Australian Music In The 1980's Analysis

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In the 1980’s the Australian music industry started to gain confidence, developing such distinct Australia styles of music such as the “Australian rock” sound. In 1982, the Australian band Men At Work released the patriotic song Down Under that would go on to become a hit in both the US and the UK. In 1987, Kylie Minogue started her music career with a remake of the 1960’s hit track Locomotion. The remake of the single became the highest-selling Australia single of the 1980’s, from then Kylie Minogue went on to achieve worldwide stardom globally. In the 1980’s, there was an introduced style of synthesizer electronic music that generated electronic sounds via a keyboard piano. The Australian music scene has changed in contrast to the 1980’s