The Biggest Pop Music Bands in the Eighties
The 1980s was a decade of excess and pop music was no exception. The period was marked by the dominance of new wave, followed by an explosion of teen pop, or bubblegum, as it's also known. The decade gave rise to some of the biggest pop music…
1041Pop Music Genres that were Born in The 1980s
In the 1980s, there was no genre quite like pop music. It was a decade of experimentation and reinvention, with old ideas combined in new ways and sounds that had never been heard before. The result was a glut of pop sub-genres that would go on…
1260The Biggest and Best Music Acts in the 1980s
The 1980s were a decade of excess, from overly produced music videos and hair-bands to the prominence of luxury brands like Versace and Armani. Music was no different, with pop culture being dominated by the synth sound and singers with big hair…
1438The Biggest Solo Artists Globally in the Eighties
The 1980s were a dynamic decade for music, with new genres breaking through and old ones reaching new heights of commercial success. After punk and post-punk paved the way in the late 1970s, alongside disco and funk, there was a wave of new…
1150Pop Culture and Couture in the eighties
The 1980s saw a change in attitude and style, from the punk and New Wave movements of the 1970s to a more glamorous and consumerist look. With technology at its peak and computers becoming more affordable, people were able to express themselves…
1116The Birth of Rave and Techno
The 1990s saw the rise of electronic music as a mainstream movement. In the UK, this was largely thanks to an emerging rave scene and the emergence of a new genre: techno. Both of these musical phenomena have origins that can be traced back to…
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Hippies and the Woodstock Music Festival
Music Festivals in The Sixties
The Biggest Pop Music Bands in the Sixties
The Birth of The Beatles and Beatlemania
The Biggest Record Sales in the 1960s