1980's..
Music, Trends, Tastes & Genres
Background
Tastes
Albums
MTV first arrived in the early 80's which introduced a wider range of genres to the public eye, as well as beginning the craze of music videos.
Live music also made great progression with different technologies.
Disco was popular in the early 1980's and the rest of the 1980s was dominated by rock.
Pop was also a very popular genre in the 1980's, The era of Blondie and Madonna and the King of Pop Micheal Jackson
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)
This album featured 9 singles including 'Pretty Young Thing', 'Thriller', and 'Beat It' which are all still very well known today. It reached Number 1 in album charts in over 8 countries.
Kylie - Kylie Minogue (1988)
Kylie dominated the 80's with her dance and teen pop music which were put onto her 10 track long album, featuring hits such as 'The Loco-Motion' and 'I Should Be So Lucky.'
Music
Trends
Genre
Singles
The 1980's is arguably most significant for the outrageous and crazy fashion trends in both males and females.
|Typically, females wore bright colours, leg warmers and big hair.
The men also had big hair with a lot of jewelry and bright coloured clothing.
In the 80's, a new wave of pop and dance music emergered as disco faded away early in the decade.Most popular artists:
- Michael Jackson
- Madonna
- Whitney Houston
- Tina Turner
- Joy Division
- ABBA
Electronic music was more common in the 1980's with the acceptance of non traditional instruments.
Genres included;
- House
- Electro
- Freestyle
During the 80's, there were thousands of popular songs that are still well known today. A few examples of these are:
- ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
- John Lennon - Imagine (1981)
- Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1983)
- Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters (1984)
- Madonna - Into the Groove (1985)
- Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (1986)
- Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (1987)
- Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (1988)
- Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart (1989)