This is one of our favorite topics of discussion at NPR Music: What was the worst and best decade for pop music? We'll post a survey later asking you what you think, but I say the worst is the '80s.

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Prince reached the top spot on Rolling Stone's best-of '80s list.

The era of 1980s pop music might just be the most mutually despised genre of all time. People who agree with this notion seemingly believe the genre to be overdone, shallow, overly corny, cliché, and ...

A popular duo from England recorded a song ranked as the best pop song of the 1980s.

Greaties from the ’80s We’re all familiar with the concept of a “guilty pleasure”—those secret indulgences we guard closely, often too embarrassed to admit them publicly.

The 1980s were a transformative era in pop music. Musicians were moving away from the disco genre of the '70s and decided to innovate with bolder sounds. It was a time in which synthesizers, ...

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Madonna is one of the all-time greatest female artists, with some of the top hits of the '80s, '90s and beyond. Madonna Louise Ciccone, aka the Queen of Pop, is one of the most successful musical ...

In addition to being one of the most popular Christmas pop songs ever, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" has the distinction of being perhaps the only festive tune to ever spawn a game played every holiday ...