In 1981, synth-pop had it's best year of the decade with songs from Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, the Human Leaugue, ...

Pop stardom is, in many ways, a competitive sport. Not one that demands a lone winner as justification for the whole enterprise, exactly, but one that still entrances those of us watching from the ...

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At what point did we decide that the Top 40 was a significant cutoff for pop music success? History has proven time and again that many songs that fell short of that standard have achieved classic, ...