The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were ...

Madonna got her start in music with punk by being part of a band called Breakfast Club and even released punk demos. She then ...

It might seem an obvious winner now, but Madonna’s Vogue was at first the speedily and cheaply-built flip side to an entirely ...

Shortly after brokering a multimillion dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi, Madonna released the highly controversial music video for her 1989 smash hit “Like a Prayer”. The video employed an array of ...

According to Rolling Stone, 1984 was the best year of pop music the world has ever seen. And there’s no doubt that it was legendary. We were blessed with the releases of Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Queen of Pop was an island unto herself. During the 2000s, Madonna became much more open to working with other stars. That decade saw her collaborating with fellow icons ...

Sounds from the 1980s appear in modern pop songs all the time. Everyone from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift has made hits with the vintage synths and drum machines that defined the neon decade. Chasing ...

NEW YORK — Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, died Sunday at age 80. Stein, ...

The 1980s were an interesting time in America. The era marked both an explosion in creativity, from movies to music. But it also was a return to a more buttoned-up style where corporate interests at ...