However, throughout her career, Madonna is also known for reinventing both her music and her image, over which she has firmly maintained control. Madonna has sold over million records worldwide and is considered the best-selling female artist of all time.
She continues to be a big influence especially to other aspiring female artists who someday hope to make it big like she does. For over three decades, Prince has been known for his innovative, eclectic work, not to mention his flamboyant stage presence and a wide vocal range. His personal life and relationships is also subject to public scrutiny.
He also branched out into acting. He has sold over million copies worldwide, making Prince one of the best-selling artists ever. Their songs, often enriched with spiritual imagery, aims their attention on personal and sociopolitical matters.
By the mids, U2 grew to be one of the top acts of the s particularly when their album Joshua Tree came out, which transformed the band into superstars. U2 have sold over million records worldwide, and are still undisputed as the only musical group to have won the most Grammy awards with His lengthy live shows and concerts also showcased his trademark energetic performance.
His albums Born in to Run and Born in the USA that chronicle the daily lives and struggles of the American people, shot him to mainstream fame. Springsteen has sold over million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. The once-drummer for the popular English group Genesis became the lead singer after Peter Gabriel left the band in the mids to pursue his own successful solo career.
Since then Genesis made the transition as a progressive rock band into a more radio-friendly pop group releasing highly successful albums such as Duke, Abacab, Genesis and Invisible Touch. As Genesis were making the transition, Collins had also developed his singing and songwriting abilities and established a solo career in the early s. Original members:. Brothers in Arms also became the first compact disc album to sell over a million copies. Dire Straits are also one of the few artists who have stayed the longest on the charts.
The band split in , and reunited in , but in they broke up for good when Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career. Dire Straits has sold over million records worldwide. Queen is British rock band who reached the peak of their career in the s and the s. Queen is is widely considered the pioneers of heavy metal, glam rock and stadium rock. In the s Queen continued their majestic presence especially in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe as well.
The Police is widely regarded as one of the first new wave acts to achieve mainstream success, thanks for their blend of several genres such as punk, reggae and jazz to concoct their own style. Fronted by Sting, the band released one of the most successful albums during the s, Synchronicity. The band itself has sold over million records worldwide. Sting also has had a successful career who also has sold millions of records globally. The Rolling Stones were still very much active in the s.
In fact, the band embarked on their long and successful American and European tours in and , respectively, to support their album Tattoo You. Then came the growing animosity of between Jagger and Richards, as Jagger was slowly moving away to pursue a solo career.
In fact, it was Richards who practically kept the recording sessions for their album Dirty Work while Jagger was absent in the studio for most of the time, focusing more on his solo efforts. The s is also the decade of materialism and consumerism and these views were reflected even on the pop culture.
Cable television emerged and became popular, and the success of the MTV in particular launched the careers of many pop superstars. The s is also a memorable decade musically, where genres such as new wave, electronic music, rap and hip hop in particular flourished in this period.
How would you describe the 80s? What big events happened in the s? What was cool in ? Why is 80s nostalgia so popular? Why are 80s songs so good? Why does 80s music sound like that? How did the 80s music impact society?
What bands or musicians are influenced by the music of the s? How were songs recorded in the s? Who sold the most albums in the s?
Who was big in the 80s? Who was the biggest selling artist of the 80s? What was the biggest hit of the s? Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 80s? Who had the most Top 10 hits in the 80s? What was the 1 song in ? Every record label wanted to sell as many albums as possible.
They wanted to find great talents who would have massive careers and could change the music game. If someone wanted the copy of a song, he would have to sit by his tape deck, waiting for the song he wanted to hear. Some people would even call radio stations and request their favourite songs and then record them. Then came the dual cassette tape deck, with which one could copy tapes and put together his own mixes.
With a collection of cassettes, one could make his compilation, and the mixtapes were born. The mixtapes soon became a gesture of love. People put together all the meaningful songs and give them to the people they loved. The thing that made mixtapes special was the effort put into making them.
The Walkman changed music listening forever. It helped people to listen to their favourite music on the go. Portable music and transistor radios have existed for years, but people could only listen to radio stations.
With the Walkman, people could listen to the music of their liking even on the move. Sony invented the Walkman in
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