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Eighties Pop Hits

Big hair, bigger synths and chart-topping albums. Rewind the tape to the 1980s and find out how much of the decade's pop you really remember.

🎸 Music easy 20 questions ~6 min

What this quiz asks

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed which pop duo?
Which pop star made a single sparkly glove like this his 1980s trademark?
What is Madonna's birth surname?
Prince starred in which 1984 film, whose soundtrack became one of his biggest albums?
Kylie Minogue was an actress in the Australian soap Neighbours before her pop career took off.
Who was the lead singer of Culture Club?
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart formed which duo in 1980?
Michael Jackson co-wrote the 1985 charity single We Are the World with which singer?
Was Phil Collins the drummer of Genesis before he became the band's lead singer?
Select ALL of these Madonna albums that were released in the 1980s.
Which singer's 1987 debut hit later became the basis of the Rickrolling internet prank?
In 1987, whose album became the first by a woman to enter the US Billboard 200 at number one?
What was the title of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut solo album?
George Michael's solo album Faith won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Which Swedish duo topped the US chart in 1989 with The Look?
Select ALL of these 1980s pop acts that came from the United Kingdom.
Which British production trio wrote and produced late-80s hits for Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and Bananarama?
Order these albums by release year, earliest first.
At the 1984 Grammy Awards, how many trophies did Michael Jackson win in a single night?
Which Dire Straits video was the first shown on MTV Europe when the channel launched in 1987?