Our list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 1985 shows just how diverse the year was, running the gamut from proto-extreme metal to esoteric synth-rock.

Guetta scores his record-breaking 17th No. 1. Max adds her second, while Alphaville extends its chart-topping legacy to more than 40 years.

I chose each song on this list for its popularity ... This song was released as a single in 1982 and later featured on their 1985 album Alabama Christmas, "Christmas in Dixie" to get the essence ...

They may have hit the Billboard Hot 100 again during their careers, but their legacies are primarily tethered to one major ...

The list also includes several types of songs with many extremes, ranging from an old folk song to European, Latin American and tunes by American cleffers.” Today, Billboard not only has the ...

As reported by Metro, it could go one step further, and become the first festive song with Christmas in the title that peaked on the charts since 1985 ... Christmas Top 40 list will be counted ...

Below, The Sun’s rich list reveals Christmas’s biggest earners ... to be confused with the near-identically named Slade song) in 1985. Poor old Shakey himself only gets a small fraction ...

Valentin Gonzalez is working to keep his culture and family’s legacy alive by teaching the next generation of mariachi ...

Music video for the 1985 Dire Straits single "Money For Nothing". The iconic video mixtures advanced animation technology and footage from the band performing the song, seen by the animated characters ...

The controversy grew legs in 1985. That’s when Savannah erected a ... Pierpont’s name to the list. Pierpont passed away long ago and his song has since passed into public domain. The controversy, ...