The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of ...

There is something about early '80s songs that have the power to transport us to a simpler, more care-free and wild time: In 1981, the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, the Cold War was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Whether it’s in TV, Film or contemporary music, the sound of ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

Nashville can be a welcoming city. Indeed, these three 80s country artists wrote hits for other country artists.

During the 1980s, a plethora of British and European artists were exposed on MTV and radio in America. It was a little trickier for artists from Down Under. While certain artists like AC/DC, INXS, ...

Every year has its own list of incredible songs, but 1985 had way more than its share of terrific pop hits, from a wide variety of artists.

Just because an artist gets labeled a one-hit wonder, that doesn’t mean their impact on music is so easily forgotten. Many ...

Crafting a hit song sometimes happens immediately. "The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that's how I hear it," Michael ...

Some artists thrived in the '80s — Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, etc. Others, arguably, did not. Even the most devoted of Bob Dylan fans don't typically point to the '80s as his best decade of ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...