When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were ...

The Netflix documentary revels in nostalgia. But the heart of the film spotlights the relationships between the pop superstars who recorded “We Are the World.” By Rob Tannenbaum The title of Netflix’s ...

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 ...

You may require a dash of irony—though not always—to admit you now kind of like these overplayed pop songs from the 1980s.

Peter Gabriel's iconic song holds the record for the most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards in 1987. It ...

The pop music world learned of the unforeseen passing of an ’80s legend. David Ball, one half of popular group Soft Cell, died on Tuesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. “It is hard to write this, ...

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, ...

Sheena Easton was one of pop music's biggest icons in the '80s.

Welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games. The Eighties are one of the weirdest eras ever for music. It’s a decade of excess. It’s also a decade of INXS. It’s got big hair, big drums, big shoulder ...

In the 1980s and '90s, following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music. A new album, Tehrangeles Vice, collects hits from some of the city's notable bands.