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Five Year Trends in the Pop Charts Over 30 Years

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30 years of Pop Music U.K Chart Analysis  The Pop charts have always been frowned upon and scorned by observers in some way or another. From jumped up journalists, to moody DJ record producer types who pretend they dont care about commercial music, but would never refuse a place in the top 40 had they got the chance.  But like it or not, the Pop charts have always given us a view of the current state of musical trends here in the U.K Sometimes the charts are dominated by homegrown acts, then other times they are invaded by overseas artists who usually either have a worldwide hit or are from a current genre of music that is sweeping the globe such as Hip Hop or Grunge for example.  So it struck me that to look at how the charts evolve and how musical genres come and go and develop and reinvent themselves, one must look at the charts over a five year period from the last thirty years during the Summer month of August. This is generally and histor...

Amazing But Forgotten Hits of the 80's

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10 AMAZING BUT FORGOTTEN HITS OF THE 1980'S When ever you listen to your local radio, you will always have the stations that provide hits from yesteryear. The classic years as they call them or hits of a certain decade. You know the ones. Well its just so boring that you always hear the same old tired out songs. The hits we all know instantly, which is great in one respect, but the 80's always seem to be limited to a certain set of songs from the pop charts., and those which were fleeting dont get a great deal of recognition, even though they are excellent in terms of their lyrical and arrangement skills. So this misconception makes people who were perhaps not old enough to have been there, simply believe that the era was all about Michael Jackson, Madonna and long hair. Well it wasn't and it most certainly needs to be stated that some amazing pop music came out during this period in musical history.  Well MuzeBitez have selected a list of songs that...