Category: Yearly Rankings

Paula Abdul hit it big in 1988. With her debut album Forever Your Girl, she was the first female to have four

Michael Jackson, along with Prince, was the first African American artist to have his music videos in heavy rotation on MTV, with

 Melissa Morgan brought her cover of “Do Me, Baby” to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. During the mid-1980s

The 1985 concert Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium would see some of the biggest British artists of the era perform, with Queen widely

By 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels were mining from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock

By about 1983, the original movement had dissolved, with surviving acts dropping most of the fashion elements to pursue mainstream

The arrival of MTV in 1981 would usher in the new wave’s most successful era. British artists, unlike many of their American counterparts, had

By 1980, the disco genre, largely dependent on orchestras, was replaced by a lighter synthpop production, which subsequently fuelled dance