The 1980s in Music

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• Which event in July 1985 featured simultaneous benefit concerts in London and Philadelphia to raise money for famine…
• The grunge movement was already the dominant international rock style throughout the entire 1980s.
• Which album by Michael Jackson became the best-selling album of the 1980s?
• MTV was launched in 1981 and helped make music videos a central part of popular music culture.
• Which British band released the 1983 album “Synchronicity,” featuring the hit song “Every Breath You Take”?
• Madonna’s 1984 album Like a Virgin was her debut studio album.
• Which charity supergroup recorded “We Are the World” in 1985?
• The compact disc became commercially available during the 1980s and contributed to the growth of digital music…