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Country music groups and bands continued to rise in popularity during the 1980s. The most successful of the lot was Alabama, a Fort Payne-based band that blended traditional and pop-country sounds with southern rock. Their concerts regularly sold out, while their single releases regularly reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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.
By 1980, the disco production of the 1970s, largely dependent on orchestras, is replaced by a lighter synthpop production. In the second half of the 1980s teen pop has its first wave. Bands and artists include New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Edition, Stacey Q, The Bangles, Madonna and others.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. ... Our list includes some of the decade's top artists (like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and ...
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward.
1980s/1990s Gordy Marvin Gaye: 1960s Tamla Valerie George: 1980s/1990s Gordy Nikita Germaine: 1980s/1990s Motown Johnny Gill: 1980s/1990s Motown Gladys Knight & the Pips: 1960s Soul Records: The Good Girls: 1980s/1990s Motown Layton Greene: 21st century Motown Guinn: 1980s/1990s Motown Sam Harris: 1980s/1990s Motown Hearts of Stone 1970s V. I ...
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The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the city pop music genre during the late 1970s and 1980s (not necessarily solely city pop artists). Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.