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Find one such sidebar below about the 10 greatest pop stars who our list just couldn't find a year ... playing at pop's highest level in the mid-'80s, when his Diamond-selling Born in the U.S.A ...

As far as decades go, we have a lot to thank the 80s for. Most notably ... They single handedly kept the spirit of the eighties alive for pop fans everywhere. In 2017, it was announced that ...