The 1980s were perhaps the most unique musical decade in the history of popular culture. Somehow, the 1970s, with its powerful amplifier-busting rock music, led to synthesizers and larger-than-life ...

The 1980s were a glorious time with lots of big hair and bouncy musical hits. In fact, there was so much new music and newish genres (New Wave became massive in the early part of the decade) that it ...

The 1980s saw the rise of many top-notch country artists who are still making music and touring today. Greats like George Strait, Clint Black, Randy Travis, and Garth Brooks rose to prominence in the ...

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...

In the music business, you’re only as hot as your next album, but once you get hot, your popularity can skyrocket. As one of the most popular music genres in the world, country music counts some of ...