Gli anni ’80 sono stati un decennio ricco di grandi successi musicali, caratterizzati da melodie orecchiabili, l’uso massiccio di sintetizzatori e ritmi che spaziavano tra pop, rock, dance e new wave. Ecco alcuni dei più grandi “hit” di quel periodo:
Pop internazionale
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Another Part of Me, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Man in the Mirror, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal
- Madonna – Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Into the Groove
- Prince – Purple Rain, Kiss, 1999
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody, How Will I Know
Rock
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name
- Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine, Paradise City
- Michael Jackson – Bad, Dirty Diana
- Scorpions – Wind of Change
- U2 – With or Without You, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
New Wave & Synth-Pop
- Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough, People Are People
- Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio
- A-ha – Take On Me
- Queen – Radio Ga Ga
Dance e Disco
- Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
- Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money
- Bananarama – Venus
- Modern Talking – You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul, Cheri, Cheri Lady, Brother Louie, Atlantis is Calling
Italia
- Vasco Rossi – Vita spericolata, Bollicine, Una canzone per te
- Lucio Dalla – Caruso
- Gianna Nannini – Bello e impossibile, Profumo
- Eros Ramazzotti – Terra Promessa, Adesso Tu
Album da prendere in considerazione:
A-ha – Hunting High and Low
Bananarama – True Confessions
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
Depeche Mode – Speak and Spell
Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward
Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money
Duran Duran – Rio
Eros Ramazzotti – Nuovi Eroi
Gianna Nannini – Profumo
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
Lucio Dalla – DallAmeriCaruso
Madonna – Like A Virgin
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Michael Jackson – Bad
Modern Talking – The 1St Album
Modern Talking – Ready for Romance
Prince – Purple Rain
Queen – The Game
Queen – The Works
Scorpions – Crazy World
U2 – The Joshua Tree
Vasco rossi – Bollicine
Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston – Whitney
