In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter ...

In the mood for some killer tunes from 1985? That was a pretty successful year for pop and rock music, and more than a few enduring hits made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and our ...

1984 was a banner year for music in the eighties, and 1985 somehow topped it. Of course, the midway point of the decade didn’t have a Like a Virgin or Purple Rain, but it didn’t need titles like those ...

Have you ever heard the expression, “Sometimes you need to take a step back to go forward?” Well, it’s true. Life can’t always be go, go, go. You can’t drive a car forward all the time. Sometimes you ...

It was the start of the eighth month of the year 40 years ago. The Billboard charts were ruled by a former soap opera star. Yes, Rick Springfield, also known as Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital," ...

Ed Sheeran, the Weeknd and Drake are just a few of the artists topping Apple Music‘s Top 500 Streamed Songs list, honoring 10 years of the streaming service. Sheeran’s “Shape of You” is the ...

It isn't really true that everything was bigger in the '80s, but the decade did find us embracing excess in a number of ways — including hefty shoulder pads, piled-high hair, and absolutely massive ...

Move over King Kenny Chesney, there's a new queen of summer songs in country music. This list of the 10 best country songs for summer 2025 includes one or two summer love songs, an accidental ...

Turn up the volume for a musical time capsule! We're counting down the most iconic tracks that defined 1985's soundscape. From Prince's psychedelic shift to Madonna's dance floor domination, these ...

What were the best college rock songs of 1985? We were still six years away from alternative rock becoming a more mainstream format, but college radio stations were quite essential in getting some of ...

Stuck between the '70s and '90s, literally and figuratively, the '80s reached its midpoint in a melting pot of styles: rock, pop, metal, new wave, alternative, soul, dance and more. As selected by the ...