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In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980 ...
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
African-American women have played a significant role in shaping jazz and hip-hop/rap genres, contributing as singers and instrumentalists. [2] Historically, these genres were predominantly male-dominated, but African-American women have emerged as influential figures, challenging traditional norms.
Punk rock artists such as Patti Smith and Paul Westerberg(The Replacements) were popular as singers and songwriters. In the late 1980s, new history of female U.S. folk artists was beginning with Suzanne Vega whose first album sold unexpectedly well.
Queen, which had expanded its music to experimental and crossover genres in the early 1980s, returned to guitar-driven hard rock with The Miracle in 1989. Additionally, a few women managed to achieve stardom in the 1980s hard rock scene, including: Pat Benatar , Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart , and former Runaways members Joan Jett and Lita Ford .
Among artists whose success continued from the 1980s, Reba McEntire was the most successful of the female artists, selling more than 30 million albums during the decade, gaining eight number-one hit singles on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and six number one albums internationally, including her best-selling album, Greatest Hits ...
Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me ...
Regarded as having shaped the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. [111] Legacy: 10 February 1992 Generation Terrorists: Manic Street Preachers: Glam rock; hard rock; punk rock; glam punk; glam metal; alternative rock [112] Columbia: NME's "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time": #461 [41] Uncut's "The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s ...