Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 French and German Eurodisco productions were the most popular. German pop duo Modern Talking was an icon of Eurodisco between 1985–1987 and became the most successful Eurodisco project ever. Bad Boys Blue was another very successful project. That style became very popular in Eastern Europe and remained popular until the early 1990s.
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 ...
In the 2000s, one of the most popular representatives of Europop music was Swedish pop group Alcazar. In central Europe, Italo disco (also known as 1980s Euro disco ) and Euro house were the predominant attempts by young musicians to have a hit record in and beyond the borders of their own country.
In North America, Europe, and Oceania, the decade saw the rise of disco, which then went on to become one of the biggest genres of the decade, especially in the mid-to-late 1970s. [4] In Europe, a variant known as Euro disco [4] rose in popularity towards the end of the 1970s.
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, which played Toronto and San Sebastian last year, has been bought for North America and UK by 1091. ... Warsaw-based sales co New Europe has finalized key territory deals on two of its ...
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.