They did not boast your typical pop hooks, but these 1980s songs ended up becoming memorable radio hits anyway.

A look back at some of the songs that helped define one of music’s most influential decades. The selections reflect the wide range of styles that shaped popular music during the era.

Below we’ve highlighted the most important pop-punk album from every year through the '80s. Since the sub-genre was still in ...

Big hair, neon colors, and bigger iconic hits defined the 1980s. While megastars like Michael Jackson and Madonna topped the charts, the decade also gifted us with one-hit wonders. These artists ...

Sometimes all you need is a single name to grab the attention of the masses. Sometimes, one word up in lights, bright and beautiful on the marquee, is enough to sink into the psyches of music fans and ...

Here's why Genesis abandoned prog rock for pop in the 1980s! Progressive rock was huge throughout the 1970s, but as the music industry and the pubic gradually leaned into synth-pop, art pop and new ...