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The song "Waterloo" by Swedish pop group ABBA, which won the 1974 Eurovision song contest, is a typical example of a 1970s European pop song . [2] The success was huge and European producers instantly produced pop hits, and a whole new commercial music industry in Europe was met in the demand for social dancing music.
Song Artist Album Artist 1 January "Orinoco Flow" Enya: Money for Nothing: Dire Straits: 7 January "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin: 14 January "The First Time" Robin Beck: 21 January "Especially for You" Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan: 28 January "The First Time" Robin Beck 4 February 11 February "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" Marc ...
Year Artist Origin Song 1990: Snap! Germany "The Power" [4] 1990: C+C Music Factory: United States "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" 1991: 2 Unlimited: The Netherlands "Get Ready for This" [5]
Disco declined as a major trend in popular music in the United States following the infamous Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and it continued to sharply decline in popularity in the U.S. during the early 1980s; however, it remained popular in Italy and some European countries throughout the 1980s, and during this time also started ...
The song melded electro hip-hop beats influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra with the melody from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express." Suzanne Ciani, was the first female synth player and was given the title “America’s first female synth hero”. Ciani is a five time Grammy Nominee and her most popular solo album is “The Velocity of Love ...
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) [1] is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, pop, and electronic music, both domestic and foreign (hi-NRG, Euro disco) and developed into a diverse ...
Another accolade of a successful song was a position on the "Honor Roll of Hits", introduced on March 24, 1945, initially as a 10-song list, [11] later expanded to 30 songs, which ranked the most popular songs by combining record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox performances as determined by Billboard's weekly nationwide survey. [12]
Europop refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe and is generally more dance and trance oriented than American pop. Europop includes Italo disco and later Eurodance. The Europop genre originated in the late 1970s and topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s.