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* [[Michael Jackson]] immortalized himself as the King of Pop during this time, scoring hits such as "Billie Jean", "Thriller", and "Beat It".
* Those bored with pop radio tuned their radios to the left side of the dial and listened to [[College Radio]]. The artists who played on these stations were [[Post Punk]] guitar bands who performed what would later be called "[[Alternative Rock]]", were often signed to small labels and usually toured the United States in a beat-up van. The "modern rock" radio format sprung up near the end of the decade just as college favorites like [[REM]] and Midnight Oil began receiving mainstream attention and these early pop successes paved the way for alternative rock becoming a major music genre in the 1990's.
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