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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.
TLC's "Waterfalls" was one of the first songs ever to reference the AIDS crisis, and at the time of its release, the $1 million music video budget was one of the biggest ever. 12. Outkast, "Hey Ya"
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 ...
Madonna was the best-selling female pop music artist of the decade. Her third studio release, True Blue, became the best-selling female album of the 1980s. Other Madonna albums from the decade include Like a Virgin, one of the best selling albums of all-time, and Like a Prayer ("As close to art as pop music gets," said Rolling Stone). Madonna ...
Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson. The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. ... Out of all the '80s hair bands' hard ...
The decade's music and signature dance moves are being celebrated in a new TikTok trend, which has kids ask their parents to "dance like it's the '80s." In the trend, kids play the 1984 track ...
"Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston 2 May 31 "Live to Tell" Madonna: 3 June 21 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald: 2 July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean: 1 July 12 "Invisible Touch" Genesis: 3 August 2 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera: 2 August 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna 2 August 30 "Higher Love" Steve ...
Solid Gold, a new music television series, premieres in syndication. Elton John plays a free concert for 400,000 people in New York's Central Park. He performs the encore in a Donald Duck costume. Gary Numan earns his third consecutive number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in less than fourteen months as Telekon enters the chart at number 1. [4]