These 1980s songs failed to reach No. 1, but they ended up just as popular (if not more so) than the songs that blocked them.

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, ...

With her expert dance moves and wildly catchy songs, Paula Abdul was one of the pop goddesses who defined the late '80s with hit songs like "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract" and "Forever Your Girl." ...

Genesis began the '80s in transition and ended the decade on top of the pop world. Whether that was a good or bad thing might come down to your affinity for their older, more progressive approach.

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, ...

Country music was at its finest in the 1980s with singers such as Kenny Rogers, Reba McEntire, George Strait, and The Judds.

Paul McCartney began the ’80s in much the same position as he’d entered the ’70s: He released a home-recorded solo album after a blockbuster band had broken up. Wings had been the portrait of pop-rock ...

When love — or life’s other stresses — tears us apart, irresistible ’80s pop jams could help put us back together again. That’s according to a recent study by Turkey-based cosmetic surgery center Vera ...

By late 1976, “Beth" reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the People’s Choice Award for favorite New Song of 1976. It remains the band’s biggest hit to this day.

Whitney Houston Performs In Paris Bercy on May 18th, 1988. She is one of the best female vocalists of the 1980s. The 1980s were a great time for music, with so many iconic female singers and vocalists ...