visual album

American  

[vizh-oo-uhl al-buhm] / ˈvɪʒ u əl ˈæl bəm /

noun

1. the songs on an album accompanied by a series of videos or a single film serving as a visual vehicle for the music.

   a deeply personal 18-track visual album that explores his emotions.

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Etymology

Origin of visual album

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Or, as Naomi Fry of the New Yorker put it, Love Story is an “entirely convincing visual album, a lookbook of what it was like to be in New York in the ’90s.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Os achieved an international breakthrough with her visual album, 2022’s “K23.”

From Los Angeles Times

She’s previously linked up with an array of artists — including La Doña, Rafa Esparza, Yesika Salgado and even country singer Kacey Musgraves, who featured San Cha in a pivotal moment from her 2021 visual album, “Star-Crossed.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s no concert film or visual album, but it’s still a gift of Bey proportions: Beyoncé will perform a live NFL halftime show in Houston on Christmas Day that will be streamed by Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times

This is the pop star's first music video since her visual album "The Lion King: The Gift."

From Salon