The Best Bands Of 80’s Music
The 80s are one of the most memorable decades in the history of music, regardless of the years that pass and the time that passes. Several groups of the 80s music, both national and international, continue to pass on the radio and make us excited, dance, have fun.
National songs will always remain a memory for all those born in a given country. Still, there are international groups that have remained in the memory of people living anywhere in the world.
Today we want to fine-tune a selection of international groups from the 80s that have marked your youth, your adolescence or any other phase of your life that you remember with particular nostalgia and affection. Turn up the volume, we’re ready to go!
The best bands of 80s music
The Police
What if we told you that Sting, the lead singer of The Police, is 68 today? How time passes! It seems yesterday that this international group was broadcast on every television and radio network of the time, with results that still echo today.
Every Breath You Take or Roxanne are just two of their most listened to songs, but the repertoire of this incredibly successful group has led them to remain at the top of the charts for many years.
One of their songs, the first of the two mentioned, is even – according to Rolling Stone magazine – among the 500 best songs of all time, occupying position 84, to be precise.
The Queen , one of the most popular bands of the 80s music
Although this British rock band was formed in the 70s, it was in the 80s that one of the most emblematic songs saw the light and still today it is an anthem broadcast in many parts of the world: I want to break free .
The video for this song has generated enormous controversy and is an absolute declaration of intent. Yet, if we were to choose one of Queen’s songs, we would, without a doubt, choose Bohemian rhapsody .
The success of the band was such that in 2018 a film was even released on the big screen that takes its title from the name of the song. It is a biography of the lead singer of the group, Freddie Mercury, and the rock group that gave birth to Queen.
Metallica
Among the rock icons par excellence, as well as Grammy winners for the song One, Metallica are one of the most successful international groups of the 80s and with the most songs to their credit.
Guns N ‘Roses
Among the international groups of the 80s we could not forget this historic band. As well as the group The Police, mentioned above, in 2011 Guns’ N Roses earned the position number 21 in the ranking of the Rolling Stones magazine among the 100 best bands in history.
Bon Jovi, sales champions of 80s music
While it might seem like Bon Jovi is a solo singer, that’s not the case. We are talking, in fact, of a rock band, composed by Bon Jovi himself, but also by a keyboardist, a drummer, a guitarist and a bassist.
This group is considered an icon of international music, thanks to its astronomical numbers in terms of record sales and concerts around the world.
Its success is such that it is now part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The figures in this group speak for themselves:
- 3 times diamond disc.
- 202 platinum discs.
- 75 times gold disc.
- 3 times silver disc.
Michael Jackson, the king of pop
Although it is not an international group, but rather a solo singer, we could not miss the opportunity to remember the undisputed protagonist of the 80s, when it comes to songs and melodies that marked a before and after with the their presence.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson will always be remembered as the King of Pop ; and this despite initially being part of a musical group with his brothers, the Jackson 5, which lasted 15 years. He later began his solo career, which led him to be the most successful singer in the world.
Records like Thriller , one of the best sellers in music history, as well as Bad , marked a before and after not only in the 80s, but in pop of all time.
