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The 1980s were a tough time for financial markets. Not one but two recessions in the early '80s, high rates of inflation and unemployment, and Black Monday, one of the worst stock market crashes of...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
The Hot 100 Airplay chart ranks the most frequently played songs on United States radio stations, published by Billboard magazine. The chart was introduced in the magazine's issue dated October 20, 1984.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [1] The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in ...
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.Originally developed as an attempt by the network to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos, which had been brought into the mainstream by MTV during the early 1980s, [1] the program shifted over to a general music focus in 1990, mixing in live music performances ...
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" Sting: 3 [37] July 20 "The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News: 2 [38] August 3 "Money for Nothing"† [39] Dire Straits: 3 [40] August 24 "Fortress Around Your Heart" Sting 2 [41] September 7 "Lonely Ol' Night" John Cougar Mellencamp: 5 [42] October 12 "We Built This City" Starship: 1 [43] October 19 ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images