BEST DECADES IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC INDUSTRY

From the swinging 60s to punk, acid house to Britpop, everyone has a favourite era in music. Some years were better than others. But they all contained something special.

Perhaps it began with The Beatles' ground-breaking sonic experimentation in 1968, or with Prince, Madonna, and Michael Jackson's mid-80s purple patch, in which they drove each other to ever-greater heights.
Looking back on the greatest albums, performances, influential moments and singles in history is like taking a stroll through a yearbook. 

 

The 1960s

The 1960s witnessed not just the first man on the moon, but also a succession of musical waves that urged musicians to examine the world's ways. Psychedelic rock, sweet soul, progressive folk, and other genres arose from this inquisitiveness. In an exciting decade, the cultural collision of old and new beliefs generated a music environment that influenced several genres that we appreciate today.

Notable albums in the 1960s

Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin"/Led Zeppelin II"
The Beatles – "Abbey Road"
The Rolling Stones – "Let It Bleed;"
The Who – "Tommy"
Ben E King - "Stand by Me"
Neil Young – "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere;"
Elvis Presley – "Blue Hawaii"
MC5 – "Kick Out The Jams;"
Bob Dylan – "Nashville Sky"

The 1970s

The 1970s saw the birth of icons. People experimented with their voice, style, and entire persona in revolutionary ways as the swinging 1960s established the framework for a new feeling of aesthetic and personal freedom. The 1970s were probably the decade in which recorded music was most vital to culture in the twentieth century. Of course, there were fewer types of media vying for the attention of the typical consumer—television consisted of just a few channels, and video games were the size of refrigerators and could be found in arcades. Records were the thing, as the world's used vinyl bins continue to tell us.

 

Notable albums in the 1970s

Pink Floyd – "The Wall", "Wish you were here", "The Dark Side of the Moon"
Queen - "A night at the opera"
Marvin Gaye – "What's Going On"
The Allman Brothers – "At Fillmore East"
AC DC- "Highway to Hell"
David Bowie – "Hunky Dory"
The Rolling Stones – "Sticky Fingers"
Black Sabbath – "Master of Reality"
John Lennon – "Imagine"
Funkadelic – "Maggot Brain"

The 1980s

The synthesizer's emergence around 1980 may have characterised the 1980s in music; otherwise, the 1980s may be considered to have followed the patterns of the 1970s, particularly in rock music. The 1980s are also remembered as the decade when punk rock gave way to independent music.

 

Notable albums in the 1980s

Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
Pixies - "Doolittle"
Guns N’ Roses – "Appetite for Destruction"
Bruce Springsteen - " Born in the U.S.A"
Prince - "Sign "O" the Times"
Paul Simon - "Graceland"
Van Halen - "1984"
Metallica – "Ride The Lightning"
The Smiths – "The Smiths"
Bob Marley – "Legend"
Madonna – "Like a Virgin"

 

 

 

The 1990s

The 1990s were one of the most eclectic decades in pop music, with some of the finest songs sounding fresh even today. Musical trends quickly shifted from 1980s standards after the decade ended (1991), most notably the shift from synthpop to House music from 1989 to 1991, the replacement of hair metal and classic rock with alternative rock and Grunge, and the prominence of Gangsta rap and the supremacy of hip hop in the general beginning in the early 1990s.

 

Notable albums in the 1990s

Nirvana - "Nevermind"
Oasis - " (What's the Story) Morning Glory? "
R.E.M. - "Out of Time"
Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"
Los Del Rio - "Macarena"
Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
Daft Punk - "Homework"
Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise "
Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life"
Radiohead – "Pablo Honey"

 

When asked to choose a defining year in music, most individuals would nearly always say one of their teenage years.
Our brains are more active throughout adolescence, we have more time to listen to music, and we're encountering a lot of new things, all of which makes songs from that time period more memorable.