Rick Astley released “Never Gonna Give You Up” in 1987. Almost 40 years later, it’s now hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. The song topped charts around the world when it came out, and it saw a ...

Chaka Khan has been dominating the music scene for decades, but her early releases are still timeless classics, resonating with fans even after all these years. On Friday, Dec. 5, the funk icon's ...

On August 1, 1981, an '80s icon soared to the top of the Billboard charts with a scandalous hit. At the time, he was also starring on a popular daytime soap, quickly becoming a heartthrob to millions.

It's been 40 years since Kate Bush released her iconic song "Running Up That Hill," a beloved classic from the 1980s that found new life thanks to a popular Netflix series. In 2022, Netflix's Stranger ...

Ah, the ‘80s. Those of us who lived through it can regale you with tales of artists and bands coming out of nowhere with massive hits, and then just as quickly disappearing into relative anonymity.

A lot of one-hit wonders throughout the 1980s made it big with one major hit before slowly fading away from the charts. Some obscure musicians from the 80s, however, disappeared from mainstream charts ...

Not every artist who ruled the '80s charts went from MTV to arena residency. Some reinvented themselves. Some never stopped working, just without spotlights. Here are nine decades made famous, and ...