Norway is a land of dramatic fjords, the midnight sun and the world’s finest goat cheese. It has never been known for its music. But 40 years ago, it produced a singular global pop hit whose grip on ...

A-ha’s chart-topping hit, “Take on Me” reached two billion YouTube views this week, marking the first song released in that decade to achieve this milestone.

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...