2013 – Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn, and Joan Smalls in Beyoncé’s “Yoncé”
2014 – Kate Upton in Lady Antebellum’s “Bartender”
2015 – Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevigne, Lily Aldridge, Karlie Kloss and Cindy Crawford in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”
2016 – Gigi Hadid in Zayn Malik’s “Pillow Talk”
