This essay originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. In other words, like a penny stock that's somehow hit big, my once-useless obsession with the pop ...

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 ...

Country music was at its finest in the 1980s with singers such as Kenny Rogers, Reba McEntire, George Strait, and The Judds.

Over his remarkable four-decade career, George Michael sold more than 115 million albums. He first gained fame as a member of Wham! in the early ’80s before embarking on a solo career in 1987 with the ...

To some, the ’80s were the best of times, to others, maybe the worst of times. But to all, they were some of the cringiest and corniest times. Between the hair, the legwarmers, the eccentric clothes, ...

A late 1980s, early ‘90s music group is making a comeback. Grammy-winning new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley announced that ...

It’s natural for fans to think of Jackson Browne as a ’70s artist. After all, that’s both when he first started releasing his own music and came to epitomize the singer/songwriter movement. Browne ...

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, David Coverdale and Whitesnake were among the most popular hair bands and singers, known for their music videos ...

A look back at 9 top music acts of the '80s, and where they are today. July 29, 2011 -- intro: They were the teen queens of the 1980s pop scene, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, the singing and fashion ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I have wanted to create a podcast like “Being Black: The ’80s” for years.

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