To celebrate this magical year, here’s a look back at three songs from 1980 that changed heavy metal. Some songs give music bits of language it can no longer live without. Think of Chuck Berry ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY ALL-FORMAT RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars Last week Weeks at no.

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The tune quickly became acknowledged as a classic and has been covered many times, most famously by Latin rock group Santana. Topping our list of the 20 best Fania songs is this jaunty groove that ...

Still, many albums from 1980 forever changed rock guitar. Here’s a look at three differing styles that helped inspire the legends that followed them. Not everyone in 1980 chased the dive-bomb ...

The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is ...

Thanks to the power of social media and film syncs, classic songs are getting reintroduced to a new generation of fans. What songs are currently trending online? Well, the path to virality ...

However, it remains one of their signature songs some 45 years later. Frontman Steve Strange had enjoyed some fame earlier in 1980 when he appeared in the video for David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes ...

The music industry has grown into a behemoth in the last 60 years, as perfectly exemplified by these titans of sound who have sold almost a billion albums between them.