Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. 1982: British pop group The Thompson Twins members: Tom Bailey, Alannah ...

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 ...

Laura Branigan needed a memorable hit single. To get one, she went all the way to Italy to reimagine "Gloria".

"Lost In Your Eyes" was released on Jan. 6, 1989, as the first single of Gibson's second album, Electric Youth. The major hit ...

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.

Let’s set the wayback machine to 1982. The term “new wave” had finally become synonymous in the United States with synth-heavy dance pop with a little bit of the post-punk edge left in it. MTV was ...

The 1980s were packed with iconic films, and many of them feature songs that defined the decade. Some were previously released records that played during a particular point in the film and created an ...

Put on your neon leg warmers and prepare to cringe! We're diving into the most questionable hits from the decade of excess.

About a year after rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, Bruce Hornsby received a parcel in the mail. It was from the foundation bearing Shakur’s name. “And so obviously, I’m opening this up, curious,” ...