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 ...

NPR's Daniel Estrin asks Nora Felder, the music supervisor for the series "Stranger Things," how she went about scoring the series over its decade-long run which ended this week.

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 ...

Some artists thrived in the ’80s — Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, etc. Others, arguably, did not. Even the most devoted of ...

During the 1980s, a plethora of British and European artists were exposed on MTV and radio in America. It was a little trickier for artists from Down Under. While certain artists like AC/DC, INXS, ...

In addition to an excellent score from Daniel Lopatin – the electronic musician best known as Oneohtrix Point Never – the ...

Why is the 1950s-Set ‘Marty Supreme’ so obsessed with the ‘80s? Josh Safdie explains it's more than just a cut a scene of an ...

Genesis began the '80s in transition and ended the decade on top of the pop world. Whether that was a good or bad thing might come down to your affinity for their older, more progressive approach.

A one-hit wonder refers to a musical artist or band that achieves mainstream success with a single hit song but fails to replicate that success with subsequent releases. These artists are often ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

Growing up in the '80s was a unique experience filled with cultural landmarks that today's digital-native generations might never fully grasp. Whether it was the surge of vibrant music videos on MTV ...