1980s
1981
Llega la grán explosión de música pop con los fenómenos Madonna y Michael Jackson. Tambien tuvieron éxito relativo aristas post-punk como U2, así como la música new wave de Devo, Talkin Heads, The Pretenders, The Clash y The Jam . El heavy metal se vió revitalizado con aportes de grupos como Van Halen. Es el momento también de AC/DC. El merengue es la música latinoamericana del momento gracias a artistas de la talla de Wilfrido Vargas.
1981
La escena pop se ve copada por Phil Collins (Face Value), Rick Springfield (Working Class Dog), Hall & Oates (Private Eyes) y Carpenters (Made in America). Se populariza el género world music con la ayuda de Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel (3)), Brian Eno (My Life in the Bush of Ghosts), David Byrne (The Catherine Wheel) y Bob Marley (Uprising). Músicos cubanos exiliados continuan enriqueciendo la salsa en la ciudad de Nueva York. Llega al climax la Menudomania en latinoamérica. Nace la música electrónica con la banda alemana Kraftwerk. Nace MTV.
1982
La música pop se ve influenciada por el punk, resaltando en las carteleras The Clash (Combat Rock), The Go-Go’s (The Beauty and the Beat) and The Bangles (All Over the Place). Es el año de Thriller de Michael Jackson, considerado el primer álbum de la era MTV. En Argentina es el momento del rock político de Fito Páez, León Gieco y Charly García. En Inglaterra Duran Duran marca la dominancia del pop sintético y new wave. Iron Maiden lanza su tercer y mejor vendido album The Number of the Beast. Emerge la música house en Chicago y Detroit.
1983
Montserratian soca band Arrow releases “Hot! Hot! Hot!”, which is the first major worldwide hit for soca
Van Halen becomes the highest paid band in music history, receiving $1,000,000 for a 90-minute set at the US Festival in
Yamaha introduces the first and most successful digital keyboard synthesizer, the DX7. Its versatility would herald in a large increase of keyboards and synthesizers in rock, creating a recognizable eighties sound.
Southern California.
Music of Armenia
With the loosening of restrictions, Thessilk becomes the first Armenian rock band to gain in fame
Music Of Australia
‘Australiana’ by Austen Tayshus is Years biggest Selling hit. Other Hits include Send Me An Angel, Real Life + Fraction Too Much Friction, Tim Finn.
Music of Barbados
The Belair Jazz Club, the island’s most pre-eminent jazz club, closes
Music of Burkina Faso
The Semaine Nationale de la Culture is first held; the music festival helps to popularize native stars
Music of Denmark
Kim Larsen makes the best selling record i Denmark Midt om Natten and furthermore cowrites and stars in the movie of the same name.
Music of Côte d’Ivoire
Alpha Blondy becomes a star after appearing on the TV show First chance and his first recording, “Brigadier Sabari”, is a national hit; this is the beginning of reggae’s mainstream popularity in the country
Music of Ireland
Traditional set dancing undergoes a major revival of interest
Music of Japan
Charlie Ahearn’s film Wild Style is shown in Tokyo, sparking a local hip hop scene, soon based around Yoyogi Park
Music of Mali
Jali Musa Juawara’s Yasimiki sparks a Malian roots revival and a wave of popular acoustic albums of traditional Mande music
Music of New Zealand
Flying Nun Records releases The Clean’s Boodle Boodle Boodle and Great Sounds Great and a compilation called The Dunedin Double EP which establish the Dunedin Sound.
Music of Switzerland
Ex-Trem Normal release “Warum” and “Welcome to Switzerland”, which establish a new wave of distinctively Bernese rock
Music of the United Kingdom
The Cocteau Twins‘ Head Over Heels defines dream pop and is arguably the beginning of all the styles of late 1980s and early 90s British rock, including twee pop, Britpop, noise pop and shoegazing.
Robin Morton’s A Controversy of Pipers, featuring six of the top bagpipers in the world, is released to great acclaim
Electropop is also big, with New Order’s Blue Monday a big hit, hits from Yazoo and Bronski Beat all contributing to the sound.
Music of the United States
Several bands important in the future development and popularization of thrash metal form, including Megadeth and Metallica.
Hair metal begins its run of mainstream chart success, with bands like Mötley Crüe (Shout at the Devil), W.A.S.P. (Animal (F**k like a Beast))), Quiet Riot (Metal Health) and Def Leppard (Pyromania) being most popular.
Madonna makes her debut in music, with a self-titled album, Madonna. Beginning her career as one of the most successful female artists of all-time.
Some West Coast rap artists begin to achieve local stardom; these include Ice-T
DJ Marley Marl’s technical innovations influence hip hop and Electro, and future genres of electronic music (including techno)
The Clark Sisters‘ “You Bring the Sunshine” is a crossover hit and marks the beginning of the popularization of the Detroit Sound in gospel music.
R. Carlos Nakai’s Changes launches a revitalization of Native American flute music; this was a major influence on New Age music.
The Paisley Underground arises in Los Angeles.
Suicidal Tendencies fuses hardcore punk with heavy metal.
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produce their first major hit, The SOS Band’s “Just Be Good to Me”, which helps popularize the use of the Roland TR-808 in R&B music.
The music video for Micheal Jackson’s “Thriller“, is premiered around the world.
[edit] 1984 in music
Western style international trends
Tina Turner (Private Dancer), Madonna (Like a Virgin) and Cyndi Lauper (She’s So Unusual) dominate the year’s pop sound with dance-oriented singles and ballads of female empowerment.
Van Halen (1984) dominates the year’s rock sound, and videos, with heavy metal’s first hit crossover album.
Tabou Combo’s 8eme Sacrement makes compas into a major international best-selling genre
José Alberto’s Noches Calientes is the beginning of salsa romantica
Thrash-influenced bands like Dokken (Tooth and Nail), Celtic Frost (Morbid Tales), Hellhammer (Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D.), Mercyful Fate (Don’t Break the Oath) and Helloween (Helloween) come to dominate the European metal scene
Menudo (Reaching Out) reaches the height of their fame, breaking into markets in Asia and elsewhere
3 Mustaphas 3 begin popularizing Jewish klezmer revival
Seminal releases by Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, The Smiths, Minutemen, and R.E.M. signal the development of alternative rock
Music of Argentina
A number of soft rock-influenced light Argentinean rock bands arise, most notably including Los Abuelos de la Nada and Sumo
Music of Austria
Roland Neuwirth’s Die Extremschrammeln use American blues and Viennese schrammelmusik to form what becomes known as the Danube New Wave
Music of France
First song of the future diva superstar Mylene Farmer
Dee Nasty’s Paname City Rappin is the first recorded French hip hop
Music of South Africa
Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s “I’m in Love With a DJ” is the first hit for bubblegum
Music of the United Kingdom
New Wave bands like The Cars (Heartbeat City), General Public (All the Rage), Spandau Ballet (Parade), Adam Ant (Strip) and A Flock of Seagulls (The Story of a Young Heart) achieve their greatest mainstream success.
The Smiths release their self-titled debut album.
Pop phenomenon of the year is Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Iron Maiden releases the highly influential album Powerslave
Music of the United States
Stryper’s The Yellow and Black Attack is the first Christian metal album and sets the stage for later Christian artists in punk, hip hop and other genres
The peak of electro hop begins with artists like Egyptian Lover and World Class Wreckin’ Cru
Madonna completes her debut year with the release of her second set “Like A Virgin”, with the title track hitting #1 for 6 weeks.
Releases from Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys begin fusing hip hop and rock and roll/heavy metal
Van Halen’s “Jump” is the first heavy metal song to top Billboard’s pop charts
New Age music begins to enter the mainstream
Music of Vietnam
The Maison des Cultures du Mondehelps lead a revival in roi nuoc (water puppetry)
[edit] 1985 in music
International trends
Aerosmith begins its return to popular acceptance with Done with Mirrors
Changes in British immigration laws results in a large number of Ghanaians emigrating to Germany instead; the Ghanaian-German community creates a distinctive kind of highlife called burgher-highlife
Zouk has become an international success, influencing merengue and compas, along with most other forms of Latin American music
Chart success helps to jumpstart the careers of Sting (The Dream of the Blue Turtles), Wham! (Make It Big) and Prince (Around the World in a Day)
The Rock in Rio festival brings about the dominance of rock and roll in Brazil and other Latin American countries
Live Aid starts the trend for charity festivals and records, and catapults a number of notable acts to prominence, such as U2, Simple Minds and Phil Collins
Ali Baba’s Northern meroonian nganja gains unprecedented popularity at home and in the United Kingdom
Soukous, or popular Congolese music, becomes closely associated with Paris, where several new stars of Congolese descent emerge, including Four Stars and some of the first female African stars like M’Pongo Love and M’bilia Bel.
Music of Brazil
Lambada, having moved its center of innovation from Belém to Salvador, becomes a local favorite dominated by light pop rhythms and synthesizers
Music of Ireland
The Pogues‘ Rum Sodomy & the Lash is an influential fusion of Irish traditional music of punk rock
Music of Jamaica
Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng” is the first ragga recording
Music of Japan
Crazy A and DJ Krush emerges as the first stars of hip hop
Music of Madagascar
Most of the popular record labels in Madagscar fold due to financial problems; Western pop dominates the Malagasy audiences
GlobeStyle Records records two compilations of folk music, helping to inspire American and European musicians like Henry Kaiser to take an interest in Malagasy folk
Music of Nigeria
King Sunny Ade’s band walks out in the middle of a Japanese tour and Island Records drops his contract, thus ending the brief boom for jùjú music outside of Nigeria; in Nigeria, jùjú begins to lose ground to Yo-pop music
Music of Senegal
Hip hop begins to break into Senegalese audiences
Music of Spain
Ketama’s Ketama is an influential nuevo flamenco album which fuses rock and roll and salsa with traditional flamenco
Music of Tanzania
Hugo Kisima lures musicians from DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra and disbands the wildly-popular Orchestra Safari Sound, forming the International Orchestra Safari Sound
Orchestre Maquis Original’s “Karubandika” introduces a popular new dance called the zembwela
Jah Kimbuteh and his band, Roots and Kulture, bring reggae to mainstream Tanzanian audiences
Music of Thailand
Thai-Cambodian musicians in Surin begin electrifying kantrum music
Music of Turkey
Belkis Akkale’s mainstream career peaks, setting the stage for the next wave of TRT (popular urban folk music) performers
Zülfü Livaneli innovates the guitar-based özgün genre
Music of the United Kingdom
The Pogues (Rum Sodomy & the Lash) fuse punk and folk-rock (rogue-folk)
Music of the United States
Releases by Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.), John Fogerty (Centerfield), Rick Springfield (Tao) and John Cougar Mellencamp (Scarecrow) reflect a popular emphasis on heartland roots rock and roll
European New Wave pop musicians European like a-ha (Hunting High and Low) and Simple Minds (Once Upon a Time, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”) achieve their greatest success in the United States
The end of the golden age of hardcore punk rock
Releases by Hüsker Dü (New Day Rising), The Replacements (Tim), and R.E.M. (Fables of the Reconstruction) help define American alternative rock
The Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene is rejuvinated, with bands such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, Gray Matter and Fire Party. These bands will influence a generation of underground rockers and jumpstart the emo scene.
Rappers like LL Cool J (Radio) and Kurtis Blow (America) help bring rap closer to the mainstream than ever before; LL Cool J is especially known for organizing rap into traditional song structures
Zydeco musicians like Rockin’ Sidney (My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zydeco Blues, “My Toot Toot”) and Buckwheat Zydeco (Waitin’ for My Ya-Ya) engender a brief surge in zydeco’s popularity
The mainstream success of Amy Grant (Straight Ahead, Unguarded) begins, marking the peak of popularity for Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)
Green River begins to define the burgeoning Seattle grunge music scene
Operation Ivy fuses hardcore punk and ska
Ice-T’s “6N’ Da Mornin’” is the first nationally successful West Coast rap single, and is often considered the beginning of modern gangsta rap
Whitney Houston releases her self titled debut. The set has a slow start, but explodes during 1986, eventually selling over 25 million copies.
Music of Zambia
Popular musicians like Paul Ngozi help invent a kind of music called kalindula
[edit] 1986 in music
International trends
Paul Simon’s Graceland with Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens launches the mainstream popularity of world music
Wimme Saari begins performing Sami joiks, beginning a roots revival of the form
Music of Algeria
The first state-sanctioned rai music festival is held, and rai becomes a major part of the world music scene
Music of China
The beginning of the Northwest Wind style, part of a broader cultural movement; the Northwest Wind draws on folk traditions from the Shaanxi Province and Western rock
Cui Jian’s “I Have Nothing” is said to be the beginning of Chinese rock
Music of France
The music video for Mylene Farmer, Libertine, is an event.
Music of Iceland
A punk rock revival begins in Iceland
Music of Mexico
Grupera, a mixture of cumbia, ranchera and norteña, becomes popular
Music of the Philippines
Pinoy rock has become socially aware in its lyrical tone, and helps set the stage for a revolution in this year; at the same time, some reject this new development, resulting in a punk rock scene in Manila
Music of Trinidad and Tobago
David Rudder of Charlie’s Roots becomes a solo star and marks the beginning of the rise of brass bands in the annual Carnival music competitions
Music of Uganda
Ndere Troupe is formed to study and perform varieties of folk music from across Uganda
Music of the United Kingdom
New Musical Express releases C86, ta defining release in British indie rock and super group Phenomena II releases its classic rock music album “Dream Runner“, featuring songs by the best rock voices of 1986-87.
Robin Huw Bowen begins his professional music career by joining Mabsant; he will go on to become one of the most influential musicians of the Welsh roots revival
American house music begins to enter the British club culture
MacTullagh Vannin releases their debut, MacTullagh Vannin, which places the band at the forefront of the Manx roots revival
Music of the United States
Metallica releases Master of Puppets, Slayer Reign In Blood and Megadeth Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? marking the zenith of thrash metal and arguably all metal itself.
Bon Jovi releases the huge album Slippery When Wet, which had the hit single You Give Love A Bad Name. The album will eventually become one of the biggest selling albums ever.
Country musicians like Dwight Yoakam (Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.,), Randy Travis (Storms of Life) and George Strait (#7) bring about a honky tonk revival.
2 Live Crew’s 2 Live Crew Is What We Are begins the popularization of Miami bass.
John Trudell’s Aka Graffiti Man launches the field of Navajo spoken word poetry
Music of Vietnam.
A new government in Vietnam allows for a resurgence in popular religious-oriented music like hat chau van.
[edit] 1987 in music
International trends
U2 (The Joshua Tree), R.E.M. (Document), and Midnight Oil (Diesel and Dust) release albums that signify a move back towards politically and socially aware music
Death’s Scream Bloody Gore helps to define the burgeoning death metal scene
Noise pop emerges with releases from The Jesus and Mary Chain (Darklands) and Yo La Tengo (New Wave Hot Dogs)
The term world music is first used as a marketing category to describe several dozen kinds of folk music from around the world; the term immediately draws criticism from artists like David Byrne and other critics
The Gipsy Kings‘ “Djobi Djoba” and “Bamboleo” mark the commercial emergence of Sevillana, a pop-oriented flamenco music, in Europe
Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer, from the record selling album Slippery When Wet, becomes the biggest selling song of the year.
Music of Belize Punta becomes the most popular form of Belizean music, aided by the release of Punta Rockers, a compilation featuring Pen Cayetano, Andy Palacio and Sounds Incorporated.
Music of Cape Verde
Cesária Évora is invited to Portugal and begins recording again, soon becoming the first international morna star
Music of France
Dalida’s suicide at 54.
Music of Ghana
The Gospel Musicians Union is founded to provide support for the burgeoning gospel music scene
Amekye Dede releases Kose Kose, which establishes him as the biggest highlife performer in the country and remains an influential highlife-reggae fusion
Music of Greece
Nikos Xydhakis and Eleftheria Arvanitaki’s Konda sti Dhoxa Stigmi is an influential album in the development of an orientalized form of Greek pop music
Music of Israel
After the Intifada, a hard-edged group of performers and songwriters emerged, led by El Funoun, songwriter Suhail Khoury, Thaer Barghouti’s Doleh and Sabreen’s Mawt a’nabi
Music of Japan
Zeni Geva’s How To Kill begins the Japanese noise scene
Music of Kenya
Them Mushrooms moves to Nairobi and quickly becomes the most popular band playing pop covers in hotels
Music of Spain
Pata Negra’s Blues de la Frontera incorporates rock and blues into Andalucian flamenco music
Music of Taiwan
Martial law is lifted, helping give impetus to a revival in traditional and aboriginal musical forms
Music of Tanzania
Vijana Jazz adds synthesizers and electronic drums to dansi
Music of Uganda
In Sweden, a group of musicians-in-exile led by Philly Lutaaya record Born in Africa, establishing the first distinctively Ugandan popular music sound
Music of the United Kingdom
The Smiths disband after guitarist Johnny Marr leaves the band.
Gothic rock’s popularity peaks with bands like The Sisters of Mercy (Floodland), Fields of the Nephilim (Dawnrazor), Mission UK (The First Chapter) and Peter Murphy (Should the World Fail to Fall Apart)
The UK charts are dominated by pop hits produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
Edward II & the Red Hot Polka’s Let’s Polkasteady is the first album to fuse reggae with English folk music
Electronic sampling of existing records (as opposed to turntablism) is used on underground hits by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and Coldcut, and subsequently enters the mainstream through M/A/R/R/S’ innovative one-off hit “Pump Up The Volume”.
Najma Akhtar’s Qareeb is a popular jazz/ghazal fusion
Napalm Death forms grindcore
Music of the United States
Guns N’ Roses releases Appetite for Destruction and dominate the American music scene for the year with an arena rock and thrash metal-influenced sound; in Europe, Celtic Frost’s (Into the Pandemonium) influence and sales peak
Ian MacKaye’s Embrace LP Embrace and Rites of Spring’s EP All Through a Life are said to be the beginning of emo music, based around MacKaye’s Washington DC label, Dischord Records
Guy’s Guy is often considered the beginning of New Jack Swing
Los Lobos‘ “La Bamba” and Linda Ronstadt’s Canciones de Mi Padre surprise success revitalizes Mexican-Texan music
Whitney Houston’s sophomore album Whitney keeps her career full-speed. It becomes the first female album (and only 5th album ever) to debut at #1, and contains 4 number one singles.
[edit] 1988 in music
International trends
Songhai, a group consisting of Toumani Diabate, Danny Thompson and Ketama release Songhai, an influential world music album
Ali Farka Toure (Ali Farka Toure) brings blues music to international audiences, especially in Africa
Oliver Lorsac visits Bahia, Brazil and learns of what eventually becomes known as lambada; he brings it back with him to France
Goran Bregovic’s “Ederlezi” is a surprise hit in its native Macedonian Roma community and abroad; the song comes from the soundtrack to Emir Kusturica’s film The Time of the Gypsies
Music of Algeria
Rai’s popularity and influence in Algeria and among immigrants in France help to begin breaking into the mainstream there, and elsewhere in Europe, including future-superstar Cheb Khaled (Kutché)
Mory Kanté releases “Yeke Yeke”, a classic Mande song; it becomes a surprise chart-topper throughout Europe
Music of China
Chi Zhiqiang’s songs about his time in prison begin a brief period of popularity for prison songs in Chinese rock
Music of Croatia
Vjestice is the first band to mix rock and roll with Croatian folk music
Music of Dominica
The formation of Windward Caribbean Kulture (WCK) marks the beginning of bouyon music, and the re-emergence of Dominica in the field of international popular music
Music of Egypt
Hamid el-Shaeri’s “Lolaiki” is the first major hit for al-jil music
Music of Estonia
Some 300,000 singers gather at a rally in Tallinn to demand independence from the Soviet Union
Music of France
Second album for Mylene Farmer, Ainsi Soit Je… : she becomes the new diva.
Music of Germany
The formation of R&S Records in Ghent, Belgium and Frankfurt, Germany (as well as important labels in Chicago and Detroit) and the recordings of seminal tracks like “Energy Flash” (Joey Beltram) mark the formation of trance music out of acid house.
Music of Iceland
Led by The Sugarcubes, Icelandic rock music begins to enjoy popularity elsewhere, primarily in Europe
Music of Mali
Ami Koita’s Tata Sira is the best-selling album of the year in Mali, and is perhaps the pinnacle of success for the jelimusolu
Music of New Zealand
Upper Hutt Posse’s E Tu is the first pure hip hop album from New Zealand
Palestinian music
Thaer Barghouti’s Doleh and Sabreen?s Mawt a?nabi are influential recordings among the youths of the Intifada
Music of Romania
Taraf de Haidouks begins recording, bringing much international attention to Romanian folk music
Music of Senegal
The band Xalam, who had become internationally renowned since moving to Paris without any success at home, finally scores a Senegalese fusion hit with Xarit
Music of the United Kingdom
Morrissey begins his solo career with the single Suedehead. His previous band, The Smiths, split up the previous year.
The “Summer of Love” in the UK marks a boom in house music
My Bloody Valentine’s Isn’t Anything is released, commonly considered the first shoegazing album
Aswad’s “Don’t Turn Around” is the first chart-topper from a British reggae band and marks the peak of popularity for mainstream reggae
Kylie Minogue launches her music career with her debut UK single “I Should be So Lucky”, produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. The single remained at number one for five weeks and was followed by three number 2 singles “Got to be Certain”, “Locomotion” & “Je ne sais pas Pourquoi”. Her debut album “Kylie” went on to become the biggest selling album in the UK for 1988.
Iron Maiden releases Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Music of the United States
Metallica releases …And Justice for All
End of the golden era of East Coast rap, including Eric B. & Rakim (Follow the Leader) and Slick Rick (The Great Adventures of Slick Rick)
Releases from Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation) and Jane’s Addiction (Nothing’s Shocking) garner critical acclaim for alternative rock prior to the grunge explosion
k.d. lang (Shadowland) and Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) release albums that help to kickstart a new female singer-songwriter scene
Industrial music begins to move into the mainstream with the success of bands like Ministry (The Land of Rape and Honey), My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (I See Good Spirits & I See Bad Spirits), Skinny Puppy (VIVISect VI), Front 242 (Front by Front) and Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine)
Debut singles by Gang Starr (“Words I Manifest”) and Stetsasonic (“Talkin’ All That Jazz”) are often considered the beginning of jazz rap
Living Colour and comes out with there debut album (“Vivid”) and become superstars by winning a grammy for Cult of Personality.
Bad Religion releases the album “Suffer” who many people credit for leading the revival of the American punk scene.
[edit] 1989 in music
International trends
Senegalese folk musician Baaba Maal’s Djam Leelii is a surprise hit in the United Kingdom
Abana ba Nasery releases Abana ba Nasery, a surprise success across Europe for bandleader Shem Tube’s omutibo music
Music Of Australia
Hits inclde Tuckers Daughter, Ian Moss + Ring My Bell, Colette.
Music of Burkina Faso
Kaboré Moussa founds an influential and prolific record label, Bazar Musique
Music of China
Drawing on prison songs and the Northwest Wind style, Chinese rock enters the mainstream in China
Music of Malawi
The Pope visits Malawi, helping to spark religious fervor and the already-burgeoning gospel music scene
Music of Mali
Oumou Sangaré’s Moussoulou makes her in a star and brings wassoulou music to mainstream audiences in Mali
Music of Nigeria
Shina Peter’s 1989 Afro-Juju Series 1 launches a national craze called Shina Mania
Music of Norway
Annbjørg Lien’s Annbjørg is an influential revitalization of the Hardanger fiddle and its distinctive music
Music of Russia
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz returns to his land of birth, the Soviet Union, to play a landmark performance, the first in his own country since self-exile in 1925
Music of Senegal
“Cheikh Anta Mbacke” by Kiné Lam launches the field of female griotte singers in her native country
Music of Trinidad and Tobago
Ras Shorty I and his family create a fusion of reggae and gospel called jamoo
Music of Ukraine
The first Chervona Ruta, a festival of traditional Ukrainian folk music, is held
Music of the United Kingdom
The first outdoor raves are held
808 State’s “Pacific State” is said to be the first ambient house recording
Warp Records, the influential electronic and Intelligent Dance Music label is started in Sheffield
Music of the United States
Slint’s Tweez is considered the beginning of post-rock
N.W.A. releases Straight Outta Compton, defining gangsta rap and bringing it out of urban ghettos to mainstream audiences; De La Soul releases 3 Feet High and Rising, a pivotal album in the development of alternative rap later in the next decade, while Kool G Rap’s Road to the Riches defines what eventually is known as Mafioso rap
Clint Black’s Killin’ Time sweeps country music, reflecting a move towards pop-oriented country.
Bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Mother’s Milk), Faith No More (The Real Thing) and Fishbone (Truth and Soul) bring funk metal to its commercial pinnacle. Many of these bands, along with Anthrax, Ice-T and others also fuse hardcore hip hop with thrash metal and similar influences.
Psychic TV’s Towards Thee Infinite Beast is the peak of the industrial-trance phenomenon.
Pixies release the album Doolittle, which heavily influenced alternative rock, and is listed on the top 500 albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
Madonna releases her 4th album Like a Prayer, causing controversy for the video of its self-titled first single, giving huge success for the album and keeping herlself dominant in the pop scene.
Los artistas más destacados de los 80s
- Michael Jackson
- Prince
- The Smiths
- U2
- R.E.M.
- Bruce Springsteen
- Public Enemy
- Pixies
- New Order
- Talking Heads
- Madonna
Top Albums de los 1980s
- Public Enemy — It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
- Prince — Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
- The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead (1986)
- Michael Jackson — Thriller (1982)
- U2 — The Joshua Tree (1987)
- Talking Heads — Remain in Light (1980)
- Joy Division — Closer (1980)
- The Stone Roses — The Stone Roses (1989)
- Prince and the Revolution — Purple Rain (1984)
- R.E.M. — Murmur (1983)
Las diez mejores canciones de los 1980s
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — “The Message” (1982)
- Joy Division — “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
- Michael Jackson — “Billie Jean” (1982)
- Prince and the Revolution — “When Doves Cry” (1984)
- Huey Lewis and the News — “The Power of Love” (1985)
- New Order — “Blue Monday” (1983)
- Public Enemy — “Fight the Power” (1989)
- Run-D.M.C. — “Walk This Way” (1986)
- Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
- Prince and the Revolution — “Little Red Corvette” (1982)
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