Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1980s ==
{{Main|1980s in music}}
* '''[[1989 in music]]''', '''[[1989 in British music]]''', '''[[1989 in Norwegian music]]'''
**Notable events:
*** The [[swing revival]] is agreed upon to have started around 1989.
*** The musical ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' first performed
** Deaths of:
*** [[Herbert von Karajan]]
*** [[Irving Berlin]]
*** [[Vladimir Horowitz]]
**Notable releases:
*** [[3rd Bass]] – ''[[The Cactus Album]]'' (Debut)
*** [[De La Soul]] – ''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' (Debut)
*** [[The D.O.C.]] – ''[[No One Can Do It Better]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Altars of Madness]]'' (Debut)
*** [[N.W.A]] – ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Nine Inch Nails]] – ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] – ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] – ''[[Slowly We Rot]]'' (Debut)
*** [[The Offspring]] – ''[[The Offspring (album)|The Offspring]]'' (Debut)
*** [[The Stone Roses]] – ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'' (Debut):
*** [[Janet Jackson]] – ''[[Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814|Rhythm Nation 1814]]''
*** [[Madonna]] – ''[[Like a Prayer (album)|Like A Prayer]]''
*** [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Dr. Feelgood (album)|Dr. Feelgood]]''
*** [[Fine Young Cannibals]] – ''[[The Raw & the Cooked (album)|The Raw & the Cooked]]''
*** [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]] – ''[[Consuming Impulse]]''
*** [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Beneath the Remains]]''
*** [[Phil Collins]] – ''[[...But Seriously]]''
*** [[Kate Bush]] – ''[[The Sensual World]]''
*** [[808 State]] – ''[[90 (album)|90]]''
*** [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] – [[UHF&nbsp;– Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff|soundtrack]] to the film ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''
* '''[[1988 in music]]''', '''[[1988 in British music]]''', '''[[1988 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
** Deaths of:
*** [[Roy Orbison]]
*** [[Andy Gibb]]
*** [[Gil Evans]]
*** [[Chet Baker]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Biz Markie]] – ''[[Goin' Off]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Tracy Chapman]] – ''[[Tracy Chapman (album)|Tracy Chapman]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] – ''[[Danzig (album)|Danzig]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Eazy-E]] – ''[[Eazy-Duz-It]]'' (Debut)
*** [[EPMD]] – ''[[Strictly Business (EPMD album)|Strictly Business]]''  (Debut)
*** [[Jane's Addiction]] – ''[[Nothing's Shocking]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Living Colour]] – ''[[Vivid (Living Colour album)|Vivid]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Morrissey]] – ''[[Viva Hate]]'' (Debut)
*** [[NOFX]] – ''[[Liberal Animation]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]] – ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Pixies (band)|The Pixies]] – ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Soundgarden]] – ''[[Ultramega OK]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]''
*** [[Bad Religion]] – ''[[Suffer (album)|Suffer]]''
*** [[Enya]] – ''[[Watermark (Enya album)|Watermark]]''
*** [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] – ''[[Blood Fire Death]]''
*** [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] – ''[[Dreamtime Return]]''
*** [[Nurse with Wound]] – ''[[Soliloquy for Lilith]]''
*** [[Kino (band)|Kino]] – ''[[Gruppa krovi]]''
*** [[Whitney Houston]] – "[[Where Do Broken Hearts Go]]"
* '''[[1987 in music]]''', '''[[1987 in British music]]''', '''[[1987 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
** Deaths of:
*** [[John H. Hammond]]
*** [[Liberace]]
*** [[Buddy Rich]]
*** [[Andres Segovia]]
*** [[Fred Astaire]]
*** [[Jackie Gleason]]
*** [[Jaco Pastorius]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Among the Living]]''
*** [[Michael Jackson]] – ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]''
*** [[Whitney Houston]] – ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]''
*** [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Schizophrenia (Sepultura album)|Schizophrenia]]''
*** [[Def Leppard]] – ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]''
*** [[U2]] – ''[[The Joshua Tree]]''
*** [[Joe Satriani]] – ''[[Surfing with the Alien]]''
*** The [[Beastie Boys]] – ''[[Licensed to Ill]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[Scream Bloody Gore]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Guns N' Roses]] – ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Testament (band)|Testament]] – ''[[The Legacy (album)|The Legacy]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Rick Astley]] – ''[[Whenever You Need Somebody]]'' (Debut)
* '''[[1986 in music]]''', '''[[1986 in British music]]''', '''[[1986 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' first performed
*** [[Aerosmith]] re-records "[[Walk This Way]]" with [[Hip hop music|rap]] group [[Run-D.M.C.]]
** Deaths of:
*** [[Benny Goodman]]
*** [[Harold Arlen]]
*** [[Richard Manuel]]
*** [[Cliff Burton]]
*** [[Phil Lynott]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Morbid Visions]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Slippery When Wet]]''
*** [[Metallica]] – ''[[Master of Puppets]]''
*** [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Peace Sells... But Who's Buying]]''
*** [[Slayer]] – ''[[Reign in Blood]]''
*** [[Peter Gabriel]] – ''[[So (album)|So]]''
*** [[Europe (band)|Europe]] – ''[[The Final Countdown (album)|The Final Countdown]]''
*** [[The Smiths]] – ''[[The Queen Is Dead]]''
*** [[Sonic Youth]] – ''[[Evol (Sonic Youth album)|Evol]]''
*** [[Beastie Boys]] – ''[[Licensed to Ill]]''
*** [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)|Somewhere in Time]]''
*** [[Big Black]] – ''[[Atomizer (album)|Atomizer]]''
*** The [[Top Gun (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] to the film ''[[Top Gun]]'' is released.
*** [[Paul Simon]] – ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]''
*** [[Kraftwerk]] – ''[[Electric Café]]''
*** [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] – ''[[Invisible Touch]]''
*** [[Janet Jackson]] – ''[[Control (Janet Jackson album)|Control]]''
*** [[John Farnham]] – ''[[Whispering Jack]]''
*** [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]] – ''[[Green (Hiroshi Yoshimura album)|Green]]''
*** [[Madonna]] – ''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]''
* '''[[1985 in music]]''', '''[[1985 in British music]]''', '''[[1985 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' first performed
*** [[Live Aid]] and [[Farm Aid]] benefit concerts take place.
** Deaths of:
*** [[Ricky Nelson]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Exodus (American band)|Exodus]] – ''[[Bonded by Blood]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Whitney Houston]] – ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] – ''[[Feel the Fire (Overkill album)|Feel the Fire]]'' (Debut)
*** [[A-ha]] – ''[[Hunting High and Low]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Phil Collins]] – ''[[No Jacket Required]]''
*** [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] – ''[[Youthquake (album)|Youthquake]]'' (including "[[You Spin Me Right Round]]")
*** [[Falco (musician)|Falco]] – "[[Rock Me Amadeus]]" 
*** [[Slayer]] – ''[[Hell Awaits]]''
*** [[Tears for Fears]] – ''[[Songs from the Big Chair]]''
*** [[Billy Joel]] – ''[[Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II]]''
* '''[[1984 in music]]''', '''[[1984 in British music]]''', '''[[1984 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] is formed to perform "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]"
*** The Opera ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]'' by [[Philip Glass]] premieres in [[Stuttgart]]
*** The musical ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' first performed
*** The musical ''[[Starlight Express]]'' first performed
*** [[Duran Duran]] utilize a monitor in concert to project their performance
** Deaths of:
*** [[Marvin Gaye]]
*** [[Jackie Wilson]]
*** [[Count Basie]]
** Notable releases:
*** The [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] – ''[[Legend (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Legend]]''
*** [[Madonna]] – ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like A Virgin]]''
*** [[Mercyful Fate]] – ''[[Don't Break the Oath]]''
*** [[Metallica]] – ''[[Ride the Lightning]]''
*** [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''
*** [[Tina Turner]] – ''[[Private Dancer]]''
*** [[Van Halen]] – ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]''
*** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] – ''[[The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
*** [[Bruce Springsteen]] – ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]''
*** [[Hüsker Dü]] – ''[[Zen Arcade]]''
*** [[Manuel Göttsching]] – ''[[E2-E4]]''
*** [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Rising Force]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Mariya Takeuchi]] – ''[[Variety (Mariya Takeuchi album)|Variety]]''
*** [[Tatsuro Yamashita]] – [[Big Wave (Tatsuro Yamashita album)|soundtrack]] to the Japanese film ''Big Wave''
*** [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Fistful of Metal]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] – ''[[Bathory (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Bon Jovi (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Celtic Frost]] – ''[[Morbid Tales]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Metal Church]] - ''[[Metal Church (Metal Church album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Ratt]] – ''[[Out of the Cellar]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] – ''[[War and Pain]]'' (Debut)
*** [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] – ''[[W.A.S.P. (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
* '''[[1983 in music]]''', '''[[1983 in British music]]''', '''[[1983 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]'' first performed
** Deaths of:
*** [[Muddy Waters]]
*** [[Karen Carpenter]]
*** [[Pete Farndon]]
*** [[Harry James]]
*** [[Ira Gershwin]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Accept (band)|Accept]] – ''[[Balls to the Wall (album)|Balls to the Wall]]''
*** [[Def Leppard]] – ''[[Pyromania (album)|Pyromania]]''
*** [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Piece of Mind]]''
*** [[David Bowie]] – ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''
*** [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Shout at the Devil]]''
*** [[New Order (band)|New Order]] – ''[[Power, Corruption & Lies]]''  &  ''[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]''
*** [[Ozzy Osbourne]] – ''[[Bark at the Moon]]''
*** [[The Police]] – ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]''
*** [[ZZ Top]] – ''[[Eliminator (album)|Eliminator]]''
*** [[U2]] – ''[[War (U2 album)|War]]''
*** [[Cocteau Twins]] – ''[[Head over Heels (Cocteau Twins album)|Head over Heels]]''
*** [[Pink Floyd]] – ''[[The Final Cut (album)|The Final Cut]]''
*** [[Brian Eno]] – ''[[Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks]]''
*** [[Asia (band)|Asia]] – ''[[Alpha (Asia album)|Alpha]]''
*** [[Quiet Riot]] – ''[[Metal Health]]''
*** [[Dirty Rotten Imbeciles|D.R.I.]] – ''[[Dirty Rotten LP|Dirty Rotten EP/LP]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Dio (band)|Dio]] – ''[[Holy Diver]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Dokken]] – ''[[Breaking the Chains (album)|Breaking the Chains]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Cyndi Lauper]] – ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Madonna]] – [[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]] (Debut)
*** [[Mercyful Fate]] – ''[[Melissa (Mercyful Fate album)|Melissa]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Metallica]] – ''[[Kill 'Em All]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Pantera]] – ''[[Metal Magic]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Queensrÿche]] – [[Queensrÿche (EP)|self-titled EP]] (Debut)
*** [[R.E.M.]] – ''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Slayer]] – ''[[Show No Mercy]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Sonic Youth]] – ''[[Confusion Is Sex]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Suicidal Tendencies]] – ''[[Suicidal Tendencies (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Tears for Fears]] – ''[[The Hurting]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Wham!]] – ''[[Fantastic (Wham! album)|Fantastic]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] – ''[[Texas Flood]]'' (Debut)
*** [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] – ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Irene Cara]] – ''[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]''
* '''[[1982 in music]]''', '''[[1982 in British music]]''', '''[[1982 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[1982 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** The compact disc is introduced.
*** The musical ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' first performed 
** Deaths of:
*** [[Thelonious Monk]]
*** [[Lightnin' Hopkins]]
*** [[John Belushi]]
*** [[Glenn Gould]]
*** [[Artur Rubinstein]]
*** [[Randy Rhoads]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Accept (band)|Accept]] – ''[[Restless and Wild]]''
*** [[Phil Collins]] – ''[[Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)|Hello, I Must Be Going!]]''
*** [[Duran Duran]] – ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]''
*** [[INXS]] – ''[[Shabooh Shoobah]]''
*** [[Asia (band)|Asia]] – ''[[Asia (Asia album)|Asia]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Descendents]] – ''[[Milo Goes to College]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[The Number of the Beast (album)|The Number of the Beast]]''
*** [[Judas Priest]] – ''[[Screaming for Vengeance]]''
*** [[Michael Jackson]] – ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]''
*** [[Toto (band)|Toto]] – ''[[Toto IV]]''
*** [[The Cure]] – ''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]''
*** [[Kate Bush]] – ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]''
*** [[Bruce Springsteen]] – ''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]''
*** [[Bad Brains]] – ''[[Bad Brains (album)|Bad Brains]]''
*** [[The Clash]] – ''[[Combat Rock]]''
*** [[Roxy Music]] – ''[[Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon]]''
*** [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]''
*** [[Venom (band)|Venom]] – ''[[Black Metal (Venom album)|Black Metal]]''
*** [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] – ''[[1999 (Prince album)|1999]]''
*** [[Tatsuro Yamashita]] – ''[[For You (Tatsuro Yamashita album)|For You]]''
*** [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] – ''[[Eye of the Tiger (album)|Eye of the Tiger]]''
* '''[[1981 in music]]''', '''[[1981 in British music]]''', '''[[1981 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[1981 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** [[MTV]] first airs
*** The musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' first performed
*** The musical ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' first performed
** Deaths of:
*** [[Bob Marley]]
*** [[David Lynch]]
*** [[Bill Haley]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Phil Collins]] – ''[[Face Value (album)|Face Value]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Duran Duran]] – [[Duran Duran (1981 album)|self-titled]] (Debut)
*** [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Too Fast for Love]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Venom (band)|Venom]] – ''[[Welcome to Hell]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Depeche Mode]] – ''[[Speak & Spell (album)|Speak & Spell]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] – ''[[Abacab]]''
*** [[Queen (band)|Queen]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen album)|Greatest Hits]]''
*** [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]''
*** [[The Human League]] – ''[[Dare (album)|Dare]]''
*** [[The Police]] – ''[[Ghost in the Machine (album)|Ghost in the Machine]]''
*** [[Grace Jones]] – ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]''
*** [[Electric Light Orchestra]] – ''[[Time (ELO album)|Time]]''
*** [[Brian Eno]] and [[David Byrne]] – ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album)|My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]''
*** [[Glenn Branca]] – ''[[The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)|The Ascension]]''
*** [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] – ''[[Les Chants Magnétiques]]''
*** [[Kraftwerk]] – ''[[Computer World]]''
*** [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] – ''[[BGM (album)|BGM]]''  &  ''[[Technodelic]]''
*** [[Eiichi Ohtaki]] – ''[[A Long Vacation]]''
* '''[[1980 in music]]''', '''[[1980 in British music]]''', '''[[1980 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[1980 in Norwegian music]]''' 
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' first performance
** Deaths of:
*** [[Bill Evans]]
*** [[Ian Curtis]]
*** [[Bon Scott]]
*** [[John Lennon]]
*** [[John Bonham]]
*** [[Tim Hardin]]
*** [[Vinicius de Moraes]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[U2]] – ''[[Boy (album)|Boy]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bryan Adams]] – ''[[Bryan Adams (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Iron Maiden (album)|self-titled]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Sheena Easton]] – ''[[Take My Time]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] – ''[[In the Flat Field]]'' (Debut)
*** [[AC/DC]] – ''[[Back in Black]]''
*** [[Joy Division]] – ''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]''
*** [[Dead Kennedys]] – ''[[Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables]]''
*** [[The Cure]] – ''[[Seventeen Seconds]]''
*** [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)|Heaven and Hell]]''
*** [[Queen (band)|Queen]] – ''[[The Game (Queen album)|The Game]]''
*** [[Dead Kennedys]] – ''[[Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables]]''
*** [[Kate Bush]] – ''[[Never for Ever]]''
*** [[Judas Priest]] – ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]''
*** [[The Feelies]] – ''[[Crazy Rhythms]]''
*** [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Ace of Spades (Motörhead album)|Ace of Spades]]''
*** [[David Bowie]] – ''[[Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)]]'' 
*** [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Permanent Waves]]''
*** [[Talking Heads]]' ''[[Remain in Light]]''
*** [[Swell Maps]] – ''[[Jane from Occupied Europe]]''
*** [[Tatsuro Yamashita]] – ''[[Ride on Time (album)|Ride on Time]]''
*** [[Johnny Landry]] – "[[Hina Na Ho Hine]]"