Werk: Best Dance Moves in a Music Video

Some scenes, like MJ's Smooth Criminal lean, are timeless.

Chris Brown, "Run It" - This is not your average high school dance. The Scott Storch beat and a Juelz Santana feature set the pace for a male vs. female battle in the video for Chris Brown's debut single. By the end, the baby-faced hip hop dance prodigy had won our hearts.(Photo: RCA)
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” – Beyoncé  - Six months after marrying Jay Z, Bey dropped this now classic song for her single fans. Along with the ditty came the iconic music video, which spawned a million viral video parodies, including Justin Timberlake's famous one on Saturday Night Live.   (Photo: Columbia Records)
Usher, "Yeah!" - The club-floor choreography in this Usher video not only brought light to stateside movements like the A-Town Stomp, it also drew from Caribbean dances like the Thunderclap and sparked a huge anthem for Fat Joe and the Terror Squad, who picked up the Rockaway dance for his "Lean Back."(Photo:Arista Records)
Ciara, "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo - Ciara's debut was her declaration that she's "sexy, independent," and it came with some hard-hitting dance moves that were a direct contrast to her airy vocals, including one that became one of her signatures: the Matrix.(Photo: LaFace Records)The Smoothest of Criminals - Real or an illusion? In Jackson's 1987 video for "Smooth Criminal," we saw him defy gravity as he leaned forward almost 180 degrees. In 1993, Jackson co-patented specially made shoes that hitch into a device on the stage, thus presenting the illusion of anti-gravity and some cool moves.  (Photo: Epic Records)

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Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé started a viral video craze (and the Kanye West/Taylor Swift debacle) with this minimalistic visual acompaniment to the lead single for her I Am...Sasha Fierce collection. The dance-pop R&B song with bounce beat, disco and dancehall elements laid the perfect background for the cheerleader-esque choreography inspired by Bob Fosse's "Mexican Breakfast" and J-Setting, a modern day vogue dance that was previously only popular in southern gay clubs.(Photo: Columbia Records)

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