Some of the biggest music stars of the 80's were Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince.
Bruce Springsteen (also known as "The Boss") made rock songs about regular working class people. His band was called The E Street Band.
U2 is a popular rock band from Ireland.
Rap was a new kind of music that arrived on the scene in 80's. Some early rap groups were The Sugarhill Gang, Run-DMC, and Public Enemy.
Some hard rock bands from the 80's were Guns 'n' Roses, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, and Aerosmith.
Cyndi Lauper had a unique sense of style and made it cool to be different. She was all about being her own person and doing your own thing.
Tom Petty started in the 70's but had a lot of hits in the 80's. His band was called The Heartbreakers.
Dire Straits had a hit song in the late 70's called "Sultans of Swing" but they had even bigger hits in the 80's with "Walk of Life" and "Money for Nothing" (which features Sting from The Police). Mark Knopfler was their songwriter, singer, and lead guitar player.
There were a lot of catchy songs that came out in the 80's by The Talking Heads, The Bangles, Survivor, Europe, TheEurythmics, Toto, Culture Club, Billy Joel, ZZ Top, The Police, Wham!, A-ha, Steve Winwood, Lionel Richie, and more.
And of course many of the artists we've heard from the 60's and 70's kept making music through the 80's too, like Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Elton John, Neil Young, and Stevie Wonder.