80s
... Politically, many of the events that continue to shape our current global history, began, or at least were present in the 80s. ... In retrospect, the 80s carved its own niche in the history of humanity and with this all-too-brief- retrospective we take a look back at the most memorable and important events of the decadent decade we know as the 80s. ... Pop, rock, new wave, punk, country, and especially rap or hip hop became popular in the 80s. Rap was new in the late 80s and 90s. ... There are great links on the Internet for music of the 80s listed below. ... Popular music in the 80s YEAR TITLE ARTIST 1980 Please Dont Go - single K. ... - album Bruce Springsteen 1986 Thats What Friends are For Group 1986 Whitney Houston - album Whitney Houston 1987 Give me Wings - single Michael Johnson 1987 The Joshua Tree - album U2 1988 Got My Mind Set on You - single George Harrison 1988 Dirty Dancing - album Soundtrack 1989 Better Man - single Clint Black 1989 Nick of Time - album Bonnie Raitt Conclusions I think the 80s is the decade with a great development in the music generation because this decade bring a lot of good music, new artists with new ideas new music for all the new generation. The 80s have a huge variety of music styles emerge in the aftermath of 70s Punk.