what were some popular songs/ artists in the 80's?

There were hundreds, even thousands of bands and songs that were popular. Which really means its a personal preference to what the "Greatest Songs of the 80's" were.

However, these were my favorite bands:

1. AC/DC

2. Van Halen

3. Journey

4. The Eagles

5. Metallica

6. Heart

7. Michael Jackson (Yes he was EXTREMELY popular =D)

8. Guns N' Roses

9. Aerosmith

10. Don Henley (Solo)

11. Brian Adams

12. Mr. Mister

And yes, these are just a few. If i go on you'll be bored lol...

Theyse bands were famous in the 80s

Prince

Loverboy

Spandau Ballet

Big Country

Pat Benetar

Kim Wilde

The Go Gos

The Bangles

Simple Minds

Billy Idol

Animotion

Oiongo Biongo

English Beat

Survivor

Toto

Berlin

Air Supply

Van Halen

REO Speedwagon

Foreigner

Duran Duran

Devo

Gene Loves Jezebel

Metallica

Megadeth

Dokken

Ratt

KISS

Human League

Quiet Riot

Def Leppard

Great White

Poison

You know, when I take trivia quizzes about 80s music, my score is so bad that I wonder if I slept through the entire decade.

But here's a link of top hits according to Billboard for the entire decade. And I know I've heard almost all these songs. Looks like Phil Collins and Michael Jackson were the biggest players for the decade as a whole.

Great question!

Prince- Purple Rain - When Doves Cry

Michael Jackson -Thriller

Milli Vanilli - Blame it on the rain

Madonna - True blue and a list of others

Cameo - Word up

I was young in the 80's I could hook you up with some 90's songs and groups.

Van Halen, Billy Idol, Cindi Lauper, U2, Pink Floyd, INXS, The Police, David Bowie, lots and lots of stuff.

The mainstream was O.K., but the stuff happening under that was much better:

The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order, ...

This is speaking from the viewpoint of an English-speaking Westerner.

U2

The Police

The Cure

The Smiths

New Order

some of my fave songs from the 80s:

beat it - michael jackson

brass in pocket - the pretenders

centerfold - the j. giels band

every rose has it's thorn - poison

eye of the tiger - survivor

tainted love - soft cell

i wanna dance wiht somebody - whitney houston

jessie's girl - rick springfield

livin' on aprayer - bon jovi

love is a battlefield - pat benetar

love shack - the b-52s

mr. roboto - styx

photograph - def leppard

poison - alice cooper

the safety dance - men without hats

sister christian - night ranger

straight up - paula abdul

summer of '69 - bryan adams

tainted love - soft cell

too shy - kajagoogoo

wake me up before you gogo - wham!

8675309/jenny - tommy tutone

99 luftballons- nena

here is vh1's top songs of the 80s #s 1-50 http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.ht...

and #s 51-100

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s2.h...

Anything by Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen to name a few.

Billy Idol had several hits - Rebel Yell, White Wedding, Dancing with Myself, Rock the Cradle of Love, remake of Mony Mony, etc.

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