The pop zeitgeist of 1997 can best be summed up by two people — not musicians, but video directors. At the height of MTV’s power to turn singles into chart hits, Hype Williams and Joseph “McG” McGinty ...

John Cougar Mellencamp is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1982 for how he exemplified rock stardom while it was still at top 40's center.

Led by the iconic Debbie Harry, Blondie was the model for both post-disco and post-punk pop stardom at the dawn of the MTV ...